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Can You Grow Anywhere?

There are “wildflowers” that grow in their natural state rather than being cultivated in the parks or gardens, yet, they tell of the splendor and brilliance of God’s glorious design. While not all “wildflowers” are bad, God has placed them in unique places, i.e. highways and by-ways, meadows, pastures, and fields. Remarkably, they can also be found in remote and secluded territory. The Lily of the Valley is a type of believer that grows in the deep and difficult places of life. This serv… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 29, 2009 at 12:42am — No Comments

LET YOUR GARDEN BE FILLED WITH FRUIT SO THAT OTHERS CAN EAT AND LIVE

There is a lot of work and responsibility that goes with owning a large piece of land. Everyone can see the weeds, tall grass, and wildflowers if it is not properly maintained or cared for. What’s ironic is that these never-ending menaces do not need our permission to breed, they just do. They automatically develop because this is its function. Do you know your function? Do you know what you have been created and designed to accomplish in life? While there may be more than one answer to this qu… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 29, 2009 at 12:41am — No Comments

The Warning Signs

In this journey called “life”, God has provided landmarks and signs to help us reach our destination. There are signs of right and wrong directions; we see dead-end and wrong turn symbols, detours, and yield and stops signs that tell us where we are, where we have been, and where we are going. Are we paying attention? Suffering is inevitable, and as we continue our life on earth, we will encounter sadness or a loss of some kind. The tragedies and negative events we experience in life can either… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 29, 2009 at 12:41am — No Comments

Change is Inevitable

Just as the caterpillar is predestined to transform into a butterfly, so are we preordained to become the children of God (John 3:16). Like the seasons, they come and go. Do you understand that just as winter, spring, summer, and fall all work together to bring about the major transformation of the earth, likewise, the seasons we experience are relevant to our life’s progress? Let’s look at the season we know as winter. Winter is one of the four temperate seasons of the year. It is the season… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 29, 2009 at 12:40am — No Comments

Suck It UP!

I am amazed that after a good downpour, gardens have a natural ability to "suck it up". . .that is the excess water that has fallen. After the downpour, a garden usually looks muddy and messy; a typical result from the effects of a storm. Although the excess invasion of water appears to be harmful at first, it is actually helping the garden flourish. You see, the excess water seeps into inconspicuous crevices that often materialize when the soil has become hard and dry. Once it enters, i… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 29, 2009 at 12:40am — No Comments

What is Your Garden of Life Producing?

A productive, healthy, and beautiful garden is the result of proper care on a continual basis. It is not merely enough to maintain a garden when you feel like it, for behind its outer beauty, much activity is occurring from within. While new flowers are springing forth and roots are re-establishing with each growth spur, there are constant intruders trying to infiltrate its space. These invaders are part of the community and although they co-habit, they are very harmful… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 29, 2009 at 12:39am — No Comments

What Pelosi & Sanger Have in Common

When the government seeks to influence the number of children born to a certain segment of the population as a means of saving tax dollars, one must realize that the motivation is not the preservation of women's rights, but literally the rejection of them. This portion of the stimulus bill, which may be removed today to ensure its passage, harkens back to the era of Margaret Sanger who sought birth control for an "undesirable" immigrant population. There is little difference between Pelosi and S… Continue

Added by Sarah Flashing on January 27, 2009 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Should You Do It, IVF You Want?

I have had so many questions for the longest time about Christian couples who choose to undergo IVF and how they have come to grips with what they believe God wants for them. Have we considered these questions? In our Western Christian-influenced society, we have come to view medicine and treatments/procedures as blessings and/or gifts from God. Afterall, God created the man/woman, bestowed the intellect, ordained the circumstances, and nurtured the drive that produced a doctor that heals the d… Continue

Added by Letitia on January 21, 2009 at 12:10am — No Comments

Review: A New Earth (Eckhart Tolle)

Added by Letitia on January 21, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Stuck in the Loop-How Do Get Past the Pains of Betrayal, Rejection, Sorrow, Disappointment, Abuse that Often Seems to Linger?

If you have been devasted by a broken relationship, well, this blogs for you. Are you a woman of God who has been taken for a loop through the Big D - Divorce? Are you trapped in the Lake of Despondency and Despair? Married myself for almost 2 decades, serving in the ministry, Chrisitan principal, worship leader, etc., I got lost in the LOOP too. The most devastating, unimaginable thing happened to me....I was still in love, he was not. How could God allow this to happen? This is a fair questio… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 12, 2009 at 1:31pm — No Comments

How many of us have gone out ready to win the world, full of hope, dreams, and ambitions only to return gleaning sheaves of empty hopes and promises?

How many of us have gone out ready to win the world, full of hope, dreams, and ambitions only to return gleaning sheaves of empty hopes and promises? Raped and victimized by this thing call life? That education you invested so much time and money or that marriage of many years that ended up in heart-breaking divorce, the ministry your poured into, the people you faithfully served that turned out to be a disappointment, the business deal that never took off, or the business that went bankrupt? Ho… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 12, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Will the Real Me, Please Stand UP!

I was the Queen of Masks until I had to find the bags, the shoes, and the hat to match. I got tired of pretending. Pretending all was well, hiding behind the smiles, and the articulate speech, until the Lord got my undivided attention with a truth that rocked my world. Read My Testimony God Bless Pastor Narda Goodson First Lady of Whitewright, Texas Official Website:… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 12, 2009 at 1:29pm — No Comments

My 21st Century Boaz

Are you a lady in waiting? Well, for those of you who are discouraged and worried about the biological clock ticking, you need to read this story...DREAMS DO COME TRUE! Pastor Narda Goodson First La… Continue

Added by Pastor Narda Goodson, First Lady of Whitewright, Texas on January 1, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Life of the Mind in Women's Ministry

Last night the women at my church finished the 10 week Beth Moore study "Living Beyond Yourself." The women were very encouraged by the content of this study and I'm pleased by the way it was able to connect us to each other. This isn't the kind of study that teaches women how to study the Bible or the topics contained in the study on their own, but overall I believe it accomplished its goal. The last video session addressed how women can lack self control as it relates to the body. Whether obs… Continue

Added by Sarah Flashing on December 16, 2008 at 4:25pm — No Comments

Position Statement on Women in Ministry

I realize that the members of this network may not be in complete agreement with the Position Statement on Women in Ministry. But disagreement does not preclude engaging in discussion/debate on that topic and I hope that this network will serve to bring all kinds of Christian women's leaders into dialogue about that topic, but hopefully more conversation on more topics well beyond that debate. As a woman in ministry, I find myself weary of the complementarian/egalitarian debates, and have wanted… Continue

Added by Sarah Flashing on November 30, 2008 at 9:51pm — 2 Comments

Who Are You?

Please take the time to introduce yourself, your ministry, or your developing interest in ministry to women. We are all in different places in our ministry and lives, yet we have so much to learn from each other. My interest in women's ministry began not before seminary, but during. I had no interest in ministry to women because I was so outside of the box. I didn't speak "the language" and I couldn't relate to most of the functions of the ministry. So then I realized that there were other wome… Continue

Added by Sarah Flashing on November 23, 2008 at 10:22am — No Comments

Women's Ministry: Raising the Bar

I know I've written on this in various ways in the past, but this time of the year necessitates talking about it again. Believe it or not, it's the middle of March and a lot of young people are preparing to leave high school and enter into university campus life. For young Christian men pursuing higher education to serve the church, their options are many...more so than for young women. As the young men enter into college and seminary, they have the blessing to pursue various pastoral positions… Continue

Added by Sarah Flashing on November 21, 2008 at 9:28pm — No Comments

Beth Moore: Deuteronomy 7:6-9

We are in week 8 of the Beth Moore Bible study, "Living Beyond Yourself," at my church. It hasn't been an easy study for me to be involved in because it so frequently jumps around different books of the Bible, sometimes to the neglect of context. On page 139 of the study, question 1 asks the student to read Deuteronomy 7:6-9 and respond. "Which of the following represent reasons God chose Israel?" The possible answers are "Because they were a mighty nation; Because they were the fewest of all pe… Continue

Added by Sarah Flashing on November 19, 2008 at 10:39am — No Comments

Amercian Culture. . .

whether you admit it or not, you are a part of American culture. . . don't try denying it, just go and ahead accept it. because you being a part of it is not dependent of you agreeing to be a part of it. even if you choose not to be a part of it. . . that "choosing" does not remove you from it - nice try though! when Christians choose to go to another land and minister cross-culturally, they usually spend a good amount of time learning about the new culture - traditions, foods, people groups, t… Continue

Added by kar on November 18, 2008 at 3:55pm — No Comments

Foundations for Holy, Obedient Living

"...that we should be holy and blameless before him" (Eph 1:4) not only expresses God's purposes in electing us to salvation, but I believe it sums up the message of Ephesians and the goal of the Christian life. Ephesians 1:3-23 contains the words of a prayer from Paul indicating several theological truths foundational to the purpose of the rest of the letter. In the past tense, Paul writes (Eph 1:5) that all believers were predestined for adoption (huiothesia = huio/son, thesia/placed).… Continue

Added by Sarah Flashing on November 18, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

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