Monday Study – Week 3

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Highlights of Week 3 Video:

* Why God’s call for all of us is to “go and share”
* Learning to live life on purpose
* Refusing to let our pain be for nothing
* How to be willing to say YES to God

Quotable Quotes from the video: 

There is  nothing more powerful or more motivating than hearing the voice of the Most High. (click to tweet)

We can choose not to let our pain be for nothing. God never wastes our pain, only we do that. (click to tweet)

There comes a time when we need to simply say ‘Yes, Lord. I will do what you call me to do today’. (click to tweet)

God’s ways are not our ways but they are the best way. When we realize that, our lives take on a whole new meaning. (click to tweet)

Discover the freedom to leave the past in the past but use it as a foundation for what God wants to do with you in the future. (click to tweet)

We can’t change the past, but we don’t have to be held captive by it. (click to tweet)

I want my life to serve as proof of the power of Jesus Christ. I want my life to be one that proves our pain is not for nothing. (click to tweet)

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Thank goodness God has patience with us, gives us his grace and allows us time to work through what He is calling us to do. He doesn’t always expect us to turn around and make a split second knee jerk reaction and change everything in our life just because we heard Him speak. But He does want us to have a heart for Him that will allow Him to take us through that journey and to walk us through that path of obedience.

The consequences of not obeying the Lord’s call was that I became very distracted, uneasy, overwhelmed, and stressed, because I was trying to fill my life with all the things that I thought would please God. There is a vicious cycle of consequences when we deliberately disobey what God has called us to do.

God’s call is different for all of us. He may call us to share with our hands, our lips, or our hearts, but He will call us to use what He has brought us through in our life to minister to others. He will call us to use how He has comforted us to comfort others, and to allow our past to be a bridge to the purpose He has in store for us.

 

Week 3 Chapter Reading Assignment:

Read Chapters 10-12 this week

 

Week 3 Reflection Questions (based on last week’s readings)

Is it possible you’ve been listening to the wrong voice for far too long?

Ask yourself today, are you in a place that you are ready to say “Lord, whatever it is that You are calling me to do, I will do”?

Are you willing to continually ask God every day … show me how You can use what the devil meant for evil for Your glory because I want my life to serve as proof of the power of Jesus Christ.

What does it mean to you to know your life can serve as proof of the power of Jesus Christ? How does that inspire you today?

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10 Comments

  1. Sharon C. on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 9:36 am

    I am willing and ready to say “Lord, whatever it is that You are calling me to do, I will do. I’m also willing to say to God…show me how You can use what the devil meant for evil for our glory because I do want my life to serve a proof of the power of Jesus Christ. I have come to close to the Promise Land to turn back now.
    My life can serve as proof of the power of Jesus Christ because He lives in me and has brought me so far and I am alive. It inspires me to know I can come to Him and He’s waiting for me to do just that, to surrender all to Him and say here am I. Can’t get better than that. It’s taken me a long time to discover how great His love is for me and with that love and through that love I can do all things. It’s a big shout out.



    • Sharon C. on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 7:56 pm

      I’ve been thinking all day about what the devil has been telling me for so long and I’ve believed his lies. He said I was a misfit, didn’t belong or fit in and that I was unlovable. Where in fact God made me unique, very special and He loves me so much. Just thought I’d share that with all of you.



  2. Tammy Barnard on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    Hi ladies,
    I hope you are enjoying this “Holy Week”! Is it possible that I have listened to the wrong voice? For sure I have. To the point of a detail suicide attempt, in fact, several times detailed out. Am I in a place where I’m ready to say YES, OK Lord, whatever it is you call me to do, I will? I’d be lying if I said. YES, I’m ready. Every day, I am learning something new about myself. During Sunday service yesterday, Pastor Oscar was in the process of his sermon, and out of no where, he mentions, he is starting a series soon on Sunday evenings to study our own personal spiritual gifts. I nearly passed out right then and there. My insides were telling me, DID YOU JUST HEAR THAT? Oh I heard it alright. Did he really interrupt his sermon to bring this topic up? Something my own self is studying on my own time?? So, I know something is in the works for me. Is it now? I don’t know. But everything I’ve read, studied is directing me somewhere to do something that I’m not certain of. YET, that is. Like walking in a very thick fog, but ever once in awhile, I’m in a clear area of no fog. I do ask God to show me every day. I almost beg him to help me save my marriage. I don’t want it to end. The enemy knows my weakness; my lack of self esteem enough to speak up, let my opinion count for something. Cause when I do, I have no voice. So, I pray, so much.. I was so close last night. Yet again. Nothing. I felt it. And I know I must have cried in my sleep, cause my throat is so sore today. I’m sure the enemy had a good laugh at my expense. What does it mean to me to know that my life can serve as proof of the Power of Jesus? It means so much to me. I’m just, in lack of a better word in my brain right at this moment, overwhelmed and I wonder how I will ever be able to look him in his face without bawling like a big o baby that I am. I just keep praying, like the song from Sidewalk Prophets, LORD, keep making me.
    Have a blessed week, ladies. Tracie!! You have touched my life. I treasure your wisdom and your guidance as well. Thank you. Love you gals!



  3. brenda grove on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 5:40 pm

    I have been listening to the devil telling me how flawed I am, instead of thanking God for how he made me. I am trying very hard to.journal every day, which helps me gets my thoughts in line with the Lord.



  4. Shirley Sanders on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    Are you willing to continually ask God every day … show me how You can use what the devil meant for evil for Your glory because I want my life to serve as proof of the power of Jesus Christ.
    I am willing to ask God to show me how I can use parts of my past for His Glory, but not all of them. There are still parts I have kept hidden from everyone but God. I don’t think I can share those parts because they will hurt too many people–especially my girls. I don’t want them to know the truth behind their Dad’s and my divorce. I think it would serve no purpose. But I do think that I can share how childhood sexual abuse, someone else’s pornography addiction and my many years of rebellion can demonstrate to others the power of Jesus in my life and what He can do for them. How he sees them as beautiful and how He can also redeem their life. I’ve been able to share a little with my sister because she also was abused. I’ve been able to get her started on thinking about God’s love for her and how forgiving our father and brother will bring healing to us.



  5. Tracy on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    I have listen to the voice of the enemy for a majority of my adult life and in doing so became a person with low self esteem, anxiety issues, infidelity issues just to name a few. I had to hit “rock bottom” before I hit the floor and begged for him to take me back and restore my life! I am so glad I finally choose obedience and am so grateful for his patience and consistency in taking me on my journey of healing and restoration. He also called me to go and share and in 2007 I published my first book with the faith of a mustard seed. Although I was so scared to share a vague glimps and insinuation of the darkness in my life I enjoyed the part where I got to share what God had been able to use me for in spite of my past. That however was only the beginning of what would become a complete and total healing that will require me to be more transparent and honest about where I have been and what God has done in spite of my mistakes. I knew in my heart when I saw Traci book that my life had a much larger purpose a greater ministry than I could ever imagine. Thank you traci for your transparency which God is using to call me to my true ministry.



  6. Leah DiPascal on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 7:37 am

    Tracie, I’m so grateful that you stepped out in faith when God said, “Go and share.” Your obedience has produced a beautiful harvest of YLSC women who’s lives are being set free from their past and radically changed for their present/future.



  7. Laci Ortiz on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Tracie,

    Thank you for sharing how God is working in your life. We will be praying for you and know that many women are finding God’s wisdom through your leadership.

    God Bless and Be Encouraged,

    Laci Ortiz
    http://www.goodmedicineministries.org



  8. D Garrison on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 7:59 pm

    This week’s study is again right on for me. I struggle to leave the past in the past. I do really well most if the time, but then old thought patters or behaviors I thought I had overcome seem to crop up once again. I find myself thinking “Where did that come from?” I thought I had put off the old me and put on the new woman. Evidently there is more work to do, especially in regard to my emotional response and my thought life.



  9. Shannon on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    I have struggled with leaving my past in the past. My old thought patterns seem to resurface when I am dealing with difficult situations in my life. I was so used to believing the enemy when he said I was not important enough for anyone to love or care about me. But, through reading God’s word, having good people in my life who honestly care about me and realizing that no matter the mistakes I make in my life, that God loves me unconditionally has made a significant difference in my life.



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