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CBC Women's Weekend Fellowship Spring 2003
(A Seminar Review by Virginia H. Lane)
These are my notes from the three sessions given by Karen Duncan, Director of pastoral Care for Women at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. She is also an adjunct professor at Charis Bible College, teaching Lifetime in Ministry. -------------- Friday Afternoon, March 7, 2003 God is at work in our lives. But he doesn't get frantic about it. Women have sensitive, tender hearts. Sometimes they get covered up through hardships and disappointments. Scripture (I didn't catch it) "Be still and know that I am God." We will do heart art this weekend. Write down this statements "It's not about the art, it's about the Heart." This weekend, we are to listen to God. Love lives on our heart. Word of God--doesn't speak to the mind. We are spirit, soul and body. We are busy trying to get knowledge (mind) and don't pay attention to the spirit. When you put the word of God in you, you increase the vocabulary of the Holy Spirit. People don't always act what they feel. When we are hurt, we keep our feelings in our heart. Lest a root of bitterness spring up. Love God with your whole heart. Prov. 13:12 Hope deferred make the heart sick. Disappointments bring weariness to our hearts Prov 17:22 Not just our head--it's deeper. Women rarely think of our own hearts. When a woman's heart becomes hard, they begin to lose their creativity and femininity. We have lost something. God is our creator. Prov 4: Guard your heart. Out of it flows the issues of life. We (women) are verbal., But there are other ways to express ourselves. Ps. 138:8 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me. His power is released on your behalf. Phil 1:6 He has begun a good work--it will come to completion. God's work is continuous. He is bringing about change in your life, a continual work. He desires for us to cooperate. He'll perfect those things. FIVE LONGINGS OF A WOMAN'S HEART Every woman: 1. Longs to be significant (to feel special) 2. Have a desire to be changed (transformed) from the inside out. We are being changed in the likeness of Jesus Christ. 3. Desires to transcend (to see the bigger picture) and live it out in life. 4. has a desire to be set free from bondage. Maybe nobody else knows the bondage but God Knows. 5. Desires to reach out and possess the land--the promises that God has for us. God's will for your life is like taking a 12 hours cold medicine--time release. We walk in part of it and there will be another time release. Some people only live in the last past or the future. This makes us discontent with the present. The future is in God's hands. God starts and finishes things. God is doing something good today. God's "active now" is doing something good. Scripture (I didn't get) v.10 God is doing an excellent work in your life. Paul says "I am convinced" of this very thing. No matter what is going on--God's activity is. So we begin to praise Ps. 98:1 I will praise you with my whole heart. Not just with a full heart but with a healed heart John 5:4- Do you really want to be whole? Do you want to become well? Are we in earnest about it? He is the author and finisher of our faith. The bed is a place of comfort. Jesus said "Get off that bed." God is doing something good right NOW. He is perfecting those things that concern us. At the end of the first afternoon, we had to paint or draw something that represented 1)our primary role 2)our primary relationships 3) a recent disappointments 4) hope/dream. ----------------------------- Friday Evening, March 7, 2003 Jan Knurr (Worship Leader) Praise is an outward demonstration of what is in our heart The songs for worship were: Awesome in this Place Rise up and Praise Him Great in Power Our Father You are Holy Great Renown Kay LeFever (CBC administrator) CBC started in 1994. The next year will be the 10th graduating class. When God gets into our lives, then it overflows like a ripple affect onto other people. Your life is touched and overflows onto other people. Karen Middlebrook -- Testimony Ps. 24:7 let your Kingdom be expanded in me. Let your will be done in my life. CBC teaches you to give Phil 4:15 Penny Irwin -- Testimony CBC equips you to do what God has put on your heart. Fear of change, unknown, etc. keeps us from doing things. Ministry is relationship with Christ reaching out to other people. Knowing where you fit. Linus (the head of CBC) has a vision about dandelions. Grow, blow, plant, grow Rom 10:14-15 How can someone believe if they've never heard. Eph 4:11-12 CBC equips Karen Duncan "Nurturing the Dream" You can never outgive God. When we worship God, he'll give us visions. Ps. 24:7 The Kingdom is expanded by lifting up your heads. Luke 13:11 When you can lift up your head, it's a sign of deliverance. A sign of freedom, love. God doesn't want us to go around bent over. It's not for ourselves that we are here. It's for those who we will reach. Jesus had a wonderful love for us. Ps. 38:9 All of us have a dream but on the road there are things that steal our dream. We lose hope. We get bowed over. Having dreams has been lost to our generation Ps 37:4 God will give you the secret desires of your heart. Is there a dream in your heart you've never shared? When you love God, those dreams aren't wrong. (Karen said she always wanted to write but never thought she was good enough.) God is tapping like an orchestra leader to call us to attention--we're too busy to listen--we're supposed to make beautiful music together. How many of us are just living in daily existence. How has your dream changed over the years? As women, there are too many longings of the heart that have been ignored. Responsibilities can suffocate dreams. Karen has gotten rid of most of her belongings. There's an anger that comes on the inside because dreams are suffocated. The longings in our hearts are our heart's desire. God delights in doing the impossible. We lose our innocence upon the way but God delights in doing the impossible. To avoid failure, we don't dream any more. Luke 11:13 WE are only limited when we fail to ask Him. There is accountability. What friends are for. Look at what we have "let go" and ask God to restore. Dreaming has to do with Being free. We need to be free to let the Holy Spirit lead us in the right direction. Ask God to show you a vision in your heart. Scripture in Isaiah that I didn't get. He will cause the desert to bloom. Paint your vision. --------------------- Saturday Morning, March 8, 2003 Jan Knurr (Worship leader) All Things are Possible Rock of Ages I walk by Faith My God can Never Fail Step by Step I Love you Lord Dwelling I will Never be the Same Again Karen Duncan There is a joy we have when our conscience is clear. Whenever you start out in ministry, you learn to be creative (finances are usually tight). You learn to do many things with what you have. Stretch it. Ps. 27:1 Darkness can mean confusion and disappointment, frustration. It is inevitable that the enemy will strike. Eph 6:10- This is a personal attack; the enemy has strategies. he knows our weaknesses. Attitudes open the door. We need to be ready against this personal attack. It is important to do things in our lives that make us strong. Sometimes we need to be still and enjoy the Beauty of God--to find peace in that. Shield of Faith. if the devil can steal your faith, it's easy to give up. The devil wants us to question God. WE stop believing in the goodness of God. We begin to feel like we can't trust God to take care of us. Remember God has a good plan for your life. Jer 29:1 Thoughts were good, not evil Ps. 45:11-15 The enemy cones to steal your hope, vision and dreams. Ezek 16:4- Nobody ever wanted us but then Christ went by. He wants us to give our body (reflect His glory). We are to be free so we can allow the Holy Spirit to draw us in His righteousness. God delights in doing the important. God has a plan for our lives. God wants us to be fruitful. We need to be prayerful about the vision God has put on our heart. WE need to be accountable to someone. Spiritual gifts are mentioned in Romans, Ephesians and Corinthians. Ps. 138:8 Eph 1: It's in Christ that we find out what our gifts are. God is serious. He wants us to find our place in the body of Christ. We give Glory to God when we lift up our gifts. We destroy the Beauty God has given us when we say "I am no good, I can't." What is the vision of how God sees you on the inside? In 3-Dimensionk, make something representative of how God sees us. Virginia's Journal 2003 . |
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