Women, Use Your Voice!
Women, Use Your Voice! When I was 4, my preschool teacher relayed an incident to my mother when she picked me up. She told her that I was quietly playing with toys on the floor. Then, I stood up, walked over to a milk crate, turned it over, stood upon it, and boldly proclaimed….
“May I have your attention, please? The Word of God is the Will of God. Thank you.”
Bowing, I stepped off of the crate, put it back, and returned to my previous activity. Now, I’m not too sure how engaged my audience was but apparently
I had something to share and it did not need to be held in, no matter what age I was.
What I want to share today can simply be titled, “Women, Use Your Voice”.
Many of you may recall the record of the amazing woman named Esther. I’ve recently been studying about her. She was an orphan who was raised by her uncle. She loved her Judean heritage and was respectfully obedient to her uncle. But, in my study, I came across a commentary about the life of Esther that struck a chord within my heart. Let me show you:
“Esther is beautiful. But more than that, she carries herself with a wisdom far beyond her years, as we will see. In the background, during Esther’s beginning rise, we see Mordechai checking in on her every day. He has taken the role of adoptive father seriously, and the relationship between Esther and Mordecai will play a vital role in the challenges ahead. There’s a powerful but simple truth present in this passage. One we often hear, but rarely believe… God has already given us everything we need to fulfill the purpose he calls us to. So many of the events that had to happen to get to this point were not Esther’s choice. She did not choose to lose her parents or be taken in by her uncle. She never chose to be made beautiful in just the way the kind would find appealing, and yet when the time came, all of these seemingly disconnected variables came together to move Esther into exactly the place she needed to be so she could accomplish exactly what God had set for her to do.”
I share this with you to remind you that when you feel God move your heart to love on someone, to speak words of life over someone, to help someone, to take a stand for truth….whatever it is. Nothing about your story is minimal or unimportant! It all brings you to today.
Have you ever thought about the word present? A present is a gift. It is something given specifically with your well-being in mind. Your gift is this present day so women, use your gift ~ today!
Look at this account from John where Jesus chose a woman to be the voice for Him (and let me clarify one thing: this was not a perfect woman who walked some holy walk. She was not a woman who had always done the right thing nor was she a woman of any kind of community stature or rank).
John 4:5-30 The Passion Translation (one of my favorite versions!)
“5 Jesus arrived at the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6–8 Wearied by his long journey, he sat on the edge of Jacob’s well, and sent his disciples into the village to buy food, for it was already afternoon. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
9 She replied, “Why would a Jewish man ask a Samaritan woman for a drink of water?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus replied, “If you only knew who I am and the gift that God wants to give you, you’d ask me for a drink, and I would give you living water.”
11 The woman replied, “But sir, you don’t even have a bucket, and the well is very deep. So where do you find this ‘living water’?
12 Do you really think that you are greater than our ancestor Jacob who dug this well and drank from it himself, along with his children and livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “If you drink from Jacob’s well, you’ll be thirsty again,
14 but if anyone drinks the living water I give them, they will never be thirsty again. For when you drink the water I give you, it becomes a gushing fountain of the Holy Spirit, flooding you with endless life!
”15 The woman replied, “Let me drink that water so I’ll never be thirsty again and won’t have to come back here to draw water.”
16 Jesus said, “Go get your husband and bring him back here.”
17 “But I’m not married,” the woman answered. “That’s true,” Jesus said,
18 “for you’ve been married five times, and now you’re living with a man who is not your husband. You have told the truth.”
19 The woman changed the subject. “You must be a prophet!
20 So tell me this: Why do our fathers worship God on this nearby mountain, but your people teach that Jerusalem is the place where we must worship. Who is right?” Jesus responded,
21 “Believe me, dear woman, the time has come when you will worship the Father neither on a mountain nor in Jerusalem, but in your heart.
22 Your people don’t really know the One they worship, but we Jews worship out of our experience, for it’s from the Jews that salvation is available.
23–24 From now on, worshiping the Father will not be a matter of the right place but with a right heart. For God is a Spirit, and he longs to have sincere worshipers who adore him in the realm of the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “This is all so confusing, but I do know that the Anointed One is coming—the true Messiah. And when he comes, he will tell us everything we need to know.”
26 Jesus said to her, “You don’t have to wait any longer, the Anointed One is here speaking with you—I am the One you’re looking for.”
27 At that moment, his disciples returned and were stunned to see Jesus speaking with a Samaritan woman, yet none of them dared ask him why or what they were discussing.
28 All at once, the woman left her water jar and ran off to her village and told everyone,
29 “Come and meet a man at the well who told me everything I’ve ever done! He could be the One we’ve been waiting for.”
30 Hearing this, the people came streaming out of the village to go see Jesus.”
The Samaritan woman was the one he spoke to. He spoke life into her, spoke personally to her needs, and gave her the truth that she could move forward with. What did she choose to do with this? Herald it forth with all the boldness she had. Because of her, an entire village was brought before Jesus! The whole village was affected by her courage to use her voice.
We are His hands, feet, and voice. He entrusts us to joyfully speak for Him. As we have the courage to speak to others, and when we take care of the obvious needs we see, God will show us the hidden needs and give us the words of life that will bring hope ~ peace ~ life to others!
Women, get out your milk crate and herald forth His truths with all the love that is within you for your voice can move an entire city! ~
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9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
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1. We believe in one God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – Creator of all things. (Ephesians 4:4-6)
2.We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of Mary, crucified, died, was buried, resurrected, ascended into heaven, and is now seated at the right hand of the true God and Father. (John 3:16)
3. We believe the Bible in its entirety to be the absolute inspired Word of God and the infallible rule of faith and conduct. It’s a spiritual book, written by The Spirit for the spirit. (II Timothy 2:15)
4. We believe in the future return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ( I Thessalonians 4:13-18)
5. We believe in the personal salvation of Believers by believing in the heart and confessing with the mouth that Jesus is Lord. (“Romans 10:9 and 10.”)
6. We believe in sanctification, redemption, justification, and ministry of reconciliation and righteousness as sonship rights given at the time of the new birth through the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit.
7. We believe in divine healing, through faith in the Name of Jesus Christ, via the shed blood and broken body, and that healing is included in the redemption and available at any time during life.
8.We believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as outlined in Romans 10:9-10. We believe that every born-again person has the ability to operate all nine of the manifestations of the holy spirit. Also, we believe in the evidence of the fruit of the Spirit. (Ephesians 4:7)
9. We believe in the Christian commission (Matthew 28:19) by speaking boldly, tenderly, and lovingly to all of humanity.
10. We believe in the forgiveness of sins as outlined in scripture by confessing our sins to our Heavenly Father, God and that forgiveness is given at that moment. (1 John 1:9)
11. We believe the thief, the devil, comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy and credit any of these actions as belonging to him. In complete contrast, we believe that Jesus came so that we might have life {Zoe – life in all of its fullness} and have it more abundantly. He gets credit for this abundance in life. (John 10:10)
12. We believe that God desires greatly to work in us to will and to do of His good pleasure. (Philippians 2:13)
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N.O.W.—Woman, God created you to be more than ordinary.
He created you to be Extra-Ordinary.
When you received His gift of Holy Spirit you were no longer just a body and a soul, you became a three-part being of Body-Soul-Spirit; complete, a perfect work through the miracle of the New Birth!
This is our movement, daughter of God, to stand out from the crowd: to boldly proclaim I am His and He is mine. To see signs follow you, to see miracles performed through you, to be His Wonder! To rely only upon your God. To expect only from Him. To be independently dependent on Him alone. He is enough for you.
We are His masterpieces and we radiate with His divine love everywhere we go. You were created to live in this day-time-hour. Created for such a time as this and together we will move mountains!
In Him We Live exists so that women who love God can know and believe that they were born for such a time as NOW.
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1. Jesus is the center and the Head of The Body. It’s All About Following His Directive (Colossians 1:18)
2. We believe big and take action. It’s all about activated faith All About Activated Faith (James 2:14-26)
3. We honor one another to glorify God. It’s allAll About the Romans 12 Experience
4. We are Lovers, not Haters. It’s All About loving on others (Mark 12:31)
5. We think in Color. It’s All About how God inspires us by working in us to will and to do of His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13)
6. We don’t back down. It’s All About submitting to God and watching the Devil flee in terror (James 4:7)
7. We stand approved before God. It’s All About knowing scripture and how to apply (2 Timothy 2:15)
8. We choose our thoughts. It’s All About knowing which thought to lead captive to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5)
9. We will express gratitude. It’s All About keeping a thankful heart (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
10. We move from a place of power. It’s All About using the right tools afforded us through Jesus Christ, His Father, The Holy Spirit, and The Bible. (Ephesians 6:10-18)
11. We speak to our mountains (ALL OF THEM). It’s All About the power of our words (Mark 11:23)