Becoming the Woman God Designed You to Be*

“..lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” Ephesians 22-24

1. Are you a Sunday woman every day?
2. Are you shaped by who the World tells you to be, or shaped by who God tells you in His Holy Word?
3. Do you have any one in your life who has the ability to make you feel bad or good about yourself?
4. What are some influences that affect how we see ourselves?

1. What influences can affect our relationships?
2. How can we resist the influences of the World and surrender our time and money to God?

5. How well do you know you?
6. Ask God what He has planned for your life/your day…do this every day because He has created each day as a new beginning to fulfill the wonderful things He has in store for you. We all are a work in progress.
7. Invest in yourself…spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically so you can be the best you can be to serve God the way He wants you to serve Him.
8. Invest in others…learn to relate to others, be open with them about your faith but in a humble way so as not to push them away. As you learn more about who God designed you to be, you will be better equipped to relate to others in the way God wired you to be the most effective.
9. Replace lies you have believed about yourself with the truths only found in scripture.
10. When having a conversation, ask yourself if the intent of what you have to say is about love and respect. Are you building up or tearing down?

 Walk your talk.

 Pray for others as you promised them you would.

 Be positive and add value to every conversation you have.

 Don’t hesitate when God is calling you to do something.

 Communicate better by expanding your vocabulary.

 Stop complaining.

 Trust in God’s plans instead of relying on yourself.

 BELIEVE what God says about you!

BE the woman God designed you to be!

Presented by:

Pat Schwieder
schwieder@hometel.com

Contributor to Ruby Magazine
RUBYMagazineTroyUMC.blogspot.com

*Attached is the handout I will give to the ladies at the Women's Day of Renewal on Saturday. It has been a good reminder for myself to look for ways God designed me for His use.

Becoming the Woman God Designed You to Be

My daughters always tease me about never using recipes when I cook. I’m not crazy about reading directions and recipes are directions. I don’t like using a pattern when I sew either. It takes too much time to cut it out and read it. And then there’s the measuring…oy the math!

It has taken me a long time to realize that God has a recipe for my life. He already decided who I am and who I will be as I grow older. I really want to be on that same page of the recipe that He is, but I can’t be if I don’t read the directions and pray about it. He has an entire book to help us lead our lives and become the women He has designed us to be. 

 

Every day, part of my daily prayer is that God will reveal more to me about becoming the woman He designed me to be. Some days I am so busy being the woman I think I should be, or my sinful nature takes over and I am who the World wants me to be that I don’t hear Him. Also, I should stop telling Him how to do his job while I am praying. He does a pretty good job at His job without my help.

Sometimes it is hard to know how to pray to Him effectively so I’m not just rambling about what I want and how I want it. God gave us a simple recipe for effective prayer. I decided to really put the emphasis on Him when I pray it, like this:

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,

The power

And the glory.

Forever and ever.

Amen!

Please join me at the Women’s Day of Renewal 

at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Collinsville on March 7-8^th as we explore 

“Becoming The Woman God Designed You To Be.”

By Pat Schwieder