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August 2010

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Never too Late

Posted on 08.31.10 by Kimberly Wagner | Twitter: @KimberlyWagner7
Topics: Impacting your world

Depending on your season of life, fruit bearing will be expressed through different venues . . .

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That Smell Is Making Me HUNGRY!

Posted on 08.30.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: Impacting your world

Last night I left four pounds of chuck roast simmering in the crockpot for ten hours. When I woke this morning, a most amazing smell had wafted around the kitchen corner, up the stairs, under my door . . . and permeated just about every square inch of the house.

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Don't Miss This Historic Gathering!

Posted on 08.27.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: True Woman Conferences

Watch this video to hear Nancy's heart on why she wants you to attend a True Woman Conference this fall!

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In the Throne Room

Posted on 08.26.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: Impacting your world, Relationship with God

. . . The four creatures who surround God’s throne and the twenty-four elders seated on thrones--well, they look at each other incredulously for a few seconds and then whisper, “Is that ALL she’s going to ask?!”

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Goodbye, Performance . . . Hello, Grace!

Posted on 08.25.10 by Bob Lepine

Our performance culture tells us that on our good days God smiles on us, and on our bad days he frowns at us. But the gospel tells us something different.

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No longer just a “guy’s struggle”

Posted on 08.24.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678

You know it’s a struggle for guys—even Christian guys—but Christian women?

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A Willingness to Bend

Posted on 08.23.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: Marriage, Womanhood

While listening to Nancy and Mary talk, I continued pondering how well the movie The Incredibles illustrates several points made by speakers in the True Woman Movement . . .

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Girls Gone Wise Conclusion: Happily Ever After

Posted on 08.20.10 by Mary Kassian | Twitter: @MaryKassian

In this final episode of the Girls Gone Wise book blog, you'll hear about a Wild Thing who discovered the alternate ending . . . the happily-ever-after one that we all dream about. You'll find out how you, too, can choose that ending for your story.

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True Womanhood Looks Like . . . Christ!

Posted on 08.19.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678

It’s easy to get hung up on trying to meet a long list of criteria, and miss the most basic thing. As Pastor Voddie Bauchum shares in this video, true womanhood looks like . . . Christ!

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Living the Significant Life

Posted on 08.18.10 by Kimberly Wagner | Twitter: @KimberlyWagner7

I am eternally grateful for meeting Christ at a very young tender age; but I regret times I’ve wandered through the “ordinary” days, grumbled and complained as I trudged through the difficult days, and frivolously skipped carefree through seasons which could’ve been spent with more forethought and purpose.

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What’s In It for You: Volunteering at a TW Conference

Posted on 08.17.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: True Woman Conferences

Did you know that between the next two True Woman Conferences, we’ll need 750 volunteers? It takes a lot of manpower—er, womanpower!—to pull off a couple conferences of this magnitude.

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A Most Unusual Gift

Posted on 08.16.10 by Carrie Gaul
Topics: Relationship with God, When Life's Hard

One of the most unusual gifts I ever received was an overflowing bowl of cooked-to-perfection chicken feet from my Zambian friends. Gifts certainly come in all shapes and sizes! Philippians 1:29 describes another unusual gift.

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Seven Days with Seven Friends

Posted on 08.13.10 by Kimberly Wagner | Twitter: @KimberlyWagner7
Topics: Relationships with Others

Whenever I spend time with these women, I always leave with a greater appreciation for all they’ve taught me.

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Girls Gone Wise 20: You’re invited to a Party!

Posted on 08.12.10 by Mary Kassian | Twitter: @MaryKassian
Topics: Womanhood

You're invited to a party! In fact, you're invited to two. The catch is, you can't go to both. You''ll have to make up your mind which one to attend . . .

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Transformed!: The Holy Spirit and New Life

Posted on 08.11.10 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss
Topics: Relationship with God

So which is it? Does God do the fighting, while we “rest in Him,” or do we have to fight against the enemies of our souls? According to Scripture, the answer is, yes.

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Transformed!: Relationship and Discipline

Posted on 08.10.10 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss
Topics: Relationship with God

I can remember sitting in tiny, windowless practice rooms for hours on end as a college student, playing the same piece of music over and over again. I knew I would never reach my goal—to make beautiful music—without that rigorous discipline.

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Transformed!: Desire and Time

Posted on 08.09.10 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss

If only spiritual transformation were that easy. Just read a book, see a counselor, attend a conference, make a fresh commitment, shed a few tears at an altar, memorize a few verses . . . and, presto, out comes a mature, godly Christian.

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LifeWay Women LIVE Webcast for Leaders

Posted on 08.07.10 by Mary Kassian | Twitter: @MaryKassian
Topics: Womanhood

Next Tuesday, I will be joining host Chris Adams LIVE on the LifeWay Women’s Video Livestream Webcast to discuss the ministry challenges and opportunities of living in a world gone wild. Join us as we discuss how you can seize the moment to help women discover the meaning of womanhood, and live according to God’s beautiful design.

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Stop Trying, Start Dying

Posted on 08.06.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: Relationship with God

“God uses us best when we try least to be needed by Him."

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Girls Gone Wise 19: Caught in a Revolving Door

Posted on 08.05.10 by Mary Kassian | Twitter: @MaryKassian

Are you having trouble making relationships work?

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Powerful Women

Posted on 08.04.10 by Kimberly Wagner | Twitter: @KimberlyWagner7
Topics: Impacting your world, With Your Kids

If you study the history of feminism, much of the rhetoric centers around women's sense of powerlessness or the perception that they have less "power" than men. But is that an accurate perception?

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Saying Goodbye

Posted on 08.03.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: Homefront

When everything in my feminine heart yearns to be deeply rooted and secure . . . I can be. Not in my cute home on the corner, but in Him—in the One who gives me life, the One who is my life.

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Ticket-A-Day Giveaway! (You’re going to love this.)

Posted on 08.02.10 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: True Woman Conferences

During the month of August, you could win a free ticket to a True Woman Conference by simply telling your friends about it. Seriously!

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