A Special Time For our Teen Girls!

Another fun opportunity to tell you about. I've been doing a young teen girl Bible study 13-17 yrs and want to open it up to any of my Bible study sistas that may have a daughter, niece or friend that wants to meet in my home with other like-minded girls. We have a lot of fun together doing a variety of faith based movies, bible study, relationship building, prayer and cookies.......always cookies!

Tuesday afternoons 3:45-5:15pm

For more information contact me at keelyvillamuck@gmail.com

Am I Living the Rules or Loving the Rule-less?

The first few questions in our homework on page 18 were all about fitting in or not fitting in and feeling like an outcast socially. Interesting questions. When discussing this with a few friends over a coffee at Starbucks it kind of came down to what I choose "not" to engage in or do in relation to my friends and people I'm socializing with that causes me to feel left out or like I don't fit in. I've been mulling on that whole thought for a week now. Something about it has been bugging me and I think it hit me while in the shower a few days ago.

Being known for what I don't do is not the goal. Being  wanted at events because others only feel the love and acceptance of Jesus, from me is the goal. Like Jesus, the lost and hurting sought him out. It was only the religious law keepers that rejected Him.

If I'm being rejected maybe it's time to ask myself what am I giving off....judgement, criticism, a "holier the thou" attitude or a heart of love and acceptance?

Guest Blogger Kelsie Bahr- Lessons from David and Goliath...Feel like running? Stay and PRAY....

One day I was expressing a lot of frustration over a recurring annoyance in my life, and this is the thought the Holy Spirit impressed on my heart:
STOP PUSHING. START PRAYING.


When I say pray I mean this (the New Testament Greek word):  proseúxomai (from 4314 /prós, "towards, exchange" and 2172/euxomai, "to wish, pray") – properly, to exchange wishes; pray – literally, to interact with the Lord by switching human wishes (ideas) for His wishes as He imparts faith 
("divine persuasion"). Accordingly, praying is closely inter-connected with ("faith") in the New Testament. See: Ac 6:5,6,14:22,23; Eph 6:16-18; Col 1:3,4; 2 Thes 3:1,2; Js 5:13-15; Jude 20.

#1. PRAYER IS EXCHANGE WITH GOD- what's in me for what's in Him.

Faith In The Valley of Achor (Trouble)

God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief... my Valley of Achor becoming a door of hope. 
    

Last week I talked about the vows we make due to trauma....I shared with you one of mine and talked about vows ultimately being firm stands of self protection.

Here is my choice every day... Do I self protect or Invite God to come into my vulnerability by asking for His restoration and healing in that given area?  We are all given opportunity each day to practice this. 

Last week we talked about the self protection and vows that keep me stuck in fear, behind my walls, and trapped in un forgiveness towards God or others. 

Hosea 2:14-15 was and is a part of my process for learning to allow God into my shut off areas and self protected areas:

"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, bring her into the wilderness And speak kindly to her.  Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.…"

"And the valley of Achor (trouble)  will become a door of hope" 

Let me remind you again that Jesus calls Himself the door in John 10 and that in Hebrews it tells us that " Hope is the anchor for our soul, firm and secure."