What Makes A Beautiful Woman, Part 3

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.  Proverbs 31:30

Am I more concerned about cultivating my relationship with the Lord than about being fashionable, stylish, or physically attractive?

Do I live in the constant, conscious recognition of the presence of God?

Do I desire to please God more than I desire the approval of others?




Biblical Portrait of Womanhood,
Nancy Leigh DeMoss

What Makes A Beautiful Woman, Part 2

For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves...1 Peter 3:5

Am I more concerned about being holy than about being happy?

Am I placing my hope and trust in God rather than in people?

Biblical Portrait of Womanhood,

Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Hold Me Jesus

Well, sometimes my life

Just don't make sense at all

When the mountains look so big

And my faith just seems so small

CHORUS:

So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf

You have been King of my glory

Won't You be my Prince of Peace

And I wake up in the night and feel the dark

It's so hot inside my soul

I swear there must be blisters on my heart

CHORUS

Surrender don't come natural to me

I'd rather fight You for something

I don't really want

Than to take what You give that I need

And I've beat my head against so many walls

Now I'm falling down, I'm falling on my knees

And this Salvation Army band

Is playing this hymn

And Your grace rings out so deep

It makes my resistance seem so thin

CHORUS

You have been King of my glory

Won't You be my Prince of Peace

What Makes A Beautiful Woman, Part 1

Do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear--but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.  1Peter 3:3-4

Do others see in me an inner radiance and beauty that are the result of a grateful, yielded, trusting spirit?

Do I focus more time and effort on cultivating inner spiritual beauty than I do on matters of external beauty?

Biblical Portrait of Womanhood,

Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Why Was I Created As A Woman, Part 4

The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.  Genesis 3:20

Do I recognize and accept my God-created calling to be a bearer andnurturer of life?

Do I consider it a high and holy calling to be a "mother," whether of physical or spiritual chilren?

Am I actively involved in bearing and nurturing life?





Biblical Portrait of Womanhood,
Nancy Leigh DeMoss





Biblical Portrait of Womanhood,
Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Frugal Friday: Brita Water Pitcher

Several months ago I started buying bottled water at Sam's.  It was really cheap, at $4 for 35 bottles.  Then it starting getting hot outside and my family was drinking more and more water; nearly a case a week.  That meant spending $16 of my monthly budget on water!!!  I just didn't want to do that.  About a month ago I went to a bridal shower and the sweet bride got a Brita water pitcher.  It got me to thinking and researching.  I discovered that the price of a case of water from Sam's was the same as a Brita filter from Sam's.  So for the same $4 I was spending on 35 bottles of water, I could filter 40 GALLONS with a Brita pitcher.  That was a no brainer!  I bought a pitcher from Bed, Bath & Beyond and a pack of filters from Sam's immediately!





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Why Was I Created As A Woman, Part 2

"For man was not made from woman, but woman from man.  Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.  I Corinthians 11:8-9

Do I recognize and accept that God created the woman to complete, complement, and help the man?

Is my life helping and blessing the men around me in ways that promote holiness and godliness?










Biblical Portrait of Womanhood,
Nancy Leigh DeMoss