So for the last 2 weeks, lovely, we’ve been doing a lot of talking about Asenath and what she gave birth to- particularly with regards to the significance of her first son’s name (Manasseh).
Today, we’ll be moving right along to decoding the significance of her second son’s name (Ephraim) and what she has to teach us about being productive- all of which I shared on my Facebook page this week via the (live) video below.
So, in the last few weeks we have been doing a lot of talking about Relationships in the context of The Parable of the 10 Virgins.
I don't want to flog a dead horse but there are just a few more life lessons that we can glean from these 10 amazing ladies that I'd really like to share with you, lovely. 5 to be exact! Including:
The importance of preparation (being ready rather than getting ready)
How to wait on God (hint! This is not a passive process!)
How to spot and avoid red herrings (opportunities that look good but really aren't)
And much more- all of which I shared on my Facebook page this week via the (live) video below!
When I was in secondary (or high) school our head mistress taught us a song in one of our assemblies. The lyrics were:
"Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mr. In-between"
I know you're probably wondering how this all ties in with today's theme and title, right lovely?
Okay, let me explain!
It occurred to me that in all my recent chat about relationships, I'd only really talked about how to set healthy boundaries in them- aka how to swat away negative, unhealthy or non purposeful relationships.
Yet I hadn't spent much time talking about how you can build positive, healthy and purposeful relationships so that you can harness their power (as detailed here). To fix that, I shared exactly that on my Facebook page this week via the (live) video below!
In the last few weeks we have been spending a lot of time in Matthew 25 studying The Parable of the 10 Virgins and what they have to teach us about relationships.
Today, now that we know why relationships are so important and all that jazz, we are going to be talking about what they reveal about the characteristics of purposeful versus non purposeful relationships so that we know exactly which relationships we need to:
Nurture
Or shut the door on
in order to achieve our God-given purpose(s).....all of which I shared on my Facebook page this week via the (live) video below.
So last week, I was led to Matthew 25 where Jesus told the parable of the 10 virgins. As such, I told you all about what I had learned from this story on:
Why that has everything to do with practicing self-care in order to not run out of "oil"
In keeping with this, plus our recent discussions about relationships (here and here), we are going to be talking about what these 10 hypothetical women have to teach us about setting healthy boundaries in relationships in terms of:
Why it's important
How to do it (in 5 simple steps!)
So that you can truly speak up, step out and shine as the woman of God that He ordained you to be- - all of which I shared on my Facebook page this week via the (live) video below.
So last week, after all our talk about seeking first the Kingdom of God, I ended up going down a little bit of a rabbit hole looking at some more kingdom based parables.
This led me to Matthew 25 where Jesus told the story of the 10 virgins. This passage is seriously meaty and has so much to teach us; so I think that we'll be hanging out there for the next few weeks- especially in keeping with our recent discussions about relationships (here and here).
Today, however, we're going to be speaking about how to keep your light burning as a Christian woman and why that has everything to do with practicing self-care in order to not run out of "oil" (something I seriously struggled with this week!)- all of which I shared on my Facebook page this week via the (live) video below.
