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( Abigail )
“ Her Name Means = My Father Is Joy”
I Samuel 25: 2 - 43

ARTICLE NO. XI and XII

Welcome to the study of our Sister Abigail, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story.  This is only a recap of her story the lesson for this month is The Woman of Endor.  Please send you answers though e-mail by 8/20/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm.  If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail.  However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site

Background Information:    Abigail; Blockhead, numskull, nincompoop, the words strike us as both harsh and humorous.  But any woman married to a man worthy of such labels would have little to laugh about.  Abigail must have felt suffocated married to her husband, her father may have thought the wealth Nabal had would be a catch for his daughter little did he know that one day this man would endanger her life.  For some time Abigail had heard about David, recently he was her neighbor in the Desert of Maon west of the Dead Sea taken refuge from Saul.   Abigail saved two men with quick thinking and anointed words.

1. What do you imagine it was like for Abigail to be married to Nabal on a day-to-day basis?
2. How would you have dealt with a husband like Nabal?
3. What kind of person would you have become?
4. How did Abigail deal with an arrogant man (Nabal) and a angry man (David)?
5. How do you react when someone in authority over you makes a bad choice?
6. If the choice effects you what should you do?
7. How would you like to grow in the way you relate to men?

( The Woman of Endor )
I Samuel 28: 3 - 25
There was no other information on her

Questions

1. The woman of Endor enters this story fearfully, why was she afraid ?

2.  Who do you think appears in I Sam. ?

3.  Is it really Samuel or a spirit impersonating Samuel ?

4.  What do you learn about occult practices from this story ?

5.  How if ever, have you consulted spirits ( horoscopes, cards, books, fortune-tellers, Ouija boards) to plan your future or just for fun ?

6.  Why do you think the Bible says that nothing like this should be done, even for him ?

7.  Consider how kind the woman is to Saul, if someone who practices the occuot can also be kind how do you think that should affect your views in occult practice and practitioners ?

8.  Research - Find other scriptures that speak about the occult ?

Scripture = Isaiah 30: 19 -21

Reflections

Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures

Tuesday  - that he protects us against evil

Wednesday -  that God doesn’t hide himself from

Thursday -  any occult dealings to be confessed and stopped

Friday - to be cleansed and freed from any affects of our dealings

Saturday -  pray and remove all occult item from your home and life

Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you

Words of Wisdom
WOW!
Father forgive me for my involvement in the occult.  I want nothing whatever to do with the realm of evil.  Draw me out of the darkness and into the light of your presence.  Free me from any lingering effects of my involvement and help me and my family to trust you completely for our future.  AMEN!

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( Michal )
“ Her Name Means Who Is Like God?”
I Samuel 18:20 -29, 19:11 -17, 2 Samuel 6:16-23

ARTICLE NO. X

Welcome to the study of our Sister Michal, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story.  Please send you answers though e-mail by 5/25/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm.  If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail.  However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site

Background Information:    Michal stretched herself across the window’s edge.  Leaning out as far as she dared, she could see her husband running through the night shadows his movements swift and lithe, like a young stag evading it’s predators.  Even if her father, the king, pursued with an army, she was confident he would not catch her husband.  She had loved him since the day he calmed the soul of a troubled king.

Questions

1. How would you describe Michal in 1Sam 18 and 19 ?

2.  After Michal helped her husband escape, she didn’t see him for over nine years, how did this affect her ?

3.  Why do you think Michal responded to this scene of worship as she did ?

4.  What was David trying to tell Michal in 2 Sam. ?

5.  How did she feel having to choose between her father and her husband?

6.  What did Saul think about Michal and David in ! Sam 18 ?

7.  What was Michal sister and brother’s name ?

8.  Research - What dowry or exchange was given for Michal ?

9.  How did Michal help her husband escape, what did she do ?

10.  Do you have bitterness, what is your barrier to true worship, has suffering made you tough and shattered you helpless ?

Scripture = Psalm 100: 4

Reflections

Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures

Tuesday -  thank God for being the same today, yesterday, tomorrow.

Wednesday -  God gives us the freedom to choose Him.

Thursday -  How we allow skepticism to infiltrate our faith.

Friday - Increasing in your awe of Him.

Saturday -  Think about your praise time with God, do you have any?

Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you

Words of Wisdom
WOW!
You may not quite be ready to take your joy to the streets, but you can loosen up a bit by raising your hands in prayer.  Come out of your comfort zone, go ahead enjoy yourself in God’s presence!  If he’s not worth getting excited about them what is?

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(  Hannah )
“ Her Name Means Gracefulness or Favor ”
I Samuel 1:1,2&11, 2:19-21

ARTICLE NO. IX

Welcome to the study of our Sister Hannah, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story.  Please send you answers though e-mail by 4/23/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm.  If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail.  However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site

Background Information:    It was fifteen miles, but every year the journey from Ramah, to worship at the tabernacle of Shiloh seemed longer.  At home, Hannah found ways to avoid her husband’s second wife, but once in Shiloh there was no escaping her taunts.  Hannah felt like a leaky tent in driving rain, unable to defend herself against the harsh weather of the other woman’s heart.

Questions

1. What response does Hannah’s childlessness cause in each of the people involved ?   Hannah herself, Peninah, and Elkanah

2.  What caused the change in Hannah in I Sam. 1:18 ?

3.  Was she assured of getting what she wanted ?

4.  If so, how?  If not, why was she comforted ?

5.  Describe what it might have been like for Hannah to fulfill her vow God.

6.  What does she say about God, and how is it relevant to her life ?

7.  What does Hannah’s song of praise to the Lord in I Sam. 2:1 -10 have to do with the events of the story ?

8.  Research - in the Old Testament, what affect did infertility have on women and how were they viewed ?

9.  Has God meet you in a stressful situation ? Describe =

10.  What would your infertility be today?

Scripture = Romans 5: 2 -5

Reflections

Monday - I Samuel 2: 1-10

Tuesday -  praise God that he knows our heart.

Wednesday -  offer thanks for answered prayer.

Thursday -  confess your tendency to pour out your heart to everyone but God.

Friday - ask God to give you strength to trust Him.

Saturday -  set aside some time to pray for others that you know who may have issues.

Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you

Words of Wisdom
WOW!
May my own prayer be shaped according to your faithfulness becoming less selfish and frantic and more calm and trusting with each day.

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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON 

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( Ruth )
Her name means “ Friendship ”
Ruth 2 - 4, Matthew 1:5

ARTICLE NO. VIII

Welcome to the study of our Sister Ruth, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story.  Please send you answers though e-mail by 3/26/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm.  If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail.  However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site

Background Information:    It was harvest time in Israel when Boaz first laid eyes on the young woman.  The sun had painted the fields a tawny gold as workers swung their sickles in ever rhythms through the standing grain gathering whatever the harvesters missed.  Ruth toiled quickly and efficiently, he noticed her stuffing grain into her coarse sack slung over her shoulders.  Strands of black hair escaped her head covering,  softly framing olive-colored skin still smooth despite the sun.

Questions

1. What character qualities do you see in Ruth in Chapter 2 ?

2.  What is her reputation ?

3.  In loyalty to her husband she would marry one of his  relatives and have sons, does Ruth attempt this in the story ?

4.  What risk did she take when she laid by Boaz’s feet ?

5.  What does this say about her ?

6.  Where do you see God in this, and do you see yourself in this story ?

7.  What did Ruth ask Naomi to let her do ?

8.  What did the foreman say about Ruth ?

9.  In verse 8, chap.2 why did Boaz say what he said to Ruth ?

10.  What did Ruth do that touched the heart of Boaz, this made him make a promise to her ?

11.  What did Boaz exchange as an agreement to buy Naomi’s land ?

Scripture = Proverbs 11:25

Reflections

Monday - Ruth chapter 3 & 4

Tuesday -  that He provides for those who have no one to do for them.

Wednesday -  for the way God used others women to provide for you.

Thursday -  any tendency to compete with other women.

Friday - to help you appreciate other women.

Saturday -  write a note of love and encouragement to five women around you and give it to them.

Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you

Words of Wisdom
WOW!
It‘s easy to assume the important women in our lives know how much we cherish them.  Cards on special days don‘t always do the trick.  We need to verbalize our love, maybe you could start a scrape book and write little notes of things you notice about them.  Take picture of your time together make it personal and loving, package it with things she likes and give it at any time not a special occasion.

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Columnist: Co-Laborer Lady Loretta Wilson
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 ARTICLE NO. VII
L O V E
 (Happy Valentine’s Day)

What is love, according to the world’s definition love is, “tender affection, desire, strong like, kindness, passionate, romantic affair, elicit enthusiasm, infatuation, and a crush.”

All these emotions in and of themselves are awesome.  Each one of these feelings have and hold a memory in each one of our lives.  From childhood up to the present day we have experienced at least one of these feelings.  In my vast amount of years (smile) I have learned that LOVE can be a wonderful thing and a most hurting thing as well. all within a matter of minutes it could be extremely good or extremely bad.  Love in its raw state is indeed intense.  We can love to the point of self-denial, whether by not admitting that we are in a one sided relationship or; in giving so much of ourselves that there is nothing left believing that this is what love is.  Raw Love is - not processed, refined or treated, inflamed, lacking training or experience, not restrained, brutally realistic, not changed or interpreted, crude.

I have found this to be the perfect example, while working with children I find that they show us the greatest example of love next to God, and at its rawest state.  The openness, and their giving nature is amazing to know and experience.  Their love is not refined; it is the coal before the diamond, you should really watch them as they turn into brilliants.  When a child runs to you and puts their arms around your neck it is inflamed with true excitement to see you again.  At that moment they lack fear of what the receiver’s response may be.  Even if they have been hurt by the receiver they will give again.  Their hearts are open and give out honest interpreted love it can be crude in that; the source that it comes from may hurt the receiver that has been tainted by life’s experiences of a broken heart.  Another form of raw love is first love, when the hormones wake up and you find that boy or that girl that takes your breath away and no one understands how you feel but them you are in love.  Your heart longs to be with this person all the time, you have to hear their voice and touch them or you will just die, this love is often the one that unfortunately introduces us to the pain of a broken heart.  It gives us the understanding that love can and sometimes will hurt.  This love is the one that puts the heart guard or callous in place, never allowing the experience of Raw Love to be felt again. 

Have you ever been hurt?  Of course you have, if you live you’ve been hurt at one time or another.  Was it your first boyfriend or girlfriend?  Can you still remember how it hurt and you said these very words, I will never let this feeling happen again.  But you did; you let it happen again, and again, and the callous got harder, and harder.   I’m here to enlighten you on matters of the heart.  When you have loved and felt the sting of hurt over and over again, it built up a callous around your heart.  When the real thing comes along that LOVE has to have an electric sander plugged into the original source of LOVE which is Jesus Christ, because an emery board just wont do.  They have to be willing to sand and buff, and sand and buff at that callous until it gets right down to the raw meat of emotions, and allows you to bleed; which will purify the womb and enable the heart to heal and love raw again. 

Is it possible?  “Yes” love is worth the fight, it’s worth the weight that it gives you to carry sometimes.  Check this out, sometimes the person with the sander is also the one that caused the callous heart, how about that.  Here’s the secret don’t tell anybody, love is a gift from God, His intention for us was that we experienced it from a state of purity straight from His heart.  No strings attached, can you handle that, we would as husband to wife, parent to child; neighbor to neighbor and family know the unadulterated love that was available for us when we were created to fellowship with Him in the garden.  The beauty of this I know first hand not just through my relationships here on earth but through Jesus Christ our Lord.

He held the hands of my sander, the one who worked very hard to help my heart bleed, and now I know the worth, power, delight, and need to Love Raw.  I know now without a doubt that a love worth having is a love worth  fighting for.   Allow LOVE to infect you, which is to overrun a place or site in large numbers and become threatening, harmful, or unpleasant to the callous.  To live as a parasite on or in something, this will cause you to bleed and not be hardened again.  There is no greater love than the love that caused Jesus to die for us, and because of this love He has given us the ability to love each other.  If you don’t have this kind of love in your life wait for it don’t settle, if you have love in your life hold on to it passionately, if the love is rocky purchase a sander, pray for instructions  and watch it bleed it is so liberating and sweet.

Tell us about your relationship, what are some of the things you have found that makes it work? 

What tips do you know that can enhance a couples journey through love?

COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON

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( Naomi)
Her name means “ My Joy or Pleasant ”
Ruth 1; 4:13 - 17

ARTICLE NO. VI

Welcome to the study of our Sister Naomi, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story.  Please send you answers though e-mail by 1/15/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm.  If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail.  However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site

Background Information:   She stood like an old tree twisted against the sky.  Though Naomi could see for miles from her vantage point high on the road that led from Moab to Judah, she could glimpse nothing at all of her future.  She thought about robbers, rumored on the road ahead.  What more, she wondered, could possible be taken from her?  Her thoughts strayed to the pass..

Questions

1. Choose three or four words to describe what Naomi experienced in 1:3-5.

2.  What kind off reception do you think Naomi expected when she returned to her home with Moabite daughter-in-laws ?

3.  Who was at fault for Naomi’s circumstance ?

4.  Who controlled Naomi’s response to her circumstance ?

5.  If you suffered what Naomi did would you be bitter ?

6.  Could you love and trust god in Naomi’s situation ?

7.  What were her daughter-in-laws names ?

8.  What was her husband’s name ?

9.  Where did they live and what did the name of the city mean ?

10.  What did the daughter-in-law that stayed say to Naomi ?

11.  What did Naomi tell the people to call her ?

Scripture = Psalms 71:20

Reflections

Monday - Ruth chapter 1

Tuesday - for creating us with the power to form lasting relationship.

Wednesday - for the variety of friends god has given you.

Thursday - your tendency to be to busy for friends.

Friday - to make you more loving and loyal to those that need you.

Saturday - pick up the phone to renew an old friendship.

Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you

Words of Wisdom
WOW!
Help me to cherish the friends you’ve given me and to become the kind of person others will cherish; a women who listens, encourages, and keeps confidences, a women who knows how to laugh, cry, and love others more than her self.

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( Delilah)
Her name means “ Dainty One”
Judges Chapter 4:16 - 12

ARTICLE NO. V

Welcome to the study of our Sister Delilah, if you read Judges the sixteenth chapters the forth to twelfth verse you will understand her story.  Please send you answers though e-mail by 12/11/09 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - pm.  If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail.  However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site

Background Information:   Delilah one of great beauty was a prostitute who merely had to deliver the secret of Samson‘s strength to the Philistines.  He would be no match for her; born of beauty and schooled in the art of love.   She wore Samson down “how can you say you love me. When you won‘t confide in me?  This is the third time you have made a fool of meand haven‘t told me the secret of your strength..

Questions

1. Why was Delilah willing to betray Samson?

2.  What were her strengths and weaknesses ?

3.  If you think back over the biblical women you’ve studied so far, you will notice that several of them used manipulation to get what they wanted.  When if ever, have you used manipulation to get what you wanted? ?

4.  How common a habit is it for you ?

5.  Exactly what manipulative tactics have you used ?

6.  Why do you think God chose to use a man like Samson ?

7.  What are your strengths and weaknesses ?

8.  How much was Delilah paid ?

9.  What did being a Nazirite mean ?

10.  How many times did she ask for his secret ?

11. What was she told each time ?

Scripture = 2 Corinthians 1:8 -11

Reflections

Monday - Judges 16: 4-22

Tuesday - that he is sovereign, able to use our most tangled relationships to achieve his purpose.

Wednesday - for calling you to be a devoted to him, set apart in a special way

Thursday - any tendency to manipulate.

Friday - to help you surrender any unhealthy relationships and to do what God tells you to.

Saturday - Women today spend millions of dollars cutting, coloring, primping, and styling their hair.  But remember, no amount of money or primping can cover up a lack of inner beauty.  Before arranging your hair into a becoming style, consider where your inner beauty needs work.  Go to Galatians 5: 22 - 23 for some attractive characteristics the Spirit is willing to work in you.  Then you‘ll be beautiful outside and in.

Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you

Words of Wisdom
WOW!

Lord, you know all the struggles of my heart.  You created me in such a way that no one but you can fully satisfy my longings.  Yet you also know how easily I am fooled, believing that flesh and blood relationships hold the key to all my needs.  Forgive me for the times I’ve put my relationship with ________________________________above my relationship with you.  Give me the wisdom, courage, and grace to love you with abandon
(look up the word abandon you will find it to be very interesting in relation to this statement)

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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON , theladyretta@verizon.net

( Jael )
Her name means “ A wild or Mountain Goat”
Judges Chapter 4 & 5

ARTICIAL NO. IV

Welcome to the study of our Sister Jael, if you read Judges the forth and fifth chapters you will understand her story.  Please send you answers though e-mail by 11/13/09 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9 pm.  If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail.  However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site

Background Information:   Jael watched uneasily through the flaps of her tent as clouds swept the blue from the shy and rain fell like a shroud across the horizon.  She remembered the stories of Moses and she people he had led across the wilderness.  As she saw this figure running towards her she wondered, Israelite or Canaanite?   His identity might reveal the way the winds of the battle were blowing.

Questions

1.  How would you describe her character, what was her home life like ?

2.  Where is Jael’s song located ?

3.  How would you characterize Deborah and Jael as being the same type of woman ?

4.  What was God’s role in these events ?

5.  Use three adjectives to describe Jael before she kills Sisera, from 4:17 - 20 ?

6.  Why do you think Jael did what she did?

7.  How much do you think her brutal culture had to do with her action ?

8.  Why do you think Deborah praised Jael ?

9.  What was Sisera’s mother’s thoughts, what was she looking for ?

10.  What was the relevance of the milk that was given ?

( Extra Credit - How was Jael related or connected to Moses ? )

Scripture = 2 Corinthians 1:8 -11

Reflections

Monday - Judges 5

Tuesday - that the enemies of our soul be defeated.

Wednesday - that we can be instruments of deliverance fro others.

Thursday - any tendency toward passivity in your struggle against sin and satan.

Friday - to give you wisdom and discernment in the spiritual battle.

Saturday - Ephesians 6, Review the check list
a)  belt of truth - any small dishonesties
b)  breastplate of righteousness - are you seeking to be more Christ like ?
c)  the shoe of the gospel of peace - reconciliation God and man
d)  shield of faith - are you showing that God is loving and powerful
e)  helmet of salvation - a gift has to be received, wear it boldly
f)  sword of the spirit - reading and praying, the scripture helps us take the offensive (fight daily)

Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you

Words of Wisdom
WOW!

This week take some time for a wardrobe check.  Make sure you aren’t missing anything vital, without which you will be more vulnerable to attack, putting on the full armor is the most important thing you will ever do on a daily basis.  And yes you should check each one everyday don’t take it for granite that you are all covered.

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( DEBORAH )
Her name means Honey Bee
Judges: Chapters 4:1-10 & 5:7

ARTICIAL NO. III

Welcome to the study of our Sister Deborah, if you read Judges the forth and fifth chapters you will be blessed by her story.  Please send your answers through e-mail by 10/9/09 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm.  If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail.  However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site. 

Background Information:   Jericho had lain in ruin for two hundred years.  The Israelites had swept across the country like a storm of locusts, devouring everything in their path, somehow the native survived and their idolatry strangled Israel’s faith.  Sisera iron plated chariots terrified Israel, they felt smugly secure since Israel was being led by a woman that they could over throw them.  But they forgot to account for the strategic power of a woman of faith.  Deborah was a prophetess, she summoned Barak to go and told him how destroy Sisera and lead Israel but he refused to go without her.

Questions

1. How long had Israel been oppressed by the Canaanites and Sisera?

2. Why did Barak say he wanted Deborah to go with him, what was her response?

3. Besides a prophetess what was Deborah’s position in Israel?

4. What was her husband’s name?

5. How many men did Deborah tell Barak to take and from what tribes?

6. Where did Sisera flee to and what was his fate?

7. What did she call herself?

8. When a woman succeeds today, how is she typically responded to by men?

9. What do you need to do to vecome more like Deborah?

Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

Reflections

Monday - Judges 4

Tuesday - Speak clear to his people, say what you mean.

Wednesday - Pray that God sends Prophets, men and women.

Thursday - If you are reluctant about anything, listen for God’s voice.

Friday - Ask for help in discerning his voice.

Saturday - Review

Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you.

Words of Wisdom

It’s hard to listen to two pieces of music at the same time and enjoy what you hear, one may not be pleasing to your spirit but how would you know with all the noise, there needs to be a clear channel to hear what is said or played.  Likewise it’s hard to listen to the voice of God and satan at the same time.  Ask for a distinguishing spirit and choose.

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( LOVE’S ACCEPTED CONDITIONS )
What’s Love got to do with it?

ARTICLE NO. II

In my earlier years I didn’t want to have anything to do with this thing called love. I hadn’t witnessed to many relationships that expressed what I thought love should be. Though I did have an inkling through family members, mother, grand-mother, siblings, all doing the best they could to show love with what they knew. However; even that was not enough. We all have experienced some sort of satisfaction, completion or fulfillment in our lives, so we know when something is missing……..

This is how it is when love is not pure, love can have a whole lot of different meanings when it’s not pure. We are taught from a very young age that love is conditional. Male and female alike are trained by the things and people around them, for instance in my family I was trained to be an independent woman. Have your own, make your own, I was unintentionally trained how to survive without making those who should be responsible own up to their responsibilities.
So; we are now victims of “what’s love got to do with it?”  What does love have to do with accepting the fact that your father has left you? What does love have to do with mothers working two jobs and grand-moms raising the children? What does love have to do with fathers, uncles, so called uncles, brothers, cousins, friends, or neighbors, taking your gift  without your permission? What does love have to do with sleeping around being an expression of it? We train our children to accept these same conditions and then wonder why. Why does my son, my daughter do and or accept bad things? Brothers/Sisters, you walk out, you hit, you tear down verbally, you cheat, you stay and use. And then you say I love you, look at all I have done for you, I stayed didn’t I?  But Sisters/Brothers; you accept, and accept, and accept the conditions and then ask why. Our lives are distorted and have been since sin entered in. We have no idea what love has to do with it until we know, understand, and have experienced the LOVE of God. John 3:16 tells us God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life. The condition is none, He loved us so much that He gave His only to get us back,   love doesn’t abuse, take your money, walk out, cheat, hit you, tear you down, or lie. and then say but I love you……….

In Galatians 5:19-21 it talks about the flesh warring against the spirit, and the acts of sinful nature. Each thing listed in these scriptures describe our conditioning to accepting fleshly love and abuse as real. But Ephesians 3:17-19 says so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love.  May have power together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. And to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. The Lord will teach you what love has to do with it, if and only if you want Him to. Read-1 Corinth. 13:3-13 if I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love I am nothing. Love is patient, love is kind, does not envy, does not boast, is not proud, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrong, has no delight in evil but rejoices in truth, love always protects, trust, hopes, preservers. Some things will fade away but three will remain, faith, hope, and love and the greatest is LOVE. 

That’s what love has to do with it.!
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON

This is the first several columns that will be published through this summer.  These Article’s are open for your thoughts. study, encouragement, and comments. 

ARTICLE NO.1 

Deuteronomy 6:4,5 Hear, o Israel the Lord our God is one Lord.  And thou shall love the Lord your God with all thy heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might

For the last month we have been exploring the makings of the (soul ), what it consist of and how it functions in relation to the body and the spirit.  Pastor has explained that the soul is divided into five parts, the mind, the will, the intellect, the emotions, and the imagination.  Lets see what the body, soul, and spirit are.  Webster says your body is (the complete material structure or physical form of a human being). The Bible says your body is that which was God formed, it causes us to be related to the world. Your soul is (the complex of human attributes that manifest as consciousness, thought, feeling, and will, regarded as distinct from the physical body). The Bible says your soul is that which is the conscious living, that which relates us to ourselves. Your spirit is (the vital force that characterizes a human being as being alive, sense of self, a paranormal, a supernatural being that does not have a physical body). The Bible says your spirit is given to us by God, that which makes us conscious of God, His breath. 

When spirit and body joined together man became a living soul, your soul was/is the meeting place that now makes us a triune being. Animals do not have a spirit, they are not conscious of God, they can not be saved.  As much as we would like Fluffy to go to heaven that just will not happen. 

Adam in the garden was triune just as we are, the difference was that before the fruit situation (the fall) his soul was pure knowing only good. He still used all components of his soul, with his mind he was able to house the will where he decided to obey God; choosing to commune with God everyday, with his intellect he learned, gathered information and understood who his creator was.  He  was able to name every creature that walked upon the face of the earth.  Adam tended the fields and kept the garden in perfect order.  With his emotion he loved God.  Adam understood love in it’s purist state no middle man, no cross, no blood, no death, no separation, they sat in the evening and talked can you imagine that conversation the knowledge he must have obtained? With his imagination he envisioned wo-man someone like him to love in a body form, someone to hold and make love to, someone to reproduce himself with, someone to share this awesome and beautiful relationship that he had with God.  And for awhile they did love God with all their body, soul, and spirit. With pure hearts and minds what other wonderful things would they have talked about and imagined?

In Deut. we can see how God longs for us to be with him in our complete state body, soul, and spirit.  However it is the soul that makes the decision as to whether we will allow the spirit man or the natural man to rule at any given time in our lives.  God longs deeply for a Garden experience with us, and this is why prayer is so vital to our soul. When we talk to God all the soul’s components are involved, the mind, will, intellect, emotions, and imagination. Where is your soul?

Read = 1 These. 5:23, 2 Corinth. 5:17, Eph.. 5:26 

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