Family of Christ
Women’s Ministry
“To illuminate the heart, nurture the faith,
and prepare women for service to the glory of our King and our God!”
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Family of Christ
Women’s Ministry
“To illuminate the heart, nurture the faith,
and prepare women for service to the glory of our King and our God!”
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| "Marriage: Blessing or Bondag |
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From: Ephesians 5:31 (also In our devotion last week, I brought up the subject of marriage. The biblical view of marriage, given to us by our Creator and Lord, is much different than that of the world's view of marriage. Such... |
| "Different by Design" by Cryst |
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From: 1 Corinthians 11:11 A subject that has gradually become of greater and greater importance to me over the past few years is God's design for the husband and wife relationship in marriage. (If you are single, I encourage ... |
| "Set Your Mind on Things Above |
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From: John 1:16 Psychologists say that 77% of all talk is negative. Thinking about the conversations people have had with you in the past day or two, you would probably agree with that statistic. It is just so much... |
| "The Living Word" |
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From: John 1:1-2, 14 What a birth announcement! Jesus, the One and Only—the living Word—has come to live in human flesh among us. Glory to God! The eloquent writing of the Apostle John, in my opinion at least, announc... |
| "An Update from Julie" |
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From: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Dear ones,You—our friends, family and church family—have been absolutely wonderful in your outpouring of love, concern and help these last few weeks. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom ... |
| "Living as the Temple of God" |
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From: Hebrews 13:15-16 We made it, dear friend. I can hardly believe we have completed our 14-week study of Hebrews and I am writing the final devotion for A Living Sanctuary. What a journey! I pray it has been a blessin... |
| "Run Your Race" |
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From: Hebrews 12:1 Have you enjoyed our study of the heroes of faith? I am so inspired by each and every one of them—not because they were perfect, mind you, but because they were willing and faithful. In our class th... |
| "By Faith" |
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From: Hebrews 11:6 This week we came to one of my favorite sections of the Bible. Hebrews 11 is often called the “Hall of Faith” or the “Role Call of the Heroes of Faith” by Biblical scholars, and it is the “Cliff Not... |
| "Therefore...Let Us" |
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From: Hebrews 10:19-21 In our lesson this past Sunday, we transitioned into a new phase of our study. Eleven weeks ago we began the book of Hebrews with God confirming the superiority of Jesus Christ, His Son, over all cre... |
| The Heavenly Things |
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From: Hebrews 9:23 There is so much I want to say to you in today’s devotion that I can hardly contain myself. So let’s just dig in right away, shall we? Begin with me by reviewing our verse for today. Please take a ... |
| "The Way" |
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From: Hebrews 9:8 Did you enjoy our glimpse of the heavenly sanctuary last week? I sure did, especially all the connections we studied together in class these past two Sundays. What beautiful significance lies in eve... |
| "The True Tabernacle" |
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From: Hebrews 8:5 Last week we rejoiced in the good news that we—all believers in Christ—are God’s temple. This Sunday morning we focused on the above verse from Hebrews 8:5 and what it means that the original taberna... |
| "Jesus--our High Priest" |
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From: Hebrews 6:19-20 Have you soaked it all in from last week’s devotion? So much beauty lies in the building and rebuilding of God’s temple! Last week we learned about the very first tabernacle built through Moses, the... |
| "We are His House" |
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From: Hebrews 3:6 A living sanctuary…that’s what we are. Hebrews 3:6 says “we are His house.” Did you catch that? We…you…me…all our brothers and sisters in the faith from around the world and from all time are “His ... |
| "The Dwelling" |
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From: Hebrews 1:3 The first two devotions of A Living Sanctuary focused on “the Deliverer” aspect of our study. This week I would like to turn our attention to “the Dwelling.” During class, we read through and discus... |
| "The Deliverer" |
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From: Exodus 15:17 As laid out in our devotion last week, the theme for the next 14 weeks will be based on our study of Hebrews: A Living Sanctuary: The Deliverer and His Dwelling. This is our Sunday morning study wh... |
| "A Living Sanctuary (Intro)" |
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From: Ephesians 2:19-22 (N Today marks a turning point for me, and I am both excited and anxious at the same time. Since I began writing our weekly devotionals a year ago, I have written most of them to expound upon whatever B... |
| "Commission to Faith" |
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From: Ephesians 3:17b-18 We did it, girls. We made it through the 10-week journey of learning how to believe God. Not just to believe IN Him, mind you, but to BELIEVE Him. If you attended our last video session, the above ... |
| "For the Rest of Your Days" |
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From: 2 Corinthians 4:7 “Believing God for the rest of your days.” How do we know we can believe God?1. God is who He says He is.2. God can do what He says He can do.3. I am who God says I am.4. I can do ... |
| "To Your Gilgal" |
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From: Joshua 5:8-9 “Believing God to get you to your Gilgal.” Let’s remind ourselves once again why we can completely believe our God:1. God is who He says He is.2. God can do what He says He can do.3. I ... |
| "Alive and Active in Me" |
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From: Hebrews 4:12 “God’s word is alive and active in me.” This week in our Young Women’s Believing God study we are focusing on the fifth statement in our pledge of faith. Raise up your shield of faith with me girls!... |
| "All Along" |
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From: 1 Peter 2:4-5 “Believing God has been there all along.” Even though we are done studying the meaning behind our 5-statement pledge of faith, we still have much to learn about believing God. This week we learned wh... |
| "I Can Do All Things Through C |
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From: Philippians 4:14 “I can do all things through Christ.” This week in our “Believing God” study we are focusing on the fourth statement in our 5-statement pledge of faith. So raise up your shield of faith with me!1. ... |
| “I am who God says I am.” |
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From: Ephesians 1:4-8 This week in our Believing God study we are focusing on the third statement in our 5-statement pledge of faith. Let’s raise up our shield of faith once again:1. God is who He says He is.2. ... |
| “God can do what He says He ca |
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From: Psalm 77:14 This week in our Believing God study we are focusing on the second statement in our 5-statement pledge of faith. Those of you in our study should know the drill by now, so raise up your shield of fai... |
| "God is..." Part II |
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From: Isaiah 46:9 This week in our Believing God study we are focusing on the first statement in our 5-statement pledge of faith. Let’s begin today by raising up our shield of faith and saying all five statements:1. ... |
| "God is Who He Says He is" |
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From: Romans 4:3 “I’m believing God!” For the young ladies who attended our first Believing God session at our retreat Sunday night and those of you who attended the study last fall, those words should have great mea... |
| "Vessels of Treasure" |
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From: 2 Corinthians 4:7 This past week I had the privilege of speaking to a group of ladies from another church, and God led me to use this verse as the main topic for our lesson. Because they seemed to enjoy it so much, I ... |
| "Spiritual Checkpoint" |
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From: Joshua 5:9, 12 Would you allow me to ask you a personal question? How has your spiritual life changed over the past year? This weekend, May 14 and 15, marks exactly a year since several of us from Family of Christ... |
| "Shaped by God" |
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From: Jeremiah 18:4 Have you ever felt God was “messing” with you and wished He would just leave you alone? I’ve had friends say to me, “I know God says He won’t give me more than I can handle, but right now I wish He w... |
| "God's Dream for You" |
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From: Isaiah 55:2 What do you give yourself to? What consumes you? What are your passions and your pleasures? Our society today has done a good job of convincing us that we “deserve” a certain standard of life, that ... |
| "What is Truth?" |
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From: John 18:37 Two years ago a wonderful movie titled The Gospel of John was shown in theaters, and if you saw it you know that the entire script was word-for-word the Book of John. One aspect of the movie that rea... |
| The LORD our Righteousness |
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From: 2 Corinthians 5:21 What insight we have gained about our precious Lord these past seven weeks as we studied the names of God together. I pray you enjoyed it as much as I did. Some names gave me sheer delight, while ot... |
| "The LORD My Shepherd" |
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From: Psalm 23:1 The LORD my Shepherd…The LORD of Hosts…The LORD is Peace…The LORD who Sanctifies you. These were the beautiful names we learned for our Lord this week. What treasure is found in each one! I had a v... |
| "The LORD is My Banner" |
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From: Exodus 17:11-16 In our study this week from LORD, I Want to Know You by Kay Arthur, we took some time to review the names of God that we have learned so far. We also learned a great new tool for studying the Word of... |
| "The God who Heals" |
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From: Isaiah 53:5 Jehovah-rapha—the God who heals. He is the One we met in our study of God’s names this week. This name for God first appears in Genesis 20:17: “Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech,... |
| "The LORD Will Provide" |
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From: Genesis 22:14 What depth of insight we gained this week from the names of God! We got to know the Lord as Adonai, Jehovah, and Jehovah-jireh. For review, let’s take a look at the meanings of these three names aga... |
| "God is in Control" |
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From: Romans 8:38-39 Irrevocably established. That is the dictionary’s definition for sealed—the word God uses to describe those who have been made His through the work of the Holy Spirit. “[He] set His seal of ownershi... |
| "Our Strong Tower" |
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From: Proverbs 18:10 As we finish our first week of devotions from LORD, I Want to Know You, we have learned the security that is ours in the name of the Lord as well as our right to boast in His name. We know God as Elo... |
| "LORD, I Want to Know You" Int |
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From: Daniel 11:32 Our church calendar leads us into the season of Lent this week, with Ash Wednesday beginning our journey to the Cross. During these forty days of somber reflection, I pray that you will draw closer t... |
| "To Find Satisfaction in God, |
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From: Psalm 119:45 Living free. What scene or image comes to your mind as you read those two words? What does a life that is lived in freedom look like? I believe the topics we explored in the last three weeks of thi... |
| "To Glorify God" |
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From: 1 Corinthians 10:31 What does it mean to glorify God, and how do we do it? Isaiah 43:7 tells us that God created us for His glory. Beloved, if God's purpose in creating us was to bring Him glory, then we better figure ... |
| "To Know God and Believe Him" |
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From: Isaiah 43:10 Last week we defined false strongholds and learned about our two weapons--God's Word and prayer--for defeating them. This week, in our Living Free Bible study, we have been looking at the first of fi... |