Archive for May, 2010

Why Do I Have to Give Up My Call?????

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Posted on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

I have a husband who works full time and who comes home to rest for a few seconds before he begins his second full time job: ministry.  I am submitted to my husband and committed to my family and home… my second full time job is ministry too… yet when things get stressful and I lose my balance, I am always reminded by men around me that I shouldn’t be doing all these things anyway, I should just be taking care of my family.

So… should my husband just be working his full time job when he gets stressful and loses his balance? If things mount up and the bills don’t get paid on time, should he quit pastoring and get a second job? Should men or women for that matter rally around him and remind him that he shouldn’t be doing all these things anyway, but that he should just be taking care of his family?

See, that’s the stuff that makes me more focused to know that the Lord has positioned me in this space during this time.  If my husband, and any man for that matter will be encouraged not to give up, but to regroup, rest in the Lord and keep pressing towards the mark of the higher calling in Christ… well dag nab it!… so should I!

Please stop reminding me of submission and mothering… my husband will let me know when I am out of my domestic place.. and God, my Father will tell me when I am out of my spiritual place…  I think sometimes what we need from each other is just a little… encouragement!

Prayers that Change the World! By Pastor Lori Loomis

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Posted on Thursday, May 6th, 2010

As the book of Exodus opens, we are confronted with a hopeless scene of oppression.  The Israelites were enslaved, and they were longing for someone to change their circumstances.  Each generation prayed that someone would surface who would be their deliverer…and the years passed by…and still the people waited. (more…)