By Faith...I think that was the lesson

It took me a bit to jump into this weeks homework. For a few days I was stuck in a place of mulling over the notes from last week’s lesson about believing we are who God says we are. I know that even as I have gone about my week God has been good to draw a few of those traits out for me to explore a little more. For those who may have missed our time together here is a little recap:

We are LOVED, We are BLESSSED,
We are CHOSEN, We are ADOPTED,
We are ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED,
We are REDEEMED, We are FORGIVEN

Clinging to those statements about who we are
we are thrust in to the hard work of
By Faith...By Faith...By Faith.

Well ladies there it is. This week’s mantra. By Faith. This week we will discuss together days 1-3 (pg 74-84) . In our time we will be reviewing the stories and life/faith lessons that we can learn and be encouraged by of some of the people of faith who walked before us...WAY before us. While a few of the names are familiar I was blessed in my study time with new respect for the level of faith that each man we will look at displayed in his day. Before it was the nature of the situation that appealed to me, but now I am in awe of their persistent, lived out loud act of faith. I look forward to hearing how these stories of “old” are encouraging you today.

Thank you ladies for all the work that you are doing for our time together. What a blessing and encouragement it is to share our stories, insights, thoughts and journeys with one another. I don’t know about you, but I always leave our time together just itching for more.

What does healing really look like

Our time together last week was great as we were able to discuss and practice what it means to ask God to work in our situations of life . This week we will wrap up our discussion of week 3 by discussing pages 63-72 and watching our next video. That discussion will cover what it means to be in the process of healing as well as how to handle when we make specific requests of God and yet they go unanswered by our understanding. Even as you prepare to join us on Friday consider these two quotes for these last two days of study.

“ Almost all the healing works God has accomplished in my life have been processes, stitch by stitch so that I would learn to appreciate being continually in His hands.” pg.65

“ Dear One, we can’t let our fear that God may not affirmatively answer our every prayer keep us from praying.” pg. 67

I pray that even in our short time studying thus far you have begun to make a shift in how you approach prayer and have been challenged to expect more from God. He is lavish with his love, his grace and his compassion. He desires to work in the lives of his obedient children...so ask away...I can’t wait to be astounded at how God will work.