Returning home from the True Woman conference last weekend has me thinking. I could have come back from a conference on Biblical Womanhood with a million different lessons, and somehow I'm sure that I still haven't processed it all. But the one that sticks out and keeps coming to mind is intentionality. How intentional am I? The Lord calls us to be intentional with everything we do from ministry at church, our ministry within our homes, and in the relationships we share with others- from those we know well ( and know us well) to the stranger that we meet at the grocery store to the homeless person that stops us on the street. What are our intentions to be? To bring absolute glory to HIM. To think with an Eternal perspective and act on those thoughts.
Two things Nancy Leigh Demoss said on the first night of the conference. She was speaking from Titus 2. So many times those verses are quoted to show what we should be as older and younger women, but this time, Nancy pointed out WHY. "The reality of the Gospel is lived out in our lives and in our relationships."
v. 5 "so that the word of God will not be dishonored."
v.8 "so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us."
v.10 "to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive"
WOW.
The second thing that really touched my heart: "All believers should be above reproach, distinctive, not because we purpose to be- but because the GOSPEL transforms." It never has been about us and what we can do. It is what HE can do through us. Will I be intentional about spending time with Him, so that my life will be transformed? Or will I waste the opportunity to live my life as an example of Christ to my children, to my neighbors, to my friends?
Two things Nancy Leigh Demoss said on the first night of the conference. She was speaking from Titus 2. So many times those verses are quoted to show what we should be as older and younger women, but this time, Nancy pointed out WHY. "The reality of the Gospel is lived out in our lives and in our relationships."
v. 5 "so that the word of God will not be dishonored."
v.8 "so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us."
v.10 "to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive"
WOW.
The second thing that really touched my heart: "All believers should be above reproach, distinctive, not because we purpose to be- but because the GOSPEL transforms." It never has been about us and what we can do. It is what HE can do through us. Will I be intentional about spending time with Him, so that my life will be transformed? Or will I waste the opportunity to live my life as an example of Christ to my children, to my neighbors, to my friends?
