Making a Differencewith Pastor Phil Erickson

Jun 11th, 2013 JUST FOR LADIES – BY CAMILLE STAHL

Today’s Reading – Job 22 – 26 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)

(Second Milers Read – 1 Thessalonians 1 – 5; Psalms 51 – 55;Proverbs 11)

Scripture Memorization for June – Verses Supporting an Unlimited Atonement

Listen to this morning’s Scripture song – Psalm 61:1 – 3

Read a great article by Pastor Cary Schmidt – “Wait Before You Step Out“

Read the “0611 Evening and Morning” devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Read a post from this morning’s Bible Reading passage – “Gold”

A Study Of Women In The Bible

“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh down with her hands.” Proverbs 14:1

What do our families see when they look at our hands?  We use our hands for many purposes.   We go to work and use our hands.  Later we come home and count what we earned to see what we can give back to the Lord, and buy what we need, and pay our bills.  We may have hobbies such as gardening, sewing, knitting, painting….. all which is used to build the house and a strong family.  Our hands should be a great blessing to our family.  They should be used to love, comfort and serve those around us.  Our hands are used to hold our Bibles, and are folded when in prayer.  They are used as an example of what our children’s hands should do someday.

Many families are brought to ruin by the foolish use of  hands.   A foolish woman has no fear of God.  No Bible reading or praying.  Her money is wasted on indulgences and for the ‘ease of life’.   The once embracing warm arms and hands are now being used to push her family away.  She uses her fingers for texting, while her family waits for them for help.  The hands of a foolish woman are no longer cooking for her family.  She waves her hands towards her family members, and says “Go away and leave me alone”.   Oh, on the outside her hands are bathed in soft hand cream and she’ll have them manicured, but they’re not serving.

What are your hands doing?  Who are they serving?  Others or self?

“I Washed My Hands This Morning”

(A children’s Christian hymn – witten by Lucinda M. Beal Bateman.)

I washed my hands this morning
So very clean and bright
And lent them both to Jesus
To work for Him till night

Little feet, be careful
Where you take me to
Anything for Jesus
Only let me do.

My eyes are set to watch them
About their work or play
To keep them out of mischief
For Jesus’ sake all day

Thank You

1 John 5:13