Monday night, February 7th found Women With Purpose gathered at City Church around tables graced with smiling faces, plates of delectable morsels, mugs of steaming coffee and a matrix of joy. “The Joy Project,” a DVD series by Pastor Bo Stern of Bend, OR, facilitated a night of discovering and discussing how:
• God wants His people to know real joy!
• But joy can be snuffed out the moment we place on our own shoulders the cares and concerns of life …
• So it’s best to put the government of those things on the shoulders of God,
• As we watch over our heart because that’s where our treasure is, which has the tendency to remain laced with strings connected to our government instead of God’s;
• And if what we treasure has become a part of the rulership of who we are,
• Or if we are stressed or uptight about something in life…
• That means we have tugged those cares from God’s shoulders and slung them over ours.
God won’t tower over us in a wrestling stance and wrangle it from our shoulders, but He is graciously available to receive it from our outstretched, tired, stressed hands and exchange it for peace and joy.
Real, unshakeable, unstoppable joy.
Joy that is accessible even in times of sorrow, making you braver than you ever thought you could be.
GPS’ing the location of our treasure – of our heart – and finding it buried in the Word of God, nestled in His government will release great joy. There God waits, ready to show us when and how to...
take a step, to make a decision ...
to handle finances ...
to care for our spouse and children...
to marry ...
to work.
He removes from those things the heavy stresses of our government and infuses them with His safe, healthy, pure joy.
Women With Purpose will meet the first Monday of every month, 7.00 pm at City Church to continue “The Joy Project,” with a time to catch up with friends over a beverage and refreshment, plus a video segment, discussion and prayer.
Several women agreed, “The discussion time was so encouraging as I heard other women share similar challenges – and how to overcome them.”
Small groups also meet throughout the city on various days of the month; their leaders are listed to the right on this page.
Watch for small group details and “Joy Project” discussions and updates right here!
1 comment:
Thank you Heather for posting for me. I wasn't able to be there this time but will not miss next Monday night, the 7th of March. I heard great things about the meeting.
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