Comments for Antelope Valley 40 Days Of Purpose

Comment on Day 34 - Thinking Like A Servant by Jeanette Tostenson

Jeanette Tostenson — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:22:25 +0000

There appears to be another side of this coin. There are some that won’t serve and there are those that serve themselves into the ground. We have to have a balance in our lives, in which we have time for God, friends & family. I have seen, on numerous occasions where women will serve in the church but they have neglected their time with the Lord and certainly their time with their spouse. I don’t believe that is God’s plan… we can use the Martha & Mary story as a guide. Mary chose to sit at the feet of Jesus.

Comment on Day 35 - God’s Power In Your Weakness by Jeanette Tostenson

Jeanette Tostenson — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:14:29 +0000

I know personally in my times of weakness is when God has proved to be my source for everything! After going through the fires of life, God teaches us how to live a life in the Spirit, in which you have to rely on Him in a greater way. It’s a life where His purposes become our purposes without question. If we don’t get to the place where we’re fully relying on God, pride seems to take over and we want to take the credit that is not ours…

Comment on Day 14 - When God Seems Distant by Jeanette Tostenson

Jeanette Tostenson — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:33:35 +0000

Yes, the dry times are for growth and maturity. It’s all part of the process…

Comment on Day 25 - Transformed By Trouble by malia mckinney

malia mckinney — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:37:50 +0000

I am sooo happy and want to share. How can “trouble” make us happy? It used to be a source of worry. When things went wrong, I used to feel that God was mad at me, that things we troublesome in my life because I had failed to please God. How not like Him and how like me that perception was. And how wrong. After years of “self help” I was trapped in a this limiting misunderstanding that took away my joy and confidence in God and myself. The readings in this study are helping me change my understanding of how God is working in our lives. He wants us to turn to Him in our trouble, to rely on Him, to invite Him in. He wants to be our source of peace. Time to say “yes.” He’s been waiting for a long time. Amen

Comment on Created To Become Like Christ by Michele Cuillerier

Michele Cuillerier — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:44:40 +0000

Wow if this isn’t true! I am having to retrain my thinking and my thoughts to all that is possibliy, true, pure, good, and lovely, throghout my days just to keep my focus on God. I can no longer think and meditate on my problems and cercumstances anylonger! Simply because “I” can not change any of it/them!!! The longer I think or meditate on all that can go wrong the more I drive myself nuts.
Why, ! Why live that way any more. give it to God and let go, just so I can Love those in my immediate cicle of friends/loved one’s.
Com’on guy’s we have to buck up and thank god just for another day to praise & thank him. Love ya all
michele

Comment on Day 15 - Formed For God’s Family by malia mckinney

malia mckinney — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:21:34 +0000

I love that last sentence. I will cherish that in my heart.

Comment on Day 14 - When God Seems Distant by malia mckinney

malia mckinney — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:19:48 +0000

Reading this was scary. I haven’t really had that dry time yet and it scares me to think of what it would be like. I have to trust God that He would have a purpose for that, and the purpose would be my maturity and growth. I do love the story of Job and think it is the ultimate, along with the psalms that talk about that feeling of desertion. Glad that this journey is preparing us for the difficult times too, not just the mountain top highs. He knows our needs and His love sustains us through all things. Amen.

Comment on Day 3- What Drives Your Life? by malia mckinney

malia mckinney — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:49:33 +0000

Week 3’s reading is something I am still processing. I feel gently convicted by the question - who have you been serving? In my case, my greatest pitfall is the approval of others. I want to be liked, but even more so, want to be understood and respected. That ties dangerously close to a need to be right. Reading chapter 3 helped bring this character issue to light. One of the problems in change comes when you move away from the false idol (the approval of others) and bare your soul for God’s approval, it feels like loss - loss of past distractions, past reassurances, past security. But those things really were loss in the sense of Paul’s writing - compared to the prize of the upward calling in Christ Jesus. God always gives us wisdom when we ask. I trust him to work in me and change the desires of my heart for community with Him - so I can truly serve others in His name.