Women of Worth Ministries

Women of Worth Ministries This is a group used to encourage our walk with Christ and build deeper relationships with each other. Let's do this together!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/768567906597867/ We started in April 2015 as a group of about 30 ladies. God has grown this ministries to an international gathering of ladies! See more by clicking here:

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This is a group used to encourage our walk with Christ and build deeper relationships with each other.

Reading Luke 23 after celebrating Christmas is so interesting. We just sang carols and hymns of His birth, and in Luke ...
12/27/2022

Reading Luke 23 after celebrating Christmas is so interesting. We just sang carols and hymns of His birth, and in Luke 23 we find ourselves taking in the cross. The juxtaposition of the manger to the cross is breathtakingly raw. Birth to death. Isn’t that the way life can be - gritty and gorgeous - all at the same time?

Imagine being Mary - watching her son grow, from infant to toddler to young child to adolescent and then to a man. Now, hanging on a cross, between two criminals, paying for sins of those who will someday be born. It’s more than I can take in. Her view had to be painful. But, it also had to be beautiful. She knew Jesus was Jesus. So, then to hear Him in Luke 23 must have reminded her of the response she had as a teenage virgin - trusting God to be God.

“Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭23:46‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Then we move to final chapter of Luke, and find at the very end of the book Jesus ascending into heaven after rising from the dead.

“While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭24:51‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Even in His ascension He was blessing. What a miracle to witness. To consider that the one born to die, is now alive and before the very eyes of those who followed closely He rises to heaven.

The majesty of our Savior is displayed through Luke. But this moment, this one moment, I get stuck in. Jesus blessing His people until the last moment. The very reason He came - he fulfills in birth, in death, in resurrection and in ascension: showing us the way to eternal life.

Christmas will soon be packed away, but may we remember the manger was the beginning - and we will get to spend eternity with Jesus when allow Him to be in control. The book of Luke outlines we can trust Him and our lives prove it. He’s so good.

💜 Sarah

Blessed beyond measure. Hobby Lobby has a way of wooing me in and when I’m there my cart seems to wander through each a...
12/26/2022

Blessed beyond measure.

Hobby Lobby has a way of wooing me in and when I’m there my cart seems to wander through each aisle. I always end up in the back of the store. In what houses clearance or possibly broken items for sale, this item caught my attention.

Sure, blessed beyond measure. True.

But if you look closer there are so many flaws within this price of art on clearance. It’s been mistreated and abused. The price had been dropped to less than three dollars.

I snapped a quick picture as God began to stir in my heart a message that I believe many need to hear as we end 2022. I’ve been pondering these things in my heart as I have thought a lot about Mary (Luke 2) and how she may have felt like this clearance item. Made with a purpose, but misplaced and left out. After all, she ended up in a barn in the middle of the countryside to deliver our Savior.

Perhaps, she was blessed and broken at the same exact moment.

You are allowed to be blessed beyond measure while at the same time you are feeling down, maybe less than ideal, cracked, flawed, even maybe abused or mistreated. God can handle the myriad of emotions and feelings bouncing around your heart tonight.

God’s love and blessing is not dependent on how we feel about ourselves, or even how others think about us.

I know, it’s not always easy to feel blessed beyond measure when you feel like you’ve been placed in the clearance section. When life has been difficult and lonely it’s very difficult to see that you hold great value.

Maybe you just need to hear as you look to a new year that God doesn’t see lacking in your life - rather He sees the promises He’s made to you and about you.

Blessed beyond measure. That’s you.

If Mary, young and misunderstood, could carry the Hope of the world in her womb - can we carry His Hope in our hearts?

You are blessed beyond measure. So much more than you can dare to dream or imagine. Just think what God can and will do with a willing vessel focused on His purpose.

Merry Christmas, such a wonderful gift to celebrate. Because He came to save you - no matter the circumstances, you are blessed beyond measure.

💜 Sarah

(Hobby Lobby)

I’m praying each of you can rest in Jesus today and through what can be a very busy time in the days ahead. My heartfel...
12/22/2022

I’m praying each of you can rest in Jesus today and through what can be a very busy time in the days ahead.

My heartfelt prayer is that we realize every sacred treasure this Christmas. We can’t purchase it, because it’s priceless. And we can never pay the price it cost because He paid it all for us.

The sacred treasure of salvation is the greatest gift of all, and it came wrapped in a baby and born to poor teenagers. Our King, born in a barn and left without a home.

So let’s slow down, rest, and share the best present of all - God’s presence.

Merry Christmas!

“And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.” Mark‬ ‭5‬:‭34‬ ‭NLT‬...
11/17/2022

“And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.” Mark‬ ‭5‬:‭34‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Your suffering is over.
Your suffering is over.
Your suffering is over.

Can you imagine having health conditions so bad, over 12 years, that your suffering only worsened. And her medical debts grew.

Then she touched His garment. She had faith. She was out of options.

Maybe you feel out of options. Perhaps you are suffering.

I get it. She did too. (Check our Mark 5:21-43)And better yet, God gets it. Healing from suffering is available to you and me. Let’s let our faith rise up.

That’s good news. So good.

Need prayer? I’d love to pray with you.

💜 Sarah

When we take note of blessings and life gets more beautiful.
11/04/2022

When we take note of blessings and life gets more beautiful.

I went to a We The Kingdom concert last Saturday night. It was a blast! (Check them out if you haven’t yet!) They sang...
10/26/2022

I went to a We The Kingdom concert last Saturday night. It was a blast! (Check them out if you haven’t yet!)

They sang a familiar song, one we sing at church, and one I blast from my phone when I get ready in the mornings – Holy Water.

I know the words to this song. I sing it, not well, often!

But Saturday night I heard almost as clear as an audible voice the words of the song differently. There’s a part that goes:

“I don't wanna abuse your grace
God, I need it every day
It's the only thing that ever really makes me wanna change”

The word I hear was not abuse – it was refuse.

Sounds a little different, right?

I don’t wanna refuse your grace.
God, I need it every day
It’s the only thing that ever really makes me wanna change

Refuse.

Why would I want to refuse His grace?

But we do it all the time.

Refuse means to not be willing to accept or to do something. To decline an offer. To stop short. To reject.

So, yeah, we do it. We refuse His grace.

We refuse to receive the freedom found in Jesus. We decline an offer to be set free!
We refuse to walk in victory, staying slaves to sin. We stop short of the win – we give up.
We refuse to let go of the past. We are not willing to accept the future.
We refuse to place God in the highest place of our lives. We reject the authority of God.

We refuse, we refuse, we refuse.

Maybe, just maybe if we stopped refusing, we could accept His grace in a new way.

What are you refusing today?

One translation of this verse says I calmly wait for him. Calm?Easier said than done when the frustrations of life grate...
10/23/2022

One translation of this verse says I calmly wait for him.

Calm?

Easier said than done when the frustrations of life grate against you, or the unanswered prayers echo through your mind.

Easier said than done when you experience loss and pain, or when your disappointed in your own decisions once again.

But God's word is true! While we wait for our only Redeemer we can rest in the truth of knowing all the details of this life can be used to build us up on a firm foundation.

Calmly waiting on the Rock of our salvation is so much better than struggling in the shifting sands of anger, doubt, anguish and disappointments.

Are you waiting calmly or are you in a panic? Panic is designed to confuse and manipulate. But peace, God's peace, is intended to soothe our weary and worn souls.

If you're struggling with waiting please be encouraged. Your answer is on the way! I love this version because the focus is on the victory. It’s coming!

Love you all!
Sarah

You may do big things that lots of people see that glorify God. You may do big things that one person sees that glorifi...
10/11/2022

You may do big things that lots of people see that glorify God.

You may do big things that one person sees that glorifies God.

You may even do some things that only God sees, but many benefit from.

It’s not the audience that matters.

It’s God that does. He’s the One. Always has been. Never will change.

Don’t get it twisted up. When we want applause here, we forfeit it later.

Will God use you to care for one or possibly many? Sure. But the heart of it is always going to be addition to the Kingdom of God.

Seek to minister to people out of a love for God and you’ll hear well done later. And you’ll get to see so much in the lives of people that the desire to love deeper will only grow!

And, most likely enough here this side of heaven, you’ll be a witness to miracles that were so special and unique it didn’t matter if a crowd was there or not.

💜 Sarah

Faith is believing even when we don’t see. God is doing so much more than we know. 💜 Sarah
10/11/2022

Faith is believing even when we don’t see. God is doing so much more than we know.

💜 Sarah

9/11, a day I will never forget. 21 years ago I was in a hospital bed in what was my dining room in a small apartment, p...
09/12/2022

9/11, a day I will never forget.

21 years ago I was in a hospital bed in what was my dining room in a small apartment, pregnant with my only son - Isaac, and I got a call. A call came from the nurse who checked in with me on a regular basis who asked, "Are you okay?" Sure, I was fine. Same as last week when she called.

She went on to share about the news of the twin towers and the attack that rattled our world. While I was working hard, doing my best to get my baby boy here as healthy as possible I took a moment to take a deep breath. A breath to calm my anxious heart. A breath to slow down and remind myself God is in control.

What world was I about to raise my son in? Could it get worse? Will we be safe? Well, 21 years later those questions seem to still to bounce around my heart. Now more questions start sprouting up, and 9/11 reminds me that my faith can’t ever be in this world.

Today I still believe and know God is for us. What the enemy means to kill, destroy and steal - God turns it around. He's my Redeemer. So, my son, three months today from his 21st birthday will continue to grow up in a world where he sees pain and witnesses injustice - but I know, this old world isn't forever.

I'll always remember 9/11. But today, while I think about those who died that day I'm very aware I'm alive. I thank God for life, liberty and freedom. And I’ll pursue living out the days of my life with purpose.

So, like all of you, today is etched in my memory. Today is a great reminder of our liberty, those who sacrifice for our freedom, and what we need to be thankful for.

Many became heroes that day. When they work up it wasn’t their plan. Could it be that their courage is a reminder of the possibilities to change our world by simply showing up?

💜 Sarah

Social media is great for facts that are surprising! Did you know in Scotland when you pay off your mortgage tradition ...
09/03/2022

Social media is great for facts that are surprising! Did you know in Scotland when you pay off your mortgage tradition is to paint your front door red. If others don’t know what it means, at the very minimum when you see your red door it’s a welcome home like none other!

It reminds me of what Romans‬ ‭3:23-24‬ ‭NLT ‬‬says!

“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.”
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I’m so thankful for the redeeming power of salvation, aren’t you? Do our lives have the mark of God’s redemption? If Scotland paints doors red when a mortgage is paid in full, what should our lives look like?

💜 Sarah

“God is good to one and all; everything he does is suffused with grace.” Psalm‬ ‭145:9‬ ‭MSG‬‬The word suffused is a ve...
08/29/2022

“God is good to one and all; everything he does is suffused with grace.” Psalm‬ ‭145:9‬ ‭MSG‬‬

The word suffused is a verb that means to be saturated, permeated, and covered. Did you know that God’s good to all? This includes you and me, and every messy mistake we can possibly make.

What messy mistake is keeping you from accepting His grace? Give it to Him and let the mercy drench your life!

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