Church Chicks: Spend Your Time Wisely

Church Chicks, don't spend your time trying to straighten out people who scoff at God and His wisdom.  Until people want to take a step across the line and experience faith and God's love, they don't hear you.  When we try to get people to change on our own, we will only stir up anger and ruin relationships.  Look for those to mentor and invest your time in who are just and love wisdom and do not spend your time getting into strife with scoffers.  Let God softly lead them to Himself, just as He led you to His love and relationship.

"Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.  Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning."  Proverbs 9:8-9
Find someone to mentor you - a woman you look up to in the faith, and find someone you can mentor - a woman who needs someone to come alongside and encourage her.  Reach a hand up and a hand down.  Do you have a mentor?  Are you mentoring someone who is a little behind you in the faith?  Both relationships are important for our spiritual growth and the growth of others.  Give yourself these two gifts this Christmas season :)  Hugs to share, Church Chicks!
 

Self Exam for Church Chicks :/

"These 6 things the Lord hates.  Yes, 7th are an abomination to Him:
1) a proud look, 2) a lying tongue, 3) hands that shed innocent blood, 4) a heart that devises wicked plans, 5) feet that are swift in running to evil, 6) a false witness who speaks lies, and 7) one who sows discord among brethren."

As women, we are supposed to do physical self exams to check for lumps and bumps that could signify the presence or the start of a cancer.  But, just as critical a self exam is a spiritual exam we need to perform on ourselves periodically that checks for these 7 things the Lord hates to be a part of our lives.  They are cancers that can sneak into our hearts and minds and go undetected until they cause a crisis in our relationships.  If we examine our own hearts regularly to be sure we are living a humble, truthful, life-giving, positive life we can be assured that we are pleasing our Lord and living a blessed life.


May you have a great day being blessed and being a blessing to others around you.
Hugs, Church Chicks (Pass them on)!

 

Happy ThanksLIVING, Church Chicks!

When we ask for God's wisdom and apply it to our lives, we make God happy and He is thankful for us, too.  "And I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him, rejoicing in His inhabited world, and my delight was with the sons of men."  Proverbs 8:30-31  God has blessed our lives in so many ways, but did you ever think you are a blessing to Him, too, when you read His Word, hear His voice, and live it out?

Lord, I want to make you smile daily and I desire to live my life as a thanksLIVING offering to You.  Help me to seek Your wisdom and live it out daily as your Church Chick.  In Jesus' name, Amen.

Church Chicks Join Evening Prayer Movement

Evening Prayer

Someone has said that if Christians really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Did you know that during WWII there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every day at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England , its people and peace? There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America . If you would like to participate: Every evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (8 PM Central time) (7:00 PM Mountain) (6:00 PM Pacific), stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, and for a return to a Godly nation. If you know anyone else who would like to participate, please pass this along. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have. Please forward this to your praying friends.

Church Chicks, will you make the commitment to stop and pray for one minute every day at 9 pm for the above? I am going to do it. Join me? Pass it on...

Blending Mercy with Truth - Not Easy... But Brings Blessings

Hi, Church Chicks!  Ever have a hard time telling someone the truth because you didn't want to hurt their feelings?  Or being in a grouchy mood and letting the truth out in a way that doesn't come across as loving and kind?  We all have been there...  Proverbs 3:3-4 says, "Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck.  Write them on the tablet of your heart, And so find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man."  It takes humility and a big dose of God's love to be totally truthful with people and yet not hurtful and destructive.  Today, as you speak truth, remember to not come across as perfect or condescending.  Instead, share your own struggle with the problem and then share the truth from God's Word for the situation.  As we share truth with mercy, we will have God's blessing as well as our family's and friends'.  Hugs! 

The Lord and His Wisdom Guards a Church Chick's Path

The world around us can drag us down if we don't keep our focus on God, His Word and His way.  People around us that aren't in the faith will try to influence us to act and think like them.  Be strong in the Lord, Church Chicks, and ask the Lord to put His shield and guard about you if you are struggling with this.  Remember there are two paths in life:  man's way and God's way.  God's path is one of justice, equity, goodness, discretion and understanding.  The path of an evil man is perverse, crooked, devious and leads to death.  Let's stand for the Lord so we don't fall for the world!  Have a victorious day walking the walk, Church Chicks! :)                    When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, discretion will preserve you, understanding will keep you to deliver you for the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things.  Proverbs 2:10-12

Church Chicks are Wise in God's Eyes :)

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.  Proverbs 1:7  Church Chicks respect the Lord's wisdom and instruction and KNOW it works in their lives.  When we have a teachable heart and put God's instruction into our actions, the world sees God's wisdom and the resulting peace and joy in our lives.  God's Word works, but we have to work His Word.  We also need to be open to constructive criticism from others who love us as God also speaks into our lives through others.  Don't react negatively in correction.  Welcome and consider it to increase your wisdom and godly influence on others.  Love you, Church Chicks!  Share your favorite life verse with other Church Chicks today :)  Hugs all around!

Church Chicks: Let's Do Acts of Random Kindness (ARK) This Week

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God... The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow...  Psalm 146:5,9  It's more important to find out what God is doing and get involved in it than to ask Him to bless what we are doing.  There are a lot of hurting people going through the motions of life around us every day.  Let us look around us this week for someone we can lift up by blessing them in a practical way (pay for the person behind you in a food line, treat a co-worker to lunch, etc.).  Be sure to tell them (or let them know in some way) that you are showing God's love for them.  Help people get into the ARK by doing Acts of Random Kindness.  Let's do it for the Lord, Church Chicks!

Church Chick: Church Chicks Give a Sacrifice of Praise in the Ha...

Church Chick: Church Chicks Give a Sacrifice of Praise in the Ha...: The God of the good times is still God of the hard times. Praise the Lord always. "While I live I will praise the Lord, I will sing prai...

Church Chicks Give a Sacrifice of Praise in the Hard Times...

The God of the good times is still God of the hard times. Praise the Lord always. "While I live I will praise the Lord, I will sing praises to my God while I have my being." Psalm 146:2

Church Chicks, let's sing praises to the Lord no matter what the day brings. (Even if one of your little twin 3 yr old granddaughters had one of her front teeth knocked out in an accident today) God is still on His throne and working all things out for good even if not everything that happens to us is good... PTL!

Church Chicks Tell It To Their Children and Their Children's Children :)

"I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever... One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts."  Church Chicks want to share our faith with the world and every one we meet.  We don't want to overlook sharing with our children and grandchildren the great things God has done and is doing in our lives.  When they come to faith, we need to encourage them to praise God's working in their lives and to pass it on to their children.  Today, let's testify to our kids something God has done for us and encourage them to share what God is doing in their lives with us and others.  Pass it on through the generations of your family :)  Praise Him, Church Chicks!  He is worthy of all praise.  Hugs!

Church Chicks Have Sensitivity to God

Have you ever had a sensitivity to a soap, cream or lotion?  Your skin gets itchy and tender, and you definitely know there's something making your skin feel more aware of anything that comes in contact with it in that area.  We can become more sensitive to hearing God's voice in our lives by,,,  guess what?  Just asking Him!  Psalms 144:8 says, "Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust.  Cause me to know the way in which I should walk for I lift up my soul to You."  Let's start the day by asking our loving Father to make us sensitive to His leading in our daily walks. To see those around us who need an encouraging word, smile or hug.  Lord, we lift up our souls to You.  Make us more sensitive to Your love and leading in every area of our lives.  Thank you for all you have done and are doing for us.  We love You!!!  In Jesus' name, Amen.  Read it, live it, wear it, tell it, Church Chicks :)  Hugs!

Church Chicks Have Sweet Lips :)

Church Chicks speak words of life and not death.  "Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart to any evil thing."  Today, let's ask the Lord to help us only speak words that are helpful and true to others and over our own situations.  Words are powerful.  God spoke the world into place.  Let's make our world a more beautiful place with sweet words of hope.  Have a blessed day, Church Chicks!  Use your sweet lips today :)