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| Heart and Soul Connection Newsletter
A Lifelinefor Ministry Wives | |
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| HeartLines Newsletter |
January 2010 | |
| In This Issue |
| "Be Still" Retreat |
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New Year's Resolutions |
| For Your Funny Bone |
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Happy NewYear!
I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year celebration. Our church has adopted Proverbs 3:5-6 as our theme for 2010, and even though it is so familiar, those verses are renewing my own spirit for this coming year. I am SO GLAD I don't have to lean on my understanding, and I can trust in God and His guidance, and He will direct my paths.
The deadline to register for the retreat is February 1! That's only 17 days away from today!! Please email me at nancy@heartandsoulconnection.com if you plan to come. I will take your information by email or by phone, if you haven't already sent in your registration form. It's too late for payments so we will need the entire retreat cost amount by Feb. 1, too. Please send to P.O. Box 31, Tucker, GA 30085.
I love you and I can't wait to see you at the retreat in March, Nancy | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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 "Be Still" Retreat for Ministry Wives
March 11-13, 2010
Stone Mountain Park Inn
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Special Guest: Esther Burroughs
For 18 years, Esther served the North American Mission Board in missions and evangelism until, in 1997, following God's calling to speak to women, she began a speaking and writing ministry, "Treasures of the Heart ." Esther has traveled the world sharing her heart for God with churches, mission groups, retreats and conferences. Her greatest treasures are her love for God and His word. An author of several books, Esther was born in Canada as the daughter of a Baptist minister. She and her husband Bob, retired Florida Baptist Convention Director of Church Music, have two children and five grandchildren. Esther and Bob now reside in Greer, South Carolina.
Worship Leader: Kaye Hurta
Kaye serves as a crisis counselor for women's
conferences through Lifeway Christian Resources. She received her BS from Barry University and her MA in Psychology from Liberty University. She is a CLASServices speaker and is trained in Willow Creek Community Church's Biblical Literacy program. During her six years at Willow, she has led small group training, women's Bible studies, worship, and taught at New Community North Shore and Classes@Willow. Kaye's passion is to help others find intimacy with Christ through the pages of His Word. Kaye has been married to Chris for 22 years. They have two daughters, Madison and Cami. They reside in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Special Music: My Sister
Cost?
For private room - $ 285
For 2 in a room - $210
For 3 in a room - $190
For 4 in a room - $170
For Fri-Sat only - $110
Cost includes 2 nights lodging, 2 continental
breakfasts, a lunch buffet, a seafood dinner buffet
(including all you can eat crab legs!),
all break and snack food, conference fee,
and entrance fee to Stone Mountain Park.
Deadline for all reservations and payments
is February 1.
SCHEDULE FOR WEEKEND:
Thursday, March 11, 2010
4:00pm - Registration / Dinner on Your Own
7:00pm - "Be Still" Session One
Friday, March 12, 2010
8:30am - Continental Breakfast
9:00am - "Be Still" Session Two
12:00 noon -Free Time / Lunch on Your Own
Enjoy Complimentary Pampering
Massages / Haircuts / Manicures /
Makeovers / Foot Reflexology
6:00pm -All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Buffet
Evergreen Resort / Stone Mountain Park
8:00pm - "Be Still" Session Three
Saturday, March 13, 2010
8:30 am - Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - "Be Still"Session Four
12:00 noon - Buffet Lunch
1:00 pm - Dismiss
You can register by going to
the "Calendar" page and look under March 11.
The form and payment option is there.
Information still needed?
or call 1-888-646-9433.
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Question: "What sort of New Year's Resolution should a Christian make?"
Answer:The practice of making New Year's resolutions goes back over 3000 years to the ancient Babylonians. There is just something about the start of a New Year that gives us the feeling of a fresh start and a new beginning. In reality, there is no difference between December 31st and January 1st. Nothing mystical occurs at midnight on December 31st. The Bible does not speak for or against the concept of New Year's resolutions. However, if a Christian determines to make a New Year's resolution, what kind of resolution should he or she make?
Common New Year's resolutions are: to quit smoking, to stop drinking, to manage money better, and spend more time with family. By far the most common New Year's resolution is to lose weight, in conjunction with exercising more and eating healthier. These are all good goals to set. However, 1 Timothy 4:8 instructs us to keep exercise in perspective: "For physical training is of somevalue, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come." The vast majority of New Year's resolutions, even among Christians, are in relation to physical things. This should not be.
Many Christians make New Year's resolutions to pray more, to read the Bible every day, and to attend church more regularly. These are fantastic goals. However, these New Year's resolutions fail just as often as the non-spiritual resolutions, because there is no power in a New Year's resolution. Resolving to start or stop doing a certain activity has no value unless you have the proper motivation for stopping or starting that activity. For example, why do you want to read the Bible every day? Is it to honor God and grow spiritually, or is it because you have just heard that it is a good thing to do? Why do you want to lose weight? Is it to honor God with your body, or is it for vanity, to honor yourself?
Philippians 4:13 tells us, "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength." John 15:5 declares, "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." If God is the center of your New Year's resolution, it has chance for success, depending on your commitment to it. If it is God's will for something to be fulfilled, He will enable you to fulfill it. If a resolution is not God honoring and/or is not in agreement in God's Word, we will not receive God's help in fulfilling the resolution.
So, what sort of New Year's resolution should a Christian make? Here are some suggestions:
(1) Pray to the Lord for wisdom (James 1:5) in regards to what resolutions, if any, He would have you make;
(2) Pray for wisdom as to how to fulfill the goals God gives you;
(3) Rely on God's strength to help you;
(4) Find an accountability partner who will help you and encourage you;
(5) Don't become discouraged with occasional failures; instead allow them to motivate you further;
(6) Don't become proud or vain, but give God the glory. Psalm 37:5-6, "Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun."
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For Your Funny Bone... 
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words.
The winners are:
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj..), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
5. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
6. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash.
Love you, my sisters in ministry,
Nancy |
