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Welcome! I have accepted the challenge to join a group of bloggers to write for 31 days in October. Please join me as I #write31days !  I will be posting a new blog daily  in the month of October and you can click on the daily links below. God's timing is perfect and He is always at work in our lives; working every detail and circumstance in our lives - ALL things work together for our good. All Things... When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens. - Brian Tracy Day 1  - Arise & Shine Day 2  - Expectation Day 3  - Promises from God Day 4 - SOAR Day 5  - Your Power Weapon Day 6 - No Worries Day 7  - Pray Day 8 - Ask Day 9  - It Will Be Yours Day  10 - Fruit of the Spirit Day  11  -   Skill & Wisdom Day 12 - Treasures Day 13 - Chosen Day  14 - Words of Wisdom Day 15 - Faith Brings Joy Day  16  - Called Day 17 - G

Thank you to everyone for sharing their honest responses during last night’s live Facebook Party. I know it is hard and for this reason some may have been "holding back." I do want to give everyone the space to share… This study and our time together is a safe place. The Between Session Personal Study (the yellow pages) are really good this week if you need some “go-to” Bible passages to read, reflect on, and keep fresh in our hearts. We are challenged to choose two or three of the passages and put them in your phone, on a card in your purse or wallet, or in a file in your computer.   When the battle against shame heats up, read them, think deeply about them, and believe them! Those of you who have studied with me in the past know how much I love “Verse-Mapping!” Try it with these verses. Here’s the link for those who don’t know what I’m talking about - http://eboniez22.blogspot.com/2016/02/verse-mapping.html Here are those “Go-To” Shame-Buster Passages...

Hello! This week’s Scripture Readings for Session 3 of the Unashamed OBS are Deuteronomy 8:1-9, Hebrews 12:1-3 and Matthew 27:45-46. I know some of you are new to Bible Study; here’s are some notes from my Bible Commentary that might be helpful as you are reading these verses. Do Not Forget the  Lord (Duet. 8:1-9) 8  Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the  Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.  2  Remember how the  Lord  your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.  3  He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the  Lord .  4  Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swe

UNASHAMED ONLINE BIBLE STUDY Session 3 Here we are at Session 3 of the Unashamed Bible Study! Can you believe we’re almost half-way through this study with Christine Caine?   If you have yet to dive into our  private Facebook group  and  live chats   on Thursdays, I really encourage you to do so. Many of you have opened up and shared how this study is impacting your lives and have started praying for one another... it’s been fantastic! Don’t miss out on these community gatherings! Reminder our Facebook Page is a closed page and you’ll need to be added to the group.     What We’re Reading This Week...  “ Possess Your Inheritance ” Answer the discussion questions. Go through the group discussion questions for session three in the Unashamed Study Guide (pages 51-63). These are the same questions we use during our Thursday Live Facebook Party For your personal study this week, answer the questions each day in the Unashamed Study Guide (pages 64-70, th

Hi There OBS friends! Many, many thanks to everyone who joined us at last night’s Facebook Party. We had some awesome discussions. I so appreciate you pouring out your hearts and the support you gave each other. We can’t change the past but we can make some decisions today that will change the future. Let’s choose today to move past our past, walk in the freedom that Christ died for! We’re finishing up in Session 2...  “Today is the Day” So if you need to get caught up, answer the discussion questions in the study guide– pages 31-42 Continue to pages 43-50 – the Between Sessions Personal Study Read and journal this week's Scriptures:  Exodus 8:1-15 John 5:1-9 Isaiah 53:1-7 Optional Study help, I’m attaching the Unashamed 28-day Guided Journal (in case you missed it). Click here. Jesus is fighting for you from a place of victory, not for victory When it comes to shame, it is a dark place, and God wants to shine light into our darkness. But

Start Running If you have been avoiding God because of an area of shame in your life, commit to run to God in the coming days and weeks. Choose one or more of the “Run to God” exercises from the check list below, journal them in the Study Guide or a notebook. Write about what God is teaching you through the one’s you’ve chosen.         Run to God #1: Make a decision to be with our group at every session of the Unashamed study, even when you feel tempted to avoid it because the process might be getting difficult for you. Join us Thursday’s at 8pm on our closed God’s Girls Facebook page -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/692185037534989/         Run to God #2: Commit to attend church weekly while you are walking through this study and seek to engage your heart, mind, and body fully in worship, even when you might feel some measure of shame or unworthiness.         Run to God #3: Read a portion of the Bible each day and invite the Holy Spirit to speak

UNASHAMED ONLINE BIBLE STUDY Session 2 Hey, OBSers! Here’s this week’s happenings for our study. This is your SUGGESTED guide for the week to help you keep up,   I hope you’re digging deep into the daily study! The more you invest in your private time of reading, asking, thinking, and worshiping, the more you’ll get out of it. Keep going for it! What We’re Reading This Week...  “Today is the Day” o     Study Guide discussion questions – pages 31-42 We can’t change the past, but we can make some decisions today that will change the future. We must face the darkness and pain of our shame and run toward it. The longer we deny it and run away, the slower the healing will be. It seems radically counterintuitive, but the fastest way to overcome the darkness of shame is to face it and run headlong toward it, with Jesus at our side. We must all choose to embrace the pain of recovery today. Jesus did what He could on the cross, now we must

Z is for Zebra Closely related to horses and donkeys, the zebra (sub-genuses Hippotigris and Dolichohippus) is best known for its black and white striped body. In fact, zebra stripe patterns are unique to each individual. The unique stripes of zebras make them one of the animals most familiar to people. Their stripes are believed to be camouflage devices that help zebras hide well in the grass. Zebras as very social animals and live in large groups called 'harems.' Plains and mountain zebras live in harems that are made up of one stallion and up to six mares and their young, while Grevy's zebras come together as groups for short periods of time. Sometimes herds come together to form temporary groups of up to 30 members. Zebras sleep standing up, and only when they are in groups that can warn them of danger. If they spot a predator, they will bark or whinny loudly to warn the others in the group. The pictures in this post were taken during a fiel