WEEK 8 Update: My week 8 email update included the wrong link which brought you back to this post. Sorry about that. Please click here to go to week 8’s word of the week.
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Our word for the week: CONQUEROR
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God’s WORD for US this week:
“No, in all these things you are more than [a] conqueror through Him who loved you.” Romans 8:37
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Praying God’s Promises really touched my heart in Chapter 8; especially – I surrender my personality, heart’s desires, abilities, spiritual gifts and experiences to Your purposes. God gave us all of these things so its fitting that we use each of them for His Glory!!!
Chapter was uplifting. Somedays seem so mundane at times to me. I am a mom of seven children. But through your book I have learned that I do have spirirtual gifts. For so long I just felt as though I didn’t have anything to share. I am so excited to find out I really do have something to offer to my family and my church. Thanks so much for your time to write this book. It has truly changed my way of thinking.
I am just now finishing ch. 7 this week (March 8). I got behind since being sick lately. I will get caught up very soon. Question 4 says “Have you ever felt like you fell into one of Satan’s traps?” Yes, many times. “How will you let his accusations lead you to Jesus in the future?” I will pray for Jesus to show me who I am in Him. I know that through GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE! That when I fail, I can fail forward. GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY TO WHO I AM, NOT Satan!
Question 6 says “Describe a time when you felt condemned (by yourself or someone else).” When Vic condemned me in regards to me not doing what God wanted me to do in making the crosses to sell and who I was suppose to reach at the dialysis center. I was suppose to talk with about God while I was there. “What would the difference have been if you had processed the situation through the filter of conviction instead?” All of the prayer at the end of the chapter spoke to me, however this is what really hit me hard, “I will believe that You delight in me even when I fail or fall. When I have a setback, I will get back up again because You give me Your shield of victory and Your right hand sustains me; Your help makes me great. Thank You for Your grace that is sufficient for me. I choose to rely on Your promise to perfect Your power through my weakness, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Question 7 List your personal “failing forward” statements. (a) Failing forward… after I make a mistake at dialysis. (b) Failing forward… after I don’t speak to people who God is in my life when I feel Him prompting me to. (c) Failing forward… after I get behind again on the Bible studies (which includes this one) I am doing. (d) Failing forward… after I miss church again because I am feeling bad again. (e) Failing forward…after I tell God I can’t write another song because it is way too hard. (f) Failing forward…after I also tell God I can’t do the ministry and finishing my teaching certification He wants me to do because I am too sick to do this. (g) Failing forward…after I struggle with losing my other kidney and have all the restrictions I am going to have. (h) Failing forward…after I begin to wonder if I will ever get my kidney transplant. (i) Failing forward…after I feel I have failed God, myself, Vic, and my family.
Thank you all for continuing to pray for me. Love in Christ, Kimberly Stiver
I love the story Zig Ziglar told about developing men the way gold is mined and how you and your husband incorporated that into your parenting style. I love the color gold so this sentence really stuck out to me – “I see the gold of My image, woven into your heart when I created you. I want to bring it to the surface so others can see it too.” It’s such a good reminder that God has made all of us with beautiful hearts and he wants to show that off to the world so that we can share His love.
I really identified with the passage on page 123 about Satan luring us into wanting something, turning it around and then accusing of us on the basis of the very thing he enticed us with. It can be such a vicious cycle and when I get caught in that trap I really do feel like a failure.
I am still struggling a bit with the “failing forward” thing. I think I understand it and Suzanne’s post above helped but look forward to discussing it with my small group tonight.
Thanks Renee and all of the ladies in this Confident Heart community!
Loving this chapter so far! One of my favorite quotes: “You do the things you do because its part of your unique God shaped purpose.” Ironically, I’ve been having daily thoughts/talks with God about my unique gifts. I am not a gifted in the arts or music or writing, teaching…the list could go on. And I always thought the best way and or the only way a person could be “used” is if they had these wonderful gifts. And I do not! God has been showing me throughout the years that we all have special gifts that are perfect for the moment. It could be a smile to a stranger, or listening to a friend. It doesn’t have to be creating a musical masterpiece. Every little wonderful thing that we do, is all part of God. This is how I invision it: if I could create a picture of God with all of the wonderful things people do it makes a picture of Him! It is He is all great and wonderful, not us little ones!
God Bless my P31 sisters! : )
Stephanie, thank you for sharing that in God’s big picture,…..that ‘smile to a stranger’, ‘listening to a friend’, sending a note to someone, calling someone, a hand picked bouquet of flowers sent to someone hurting, and so much more, those little things that show Jesus’ love through us to someone, is important to our Father God. Yes, we all have special unique gifts that God gave to each and every one of us, His children. Thank you Stephanie.