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God Bless You, Linda

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Elizabeth

Our pastor taught about Living in the Kingdom by making God first in the following areas of our life: Finances, Interests (hobbies or work), Relationships, Schedule and Troubles. If we find our self worried about something chances are we forgot to put God first in that area. Thanks for your openness to share and for getting God's Word out there.

Dear Elizabeth,

Your pastor is so right. Our first priority in life is to live for Christ, and that involves every single area of our lives. We all, by God's master plan, are involved in getting God's Word out to others. Whether many or few, the glory all belongs to God.

God Bless You,
Linda


Anonymous

Thank you! I enjoyed your thoughts, and hope to have Christ give me the same amount of enthusiasm and energy to do His work.

Dear Anonymous,

The enthusiam and energy to work is all a grace from God. Because you serve the same God, I know he will do the same for you.

God Bless You,
Linda


Anonymous

I have been looking for an on-line devotional and I am very blessed to have found your website. I have enjoyed these past couple of days and I am looking forward to what Jesus has for us next year in your Bible Doxologies. May you and your family have a blessed New Year's.

Dear Anonymous,

Thank you for your kind words. I have to say that the blessing is all mine! God is so good!

God Bless You,
Linda


Anonymous

This is a comment I received on my Daily Bible Devotions blog from an anonymous Christian reader.

I want to thank you for your daily devotional. In these end times its difficult to find such a well organized devotional that really fits everyday life.

I have had to give up a job I had 29 years in on due to my third spinal fusion surgery and I dont get around like I used to. Gods Word brings hope to troubled hearts and you have helped bring Gods Word to many. Thank you so much.

Dear Anonymous,

This comment really blessed my heart because I had to give up a job due to chronic arthritis. But, you know how God works. The only reason I started this devotional web site was because I needed something to do after leaving my job.

What a wondrous God we have!

God Bless You,
Linda

Dear Lenne,

I am so glad to hear from you and am looking forward to staying in touch.

God Bless You,
Linda


Carissa

Here is a comment from Carissa from Texas.

I just wanted to say how very blessed I have been with your women of the bible devotional. I have so much enjoyed the commentary you have made Bible reading a joy and simplistic. This has helped me strengthen my relationship with Christ.

Dear Carissa,

Thank you so much for your comments. You never know (sitting on this side of the computer) how people respond to your work. I am so very thankful that you have been strengthened in Christ, for that is my chief goal! However, God deserves all of the glory. I never imagined, three years ago, that God would bless this site as He has, or that I would still be writing!

God Bless You,
Linda


Wanda

Wanda's question is similar to that of Tammy, shown below. Wanda is from South Carolina.

I am working on a devotion called, A Christian Woman Needs to Have Love for Others. Which women in the Bible do you think had love for others? Thank you so much.

Dear Wanda,

Your question is very interesting; my first thought was that all of the women in the Bible showed love for others. But, then I realized that was not really true. Personally, some of my favorites whose love was rather amazing are, Hannah, Ruth, Mary the mother of Jesus, Esther, Priscilla. There are so many others as well. In time I will have devotionals about all of these as well as many others.

Thanks for you question. I hope your devotion goes well.

God Bless You,
Linda


Tammy

Here is a question from Tammy in Michigan.

I would like more information on the women of the bible. I am getting ready to do a women's conference 25th of July. I already have some information but I wanted to see what else I can get. The word God gave me was Women of Purpose. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Dear Tammy,

I know this was a specific question directed to me, but I thought perhaps others might have similar questions. I know this is after the fact, but I do hope your conference went well.

I am really enjoying writing my Women of the Bible series. I have many more that I will be adding - especially some of the lesser known women. We Christian women have a great influence on the Christian homes in this world, and I think there is a lot to learn from the women of the Bible, both good and bad.

God Bless You,
Linda

The Lord has been leading me in this direction myself. I really don't know how to do all of these types of things, i.e. build a web page. I am also interested in the cost.

I was on ChristianBlogDirectory.com and found your comment to Wanda. From there I connected here. Your goal is just like mine, to encourage and provide a perception of what the Lord would say to me regarding scripture. Hopefully, I would encourage or perhaps challenge someone regarding the scriptural interpretation. God wants us to grow and to become all that He wants us to be. Iron sharpens Iron and together we can help ourselves by studying, writing, etc, while writing for others to help them in their spiritual walk.

I will thank you for all the help that you can give me.

Dear Vickie,
You cannot know how much your questions and comments have delighted me. I wish that everyone was doing what I am doing. God has so blessed this ministry; what an amazing tool God has given us to share Christ with the world!

I did not know how to do any of these things before I began. My best suggestion is to to go Site Build It! They have been an amazing answer to prayer! Everything you could possibly need to know and more is included in their training materials.

The cost is very reasonable and can be paid in monthly or yearly installments. I am not sure of the exact monthly charge, because I always pay by the year, but it should come out to about $25.00 a month. If you check it out, you will find that that is an amazing price, especially because it includes so much help and support.

I just bought their Action Guide (which is now free), and followed the step-by-step instructions. Of course, you can see the results.

God is so good! Do not give up on your plans. You can do it!

God Bless You,
Linda


Natasha

I received this comment from Natasha in the US.

Recently my boyfriend told me to do devotions to grow in my faith, and so I started. But what kills me is that when I talk to all my friends they can honestly say that they have heard the Lord, and the thing is that I have not. Why can't I feel him talking to me? I can feel that he listens, but I can never feel like he actually says anything to me back, why is that?

Dear Natasha,

I am so glad you sent this comment in, because you have brought up one of my chief concerns among Christians. The Christian life is a relationship we have with Christ; do not let others lead you to believe that your experience is not as valid as their experience because of the way you or they feel.

Praise the Lord that our Christian life is based upon Christ and His Word alone, not on our feelings. Go to Him, pray to Him, and then rest in Him--no matter what your particular feelings may be.

I do agree with your boyfriend that you should have a Bible and prayer time with the Lord every day. We fail to realize what an immense privilege we have to live in a country where we are not persecuted for having time alone with God.

God Bless You,
Linda

Hello, I'm a homeschooler and I desire to start a devotional site.How did you get started?What is the financial cost to get started?

Hi Darlene,

I started my web site two years ago; after wasting thousands of dollars on foolish ventures, the Lord led me to Site Build It. I never expected to write a devotional web site, but after reading the training material I received, I decided to give it a try. This has truly been one of the greatest blessings of my life.

I am certainly not getting rich, but the spiritual blessings are priceless. But, please do not let me lead you to believe that you can not make money with a site like this, because that is exactly what I am doing! This is not a "get rich quick" business; it is hard work, but will yield a slow, steady growth.

Sitesell is one of the least expensive opportunities out there (it is actually less expensive than my 2 Yahoo sites which make no money at all). For approximately $300 a year you have a full powered website, with tons (and I mean tons!) of training. I am kind of a read and follow the directions kind of a person, so this is exactly what I needed.

The SBI system is really user-friendly, especially for the person who has little or no web experience. Here are a couple of links to get you started. The rest is up to you!

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This explains the "It" in Site Build It!

Darlene, I must add another note. I have just been invited to participate as a coach for the Christian Success Institute. Not only is this a great site for Bible study and Christian growth, but it is also dedicated to helping Christian entrepreneurs to be successful. The training is right out of God's Word, and the cost is extremely minimal ($14.95 a month). [There is a free section as well.] That money is used to support world-wide missions and feed hungry children, and it is also used to help Christians earn a residual income.

Take a look at this, Darlene; I think you will find it extremely useful.

God Bless You,
Linda

PS I am a homeschool Mom, and am planning on having my son, who will be a sophmore, start his own site when we start our next school year.

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