2009 November :: Putting God First Place

Show and Tell

By Ashley Wells, on November 30th, 2009

This is a time that I share links to good finds I’ve read on the Internet. Enjoy!!!

John Piper shares 9 Ways to know the Gospel of Christ is true.

Single ladies, what are you looking for in a future mate, a knight in shining armor?

10 tips to help overnight guests feel more welcome.

The holidays are special events…that are usually centered on family getherings and gossip.

Are you overwhelmed with all the burdens you are carrying?

Join me At the Well!

By Ashley Wells, on November 27th, 2009

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The holidays can be a very busy, busy, busy time…If we let it! Recently I was reading on a friend’s blog and found a movement that she started that I cannot pass by! Bringing Holy Back to the Holiday is a movement that will help us to focus this holiday season on what truly matters, our Savior!

I know so many people who get wrapped up in the Holidays, in every wrong way, by buying the perfect gifts for everyone (and usually spend way too much money doing it), attending all the social events they can fit on their calendar, decorating their house better than anyone around them, and so many more meaningless, what seems like competitive acts.

How about this holiday season we choose to act differently! To bring Holy back! As eLisa says, let’s “go through the holiday motions with a passion to share His Savior instead of succumbing to the pressures to perform.”

Bringing Holy Back can look a wide variety of ways:

Maybe instead of pulling out all the holiday decorations, you would only select ones that reminded you of Christ (Like eLisa).

Maybe instead of passing out cookies to your friends and family, you pass them out around your neighborhood with something to Share the Good News of Christmas included.

Maybe instead of spending lots of money of your family, you choose as a family to bless others who are in need of Christ’s love in a practical way this year.

Maybe instead of reading The Night Before Christmas as a family, you read through Matthew and start by learning about Christ’s Birth and share the gospel with your children.

There are many ways to Bring Holy Back, as eLisa says, “It simply means this, sharing His hope, joy, peace, and love with others, instead of catering to the chaos we all know as Christmas.” Are you going to join this movement? What are you going to do differently this year to share the Good News of our Savior?

Happy Thanksgiving

By Ashley Wells, on November 26th, 2009

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

-Psalm 69:30

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

-Psalm 95:2

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

-Psalm 100:4

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!

-Psalm 147:7

There is so much in my life to give thanks for, and I want to think about those thing today and praise the Lord for blessing me so greatly! May you do the same.

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