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CWAHM Video Devotions with Jill Hart: Building Up Confidence
Posted by: | CommentsTo Read This Week: Exodus 3 & Isaiah 6
Challenge: What do you need to trust God with this week? What step of faith do you need to take?
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The Power of Words in Business
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love email. I know it’s silly, but I truly love receiving emails – especially from women who are a part of my ministry, Christian Work at Home Moms. I love hearing what God is doing in their lives and how He is creating businesses out of the very fabric of who they are and the things that they love to do.
I received an email not long ago, however, that wasn’t nearly so encouraging. The woman was upset. She had been hurt by people during her work-at-home journey, she felt used and abused. She took that anger out on me. I was heartbroken as I read that email and felt this woman’s pain. My heart ached not just for the anger that she expressed, but at seeing the pain behind her words.
Words give us power. They allow us to communicate what God is teaching us. They give us the ability to share the joys and triumphs of life.
And yet, words can be used to wield another sort of power as well – the power to injure. We can so easily hurt others with the words that write and speak. I can think of countless times that I have spoken something without thinking – with no intention of hurting someone – and injured the person on the receiving end. Read More→
If You Can’t Resolve ‘Em, Perfect Last Year’s Mistakes
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An old year is fading and a new year is upon us again. Each year I go kicking and screaming into the New Year, and not because I am against change. My pants pocket is full of change.
I simply cannot remember to change the year on the checks I write until May. By the time, I remember the correct year I have forgotten to make deposits into my checking account. I need a reality check, which with any luck will not bounce as high as my checkbook.
That is not the only reason I hesitate going into a new year. The biggest reason has to do with the mistakes I made during the old year.
Looking back over the old year, I worry that my blunders were not as bad as they could have been. Did I make all the gaffes I possibly could? Did I fill my quota? What is my quota, anyway? Read the rest of this entry »
Make An Impact With Your Business This Christmas
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The holidays are just around the corner and foremost on nearly every mind is Christmas. Businesses want to know how to make increased sales this time of year and customers want to know where to find a good deal. As Christian business owners, how can we do business differently than everyone else? How can we be a part of making an impact for Christ through our businesses? Here are a few ideas:
Have An Open House
It’s amazing how few of us know our neighbors these days. Having an open house for your business is an easy way to reach out to those in your neighborhood. Have some samples or freebies available, and keep things low-pressure to create an environment where you can chat with your new friends and get to know them.
A bonus to having an open house is having Christmas items displayed in your home that represent your beliefs. This could even spark conversations about faith that might not happen otherwise. Read More→
The Secret of Adoration
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The following is the preface from Daily in His Presence by Andrew Murray with Bruce Wilkinson:
“Why are so many Christians reluctant to spend time in prayer? If, on the human level, spending time in the company of a parent is normally something quite natural and enjoyable for a child, what is it that hinders God’s children from doing the same with their heavenly Father?
One answer could be that we are too focused on our human limitations, on our own meekness and sinfulness, and not enough on God’s greatness, holiness, love, and omnipotence. The thoughts and feelings that fill our hearts and minds influence our prayers. If we dwell upon our own needs and desires, our own efforts, and our own faith, we shall soon find that there is no real power in our prayers.
It is essential that we see prayer in the light of God: the deep interest He takes in us, the great love with which He desires to answer prayer, the omnipotence of His power, and the magnitude of His strengthening grace.
As with all else, in prayer God must be first. Prayer, to be effective, needs to first be approached in the light of heaven and the infinite glory of the living God. It is when, by this marvelous grace, we have been lifted up into His fellowship and love that He bestows upon us the blessings we need. The first thing, then, must be to bow in lowly reverence before God, offering Him our adoration and worship.
We need to take time to adore God and to secure some sense of His presence. Give God time to reveal Himself to you. Then adore Him. God is in the temple: Let all who appear before Him do so in awe. Prostrate yourself before Him with deepest reverence. Own Him alone as your God and Savior, and praise His name forever.”
Excerpted from Daily in His Presence by Andrew Murray with Bruce Wilkinson Copyright © 2011 by Andrew Murray with Bruce Wilkinson. Excerpted by permission of Multnomah Books, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Life Stinks – Why Be Thankful?!!
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“When the night is the darkest, the stars shine the brightest.”
This simple proverb was shared with me in the midst of the darkest period of my life. Making one poor choice after another had me in a deep, deep hole. I dug that deep hole with my own disobedience, though I failed to see it that way. In my own warped view I was not to blame for the world crumbling down all around me.
My nights were so dark and my heart so hardened that rather than crying out to God for help I blamed him for “allowing” such terrible things to happen to me. At the time I failed to see that what I saw as obstacles in my path were really opportunities for positive choices. Read More→
Thanksgiving Perspective
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Do you feel like a success? As work-at-home moms it’s easy to get caught up in the “look what she has accomplished” mindset and fail to see all that God has done in our own lives and businesses. We need to shift our perspectives from “what I want to accomplish” to “WOW! Look what God has done!”
Thanksgiving is upon us and this seems like the perfect time of year to think about how God sees you and your success. Do you believe that He wants you to succeed?
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
Believe it or not, the sentence above is a quote directly from Scripture – Psalm 20:4. If our hearts are right with God, we are on track for success in life. Now, this may not mean that each of us can be a millionaire, but it does mean that God wants to lead us down the path to success.
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This House is Falling Apart: Lessons in Leadership
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“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” Mark 3:25 NIV
Leadership is a hot topic; in schools, in relationships, at work and at home. Who should lead and who should follow? Beyond even the male-female dynamic, what are we teaching our children when it comes to leadership? Are we realistic? Are we teaching based on the current culture, our own beliefs, or the Word? Are we setting a good example? Read More→
Finding Our Identity In Christ
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By Jill Hart (Taken from Faith Deployed . . . Again by Jocelyn Green, ©2011. Used with permission of Moody Publishers.
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I remember the first time I pulled up to the gate shack by myself. My husband had warned me that any trouble I got into on base would be getting him in trouble. Now, I’m not a troublemaker, but I was terrified that I would do something without thinking. I wanted to show Allen that he could trust me and, I guess, prove to him that he’d picked the right girl.
My husband worked the night-shift in those early days of our marriage, so it was after midnight when I pulled up to the gate at Offutt and went searching through my purse for my brand-spanking-new ID card. After fumbling around for a bit, I located it and gave the gate guard a nice, sincere smile. I think he thought I might be a bit looney, but he had the grace not to say so and allowed me to pass through onto the base. Read More→
Discipling Others
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By Jill Hart (Taken from Faith Deployed . . . Again by Jocelyn Green, ©2011. Used with permission of Moody Publishers.)
Then [the older women] can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. -Titus 2:4-5
When I graduated from college I was with an organization called Cadence International that ministers to men and women in the US military. As I trained with the Cadence missionaries (I would later meet my husband at a base Bible Study!), I was astounded by how many of the female airmen are young – fresh out of high school. Many of them are scared and alone. Read More→
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