Safe Work, for Freedom’s Sake

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

Maybe you’ve heard about the night life in Bangkok, Thailand. You many already know that women there are caught up in the sex trade. You might even know that there are ministries to such women, ministries that offer them a a way out.

Did you know that you can help?

NightLife is one such ministry. Here women work with dignity. They design and make jewelry and clothing–honest, creative and profitable employment. 

Bless the work of their hands, Lord. May it be their delight–and yours. Amen.

From the NightLight Design website:

Why do we exist? For Freedom’s Sake. Why do we create and design? For Freedom’s Sake. Why do our employees labor? For Freedom’s Sake. Why should you shop? For Freedom’s Sake.

Do some Christmas shopping at NightLight. For freedom’s sake.

 

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Simple Wisdom

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

 

 

Yep, this sounds like something God would say:

 

“I forbid adultery and premarital sex not because sex is bad
  but because it is good.”
Robert Boyd Munger
My Heart – Christ’s Home, 1954

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A Stranger in the House

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

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Pure Water

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

I heard a sex-ed teacher describe a lesson. She fills a glass with water and tells her students to pass it one to another, each spitting into the glass. After they all spit, she asks if anyone would like to drink the water.

Ick! Yuk. Gross.

But sex with someone you barely know, that’s OK?

God has a better plan.

Proverbs 5:15 (TLB)
Drink water from your own well–
share your love only with your wife.

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Hookup Christianity?

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

Per the “Hookup Culture,” sex is about how good it feels, no commitment required.

It occurs to me that this is exactly what some people want in Christianity: just to feel good, no commitment required.

 

Luke 10:27 (NIV)
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.

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For Better or Worse?

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

 

Hugh Hefner died last week. His impact on American culture can’t be denied. Was it for better or worse?

 

  • There was some good in it
  • There was no good in it
  • It would have happened, with or without him

Imagine a video replay of our lives, as seen from God’s point of view—that is, seeing our legacy, our impact on others for better or worse. Imagine if we could see how it would have worked out if we’d lived differently. 

I wonder. What would the world look like if Mr. Hefner had lived differently?

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Safely Home

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

 

There are thousands of children in America waiting for adoption. Most of them are school age, many in sibling groups. 

 

Think of it–their homes fell apart, through death, through violence, through neglect. No grandparents, aunts or cousins are there to take them in. Each child has seen tragedy. These kids come with few belongings, but heavy baggage.

Pray–

  • For their safety while they wait
  • That siblings can stay together
  • For more ah-ha God-moments when folks browsing the lists of waiting children feel the pull to a particular child or sibling group
  • That new families will bond
  • For strength, patience and support for the parents
  • For acceptance, healing and peace for the children

Lord, raise up hundreds of Christian households willing to welcome these children under their loving, sheltering roofs. You know each child by name. Call them into their new homes.

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In Your Own Little Corner

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

 

“Do not wait to shed your light afar . . .
  Brighten the corner where you are.”
Ina Ogdon, 1913

 

So much need! Hurricane clean-up, rebuilding from earthquakes, wars and rumors of war, famine and poverty. Be willing to go where God sends. Or to stay where God says.

Share God’s light . . . there or here, in your own little corner of the world.

 

 

 

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You Can’t Say No

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

 

Acts 10:14 (NIV)
“Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied.

 

 

“No, Lord” makes no sense.
If God is Lord of your life, you can’t tell him no.

 

 

 

(Note: It took three tries, but Peter said yes.)

 

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Simply Here

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Shirlee Abbott

God says,
Who will go for us?

You say,
Here I am, send me.

 

God says,
Who is here for me?

You say,
Here I am. Use me.

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