Purposeful Women of God

We are nearing the end of our 1 Corinthians series with just 3 chapters left after the teaching today. In today’s episode we are studying 1 Corinthians chapter 13. How fitting it is right after Paul mentions Spiritual Gifts in chapter 12 and right before he goes into his teaching on tongues in chapter 14 that he would give us a chapter all about love - it’s so Paul! We use several of these verses...

Today we are diving into 1 Corinthians chapter 12. We’re giving a high level overview of all 9 spiritual gifts mentioned in this chapter. While we all won’t have the same spiritual gift each person is given at least one and they are all equally important in furthering God’s kingdom. It’s very important that we know the gift God has given us. One way to get you thinking about the gift you possess i...

In today’s episode we’re diving into 1 Corinthians chapter 11. This chapter begins with a bold statement from Paul “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am Christ.” Wow that’s a very bold statement! Paul was so confident in the way he was living his life for the Lord that he proclaimed others to follow his lead. Is this a statement you would be able to make? Next we discuss one of the most contro...

In today’s episode we are diving into chapter 10 covering how dangerous it is to be prideful. We see several times in scripture that God blesses the humble and destroys the prideful. We also debunk the misconceptions that surround verse 13 in this chapter. We often see this verse misquoted and mis-interpreted. God promises us he will provide a way out of our temptations but it’s up to us to heed h...

Have you ever wondered if it’s right for a pastor to get a salary from the church or what the difference between bi-vocational and full time pastoring is? If so this episode is for you. We are diving into 1 Corinthians chapter 9 today and our biggest take away was no matter if you’re paid or not for your servitude within the church you should never lose your servants heart. Our end goal should alw...

In today’s episode we’re diving into 1 Corinthians Chapter 8. At first glance it may seem like this chapter has nothing to offer us as the New Testament church but there’s so much more here than meets the eye. We discuss the importance of not taking advantage of our Christian liberties. We use alcohol as one of our examples just because we can drink should we? Listen now to hear our take on this a...

In today’s episode we are diving into 1 Corinthians chapter 7. At first glance some of this scripture may seem a little harsh…What do you mean I don’t have control over by own body? You’re saying that my husband has control over me? There are so many lessons withing these 40 verses of scripture from rendering due benevolence to our spouse, to staying single and completely devoting our lives to the...

In today’s episode we are discussing if it’s lawful for Christians to sue one another. We mention a few silly lawsuits and discuss the pettiness going on within the church at Corinth where they were unable to solve disputes among themselves but instead were taking each other to court. Scripture Read: 1 Corinthians 6 Matthew 18:15-17 James 1:5 Acts 21-22 Today’s Sponsor: Swan Lake Overlook  Fo...

In today’s episode we are finally getting into the meat of 1 Corinthians, those specific sins we mentioned we would get to earlier in this series, well it’s time to dig into our first one. We’ll be the first to tell you these topics aren’t always easy but they must be taught and talked about. This first sin is on purity and a specific sexual sin that was going on within the church. We discuss how...

We are continuing our study in 1 Corinthians finishing up chapter 3 today and moving into chapter 4. We will be discussing how our bodies are the temple where the Lord dwells and what a great responsibility that is. We will also discuss in chapter 4 how Paul was living for an audience of “One” not caring what the world thought about him. He was often seen as a servant to the gospel and he spent hi...

Things are a little different on today’s episode. One of our beloved co-host’s has been under the weather so reinforcements were called in to record this episode for you today. We’re happy to have Ashlee’s husband Aaron and their friend Donnie on this week’s podcast. If you listened to the episode from last week we made mention of Donnie and how the Lord worked through our friends Haley & Brya...

Today we are continuing our study in 1 Corinthians looking at chapter 3.  We discuss the difference between being a babe in Christ still on the milk but how we’re supposed to get off the milk and onto the meat of scripture.  This was one of the things Paul was addressing when he wrote this letter.  He told the church at Corinth that for the 18 months I was there with you, you came t...

Last week we discussed the difference between spiritual wisdom and divine wisdom and how non-believers can think what we believe is foolish.  This week we are going to be looking at what true wisdom is and how powerful it can be. So often we have access to the wisdom of God, we’re just not doing our part to utilize what HAS been given to us “freely” by the Spirit of God and that requires us t...

We said and believed foolish things as a child like the saying, sticks and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me.  We know as adults that saying couldn’t be further from the truth, words hurt and can destroy relationships, so now, as an adult that seems to be a foolish saying. We are continuing our study in 1 Corinthians chapter one today specifically looking at verses 18 - 31...

In today’s episode we are continuing our study in 1 Corinthians looking at verses 10-17.  Today’s topic we’re “focusing more” on unity in the church and why it’s so important.  Have you ever been discouraged by pettiness in the church?  Have you ever been caught up in drama within the church you don’t even know how you got into? Have you ever got into an argument over which chu...

Happy New Year everybody!  We are excited to begin a new year with you all and look forward to what 2024 has in store. Today we are going to begin a new series around our theme for this new year which is Focus More in 2024. Over the next few weeks we are going to be diving deep into 1 Corinthians and studying everything from unity in the church to women's roles within the church and everythin...

We have spent the last few weeks looking at the characters that are part of the Christmas story.  We began with Mary and Joseph then moved to the Angels and last week we looked at Jesus himself.  In todays episode we will be diving into the Shepherds and the Wisemen.  We discuss the shepherds encounter with the Angel that night Jesus was born and the reason God may have chose the Sh...

Today we discuss the greatest gift of all the reason why we celebrate Christmas - Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  We talk about some of the controversy that surrounds Christmas, like was Jesus really born on December 25th?  We talk about the first reference of the coming Messiah being all the way back in Genesis which was approximately 1,500 years before Jesus was born.  We look...

Today’s episode is completely devoted to angels.  We set the record straight on what they are and what they aren’t.  Did you know angels are mentioned at least 273 times in 34 books of the bible?  They must be pretty import! We discuss the only 3 angels mentioned by name in the bible Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer.  We also talk about how angels do not look like our Christmas pla...

We are so excited to begin our Christmas series today.  Throughout the next few weeks we are going to be going on a journey through the Christmas story but not the traditional way you may be accustomed to.  We are going to be doing a deep dive into the people/groups of people within the Christmas story and today we are beginning with Mary and Joseph. We first discuss Jewish customs and h...

In Today’s episode we are summarizing 2 Thessalonians.  It’s a short book with just 3 chapters but is full of so much wisdom and encouragement for faithful believers. 2 Thessalonians was written because someone pretending to be Paul had written a letter to the Thessalonians telling them that they were living in the tribulation and this was the reason they were facing so much persecution.&nbsp...

Today on this Thanksgiving week we are wrapping up our study on 1 Thessalonians discussing what the bible says about thankfulness.  We also discuss the opposite of thankfulness, something that seems to be more prevalent in the day we’re living in…discontentment. We start by reading 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 where the bible tells us to give thanks in everything…yes, EVERYTHING!  We challeng...

In today’s episode we are discussing how we are supposed to live, behave and respond when we see the end approaching.   We first go back to 1 Thessalonians 2 and take a look at what Paul has to say.  We discuss why Paul is writing this letter and what happened to him just before he wrote it. We look at Paul’s life and discuss 5 attributes that we can take and apply to our own lives:...

“Why should I care about Israel?” This week we are beginning our study through 1 Thessalonians and connecting it to the war in Israel and why as Christians we should care. We cover the timeline of Israel and the ongoing conflict over the land in Israel.  “The Pour Over News” gives a great timeline of the dispute over the land in Israel dating all the way back to the book of Genesis. We discus...

In today’s episode we had the privilege to speak with Kelly Lester, A pro life advocate that travels all over advocating for the lives of children but that wasn’t always Kelly’s story.  Kelly had to go through a dark valley before she surrendered to God and allowed him to use her brokenness for his Glory.  She speaks of going through addiction, domestic violence and even 4 abortions befo...