WOMEN OF GOD
I am a single elder woman of God. In my mid-50's, i have lived for the Lord for 25 years. i had a bumpy start in the Catholic Church, dispelling the lies and false doctrines i was taught, overcoming alcoholism and other besetting sins passed down in a family not serving God. But God is always faithful, and when i came to Jesus, He began to send true men and women of God to teach and encourage, to exhort and edify, to show me the way and the love of God. He sent spiritual parents and taught me what family was meant to be when God created men and women. i have come to learn what my role is in the body of Christ as a woman of God and bride of Christ. i have learned to love God with all my heart, mind, soul and strength, my neighbor as myself, and i love serving the Lord God, every day.
i was married when i was lost, i miscarried a baby and lost my grandmother just before my salvation in the early 80's. This was a most devastating time in my life, as i loved and worked with children since High School and my grandmother was like the center of my life. But God, as i began to seek Him, He saw fit to restore to me children in my life, and i have been blessed to be a spiritual mother to many children, and about to be a spiritual grandmother. Once saved i spent years as a youth minister in San Francisco before i moved up to Santa Rosa to help my sister with my nephew when she was sick. Once in Santa Rosa i continued to teach children the Word of God until i moved to Florida for a few years to be further discipled and raised up by my spiritual parents. Now i am back in Santa Rosa taking care of my dad who has cancer and spending time with my aging mom, who is saved and growing in the Lord, amen.
It took many years to find who i was i Christ, but the youth today who fully live in the Lord are finding their way much quicker. i want to encourage women of God everywhere of all ages, those in my life and out in the body. Be patient, consistent, obedient and completely submitted to God in your walk. Do not give up, do not despair, do not ever lose hope.
While the world is telling women from grade school on up what and who they should be, how to look, how to act, what to wear, say and do, keep in mind the world is ruled by the devil and the devil is a liar and the father of all lies (John 8:44). Women are not here to compete with or for men. God created women to be a help-meet for man (Genesis 2:18). Our role in God's eyes has never changed. God's plan has not changed. The world continues to change and warp the role of women through the ages, but God remains the same yesterday, today and forever. Mighty women of God throughout Bible history have stepped up when there was an absence of men to lead, but only by the will of God, as the exception and not the rule. Like Deborah (Judges 4-5). Many women are mentioned by Paul as being a help in his ministry, Phebe, Priscilla, Mary, etc (Romans 16). And what about Mary the mother of Jesus, as a woman who served God with all her heart. Women of God, stay pure, holy and righteous, married to Christ, daughters of our God. God will reveal His plan for our lives as we seek Him, pray, fast, study the Word of God and do his will, step by step. Married or single, God's plan remains the same. We are helpers by nature. We were created to submit to and help man as the head of the body, or house, as the man follows Christ. To raise the children in the ways of the Lord, ours and those who have no parents to raise them.
i know i can preach on the streets, i can teach the Word of God, i can counsel, exhort, rebuke, edify and correct. i am an encourager and a prayer warrior, a helper and a caregiver. i have done all these things. i can do whatever God wills me to do. For it is not me who lives, but Christ in me (Galatians 2:20) and i want to know nothing but Christ crucified (1 Corinthians 2:2). So for all the wisdom God has given me and knowing God and His Son (John 17:3), i have learned that i only want to be right where God wills me to be in each moment i live this life. Each moment with my eyes focused on the kingdom of God, seeing as Jesus sees.
i can do all things in Christ, he is my strength (Philippians 4:13). But should i do all things? No, at least not all at once. There is a time and place, a season for all things (Ecclesiastes). As i look back on my life, much of my growing in the Lord, in His wisdom, has been accelerated because i came to Christ later, at 30. So right now i find my self now in a season of taking care of my parents. This is where i am. But the foundation does not change, praying without ceasing, interceding, warring in prayer, studying the word daily, fasting and sharing the Gospel message each day as i go about this season i am in. Do i know what is next? i have had glimpses, but no clear word. But what i do know is, wherever i am i will help, war in prayer, fast, study the Word of God and teach the Gospel.
God has the truth and plan for our lives, the only truth and plan. Single women, God knows the man He desires to be your husband. You must keep yourself pure and holy, clean and separated from the world until the day God reveals that man to you. Be patient and consistent in your walk with Him even if you never marry. God gives all the wisdom and strength we need to endure in His word. Our place as women of God can be a tricky and danger fraught road. We are strong, wise and knowledgeable in the word of God. We must always hear God for His plan, for the knowledge of His will for our lives (Colossians 1:9). We all have a place in the body of Christ, but woman was not created to be the head.
i was married when i was lost, i miscarried a baby and lost my grandmother just before my salvation in the early 80's. This was a most devastating time in my life, as i loved and worked with children since High School and my grandmother was like the center of my life. But God, as i began to seek Him, He saw fit to restore to me children in my life, and i have been blessed to be a spiritual mother to many children, and about to be a spiritual grandmother. Once saved i spent years as a youth minister in San Francisco before i moved up to Santa Rosa to help my sister with my nephew when she was sick. Once in Santa Rosa i continued to teach children the Word of God until i moved to Florida for a few years to be further discipled and raised up by my spiritual parents. Now i am back in Santa Rosa taking care of my dad who has cancer and spending time with my aging mom, who is saved and growing in the Lord, amen.
It took many years to find who i was i Christ, but the youth today who fully live in the Lord are finding their way much quicker. i want to encourage women of God everywhere of all ages, those in my life and out in the body. Be patient, consistent, obedient and completely submitted to God in your walk. Do not give up, do not despair, do not ever lose hope.
While the world is telling women from grade school on up what and who they should be, how to look, how to act, what to wear, say and do, keep in mind the world is ruled by the devil and the devil is a liar and the father of all lies (John 8:44). Women are not here to compete with or for men. God created women to be a help-meet for man (Genesis 2:18). Our role in God's eyes has never changed. God's plan has not changed. The world continues to change and warp the role of women through the ages, but God remains the same yesterday, today and forever. Mighty women of God throughout Bible history have stepped up when there was an absence of men to lead, but only by the will of God, as the exception and not the rule. Like Deborah (Judges 4-5). Many women are mentioned by Paul as being a help in his ministry, Phebe, Priscilla, Mary, etc (Romans 16). And what about Mary the mother of Jesus, as a woman who served God with all her heart. Women of God, stay pure, holy and righteous, married to Christ, daughters of our God. God will reveal His plan for our lives as we seek Him, pray, fast, study the Word of God and do his will, step by step. Married or single, God's plan remains the same. We are helpers by nature. We were created to submit to and help man as the head of the body, or house, as the man follows Christ. To raise the children in the ways of the Lord, ours and those who have no parents to raise them.
i know i can preach on the streets, i can teach the Word of God, i can counsel, exhort, rebuke, edify and correct. i am an encourager and a prayer warrior, a helper and a caregiver. i have done all these things. i can do whatever God wills me to do. For it is not me who lives, but Christ in me (Galatians 2:20) and i want to know nothing but Christ crucified (1 Corinthians 2:2). So for all the wisdom God has given me and knowing God and His Son (John 17:3), i have learned that i only want to be right where God wills me to be in each moment i live this life. Each moment with my eyes focused on the kingdom of God, seeing as Jesus sees.
i can do all things in Christ, he is my strength (Philippians 4:13). But should i do all things? No, at least not all at once. There is a time and place, a season for all things (Ecclesiastes). As i look back on my life, much of my growing in the Lord, in His wisdom, has been accelerated because i came to Christ later, at 30. So right now i find my self now in a season of taking care of my parents. This is where i am. But the foundation does not change, praying without ceasing, interceding, warring in prayer, studying the word daily, fasting and sharing the Gospel message each day as i go about this season i am in. Do i know what is next? i have had glimpses, but no clear word. But what i do know is, wherever i am i will help, war in prayer, fast, study the Word of God and teach the Gospel.
God has the truth and plan for our lives, the only truth and plan. Single women, God knows the man He desires to be your husband. You must keep yourself pure and holy, clean and separated from the world until the day God reveals that man to you. Be patient and consistent in your walk with Him even if you never marry. God gives all the wisdom and strength we need to endure in His word. Our place as women of God can be a tricky and danger fraught road. We are strong, wise and knowledgeable in the word of God. We must always hear God for His plan, for the knowledge of His will for our lives (Colossians 1:9). We all have a place in the body of Christ, but woman was not created to be the head.
JESUS SAVES
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