[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] Girlfriends in God - February 24

[Eric Calhoun]

One more for your consumption, if you please?


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Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] Girlfriends in God - February 24
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Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:37:08 -0500




     


   
                       
                 
           
                 February 24, 2012

                                No More Nagging

                                 Sharon Jaynes
                                Today's Truth
                                "The prayer of a righteous person is
powerful and effective," (James 5:16 TNIV)

                                There are some verses in the Bible that I
wish God had just left out.  Here are a few of them: 
                                A quarrelsome wife is like a constant
dripping. (Proverbs 19:13) 
                                A quarrelsome wife is like a constant
dripping on a rainy day; restraining her is like restraining the wind or
grasping oil with the hand. (Proverbs 27:15,16) 
                                Better to live in a desert than with a
quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife. (21:19) 
                                Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. (Proverbs 25:24)  

                                OK, that's about all I can take right
now.  When I wrote the book, Becoming the Woman of His Dreams, I surveyed
and interviewed men about what they longed for in a wife.  One thing that
men repeatedly mentioned was their aversion to nagging. Drip, drip, drip.
Webster defines nagging as to scold or find fault with repeatedly, to cause
annoyance by scolding or repetition. Interestingly, a nag is also an
inferior or aged horse. The best remedy to cure ourselves from being a
nagging wife, or a nagging mother, or a nagging friend, is to become a
praying woman. Jesus invites us to stop nagging our husbands (and others)
and begin nagging God!

                                Here's what Jesus had to say:
                                "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he
goes to him at midnight and says, `Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to
set before him.' 
                                "Then the one inside answers, `Don't
bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed.
I can't get up and give you anything.' I tell you, though he will not get
up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the
man's boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 

                                "So I say to you: Ask and it will be
given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to
you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who
knocks, the door will be opened. (Luke 11:5-9).
                                In the Greek, the words ask, seek, and
knock are present participle verbs. The more correct translation would
read, ask and keep on asking, seek and keep on seeking, knock and keep on
knocking. God invites us to be persistent in our prayers. We can give our
worries and cares to God and leave it up to Him to do the rest. "Cast all
your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you," (Psalms 55:22).  "Cast all
your anxiety on Him for He cares for you," (1 Peter 5:7 ). If you are
married, remember, you don't want to be your husband's mother.you want to
be the woman of his dreams.  
                                Let's Pray

                                Dear Lord, I confess that sometimes I nag
my husband.alright, maybe more than sometimes. But Lord, I am determining
in my heart to stop nagging my husband and start being consistent and
persistent in prayer. My husband is Your workmanship, not mine. Forgive me
when I try to yank the paint brush from Your hand and create brushstrokes
of my own. I pray that I can be the woman that he needs in order to become
the man that You desire.
                                 In Jesus' Name,
                                Amen.
                                Now It's Your Turn
                                What do you think a nag sounds like?
                                Do you ever nag your husband or other
significant people in your life?
                                If there are things that you tend to nag
your husband about, try this - write them down on a piece of paper, turn
the list over to God, and then turn off the leaky faucet. Give it a try. 
You might be surprised!
                                Girlfriends in God

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                                Matthews, NC 28106

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                                 www.girlfriendsingod.com
                                 
                                 
                             

                                 
                                 
                                 
                             
                       
                                 
                             
                       
                       
                  
           
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