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role and resPonsiBility of a Christian WoMen in a Changing soCiety
By Luella Redfern | Continued From Page 31
a commitment daily. If you are not willing to obey the Word ofGod and live difer - ently from the world then your body tempts thefiresofhell. Ifyouhaveofferedupyour body as a living sacrifice, then you are ready to learn about what God wants to do with your life. The changing society will not affect how you live your life in Jesus. 1 John 2:15-16 says, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world.” When you pursue or give in to materialism, fame and power and you become conformed to the world.
If you are a single Christian Woman, exploit your singleness to the fullness in devotion to God and do not be paralyzed by the desire to be married. You can’t have that man laying up in your house paying your bills but defiling the name of God. Wait, I say, on the Lord.
One of the greatest needs we have today is for Christian women to simply be Christian. To boldly declare our faith in God and His prescription for life. Christian Women have the opportunity to instill faith in a changing society. It is our responsibility to show love and draw the un-churched to Jesus with that love. A work that will endure forever.
Be a true friend. Complement and affirm each other. A true friend can be closer than a sister. You know the deepest darkest secrets of my past yet you love me anyway. You also love me enough to check me when I am wrong.
Be a prayer warrior, so that the Word of God
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will be opened to you, and so the power of faith and holiness will descend upon you; that your spiritual influence may increase at home, at church and in the world. May God help us, Christian women, in this changing society to declare our faith in His way of life everyday.
The roles and responsibility of a Christian woman is to create an atmosphere of praise and thanksgiving to understand that the joy of the Lord is our strength. Christian Women, I pray that you stay in the Word, which is our sword. Our strength is in the Word of God. Everything we need is in the Word of God. He will refresh our love, renew our mind and give us joy, unspeakable joy. It is time for us to reclaim our territory. We know the Designer and we have His instruction manual. If we don’t display the divine design of His female creation to a dying world, who will. We will sing as David sang, I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of de- struction, out of the miry clay; And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. Heputanewsonginmymouth,asongof praise to our God; Many will see and fear and will trust in the Lord, Psalm 40:1-3.
Does your heart long to be free to fulfill the purpose for which you were created, I invite you to join me in seeking to know the heart and ways of God today. Let us pray as Apostle Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:18-19, “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the sur- passing greatness of His power toward us who believe”.
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