2011 Book Club : Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World

Announcing the 2011 Faith Sisters Book Club. We will be starting a new book the second Wed. of January 2011. Discussions will be started in the forum book club section to discuss each Chapter of the book. Occasionally there will be questions posted but for the most book club members will simply post our feelings and thoughts about each chapter.


Book description:
The life of a woman today isn't really all that different from that of Mary and Martha in the New Testament. Like Mary, you long to sit at the Lord's feet, but the daily demands of a busy world just won't leave you alone. Like Martha, you Jesus and really want to serve Him, yet you struggle with weariness, resentment and feelings of inadequacy. Using this familair story Weaver shows you how to find a balance of spending time with Jesus and how that can flow into a life of loving service.

I am a Martha, and have never really understood how Mary could just sit there at Jesus feet instead of helping worker bee Martha. There was so much to do, and there always is so much to do. I started reading this book last year and the powerful impact that it had on my thoughts was life changing! I still relate alot to Martha, but I now realize that she didn't have to be going above and beyond the call of duty. She could have been sitting there at Jesus' feet as well. This past year has been one of the busiest of my life as I have worked on 18 credit hours toward my Masters degree in literacy. However, this book really helped me to keep my focus on Jesus and make time to sit with him in the midst of my stress and chaos of completing assignments, and meeting due dates.

We are all living in a Martha world. If we don't develop Mary hearts, we will become frustrated, stressed, and disconnected from what really matters the most. Please join me in reading this great book in January 2011. Together we can strive to have the peace of Mary in this Martha driven world.

I am posting this now so that everyone that would like to participate can go ahead and pick up their copy of the book. I purchased my book at Amazon.com. I am looking forward to discussing this book with other sisters in Christ in January!

If you are interested in participating. Stop by the forum and introduce yourself in the Book Club Members Introductions post.
http://faithsisters.com/forum/index.php?topic=13423.0

The Power Of A Praying Parent Book Club Starting Feb 2

The Power Of A Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian
Being a perfect parent doesn’t matter. Being a parent does.

I am so excited to get this book club started! We will have our first official Book Club meeting on Monday Feb 2, 2009 when the first chapter discussion questions will be posted in the FaithSisters Forum. Everyone is invited to join in!

We will be reading and discussing each chapter of the book. The Power Of A Praying Parent is broken up into 30 chapters. We will be discussing, asking questions, and praying together through each chapter for 30 weeks. I have purchased the study guide that goes along with the book. It has some great thought provoking questions. I highly recommend it.

The back cover of the Power Of A Praying Parent:

Why leave your child’s life to chance when you can give it to God?

Award-winning singer and songwriter Stormie Omartian and her husband Michael, have spent the past 20 years raising their children…and learning the power of prayer for them. Now, in 30 short, easy-to read chapters, she shares how you can pray through every age and stage of your child’s life.

Learn how to turn to the Father and place every detail of your child’s life in His loving and capable hands!

Whether your child is three or thirty-three, it’s never to late to discover the joy that comes from being a part of God’s work in your child’s life.

You can get the book through our Amazon Affiliate Account here:

The Power Of A Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian.

My Prayers For You {Challenge Two}

When it came time to send my children off to public school I was terrified by the evil influences that I would no longer be able to protect them from while they were away from me. I even homeschooled my daughter for 7 years, but was still nervous when she headed off for public school. Prayer was my one way of coping with them being away from me! I was so blessed when I read The Power Of A Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian. My prayer for this challenge is from her book and is a prayer I have been praying for the past several years. Remember, Power Of A Praying Parent Book Club will be starting in February here at the Faith Sisters Forums!

Unfortunately we can’t be everywhere that are children are all the time. But God can. We can’t see everything that they see, or hear everything that they hear. But God can. We can’t possibly know all of the evil lurking to lure them in. But God does. He can and will protect them.

Scripture: No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgement, you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me, says the Lord. ~Isaiah 54:17

My Prayer: Father, please hide my children from any kind of evil influences that would come against them. Keep them safe from any kind of hidden dangers and let no weapons formed against them be able to prosper. Thank you Lord, for Your many promises of protection. Help in the obedience of Your Will so that they never come out from Your umbrella of protection wherever they go. In Jesus name I pray , Amen.

Blessings,
Michelle

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