Comments on: The Well-Dressed Christian Woman http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lana http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6225 Lana Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:10:27 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6225 Thank you, Fran. Those are very kind and encouraging words. I just hope I don't sound as if I'm judging anyone. I just want to live for Him. I fail at times, too, but thanks be to God that He forgives and loves me anyway. Thank you, Fran. Those are very kind and encouraging words. I just hope I don’t sound as if I’m judging anyone. I just want to live for Him. I fail at times, too, but thanks be to God that He forgives and loves me anyway.

]]> By: Fran D. http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6177 Fran D. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:24:23 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6177 For Lana You just did reflect HIM in your beautiful words! And He may be sending you into that building to radiate HIM!! Bet you glow when you walk in, too! He doesn't care what we wear on the outward, of course, but our faces reflect Him when we've been in His Presence..and no garment can compete with that! You are exactly right! May He bless and bless!!! For Lana

You just did reflect HIM in your beautiful words! And He may be sending you into that building to radiate HIM!! Bet you glow when you walk in, too! He doesn’t care what we wear on the outward, of course, but our faces reflect Him when we’ve been in His Presence..and no garment can compete with that! You are exactly right! May He bless and bless!!!

]]> By: Lana http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6176 Lana Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:08:27 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6176 What a sweet reminder this is for me to put into practice each and every day! How easily I forget to clothe myself to reflect God's love and radiance! I struggle daily with this...and what makes it even more sad is the fact that the church I attend is full of arrogant ladies whose noses are in the air and only care about their outward appearance. If only they knew how ugly their attitudes make them appear to other Christians. I will pray daily that I will reflect Christ in all I do and say. What a sweet reminder this is for me to put into practice each and every day! How easily I forget to clothe myself to reflect God’s love and radiance! I struggle daily with this…and what makes it even more sad is the fact that the church I attend is full of arrogant ladies whose noses are in the air and only care about their outward appearance. If only they knew how ugly their attitudes make them appear to other Christians. I will pray daily that I will reflect Christ in all I do and say.

]]> By: Barbara http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6159 Barbara Thu, 31 May 2007 21:48:15 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6159 I struggled with this (LOVE) thing for a very long time for i did not love myself and it made it very difficult to love others even my own children for that matter. How terrible of a woman that i used to be but through the garce of god i have come a long way. Had i known that i held so many disturbed things from my past deep within me and did my best to hide them all from the outward appearance only to have such turn out so terribly wrong. I thank the Lord that he continues to spring clean me out no matter what the season may be and by doing so the true inner beauty of that real woman that he is changing me into is a much better one regardless of what i am wearing and/or lokking like on any given day. How sweet smelling we become more and more as we allow the Holy Spirit to speak to us from the inside when something that we are doing and/or saying is stinking up our beloved love walk with Christ and this world. Barb I struggled with this (LOVE) thing for a very long time for i did not love myself and it made it very difficult to love others even my own children for that matter. How terrible of a woman that i used to be but through the garce of god i have come a long way.

Had i known that i held so many disturbed things from my past deep within me and did my best to hide them all from the outward appearance only to have such turn out so terribly wrong.

I thank the Lord that he continues to spring clean me out no matter what the season may be and by doing so the true inner beauty of that real woman that he is changing me into is a much better one regardless of what i am wearing and/or lokking like on any given day.

How sweet smelling we become more and more as we allow the Holy Spirit to speak to us from the inside when something that we are doing and/or saying is stinking up our beloved love walk with Christ and this world.
Barb

]]> By: Joyce A. http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6158 Joyce A. Thu, 31 May 2007 17:45:04 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6158 Dear Lord, I pray that you will help me and my sisters to dress our spiritual selves in compassion by offering tenderness to someone we might otherwise not notice; in kindness by surprising someone with a tangible gift or the gift of ourselves; in humility by being a servant to someone else; in quiet strength and gentleness by acting as Jesus would in situations that may be trying; and, in patience by ignoring an offense and saying a prayer for the offender instead. Most importantly, Lord God, help us to wear love today by remembering that we are Your ambassadors, walking epistles, whose deepest desire is to draw others to You. In Jesus Name, I pray, Amen. Dear Lord, I pray that you will help me and my sisters to dress our spiritual selves in compassion by offering tenderness to someone we might otherwise not notice; in kindness by surprising someone with a tangible gift or the gift of ourselves; in humility by being a servant to someone else; in quiet strength and gentleness by acting as Jesus would in situations that may be trying; and, in patience by ignoring an offense and saying a prayer for the offender instead. Most importantly, Lord God, help us to wear love today by remembering that we are Your ambassadors, walking epistles, whose deepest desire is to draw others to You. In Jesus Name, I pray, Amen.

]]> By: JK http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6157 JK Thu, 31 May 2007 17:05:49 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6157 Great devotional this morning! I will print it out and put it in my bible for future re-readings and memorization. Dress me Lord in your clothes. Great devotional this morning! I will print it out and put it in my bible for future re-readings and memorization. Dress me Lord in your clothes.

]]> By: Fran D. http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6156 Fran D. Thu, 31 May 2007 16:00:53 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6156 Help us all today, dear LORD, to use the same Agape Love you extend to each of us..to all those you place in our pathways today. Help us to have humility and kindness..the best "cloaks" in this world! Thank you for giving us the gift of Praise..and help us to start our days with that great Spiritual Tool to give the devil a "knock out punch" as our days start! Sandra is right! Let's start Praising and Praying for your beautiful covering over our day before our feet hit the floor! God Bless ALL this day! And, thank you devotional writer for another good start! The inside beauty far more important than the outward and superficial! Help us all today, dear LORD, to use the same Agape Love you extend to each of us..to all those you place in our pathways today. Help us to have humility and kindness..the best “cloaks” in this world! Thank you for giving us the gift of Praise..and help us to start our days with that great Spiritual Tool to give the devil a “knock out punch” as our days start! Sandra is right! Let’s start Praising and Praying for your beautiful covering over our day before our feet hit the floor! God Bless ALL this day! And, thank you devotional writer for another good start! The inside beauty far more important than the outward and superficial!

]]> By: Lynda http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6155 Lynda Thu, 31 May 2007 15:34:18 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6155 It is amazing how that first thing in the morning before you get up prayer can do for the day and don't you know that God is so ready to listen and is pleased that we come to him FIRST. I've started doing that each day and it has changed my life. Smiles are easier for sure. It is amazing how that first thing in the morning before you get up prayer can do for the day and don’t you know that God is so ready to listen and is pleased that we come to him FIRST. I’ve started doing that each day and it has changed my life. Smiles are easier for sure.

]]> By: Sandra http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6154 Sandra Thu, 31 May 2007 14:19:18 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6154 Nothing like a well dressed lady inside/outside. Her children will rise up and call her blessed. Nothing like a well dressed lady inside/outside. Her children will rise up and call her blessed.

]]> By: Sandra http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-6153 Sandra Thu, 31 May 2007 14:17:09 +0000 http://tmdevotionals.com/women/2007/05/31/the-well-dressed-christian-woman/#comment-6153 Honestly, with the demands of my life (Mother,Wife, Employee, etc) sometimes I struggle with being well-dressed on the inside, so before i sat my feet on the floor I start my day with , saying a prayer like this, "Lord go before me everywhere that I go today, may I be filled with the fruits of the spirit" "especially love". I know that I will be attacked the minute that i climb out of bed, with the cares of that day. Sometimes people can make it hard for you to love them. The demands of the day, can often be draining, so i must memorize those verses and remind myself because i desire to have a testimony of a lady who dressed well on the outside as well as on the inside. Especially to my husband and my children. This is what works for me, because it is not always easy. I just have too many roles to play on a day by day basis. And prayer is the only way i can get through it. It works! Honestly, with the demands of my life (Mother,Wife, Employee, etc) sometimes I struggle with being well-dressed on the inside, so before i sat my feet on the floor I start my day with , saying a prayer like this, “Lord go before me everywhere that I go today, may I be filled with the fruits of the spirit” “especially love”.
I know that I will be attacked the minute that i climb out of bed, with the cares of that day. Sometimes people can make it hard for you to love them.

The demands of the day, can often be draining, so i must memorize those verses and remind myself because i desire to have a testimony of a lady who dressed well on the outside as well as on the inside. Especially to my husband and my children.

This is what works for me, because it is not always easy.
I just have too many roles to play on a day by day basis. And prayer is the only way i can get through it. It works!

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