What is a Teleseminar?

 A Teleseminar is a conference call or a presentation via phone!

It is a great way to participate in wonderful seminars without leaving the comfort of your home. You and other ladies around the world all call one conference call number at your scheduled class time. The seminar includes a topic discussion and Q&A session. These Teleseminars are practical with lots of tips and useful advice for your everyday life.  

As a participant you receive an Action Guide for the upcoming session by email. This enables you to follow along and participate in the discussion. The Action Guides include Action Steps to help you apply what you’ve learned in the seminar.

FASHION FREEDOM and FAITH

(Offered twice per year)

DATE: JUNE 4-25

TIME: Mondays at 1PM CST

SCHEDULE: Meets 4 times for 50 minutes each 

DATE: AUGUST 6-27

TIME: Mondays at 10AM CST

SCHEDULE: Meets 4 times for 50 minutes each

SESSION 1: Purge Your Closet

SESSION 2: Pick Your Colors

SESSION 3: Plan Your Wardrobe

SESSION 4: Play with Style 

PRIORIRTIES MATTER

DATE: SEPTEMBER 10-DECEMBER 10

TIME:  Mondays at 10 AM CST

SCHEDULE: Meets 2 times each month for 50 minutes each.

SESSIONS 1 & 2: God, Health & Husband

SESSIONS 3 & 4: Children & Home

SESSIONS 5& 6: Self & Ministry

SESSIONS 7 & 8: Balanced Priorities & Life with Priorities

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(This Group Is Limited In Size)

Gray Areas

There are a few gray areas which the Bible does not address directly, but it does address in principle. When you reach one of those gray areas and are undecided if it is OK or not, consider these principles to help you reach a decision.

1.     Is it good for you? If it’s not, don’t do it.  I Corinthians 10:23

2.     Is it good for others?  If not, then don’t do it. I Corinthians 10:24

3.     Does it honor God?  If not, don’t do it. I Corinthians 10:31

4.     Does it offend others?   If it doesn’t then carry on. I Corinthians 10:32-33

Above all else, pray and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit and of mature Christians He has put in your life.

Adapted from a sermon by Larry Andrews CBC Bulverde

Hope for Friendships

As we get on the road

Say goodbye yet one more time, 

I know Christ will lighten the load.

Hope for friendships new…

Joy exists when things look glum,

And you’d like to stick out your tongue.

It helps to smile a while

Memories of good times past

Times of joy, of fun and games,

When it didn’t seem to always rain.

Hope for friendships new…

The time is right.

Wait and expect God to move

He will bring it to pass

Maybe not this night,

But when I’ve changed anew.

Lessons come with heartache

Habits are fine tuned

Face my fears

Look them in the eye

Don’t sit and wonder why

What am I afraid of? 

Is it true?

No matter what

God will see me through.

Hope for friendship new…

By Joyce Zook

Anxiety and Fear

Are you plagued by anxiety and fear?

To calm my spirit and quench my fears I often adapt these eight points extracted from CDs by Steve Leavitt and Hope for Life Ministry. I believe when you apply these truths in your situation you will find the peace and power you need to move forward with your life.

1. Identify the thought: fear of____­­­­­____ (name your fear- insecurity, rejection, etc.) or I am obsessing about __________ (name your obsession-going broke, pleasing people, etc.) But that is not who I am. I am a beloved child of God.

2. I am not alone; I am not crazy; I am not going crazy.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline. II Timothy 1:7 NLT

3. If my thoughts run away from me, I run to a safe place before my feelings lead me astray. I seek biblically based counsel from my husband or one of my godly prayer partners. (Unsafe places include: the dark recesses of your mind or an emotionally based or legalistic church. Find a church which teaches grace and forgiveness.)

 In my distress I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered me and set me free. The Lord is for me so I will have no fear…Psalm 118:5-6

4. Controlling everything in my life is an impossible task. God will give me what I am able to handle. If life seems like more than I can manage, then I am attempting to take the responsibility away from God instead of trusting Him.

 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God…Give all your worries and cares to God for he cares about you. I Peter 5:6-7

5. Nothing will ever separate me from God. I bask in the confidence of God’s love of me.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Romans 8:38

6. I attempt to differentiate between self condemnation and conviction. (Self condemnation is usually nonspecific with no specific guidance to correct the situation or I am not forgiving myself for something God has already forgiven.)

 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7

7. I give my fears and sin to God, the only One who can take them away. I confess them and accept God’s gift of grace. My sins are forgiven-it’s done.  

 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us of all our sins I John 1:9.

8. I praise God in the midst of my fears. I accept where I am and trust God to carry me through.

I prayed to the Lord, and He answered me. He freed me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4

Bible verses are from the New Living Translation. The CD’s series is “Biblical Solutions to Anxiety, Depression, Stress & Fear.” hopeforlifeministry.com

Our Trip to Taiwan

Wild monkey on Monkey Mountain!

Lotus Pond

Getting around on a scooter!

A mud mountain in Gang Shan

Overlook of Kaohsiung City and the harbor

God is in Charge

One day I felt weighed down by all the obstacles and problems in my life and was praying. In my prayer I realized God was in charge. As I placed that thought up against each problem I thought I had, this is what He revealed to me.

God is bringing business opportunities as He sees fit

God brings the right people to me at the right time

God is helping me do what I need to do each day

God is directing which ministries, outreach and finished products I am able to get done

God knows how much time I have

God directs my words as I speak to others

God knows my physical limitations and helps me cope each day

God knows how much I can do for my husband, his ministry and work

God is bringing people to my husband who He knows can help build a ministry here

God helps me eat right when I go out as I listen and follow His direction

God helps me sleep in each situation, hotel or home where I am staying

God knows our needs and will sell our house at the right time

God knows the struggle I have and meets my needs as I trust in Him

God is in charge

Who I Was, Is Not Who I Am

Saying goodbye yet one more time

But as we get on the road

I know Christ will lighten the load.

Is there hope for new friendships?

Is there joy and when things look glum?

And you’d just like to stick out your tongue?

It helps to smile a while

Look at pictures of all the good times.

Times of joy, of fun and games,

Times when it didn’t seem like it always rained.

There is hope for friendships new;

I must wait

Expect His gates to open when the time is right.

He will bring it to pass, maybe not this fortnight,

But when He knows that I can be true.

Each time heartaches comes

A new lesson is to be learned

Or a bad habit big needs to be turned

It’s time to face my fears.

Look them in the eye

And not sit and wonder why?

What am I afraid of? Is it true?

No matter what, God will see you through.

Sometimes I just have to try something new, start doing it- putting pictures on the thumb drive, getting copies made at Wal-Mart, learning to use to the zoom and crop features, calling a company for information.

These things actually make me feel good about my self and the present. They take away the gloom. All these things I didn’t have time for when I was so busy this year, but now things have slowed down a bit.

Several friends have moved away and another will go soon. It is time to refocus, see what God has in store next. I’m getting together with a new group of ladies in a few days.

My husband has been encouraging me to write. Now is the time to get the ideas down in writing. I’ll take his encouragement as coming from God to lead me to new discoveries about who God wants me to be now.

I am not who I was.