A Challenge and a Question (For the Women)

"Girls, your beauty should come not from time spent in front of the mirror, but rather from time spent in front of the mirror of the Word of God."

-alistair begg

And in light of God's Word, and specifically what He requires of women, here is a question:

What are the eight things that God requires of a woman, which if she does not obey she is guilty of blaspheming the word of God?

do it again

"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we."

-G.K. Chesterton

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poured forth

“Measure thy life by loss and not by gain

Not by wine drunk but by wine poured forth;

For love’s strength standeth in love’s sacrifice,

And he who suffereth most hath most to give.”
-Ugo Bassi

The Goal

"Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is.

Missions exists because worship doesn't."

- John Piper

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I had not quite thought of it that way before, but it's true. God created us to worship Him.

This is our purpose.

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"But you are a chosen generation,

a royal priesthood,

a holy nation,

His own special people,

that you may proclaim the praises of Him

who called you out of darkness

into His marvelous light;

who once were not a people

but now are the people of God,

who had not obtained mercy

but now have obtained mercy."

-1 Peter 2:9-10

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However, as we worship the One who has called us out of darkness,

we come to realize that

there is a place where He is not worshipped.

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"the principle of the Gospel is this:

the Gospel always brings life to the receiver,

and death to the giver."

-jackie pullenger

ouch

"Christians don't tell lies;

they just go to church and sing them."

- A.W. Tozer

Shema

"Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one."
-Deut. 6:4

"This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"
-Matthew 17:5

"He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

"Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given;
and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him."
-Luke 8:18

"Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you;
and to you who hear, more will be given. For whoever has, to him more will be given;
but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."
-Mark 4-24-25

"See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven. "
-Hebrews 12:25

"...the sheep hear His voice; and He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out. And when He brings out His sheep, He goes before them; and the sheep follow Him, for they know His voice."
-John 10:3-4

"Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
So then. my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear..."
-James 1:18-19

"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
-Romans 18:17

"Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation...?"
-Hebrews 2:1-3

"He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to hear as the learned.
The Lord GOD has opened My ear; and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away."
-Isaiah 50:4b-5

"Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts."
-Hebrews 4:7