Hey girls!
In lieu of last weeks topic of dating and relationships i thought i'd post a few links for you guys to a few blog posts that do a really good job breaking down this topic and getting straight to the point. This guy is a pastor at a great church in South Carolina and he's got some great thoughts on dating and relationships. (The last link is one of my faves because he gives us ideas about how to specifically pray for future relationships and our future husbands!)
Let us know any feedback you have and comment below! Come on, you know you want to :)
(Btw, when he says "single" he means not married. So all you girls in relationships, it may still be applicable :)
"Every Single Dude and 'Dude-ett' Should Read This"
"I/We Should Break Up Because..."
"Advice For Single People"
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
hey hey!!
HI :) It's been awhile since we've posted on here so I thought I'd say hello.. As you know, Becca and I have scheduled to meet with all of you 1 on 1 (except both of us will be there so it's more like 1 on 2) over the next few weeks.. and we are very excited to get to hear from ALL of you! I wanted to post the schedule on here in case any of you forgot your day/time:
February 24-- Hope Reed @ 6:30
March 3-- Brittnie Fischer @ 6:30; Miah Williams @ 7:15
March 10-- Sabrina Rungee @ 6:30; Katie Miller @ 7:15
March 17-- Sarah Phillips @ 6:30; Rachel Caldwell @ 7: 15
March 24-- Brooke Holt @ 6:30; Austin Miller @ 7:15
If you read this and you don't see your name.. text either me or becca and we'll set something up because we want to meet with you too :)
okay, that's all for now.. but of course I can't leave you without a little nugget of truth...
Don't forget to rely on the Holy Spirit as you strength this week... if you rely on yourself, you're going to get tired of everyday life. He's the strength of your heart and your portion forever.. love you girls!! xoxo
February 24-- Hope Reed @ 6:30
March 3-- Brittnie Fischer @ 6:30; Miah Williams @ 7:15
March 10-- Sabrina Rungee @ 6:30; Katie Miller @ 7:15
March 17-- Sarah Phillips @ 6:30; Rachel Caldwell @ 7: 15
March 24-- Brooke Holt @ 6:30; Austin Miller @ 7:15
If you read this and you don't see your name.. text either me or becca and we'll set something up because we want to meet with you too :)
okay, that's all for now.. but of course I can't leave you without a little nugget of truth...
Don't forget to rely on the Holy Spirit as you strength this week... if you rely on yourself, you're going to get tired of everyday life. He's the strength of your heart and your portion forever.. love you girls!! xoxo
Psalm 73:26 NIV
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portionforever.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Luke
Hey loves! As you know, we've been going through the book of Luke at church since the beginning of the year. I've tried to focus a lot of my time with God in this book to try and get as much out of it as possible. But for the past week, i haven't been able to get past Luke 6. Every time i try to move on, something moves me back to read it again and again. I challenge you to spend some time reading and digesting it (especially the message version...my gosh, it's so good in the message version). It's changing and shaping the way i view my walk with Christ as well as the way i view and love others.
Luke 6:32 and 33 say this:
"If you love those you love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same."
These verses have been stepping on my toes the past few days. As a Christian I've made a commitment to live completely for God. And that means laying aside myself..my "rights" as i've so often thought of them. That means doing what it takes to further His name and the gospel of His good news. That He's come for the hurting and the lonely. That those who don't think they have a hope in the world can find that they have everything they've ever needed in Him. That he was tortured and bled and died so that we can be forgiven of our own selfish sins.
Luke goes on to say in verse 35 that "He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men". That's ME. How can i not pass on the love that he's given to me to those that have in no way hurt or harmed me the way that I do when I sin against the God whose son was crucified so that I may live?
So this is the challenge that I'm taking up...and i encourage you to consider it as well. 1 Thessalonians 5 says this:
"Rejoice always; Pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks;...abstain from every form of evil."
This is my thought. The average Christian rejoices...but God calls us to rejoice always. Most of us pray...but God calls us to pray without ceasing. It's common to give thanks...but God calls us to give thanks in everything. The basic believer wants to refrain from evil...but again, God tells us to abstain from every form of evil.
Why does he ask us to do these things? It all comes down to two very simple truths.
1. God wants us. All of us. With all of our problems and fears and all that sin that we come with. But he doesn't want us to stay that way. He wants us to accept his love and to grow closer to Him each day because of the love He's lavished on us.
2. He wants us to show to others the love that has so greatly changed us. He calls us to go out into the world, but to be different. To love those that hurt us. To pray for those that persecute us. To rejoice always, in every situation. To run from every form of evil. To love a broken world that does not yet know the love of Christ.
So sweet girls, i urge you...draw near to him...devour his word. let it become something you can't go a day without. let his love change you..from the inside out. and then show that love to those who don't know it. to those that hurt you and cut you down. to those that you would normally never talk to...that the world would never normally talk to. and all the while..rejoice always, pray unceasingly, give thanks in everything and run from every single form of evil.
I love you girls much! Please, let Callie and I know your thoughts on this. And on ways that the Lord is challenging you. We want so much to know the ways He's growing you.
Becca
Luke 6:32 and 33 say this:
"If you love those you love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same."
These verses have been stepping on my toes the past few days. As a Christian I've made a commitment to live completely for God. And that means laying aside myself..my "rights" as i've so often thought of them. That means doing what it takes to further His name and the gospel of His good news. That He's come for the hurting and the lonely. That those who don't think they have a hope in the world can find that they have everything they've ever needed in Him. That he was tortured and bled and died so that we can be forgiven of our own selfish sins.
Luke goes on to say in verse 35 that "He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men". That's ME. How can i not pass on the love that he's given to me to those that have in no way hurt or harmed me the way that I do when I sin against the God whose son was crucified so that I may live?
So this is the challenge that I'm taking up...and i encourage you to consider it as well. 1 Thessalonians 5 says this:
"Rejoice always; Pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks;...abstain from every form of evil."
This is my thought. The average Christian rejoices...but God calls us to rejoice always. Most of us pray...but God calls us to pray without ceasing. It's common to give thanks...but God calls us to give thanks in everything. The basic believer wants to refrain from evil...but again, God tells us to abstain from every form of evil.
Why does he ask us to do these things? It all comes down to two very simple truths.
1. God wants us. All of us. With all of our problems and fears and all that sin that we come with. But he doesn't want us to stay that way. He wants us to accept his love and to grow closer to Him each day because of the love He's lavished on us.
2. He wants us to show to others the love that has so greatly changed us. He calls us to go out into the world, but to be different. To love those that hurt us. To pray for those that persecute us. To rejoice always, in every situation. To run from every form of evil. To love a broken world that does not yet know the love of Christ.
So sweet girls, i urge you...draw near to him...devour his word. let it become something you can't go a day without. let his love change you..from the inside out. and then show that love to those who don't know it. to those that hurt you and cut you down. to those that you would normally never talk to...that the world would never normally talk to. and all the while..rejoice always, pray unceasingly, give thanks in everything and run from every single form of evil.
I love you girls much! Please, let Callie and I know your thoughts on this. And on ways that the Lord is challenging you. We want so much to know the ways He's growing you.
Becca
Monday, January 31, 2011
you are LOVED.
Hey my pretties,
As you all know, we attended the RL girl's event as a small group this past Friday night and it was AMAZING. God moved in a big way. If you weren't able to come, what you NEED to know from that night is that God... the God who made heaven and earth.. who reigns forever and is Holy and Perfect.... is crazy about [you]. You don't have to be someone else to get his attention. He doesn't need your advice or comfort... He doesn't require ANYTHING from you other than your heart.. and once he has your heart and you are able to accept His love.. He will help you make sense of the broken pieces of your life.. and hold you together like a loving father. He will ALWAYS be there. This oughta stir up something inside of your heart... and if it doesn't, let's talk about it ;)
Love you all to pieces. xoxo
Also, becca looks amazing in this picture (i mean, all of us do, but look at becca.. she's fierce!)
Monday, January 24, 2011
john 16:33.....go read it ;)
hey girls.. i'm sitting here getting ready for life group tonight and i just read this on a blog that my good friend matt huber tweeted about (did you follow that explanation?) It's talking about going through pain (emotional/physical/whatev) in our earthly lives::
"He (God) can bring light out of any darkness, hope out of any despair, healing out of any brokenness…bringing “beautiful things out of the dust; beautiful things out of us.” I don’t have to try to believe this with my brain; it’s deep in my bones. This is why I am still a Christian."
even better than trying to figure out why difficult things are happening in our lives and begging God to change our situation, is the miracle produced inside of us when we face the hard stuff, but know God's goodness well enough to have peace and joy anyway... we don't just know it to be true in our brains, because there are other things true about the world that could confuse us.. if we store "God is always good" in our brains right next to "marriages fail" or "my friend died from cancer"... the enemy might be able to rob us of our reassurance in the hope and promise of our God. it is when we are so sure of God's goodness, deep down in the bones of who we are, and we know that the troubles of this world are light and momentary compared to an eternity with Jesus.. that we can't be shaken.. now THAT is God working a miracle in our lives.. never lose heart, beautiful girls...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
praying this for you..
Hey girls,
As I've been reading this week I keep coming back to this verse in Ephesians:
"I pray that out of His glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen."
And i wanted yall to know that I'm praying this for you this week. That the Lord will strengthen you with his POWER in your inner being.. strengthen you in your hearts and minds so that Christ can dwell there through your faith.. THINK about this:: the power of Christ dwelling in your inner being.. helping you understand how wide and long and high and deep His love for you is. if we could truly grasp that........ there would be no such thing as a bad day :)
Love yall xoxo
As I've been reading this week I keep coming back to this verse in Ephesians:
"I pray that out of His glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen."
And i wanted yall to know that I'm praying this for you this week. That the Lord will strengthen you with his POWER in your inner being.. strengthen you in your hearts and minds so that Christ can dwell there through your faith.. THINK about this:: the power of Christ dwelling in your inner being.. helping you understand how wide and long and high and deep His love for you is. if we could truly grasp that........ there would be no such thing as a bad day :)
Love yall xoxo
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
club... group... team
hi girls... we were talking at life group last night and we thought it might be cool to have a blog for our life group... ya know, so we can post stuff for you guys throughout the week if we have some encouragement for yall or maybe different scriptures that we think would be good for yall.. or cool thoughts or just anything, really... mainly because we love you! anyway, and hopefully you guys can post some stuff too!
you should know that: becca and i LOVE making video blogs.. and we crack ourselves up regularly. so we will not be offended if you don't think we are as funny as WE think we are. (yes, we will)..
enjoy!
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