Unlgued

Last night was the last night.  It has been such a journey.  Such a blessing.  From the first e-mail/message on Facebook to last night.  I watched the Lord work.  I watched Him change lives.  I watched women become less-Unglued.  I watched Imperfect-Progress.
I found a group of women that I love dearly.
I saw and experienced the Lord take me completely out of my comfort zone.
I have always been the participant and the "behind the scenes" person. 
I never dreamed that He would take me completely out and put me in front of a group of women that I barley knew.
Obedience was called for and there was no way I was going to say No!  Call it a learned experience, you don't do that!!!!!! 

These women are hungry.  They want more.  They love the Lord.  It's exciting!!!!!!  I can't wait to see what He has planned for us next!!!!!!  We discussed many things last night.  We will be meeting again to come to a decision and pray!!!!!!! 

God is soooo good!!!!!!!!

M.I.A

I'm so sorry that I have been M.I.A lately.  We have had so much going on and so much happening.  There are things that I can't share but know that there is a reason for EVERYTHING!!!!!!  I have no doubt that the Lord is in control and that is the whole point. 
He promised that He would never leave or forsake me and that is what gets me out of the bed every morning.  People/Humans are ALWAYS going to let you down.  There is not doubt about that.  Most don't let us down intentionally but it happens.  On the other hand, Jesus will NOT!!!!! 

The Bible study that I am leading has been such an incredible time.  We are a group of women who love the Lord so very much.  We are learning to have less UNGLUED moments and we are making imperfect progress as Lysa calls it.  We have all learned so much about ourselves as well as more about the other women in the class.  Nothing more precious than having a group of women that care enough about each other and feel comfortable enough to share the biggest joys and the deepest hurts.  THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT!!!!! 

EXPECT is my word for the year 2013.  It has really changed my prayer life, my quiet time, my family life and my church life.  It is just incredible.  One of the main things is that it changes your perspective.  I mean when we consider what our perspective is and how we handle and approach situations and task, it is just HUGE!!!! 
For example...
When you pray......Do you EXPECT Him to answer?
When you approach a mountain....Do you EXPECT Him to move it?
When you approach a difficult situation....Do you EXPECT Him to go ahead of you?
I mean this is BIG STUFF!!!!!! 

I promise not to go M.I.A again!!!!!  I have so much more to share. 

pssst......I get to be a Guest Blogger on Sunday on a friends blog........

Unglued Memory Verses

“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

Psalm 19:14 (NIV)

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast” Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)            

AND

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)

Unglued

We won’t bend from the weight of our past, but we will bow to the One who holds out hope for a better future.  It’s a truth-filled future in which God reveals how emotions can work for us instead of against us. Unglued, pg17

 

When faced with a situation out of our control, we need to ask, “Whose side am I on?’  Will our response reflect that we are on God’s side, or not?  If we determine that, no matter what, we’re on God’s side, it settles the trust issue in our hearts.  And if we ground ourselves in the reality that we trust God, we can face circumstances that are out of our control without acting out of control.  We can’t always fix our circumstances, but we can fix our minds on God.  We can do that.

Unglued, pg28

 

Our goal isn’t to be perfect; that’s not realistic.  Our goal is to make progress- imperfect progress

                       Unglued DVD

 

UNGLUED

Well, we are moving right along.  We had an incredible time on Sunday evening with some wonderful women that I just love dearly!!!!!!!  We shared!  YES WE SHARED!!!!!!  Leading a Bible study is always a wonderful experience but I am always afraid that people won't talk and they all stare at each other.  It's not a good feeling but NOT THE CASE!!!!!!

We were real.  We were open.  We are all in this together.  I heard two ladies state the same thing and it has just stuck with me all week.  We may all be in different places in life but we can share and encourage one another.  AMEN Sister!!!!!!!

This week we talked about chiseling.  It sounds painful.  At times, it is painful!!!!  Yet, in the end.....The Master will complete His work and we will look more like His Son, Jesus!!!!!  That's my desire !!!!!!!!!! 

We all have our UNGLUED moments.  We can make a choice in how we want to deal with them.  Before reacting.....speak softly....."Lord Chisel Me."

UNGLUED

Well, well......we had the first night of Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst.  Let me first say that this will be a very short post.  I was completely blown away.  We had been talking in Sunday School about how satan spoke and whispered in Eve's ear and made her question and doubt what the Lord had truly said.  I will be the first to say that the entire week leading up to last night, he was whispering in my ear.  I knew it was him and refused to allow him to win.  That was NOT an option.  I knew in my heart that this is what I was to be doing.  I knew it without a shadow of a doubt.  I had been praying.  Amy and Nancy had been praying.  I knew that I knew.
Of course I had that awful feeling that started about Saturday afternoon that I was getting excited for nothing. The What-If's started to come in.....
What if no one comes?
What if I don't have answers for them?
What if I act like an "know it all"?
What if they don't come back?
and on and on it came and every time I just kept praying and knowing in my heart, this is what He wanted and I needed to EXPECT Him to do something. 

We had, I believe, 16 women......16 WOMEN wanting and desiring friendships, relationships, closeness, sharing, learning what the Lord has to say about our emotions.  It was all I could do to contain myself and not just bust out in tears.  I was blessed beyond measure. 
It's going to be an awesome study.  God showed up like He always does.  We are EXPECTING BIG CHANGES during this study!!!!!!!!!! 

Feel free to check in next Monday after week one.  It's just blessing on top of blessing!!!!!!

Unglued Prayer Request

Unglued.

Am I Unglued?

What if I am Unglued?

What happens when I become Unglued?

Well, Sunday night, there will be a group of women gathering here in Amory to start studying Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst.  It’s a wonderful book.  It has a wonderful message in it.  I’m writing on behalf of the women in the group.  We would covet your prayers during our study time.  We will be gathering from 4:30-5:45ish here in Mississippi.  We are EXCITED!!!!!  It is the group of women  from our Sunday school class.  We decided to do this to bring us close together, to get to know each other more intimately.  It’s a powerful book with a powerful message.  There is studying to be done each week which will require time for them to be in the book as well as THE BIBLE!!!!  We will be working on memorizing verses, posting them in our cars, on refrigerators, bathroom mirrors and even on our computer screens.  This will be a lot of soul searching and a lot of being honest with not only ourselves but with our families, our friends and especially THE LORD!!!! I would ask for several things for you to pray for and we have included a list below.  Please just leave a note at the bottom of the page if you are willing to be praying…..

*Satan would be bound.  He would love nothing than to cause us to fail.

*Time for study each day/week

*Open hearts for change where there needs to be change

*Honesty with the Lord.  He knows already.

*Family to be supportive and loving as we strive to be the woman the Lord wants us to be.

*To come away from the study changed

* To grow in our relationship with the Lord

* Grow in relationship with one another

We are giving this time to Him.  We are EXPECTING Him to show up mightily!!!!!!!!!!

Bible Study- Not 1 but 2

Well, Community Bible Study has resumed.  It's on the book of Job.  Oh my goodness!!!!!  I have studied Job in the past.  I was glad to get back to going.  Today was wonderful.  I met the ladies in my group and then listen to Rita teach.  She reminds me so much of Marsha.  It was just so refreshing to be there.  I am sure this will include a lot of post.  Job is an awesome part of the Bible.  I'm ready to get started!!!!

On the other hand the ladies in our Sunday School class will be starting the Bible Study, Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst.  We are so very excited.  We can not wait to start!!!!!  We are going to use the DVD that goes with it.  I'm the one being the facilitator.  This is such a God-thing.  I'm thrilled to be doing this and what a wonderful way to get to know these precious women in our class.  Not sure how many we will have but the ones that the Lord wants to be there will be.  It's a great book!!!!  Something to apply to every woman!!!!!  We have encouraged the husbands to be praying for their wives!!!!  This is going to be great!!!!!!!

What Bible study are you involved in?  What was your all time favorite Bible Study?  Please do share!!!!!  I can't wait to share what the Lord does......Its going to be FANTASTIC!!!!!