We’ve Got a Problem

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Dawn Voskuil

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die,’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” he need not honor his father.’ Matthew 15:4-6aESV¹

Read Matthew 15:1-9 & Mark 7:1-13

We’ve got a problem in the church, at least in the United States of America. Wives are lonely, and children are being neglected so husbands and fathers can hold leadership positions. Children are running unsupervised through church buildings several nights a week so their mothers can practice with bands which must perform at three services each weekend. Young mothers are living in exhausted frustration because they have no help and no mentors. Retired people are squandering their time in coffee clutches and meaningless activity only to feel utterly useless. Seniors are forsaken, wasting away in nursing homes. The list goes on.

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No Time to Yourself

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Dawn Voskuil

Now when Jesus heard [that John the Baptist had been killed], He withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by Himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the towns. Matthew 14:13ESV¹

Read Matthew 14:12-36

Jesus had just received some heartbreaking news. One of His best friends, one of His close relatives, the person whom He probably respected most out of everyone on Earth, John the Baptist, had just been brutally murdered. John had been in prison for standing up for what was right. Now, there was no hope that this innocent man would be released; he was dead.

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The Power of a Woman

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Dawn Voskuil

And Herodias had a grudge against [John the Baptist] and wanted to put him to death. But she could not,for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. Mark 6:19-20aESV¹

Read Matthew 14:1-12 & Mark 6:14-29

I am a woman who is more than fifty years old. I am a daughter, a sister, a mother, a grandmother, and a friend to other females. I have spent decades of my life ministering to women. In all these years of being a woman and interacting with women, I have discovered that we are powerful creatures.

God has given the woman a marked capability that has the potential of being used for good or for evil. This endowment can be used to tear down or build up. It can be used to give life or bring death. The women we will consider in today’s text used their God-given female power to destroy.

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Monthly Archives: April 2019

We’ve Got a Problem

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die,’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” he need not honor his father.’ Matthew 15:4-6aESV¹

Read Matthew 15:1-9 & Mark 7:1-13

No Time to Yourself

Now when Jesus heard [that John the Baptist had been killed], He withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by Himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the towns. Matthew 14:13ESV¹

Read Matthew 14:12-36

The Power of a Woman

And Herodias had a grudge against [John the Baptist] and wanted to put him to death. But she could not,for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. Mark 6:19-20aESV¹

Read Matthew 14:1-12 & Mark 6:14-29

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die,’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” he need not honor his father.’ Matthew 15:4-6a ESV1

Read Matthew 15:1-9 & Mark 7:1-13

Now when Jesus heard [that John the Baptist had been killed], He withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by Himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the towns. Matthew 14:13 ESV1

Read Matthew 14:12-36

And Herodias had a grudge against [John the Baptist] and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. Mark 6:19-20a ESV1

Read Matthew 14:1-12 & Mark 6:14-29

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die,’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” he need not honor his father.’ Matthew 15:4-6aESV¹

Now when Jesus heard [that John the Baptist had been killed], He withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by Himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the towns. Matthew 14:13ESV¹

And Herodias had a grudge against [John the Baptist] and wanted to put him to death. But she could not,for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. Mark 6:19-20aESV¹