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A Lasting Kindness, Part 2

God’s Beautiful Design for Women: Living Out Titus 2:1-5 – part 8

Nancy Leigh DeMoss: As I thought about this quality of goodness and kindness and then what we’ve talked about in the last several sessions about domesticity, being domestically inclined, serving out of our home base, there’s a woman in the Scripture who came to mind who illustrates beautifully both domesticity and this quality of kindness or goodness. You read about her in Acts chapter 9. Continue reading →

A Lasting Kindness

When a friend from church is in the hospital or has a new baby, what do you do? Many women spring into action, buying gifts, making meals, and showing great kindness in practical ways. But when someone closer to home has a need, do you spring into action with the same enthusiasm? Learn to take kindness home.

• How will you be remembered? What I want people to remember about me is that I cared, that I was kind, that I loved, that I touched their lives in practical ways that made a difference.
• Sometimes our own families are the ones we show the least kindness to. Sometimes it’s because we’ve been hurt, sometimes it’s because we’re lazy, sometimes we just take them for granted. We need to think about kindness in our own homes.
• It’s not your responsibility to fix all the problems of the needy in the world. But God has called you to be sensitive to the needs of those that He’s put into your sphere of influence and to open your eyes and be available to minister to their practical needs.

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The Beauty of Holiness, Part 2

God’s Beautiful Design for Women: Living Out Titus 2:1-5 – part 6

Now, you know that there are two aspects of purity in our lives as Christians. First of all, there’s that positional purity. That’s what took place in our lives at the moment that we were born again. We were regenerated. We were declared righteous and pure positionally by the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ—justification.

That’s our initial salvation. God sees us not as we were but now as being in Christ. We have been saved, and that positional purity is true of every believer. Continue reading →

The Beauty of Holiness, Part 1

God’s Beautiful Design for Women: Living Out Titus 2:1-5 – part 5

Sometimes pressures come at you so fast it seems like you can’t think straight. Learn to develop a biblical, sound mind so that you can think clearly no matter what is happening around you.*

• You never get to the point where you don’t need the grace of God to protect and safeguard your heart and keep you from sin.
• The real test of your purity is who you are when you get home and how you treat those around you.
• The goal of being pure of heart is not to make us look good. That’s self-righteousness. The goal is to make God look good.

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Sound Thinking, Part 2

God’s Beautiful Design for Women: Living Out Titus 2:1-5 – part 4

Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Now, by contrast—and I’m going to move through this quickly. But a woman who is sophron has a sound mind, exhibits the following kinds of characteristics, just the opposite of what we’ve been talking about over these last moments. Her heart and her mind, if she’s sophron are grounded in the Word and the ways of God.

The Word and the ways of God form boundaries for her life. Whereas, the woman who is not sophron, her life is like a river in flood stage. No boundaries, out of control—she can do a lot of damage to a lot of people, right? Continue reading →

Sound Thinking, Part 1

Sometimes pressures come at you so fast it seems like you can’t think straight. Learn to develop a biblical, sound mind so that you can think clearly no matter what is happening around you.

• If you have sound doctrine, that will result in sound thinking about all of life—thinking that is wise, discreet, sensible, and self-controlled. Sound thinking will result in sound living.
• You can’t love your husband and your children if you don’t have sound thinking. Because when they are not loveable, if you don’t have sound thinking, you’re going to respond in unloving ways.
• A godly woman’s heart and mind are always under the guard and protection of the Spirit of God, the truth of God, and the truth of God’s Word.

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Delighting In Your Children, Part 2

God’s Beautiful Design for Women: Living Out Titus 2:1-5, Part 13

Nancy Leigh DeMoss:What does it mean to delight in your children, and how can you do that? Here are several thoughts that may be helpful to you.

The first is just the whole concept of having children—the willingness to have children, to welcome them as blessings and gifts from the Lord. I think you know that we live in a culture that considers children to be a burden and a nuisance and a bother. Continue reading →

Delighting In Your Children, Part 1

Every mom would claim to love her children, but what does it really mean to show Christ-like love in a home? The Bible offers some practical ways to delight in your kids.

• Mothers can get so caught up in the practical responsibilities of mothering that they forget to really love their children.
• Do you love your husband and your children more than you love your other friends, your outside involvements and interests, or your job?
• Don’t lose the joys that you could have in the present, and the opportunities God is giving you today, by being impatient for the future.

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Letting God Shape Your Husband, Part 2

God’s Beautiful Design for Women: Living Out Titus 2:1-5, Part 12

Nancy Leigh DeMoss: So as we’ve been doing in some of the other programs in this series, let me ask you some “Making It Personal” questions.

* Do you spend more time thinking critical thoughts of your husband or praying for him? Be honest. Where do your thoughts go more often? To criticize or to lift him up to the Lord and intercede for him? How often do you speak words of admiration and affirmation to your husband? Continue reading →

Letting God Shape Your Husband, Part 1

Don’t bother with today’s message if you have a perfect marriage. But if you need solid advice on honoring God through an imperfect marriage, dig in.

• The best marriage is nothing more than two sinners continually humbling themselves and knowing how to get to the cross to find the grace of God.
• Your husband’s strengths and weaknesses are exactly what God knew you needed for you to become the woman God wanted you to be.
• It’s your job to love your husband; it’s God’s job to change him.

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