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Welcome to week 3 of the Pursuit of Proverbs 31 study. I do hope you have had a chance to watch Amy’s previous videos and shift some thinking in these last couple of weeks. If not, that’s OK! Sometimes it takes time to change mindsets we’ve lived for so long. Just keep renewing your mind with God’s truth. Replace the false ideas with the reality of God’s word.
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I just want to echo Amy — your relationship with Christ should be the center of everything. He needs to be in every aspect of our lives. I once heard someone say that some people “over spiritualize everything” in response to learning of someone praying whether or not to homeschool. Honestly, unless we’re talking fruit loop faith where we try to over think things or over analyze them into being something they’re not. That’s not what I mean.
What I mean is simply including God, inviting Him in, to everything and every decision. There is certainly no way to “over spiritualize” your life with “too much God”. It’s just not possible. The more we seek Him, the more we want to know Him.
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The Series
Week 1 - The Myths {of the Proverbs 31 Woman}
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Love this chapter about relationship with Our Father! I remember being on the “outside looking in” when it comes to a relationship with Christ. I remember seeing and hearing other people who clearly had a love realtionship with God, and it was apparent to me that they had something I did not have. I remember praying to God something like this… ”God I can not say that I love you like they do, because you will know that I would be lying. But, I want to be able to tell you I love you, and honestly mean it. Help me.” That night I began faithfully to read my Bible and pray. By “pray” I mean I would think to God throughout the day, because He hears our thoughts. Day by day I felt closer and closer. Just like with any other relationship, the more the heartfelt communication, the closer the relationship. Having a relationship with God is not too hard. He meets us more than half way. Love the diagram of God in the center, everything else revolving around Him. That is the way is should be!
Loved chapter 3!! My season as I have said before is raising 3 little boys. My oldest is 4,my middle is 2,and the my baby is 8 months. Since my 2 are older they sleep in longer and the baby usually sleeps in too. So I am getting back to spending quiet time,but some days it doesn’t happen. Sometimes my middle one wakes up early or we don’t get sleep that night. But I take time to read my devotionals and I’m learning to pray throughout the day. I am going to try putting my Bible on cd’s on and let it just play in our kitcen/living room. Thanks again Amy for the book and Christin for hosting the study.
Amy,
WOW did I need this one today.
Centering around God instead of priority list!! How many times do we do that… putting things over other things….
We need to be reminded to put EVERYTHING under Him and He will show us what He wants us to do.. not the other way around.
Thank you for being used of Him to show this …. He always knows!!!
Chrissy
And on 3 kids under 9 and one Autistic.. making a more conscience effort to make that time…
I’m really enjoying this. Thanks!
I found Amy’s views of priority lists so refreshing and freeing. I’d recently been reading a book that listed out the 6 priorities in order and had assumed that it was Biblical and what I should be doing, but Amy pointed me back to the Bible to question the rationale behind it all. What a great reminder of the dangers of putting God into a box and making our walk with Him just a list of things to tick off our to-do list. We need to be listening to Him instead to find out what our priorities are in each moment of the day.
Wow! What an incredible chapter – so powerful! Besides, of course, the important reminder that our relationship with God has to be the center, the pages about what should be our priority and how lists can keep us from doing what God wants really spoke to me. I, like Amy, tend to be a list person. I also tend to struggle with change or when things don’t go as planned. I know realize that I have let this interfere with some things that God is calling me to do. Nothing wrong with a list in and of itself, but I can’t let it control me! Thanks for the reminder!
I’m guilty of making a list of priorities, as well. Although I’ve ordered them correctly, I understand what Amy writes – that God is to be our only priority. Our lists should not dictate our life, God should! I found this chapter to be quite liberating. It’s difficult to change our mindset overnight, but I’m hoping that as I spend more time with Him everyday, God will work and change the negative patterns in my life.