Once a month, a group of Ladies from my church meet to have a devotion and fellowship.  The lady hosting the fellowship give the devotion as well - this month, I am giving the devotion which will be held at our Pastor's house...( I know, I said the lady hosting it....but it is easier fro hubby to keep the children at home than to have to lug them around town with him for four hours.)

Here is a copy of the devotion God has given me to share with my sisters:

God's Blessing, and some of the roles he has for us

We all know that God provides for us.  We are reminded of this by our fellow Christians when we face a hardship.  But, when we hear and see and experience his provision in our lives, it only strengthens and reinforces our belief and trust in him.  This past few weeks, we have witnessed God move in a mighty way.  He took a seemingly impossible situation, and blessed more abundantly than we could imagine.  And not just once. 

For a child of Christ, young of age or old, it is vital that we hear of and recognize God’s provision and blessings.  Growing up, I can only recall one instance of an answered prayer.  My grandmother had a heart attack, and us children were filled with the fear she would not live.  We gathered in my aunt’s bedroom, and three of us grandchildren held hands, cried, and prayed.  She made it through the heart attack, and lived for some years afterwards…but I was not surrounded by a Christian family.  I did not have anyone to reinforce to me that this was an answered prayer from GOD.  The glory of her survival was credited to the Drs who cared for her.

I make it a point of sharing those answered prayers with my children.  An answered prayer can become a testimony, and for a child who has a hard time grasping exactly all God entails, answered prayers make Him real.   These answered prayers help provide a basis for Christian growth – a motivation for knowing and trusting God.  We can grow by fulfilling the roles God has laid out for us.

God’s role for us, the work he has laid before us, is ever changing.  While there are some set roles, ones we will go through irregardless of outside experiences, there are some laid out ones as well:

As a youth, we are to learn, grow, and obey – EPHESIANS 6:1  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Constantly through our life we are called to share God with others (Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:)

As a mother, we are called to teach our children (PROVERBS 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.)

As a wife, we are to love, obey, respect our husband (EPHESIANS 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.)

As older ladies, we are to help the younger ladies in our communities (TITUS 2:3-5 The aged women likewise,… That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.)

We are called to ever be working – in and outside our homes (PROVERBS 31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.)

In EVERYTHING we are called to abide in Christ (JOHN 15 4-10 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.  )

Why? 

Without god, we are nothing….and we can do nothing (Phillipians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.)

Men/Women won’t like you when you are not abiding in Christ – as person who isn’t abiding in Christ can suffer all sorts of ailments – irritability, laziness, unhappiness, quick to anger, hard to please, unreasonable, lacking peace and joy.

God will bless us for our obedience.  He will provide for us, care fot us, meet ALL our needs.