Thursday, November 22, 2007

Undivided Hearts

It is the desire of my heart to have the single women in Life Centre will be in a place of contentment with this stage of the life. No matter what your long term desire is regarding marriage, there can be a place of contentment where the desire is not removed but where our eyes are looking in a different direction and we are no longer crippled by that desire.

This begins with the realization that God’s definition of Who we are in HIM, actually doesn’t have anything to do with the titles that we put upon ourselves. I am taking a group of single women through a book study. We are calling this session “undivided hearts”. We want to get to a place where we are undivided in our hearts toward God, that nothing would ever pull our attention away from God.
As a leader, this is my heartbeat.....
Romans 1: 11-12
11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— 12that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.
As a Christian, this is my desire.......
2 Cor 3:18
18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.No matter who we are or what we tasked to do in our lives, we are called to live reflecting the Glory of God….
I think sometimes the challenge is the “unveiled faces” part. In order to be totally unveiled requires a confidence in the face behind the veil. As we lift the veils it is natural to be afraid that some might not like what lies beneath, but as we each take that step we will see that behind each veil lies extreme beauty mixed with the occasional scar of life.

If I know that you have scars and you know that I have scars together we can be unveiled in safety. Let’s walk through this together as we encounter God and stand before Him with Unveiled faces. It is our desire to bring the light of the glory of God to our world and we know that is accomplished best when we stand unveiled before Him.

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