STOP. CHECK OUT:

* FEATURE: Breakthrough Tactics to Stronger Ministry
* HOT BUTTON TOPIC: When to Give Away Your Children
* PLUS: Seven Signs It's Time to Let Go
* Also see Women's Ministry Seminar in August 04

Dear Sisters,

We hear it frequently and experience it ourselves: Women's ministry is an uphill battle! But don't give up. The more opposition, the more you can be sure that you are rattling the chains of darkness and women will be set free. Our article, Breakthrough Tactics to Stronger Ministry (below), will help you prepare to be victorious.

Be sure to check out our Hot Button Topics When To Give Away Your Spiritual Children + 7 Signs That It Is Time. This will answer some of the important questions you may have on how to focus your energies.

We're praying for you!

Rebekah Montgomery: Editor
Linda Evans Shepherd: Publisher

CLICK HERE TO READ HOT BUTTON TOPICS:

* When to Give Away Your Children
* Seven Signs It's Time To Let Go

READ OUR FEATURE:
Breakthrough Tactics to Stronger Ministry
By Rebekah Montgomery

"Everything's going wrong!" wailed the women's conference leader. "You won't believe all the bad things that are happening to the members of the committee!"
Actually, I would. Two forces are at work:

1. Satan does not want women to be encouraged, healed, saved, and/or blessed: therefore, he will cause chaos.

2. God does not want just anyone to be in His service. He wants a few good women who are so passionate about telling others about Him that they willingly stand toe-to-toe against Satan to do so.

Service to the Lord is not something to be entered haphazardly. Just as a woman cannot wake up one day and say, "I'd like to be a brain surgeon," so too she cannot suddenly decide to be a writer, speaker, conference leader, Bible study teacher, or ministry director without preparation.

Preparation Requires Study
Even if you have a compelling personal story to tell, study the Scriptures constantly and thoroughly. Rewrite the texts into your own words. Apply them to your life. Study the Scriptures on your knees. Pray through every line asking the Holy Spirit to illuminate it to your soul. Memorize them. Get commentaries and read them. There is an appalling lack of Biblical literary - even among God's people. Yet the Bible is the only authoritative Word of God. Its truth must be the central theme of everything you teach, plan, or do.

Preparation Requires Training
Network with other Godly women who are doing what you believe God has called you to do. If it is writing, find some other writers and apprentice yourself to them as their disciple. Let them mentor, correct, and teach you. This is the Titus 2 pattern for training leadership.
Find good books, chat groups, websites, classes, and conferences that will challenge your mind and broaden your horizons.

Preparation requires sacrifice
I'm taking a risk here. I could deceive you and only emphasize the joy of seeing women delivered and/or being born again because sacrifice is downright unpopular. But when God calls someone, He tells her to count the cost. For example, when Saul was called, God plainly said, "I will show him how much he must suffer for My name."(Acts 9:16) The truth is this: Nearly every woman I have ever known who answered God's call has been tried by fire. Satan tries to discourage her but God uses the fire to purify her.

God is looking for a few good women to be in His service. Are you one?

PS
You still have time to register for Right to the Heart of Women Conference, August 5 & 6 in Saint Louis, MO. Register today! Space is limited!

Our sponsor, Jubilant Press, has e-books to help you prepare for ministry:

For additional information on ministry and money, see: The Complete Guide to Speaking Professionally by Kathy Collard Miller.

Start a Women’s Ministry From the Ground Up by Betty Voshage,

NEW! Two E-Reports in One! How to Find Your Own Agent; How To Be Your Own Agent by Janet Kobobel Grant

All three titles are available at www.JubilantPress.com.

P.S. Remember to sign up for our next Right to the Heart of Women's Ministry Seminar in Saint Louis, Missouri, August 6-7. See www.AttendNow.com.

P.S.S. Next week, watch for the popular audio postcard with the One-Minute
Ministry Tip. You’ll laugh, learn, and love it!

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