Seriously..How many times have you begun the New Year with fresh plans and ideas and met your target? Same goes for making plans for a New life season. Here’s what usually happens to most people when setting plans: >Chances are they blew some, >their interests changed >they got discouraged >or life just happened. Research states only 8% of people complete their goals and the rest never get to achieve them. Now I ask you, how many actually achieve their original goals for the year? Many motivational speakers seem to be heading one way. Plan and Set goals — Work at Achieve them. Well I disagree quite a bit. Does your goal line up with God’s agenda for you? Does your plan match up to the vision for your life? Why am I pursuing this course? Does this glorify God in any way? God has a different blueprint for every life. Just before you pen down your plan for the next…
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“A Christmas For Us” Family Advent Devotional Book Is your email, social media pages littered with gift guides, Christmas shopping lists, heavily discounted products etc? Are you confused as to what to do this Christmas with your whole family? The truth your heart needs to hear, There’s no Christmas without Christ at the centre. The noise gets louder every year. It is drowning the true significance of Christ Birth in many homes. The world may have it as a funfair but should we take the season for granted? I worry that the commercials are teaching our children to look for Santa and elves, to find wrapped boxes under Christmas trees as a symbol of the season. I am concerned about the endless partying without a single mention of Christ at many gatherings. Is Christ in the distraction? Is that the purpose of Christmas? I don’t know if you have a Christmas tradition as a family. If you do, does your…
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I like the idea of going to a solitary place and sitting there in God’s presence, alone, quiet and focused. But in reality that is still on my dream list.
Are you like me? With many people and activities none of which we can check out from easily even if it is just a few hours.
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Sometime ago, I unsubscribed from a few groups. The tone and weight of their words against men was too hard for me to bear. I am a wife and I am a mum. I have a daughter for now but I will never teach her to see men as devils. No matter what side of the feminist debate you are on, we can agree on one thing, just as there are nasty men and there are nasty women too. “Far too long women ministries have emphasised on raising godly daughters, becoming godly wives and women in general. Perhaps, we have not paid enough attention to raising godly sons for our daughters. I know for sure there are godly men. They may not be a lot but there are Boaz(es). I drew her attention to the fact that satan has almost succeeded in attacking men and their destinies because of the key role they play in spiritual and societal headship. What…
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I am happy to have Carmen Horne, share this article as part of our Ruth Bible Study. Carmen knows what it means to be wounded and to heal. Her father was an alcoholic and she was molested by a friend’s dad when she was a child. Healing her own damaged heart taught Carmen the hope she now offers to the brokenhearted. Plowing through unhealthy thinking in her own life shaped Carmen’s understanding of the power of perspective. Mentoring, lay counselling, and a listening ear are the original seeds of her ministry. Carmen’s new book is Out of Words: 31 Prayers of Hope for Your Hurting Heart and its companion journal, Finding Words: Writing from Hurt to Hope. She is a contributor to 101 Secrets to a Happy Marriage — Thomas Nelson Publishers, Warrior Devotional — Declare Conference, The Message and Just Between Us magazines, and many online websites and blogs. Carmen writes….. “May the Lord, the God of Israel, under…
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Welcome to Week 6! Can you believe we have come this far, already? Hey girl, if you are just joining us, access our Study Resources HERE and subscribe on YOUTUBE to Watch Video Discussions. That difficult decision had to be made, the decision to hang in there and keep cool regardless of life struggles. What if we become intentional about guarding our emotions living such times? Emotions can run all over the place, if we let them. If we allow them, emotions can run the very things and people we hold dear. I raised my eye brows. Following Ruth footsteps, verse by verse reveals a young woman growing, evolving, adapting and coming out strong. Ruth tells you and I how much we need patience, humility, focus and faith to help us get by. Ruth’s character released favour on her life. Notice it was not Ruth’s intention to go about being “the good church girl” so to speak. It was who…
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Welcome to Week 5 of the Ruth Bible Study. New Here? No Problem Go Here to Download your Resources The waiting room of life can be exhausting; we are all looking and waiting for something. The time felt so long. Every minute felt like a day, waiting to hear the a good news. Waiting can be a struggle. For those who would like to see more sign of hope it becomes a fatigue. It brings to mind Ruth and Naomi, in a seemingly hopeless case with no light in sight. Here are a few lessons we can learn from them. If you are new here subscribe to our YouTube Channel to Watch Video Discussions 5 Lessons Ruth teaches us about the Waiting Season. *Don’t give up on hope. Keep Showing Up. Keep your expectation for your miracle. *Be focused on the promise. Stay on God. God does do not anything outside His promise. If He has said it, He will…
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I am happy to have Aminata Coote write today’s devotional in line with our ongoing Bible Study. She is the author of the New Book Royal: Life lessons from the Book of Esther. A good devotional companion for your teenage girls. Loaded with important descriptions about the role of a Queen and how it relates to young girls. Follow this link to grab your copy. Aminata writes…. As a teenager, I was drawn to the books of Ruth and Esther. I found them a refreshing change from the male-dominated story of the Bible. I didn’t understand until much later that God loves and appreciates women as much as He loves and appreciates men. Today, I want to share four things we can learn from Esther and Ruth in the Bible. 1. Obedience I watched as the young man was sent to the barber. According to the rules of the school, his hair was to be cut a particular way. He…
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Welcome to WEEK 3! If you are here for the first time please grab your study resources HERE. Everyone has got their hard season. But many of us don’t know how to struggle well. How Ruth was able to pull herself together and get out there as soon as she arrived Moab beats me. It shows us how to take on life struggles well. Not many of us have the courage to move past our losses, mistakes, meltdowns and past. This young widow embraces her struggles and continues in hope despite the hopelessness that looms. What does Ruth teach us about struggling well? 5 Truths to Help You in the thick of hardship Remain obedient to God’s Will. Stay focused on His promise. Work. Show up, get up and be fully present Be grateful even in the messy and mundane hard season. Be patient and hopeful as you glean along the way. You will find some good friends in…
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This Week’s Study we see a Determined Ruth willing to go all the way for Naomi. Welcome to Week 2 of our Ruth Bible Study Did you miss the video discussion for Week 1? Subscribe on YouTube and Watch Weekly video Discussions Watch Week 1 Video Wrap Our Devotional Study guide carries lots of thought provoking questions and scriptures to help you connect this story with your life. Grab your Ruth Study resources HERE You will agree with me that tough situations reveal true friends; the test of Naomi produced a friendship much stronger to overcome the trails. Some lessons embedded in this week include; Sisters are beautiful. It’s a Blessing to have precious sisters in your life who are there through thick and thin. Pray for godly friends. Pray for God to bless your garden with such beautiful flowers that give fresh blossom and sweet fragrance. They make living worthwhile and purposeful even when you think all hope is…
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I welcome you officially to the Ruth Bible Study. I feel elated sending out this post. If you are yet to sign up please do so HERE to receive your weekly Study Resources weekly sent to your emails. Kindly help your friends know about this study because I sincerely believe every woman should study the Book of Ruth Join Other Women Here Ever felt you have lost your way? I have too! In this Week One, we learn a lot from the few verses studied this week. One evening mum made that long distance call. She had strong convictions I wasn’t doing fine. Well not in physical terms. My new friends, new environment beckoned my adventurous heart. On top of that I was getting way into too many things that weren’t right. That call brought my senses back. Do you still remember who you are? I was slain in my spirit. The good Lord knew everything; yet He forgives me.…
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I have been pondering on sharing lessons from the Book of Ruth but when a few friends and family got wind of my study plan and lessons, they nudged to study along with me. Some women wondered why the study was going to be as long “8 weeks”. Some were curious as to know what‘s new, it’s just a love story. Others struggle to understand how the Book of Ruth relates to their reality. I don’t know what side of the divide you are on or the questions you have with respect to Bible Study…for what it is worth I put this here to help you. Is the Book of Ruth Worth studying on a deeper level? Yes, in fact every Book of the Bible is very much worth your time. Is the Book of Ruth for the woman in a particular life season? It is for every woman in every season of life. The Book of Ruth is for…