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The Garden Post
...spiritual encouragement and connections for women
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January, 2007
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Bible Reading Plans for the New Year
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Mark Your 2007 Calandar...
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Happy New Year!... the calendar has turned
to a new year, a fresh start, a new beginning,
a gift ...
what
will you
do with it?
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The Gift of a New Year...
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...my resolutions shared
Have you already unwrapped your gift of this new
year?
Every new day is a gift, but somehow I'm
always
unwrapping mine in haste, ribbons and bows tossed
aside too quickly. I get busy, slice up the cake and
start serving.
This year, I'm pondering
this GIFT and still looking at the ribbons, I'm waiting
patiently to slice the cake, knowing
that God is calling me to some real
resolutions...
GRATITUDE...
Not for abundance and blessing, but for the
hard times that bring difficult and unexpected
lessons, for the joy of discovering a hidden treasure
under the dirty soil of my everyday
toilings.
INTEGRITY...
Not just of word and deed, but of heart...
resolving to do the difficult job of tearing down pride
and control, of seeking God's heart and will, not
mine.
FAITHFULNESS...
Not purely for believing in God, but in believing
that God's plan for me is perfect, and that I can rest
in that assurance despite my
circumstances.
TIME...
Not because it is expected, but because time
with God and for God is a reflection of the perfect
love He gives me.
So this is my G-I-F-T for the New Year, resolved
to...
Gratitude - Integrity -
Faithfulness - Time.
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Questions for a New Year...
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...that we all need to consider.
Even those most faithful to God occasionally need to
pause and think about the direction of their lives. It's
so easy to bump along from one busy week to
another without ever stopping to ponder where we're
going and where we should be going.
The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to stop,
look up and get our bearings.
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A New Year of Bible Study...
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... join us this week as Women's Bible Study resumes ...
Start out the year with the best book you can read
this year... God's Word.
Women's Bible
Study resumes this week with TWO NEW studies, in
addition to our weekly study sessions:
Age of Opportunity, by Paul David
Tripp, the Biblical perspective on the heart of the
parent.
Seeking Him, by Nancy Leigh
DeMoss, a study of personal revival.
Join us as we gather each week for friendship and
connection in small groups, meaningful discussions,
Biblical teaching, insight, and
spiritual challenge.
- Tuesday evenings, 7:00 -
9:00 p.m.
- Wednesday mornings, 9:15 - 11:15 a.m.
- Thursday mornings, 9:15 - 11:15 a.m.
Questions? Call or email Louann
(below).
Bring a friend. All are welcome!
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If I Really Believed...
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...that eternity waited for me on the other side of this brief life,
If I really believed
I
would fear less and risk
more...
I would live my life more like a pilgrim and
less like a packrat...
I would be more concerned
with being a friend than being without friends...
I
would be more comfortable with weakness and less
trusting of control...
I would pray more and
process
less...
I would be more concerned with souls and
less impatient with personalities...
I would expend
more energy worshiping and less worrying...
The
world would see God more, and I would see me
less...
if I really
believed.
[source: Alicia Britt Chole]
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Friends, as the season of winter
brings change, temperatures dip and new hues
appear in the
sky, keep warm with meaningful friendships and with
a purposeful, personal relationship with God.
If you
have not
joined us, feel free to come anytime. Call or email
me and I will help you get connected.
Don't forget to consider your resolutions, ... and remember the GIFT of each new day.
Anticipating a new season together,
Louann Rodgers
Women's Ministry, Christ Community Church
Phone:
610.431.0300 x109
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