Happy Mother's Day

In Honor of Mother's Day!!!!!!
For all of you special Mom's out there, whether you have children of your own, or your like a mom to that special child.  May you have a blessed & happy Mother's Day!!!

I remember growing up, I was never emberassed to kiss my mom in front of my friends.  I was never ashamed of either of my parents.  My mom was and is my best friend.  I thank God that when I became an adult, I begin to appreciate her even more, and as I became a mother, understood her even more.  I am so thankful that God chose to make her My Mom!!

She has been there for me through thick and thin.  She has been a shining example to me.  She has raised me to love God and honor Him!  She has prayed for me and continues to do so. 
Mom, I love you with all my heart, and I will never forget how you have prayed for me, loved me, taught me, disclipined me, brought me up in church, and everything you have ever done for me.  May God bless you greatly!!!!!!  I LOVE YOU & CHERISH YOU ALWAYS!!!

I would like to look at two different mother's in the bible.  Mary the mother of Jesus, and Hannah, the mother of Samuel.  We have studied both of these women, but in honor of mother's day, I want to look at them as mother's.  Mary the mother of Jesus, was young when the angel came and told her she would carry and give birth to a child.  I'm sure as Jesus was born, Mary gazed on him in love and adoration.  Not only was he a precious baby, but very special.  I'm sure her love for him only grew more each day as our's have done with our children.  Watching him grow, teaching him, loving him, and then the ultimate trial.  Loving her son and watching him give his life for us, all sinners so that we would have a chance.  I'm sure as she watched them beat her son, mock him, ridicule him, her heart broke into a million pieces.  I'm sure she probably wanted to lash out at them, to take his place, but she knew God's plan, she knew it had to be Jesus that died.  But you see, she had the promise, that he would not stay dead, but rise again, as we have the promise that our loved ones are not 'dead', but live with Jesus and we will meet them again someday, and what a glorious day that will be, because not only will we see our loved ones, but we will be with the king of Kings and Lord of Lord's. 

As mother's, we would gladly take our children's place when their sick, or hurting.  We would lay down our lives for our children because we love them so much.  Jesus love's us even more.  He laid down His life, and then rose again, because He loves us!  Unworthy us, but He love us anyway.

Hannah, prayed for a child and God blessed her with Samuel.  She promised God that when He gave her Samuel, she would give him back to God.  When Samuel became old enough, Hannah loved  him so much, she knew the most important thing was for him to be in God's will.  So she took him to Eli so he could teach him God's ways.  We all know that Samuel heard God call him, and thought that it was Eli, going to Eli three times, Eli finally telling him to answer Here I am.
Some may say that Hannah didn't care for Samuel or didnt' love him and that's why she took him to Eli.  But it was because Hannah loved him that she took him to Eli.  Hannah loved Samuel so much that she wanted God to use him.  She wanted Samuel to be in a place where he would obey God and hear God speak to Him.  Because of Hannah's sacrafice, God blessed her with more children, not to replace Samuel, no child can be replaced, but more children to love. 

Do we love our children enough to put aside our "plans" for them and pray God's will in their lives?  Are we praying a hedge of protection around them?
I pray that I am being the mother God expects me to be.

 I want to hear from you.  Tell me about your Mom's. 
The challenge:  if you noticed I didn't tell where either of those stories were at in the bible, so you find them and tell me :)

And once again to all of you beautiful Mother's out there, whether it's by your own blood, or being a "mom" to that special child - MAY YOU HAVE A BLESSED & HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

~A Heart Adorned Women's Minsitry~
*Adorned with God*

Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use you~
Evang. Patti Smith

18th Lesson: Be still and know that I am God - Psalms 46:10

Ok, so this lesson may not be WOW, but it's what God was giving me, so that makes it WOW!


What a crazy, hectic, busy world we live in.
Husband
Kids
Job
Household chores

Just to name a few.....In our business, are we taking time for God?  We give Him 10 percent of our tithes, are we giving Him our time too?  We desperatly need to.

I know as women, we get so busy.  We get tired from everything we've done during the day. 
Working mom's, stay at home mom's (that is still a job), we're all BUSY!!

Women, have a tendecy to balance a million things at one time.  We think that we have to be super mom, and maybe, some of us are....Sometimes, we overload ourselves.  There should never be anything that comes before our familis except of course God, and there definatley should never be anything that comes before God.

~Be Still and Know that I am God~
Are we taking quiet time with God each day?  It doesn't matter if it's in the morning, before anyone else gets up, if it's at night before we go to bed, or both.  It if's in the middle of the day when you have found a few quiet moments, which is rare, I know.  It doesn't matter when we do it, as long as we do it. 
In the midst of whatever storm we may be going through, we can be calm, we can have peace, we can be "still" knowing that He is God and He is going to see us through.
For some women, I would say it was hard for them to be still.  Constantly on the run, going here, going there, doing this, doing that.  I am constantly on the go, everyone knows that, but I still have to find my quiet time with God. 

One of the most important parts of prayer, is being still and listening for God to give you the answer.  Trusting that He is going to give you the answer.

There's a song that The Issacs came out with, and the chorus goes like this:

Stand still, and let God move,
standing still is hard to do,
and I dont' know the rest...find it on youtube...lol

The point is, yes it is hard to be still, it's hard sometimes to take our hand's off our situations, it's hard to give God the control because that means we're no longer in control.  But it is sooooo much better, when we give it to God.
All things work together for the good of those who love God, who are the called according to His purpose.  Romans 8:28

When the battle is raging, when you're nervous and upset....Be still and know that He is God!!!!!!!
Aren't you glad you Know He is God!!

I dont' think though, that this is talking about a physical stillness.  It's spiritual.  A calmness and stillness within. 
A knowing that you know that He is God and nothing else matters.

So when you find yourselves getting busier, or you find yourself facing a storm, remember,  BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD!!

CHALLENGE:  Find a woman in the bible who was still and waited on God, or who knew that He was God and would bring her through...are there any? 

~A Heart Adorned Women's Minsity~
*Adorned with God*

Evang. Patti Smith

17th lesson - Make my house, a house of prayer!!

Hello Beautiful Ladies!!  I'm so sorry it has been so long since I have done a study.  I haven't been able to use my computer.  I pray you are all being blessed.

Today I want to look at Prayer:
Matthew 21: 22 says
And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, Believing,  ye shall recieve.

Praise God.  It doesn't say maybe recieve, but shall recieve, but we have to Believe.

I have a daily quotations on my desk and this was yesterday's.
Let my house be a house of prayer, a happy home, a haven where my every task is offered there in service, Lord, to Thee.

As women, we have so many things we must do.  Some of work on a job, and then have things at home to do too.  Some of us like myself, are "homemakers" which in itself is a job, we just don't recieve money for it...lol.
We wash clothes, we sweep and mop the floors, we make the beds, we cook, we do dishes, etc, etc.  Sometimes we can grow to resent these things.  The same thing over, and over.  Some of  us have no help, some of us do.  My husband is good at helping, and I'm teaching my daughter to put up her things and keep her room nice.  She's five, and she does a pretty good job.  She doesn't like it, but she is learning.
I like the part that says, "where my every task is offered there in service, Lord, to Thee".  How, do you ask, is cleaning our house being in service to the Lord? 
Well, I look at it like this, without the grace and mercy of the Lord, we would have no clothes to wash, nor anything to wash them in, we would have no food to eat, let alone dishes to wash, or a sink to wash them in, we wouldn't have a house to clean if it wasn't for God.  If you want God to bless  you with more, we have to take care of what He gives us to start with. 
The word of God says a cheerful heart doeth good like a medicine.  No, it isn't always fun cleaning, and doing laundry.  Scrubbing the comode does not rank on my top most fun things to do...lol.  But what would happen if we prayed and sang praises to God while doing our chores?  I bet they would get done a lot faster....ha ha..

It says Let my house be a house of prayer, a happy home, a haven.  I want to have a happy home.  Our home's should be the place where we come in and find a "haven".  Our homes should be the place where we can relax, and enjoy spending times with our families.  A place, where we can spend time with God in prayer and reading our word without anyone telling us we can't.

When I was a teen, my room was my haven.  If I'd had a tough day at school, or work, or just wasn't in the best of moods, I would go to my room, turn on my praise music and just set in there and pray, think, or read. 
Our homes, should be our haven, outside the church.  We have husbands, and kids, but no matter what we have going on, we should find a quiet time to be with the Lord. 
We should, as families, pray together.  The family that prays together, stays together. 
What our kids see us doing, they will mock.  As they grow older, they may depart from what they were taught, but I can promise you, it's not going to depart from them, because one day when their out doing whatever, it's going to come to their mind.  The bible says to train your child up in the way they should go and when they are old they will not depart from it.  They will find their way back.

House of prayer.  When you hear this, you probably think of a church. But your home can be a house of prayer.  Your home, no matter what you're going through, or what you're families going through, can be happy.  The devil is going to fight, and he is coming against families stronger than He ever has.  We have to be rooted in the word of God, praying for one another, lifting each other up before the Lord, praying together, trusting in God.

Matthew 21:22
Jesus promies, All things, whatsoever you ask in prayer, Believing , ye shall recieve.  The key is to believe!  When God makes a promise, He keeps His promies!

Four steps of Prayer:
1.  the act of praying
2.  Believing
3.  Accepting
4. Praising God for the answer

Say your prayers, believe, accept no matter what the answer is and then give God praise for the answer...praise Him in advance!

~ Tell me how you feel about your house being a house of prayer~

*A Heart Adorned Women's Ministry*
~ A Heart adorned with God~
Evang. Patti Smith

~Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use you~

BEING A WOMAN...GODLY WOMAN!

Being A Woman!!!

Being A Godly Woman!!!

What does it mean to be a Godly Woman?

What does it mean to seek God with our whole hearts?

A woman.  Hmm.  We can be so simple, yet so complex.  Only God understand us.  Sometimes, we don't even understand ourselves, so thank God He does....lol.

We as women were created not to walk behind our man, in front of our man, but BESIDE our man!
For those who are not married, pray and seek the one God wants you to have.  Because if they are not the one God has for you, you don't need them!

What does being a woman mean to you? 

Sometimes, we as women have to go to battle for our family. 

I know I have used this refrenece time and time again, but Proverbs chapter 31 is the best example of a Godly woman!  That chapter tells us how to conduct ourselves in a Godly manner, how to be a good wife, and how to be a good mother.

What if we are not mothers?  You may not have children of your own, but you may not even realize, that to someone, you are a mother figure.  Giving birth doesn't make you a "mama".

Now, we all know that we women can be emotional...our poor husbands...lol.....When we begin to feel like an emotional wreck, we just go to God in prayer right then.  He will help us get though it!  He is the only one who understands us. 

Being a woman is more than being a wife, or a mother. 
Being a Godly woman is more than just being a Godly woman in church or in your ministry.  It's being a Godly woman in every aspect of your life.  Handleing things the way God would want us too.  Being in His will.  Putting Him first. 
Being a Godly woman is about reaching out to other women, no matter their walk of life.  Teaching them and guiding them in a Godly manner the way God would want us too.  Not juding them.  Loving them, showing them. 
Some women out there didn't have a mother figure, and they dont' know how to be a woman. 

For instance.  If a young lady walks into your church, and let's say they have on shorts and a tank top, how do you react?  What are the thoughts that go through your mind?  Well Sis. Patti are you saying it's ok to dress like that?  No. I'm not.  I'm saying, what if they have never been to church before?  What if they are lost?  What if that is all they have?  Help them find Jesus, and then let God do the convicting.  The best example is taught sometimes not through words, but by actions.

STORY:
A young prostitute walked in the doors of the church and didn't even get to set down before the pastor walked back and told her that because of the way she was dressed, she would have to leave.  The young woman left the church, and went to a secluded spot.  A few hours later, the police came by the church with the woman's picture and ask the pastor if he had seen the woman.  He said yes but that he had ask her to leave.
The police said well we found this note lying by her body.
The note read:
I tried the world and they didn't want me.  I even tried God and He didn't want me.

What a sad, sad story.  The blood of that young woman will be on that pastor's hands.  Did it really matter if she wasn't dressed "appropiatly" when she was just trying to find God.   The young woman left this world, thinking that God didn't want her because of the way she was dressed.

We do not have to convict people.  GOD WILL!!! 
I heard another pastor tell that story and it stuck with me.  I myself,  just like we all have, have been guilty of judging.  The house of God should be respected and the Bible tells us we should offer our best, but when someone comes off the streets who have never been in church before and their just trying to find God, let them!  And let GOD CONVICT!

Another mighty woman of God, Sis. Toby Hise from Eldorado Illinois, made this statement.  "THE CHURCH AIN'T HEAVEN!"  Bold statement? Yes it is. TRUTH?  Yes it is.  EVERYONE  is suppose to be welcomed in the House of God.

What does being a woman mean to you? 

Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use you~
~A Heart Adorned Women's Ministry~
*Adorned with God*
Evang. Patti Smith

TOMORROW'S LESSON: Being a Woman

Hey Ladies,
Tomorrow I am going to be doing a lesson on Being A Woman.  I would like for ya'll to drop me a comment or message me on what Being a woman means to you and I will include it in the lesson if you want me to...if not, I would still like to know.

I am blessed to be a woman!!!  Please let me hear from you~

Be blessed & Be encourage ~God can use you~
~A Heart Adorned Women's Ministry~
*Adorned with God*
Evang. Patti Smith

A quick Note

Hello Ladies, pray you are all doing well and being blessed.

Today's lesson/ Sarah found in Genesis chapter 15 - 21

 Sarah's name was Sarai before God changed it in chapter 17 vs 15.  She bore no children and had an egyptian handmaid named Hagai.  Since Sarah could not bare children she told Abraham to go into her handmaid.  When Hagai concieved, she then despised Sarah. Abraham told Sarah to deal with her as she seen fit so she dealt hardly with her and Hagai left.  When she was in wilderness, and angel of the Lord told her to go back. 

In chapter 18, three men come and tell Sarah she will concieve.  Sarah laughed.  She was old...surly not now in her old age.  When the men ask if Sarah laughed, she denied it. 
In Gen chapter 21, God keeps His promise, Sarah concieves and bare's Issac. 

Could you imagine being 90 years old and giving birth?  That would have to be God!  Of course, people in the bible day's lived to be a lot older.  Still 90?

I'm sure though after years of waiting, and praying, when Sarah finally concieved and bore her child she was so happy and thrilled no matter how old she was....lol.
No matter her age, no matter the circumstance, God kept His promise! 

No matter what you are going through, no matter how long you have been going through it, no matter the situation, when God makes a promise He keeps it!  In His time!!
Sarah got tired of waiting though and told Abraham to go into Hagai.  We can't give up no matter how long it may take.  I know that at times, waiting and patiently waiting can get hard, but we have to keep trusting in God.

I want to know what you think about Sarah?
How do you think you would feel to be 90 and give birth?
How would you feel after praying for something for so long, your prayers were answered?






Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use you~
~A Heart Adorned Women's Ministry~
*Adorned with God*
Evang. Patti Smith

lesson 17 - DELILAH - Judges 16 : 4-20

(Jdg 16:4)
(Jdg 16:5)
(Jdg 16:6)
(Jdg 16:7)
(Jdg 16:8)
(Jdg 16:9)
(Jdg 16:10)
(Jdg 16:11)
(Jdg 16:12)
(Jdg 16:13)
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(Jdg 16:15)
(Jdg 16:16)
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(Jdg 16:18)
(Jdg 16:19)
(Jdg 16:20)


My, my, my.  Sampson never should have told Delilah where his strength was at.  Is it worth it to have the Lord depart from you, in order to make someone else happy?

Delilah made Sampson think that she cared for him.  Told him if he really loved her then he would tell her when his strength was.  She was paid to get him to reveal his heart. 
We have to be so careful. There are some things in our "house" and I'm not talking about our physical house, that don't need to be told.  There are things in our heart that only we and God need to know about and there are some things in our hearts that only God knows.  God knows better than we do.  When the wise men came and seen baby Jesus, and spoke words, the bible says Mary kept these things in her heart.  We are not suppose to tell everything we know.  There are things that should be kept in our hearts and when and if there is a time for them to be revealed, God will let us know.  Delilah, was not God fearing.  She tricked Sampson into telling her his heart. 
Ladies, I don't believe I want to be like Delilah.  I dont' want to be selfish and trick someone into saying what I want to hear, or doing what I want done.  I don't want to sell out for money or any other reason.  Sampson gave up his heart, and the Lord depareted from him, and after he done it, he wished he wouldnt' have.  To me, you would think that after the three times that Delilah had tried what he had told her, that he would have known that she would shave his head. 
That's just like satan.  He will come at you and torture you, keep at you until he has made you weak and tired, and you give in.  We can't do that.  That's why we have to stay prayed up, read up, that's why we have to keep our armor on.  Satan can come as shiny, pretty, even beautiful things, that's why we have to be aware. A soldier doesn't go out into an open battlefield not prepared.  Neither should a soldier of God.  "All that glitter's ain't Gold".
Kind of goes back to a previous lesson.  Be prepared.  We do not fight battles of flesh, but spiritual battles.
What do you think of the story of Sampson and Delilah.  I'm not going to give the answers to the questions, some of you haven't answered yet, so I will wait on you and give the answers tomorrow.  Look forward to hearing from you.

trivia questions:
1.  What did Delilah do to Sampson's hair?
 2.  Why did she do it?
3.  What happened to Sampson after she done it?
4.  Was Delilah a God fearing woman?


Tomorrow's Lesson: Sarah

trivia questions for tomorrow:

1.  What was Sarah's name before God changed it?

2.  What did Sarah do when she heard she would have child?

3. How old was Sarah when she had the child?

4.  What was Sarah's handmaiden's name?

5.  What did Sarah name her son?


~Wednesday will be the last lesson until Friday.  There will be no lesson Thursday because we have a memorial service to do.  Please be in prayer for us.  Thank you so much.~


Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use you~
~A Heart Adorned Women's Ministry~
*Adorned with God*
Evang. Patti Smith
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.