FOR WOMEN ONLY.......SEAT OF INFLUENCE

Dear Women, 

You are mighty and called of God to be an influence to the world around you!!   If you don't believe that, you need to walk with me through the study of some women in the bible that God used to show us how he created us to be influential and do His will.    This influence comes with a warning;  Influence can be used for good or evil.  The motive can come from a pure heart or a heart that has been turned and polluted by evil or lack of conviction and is easily swayed.

Let's take a look at the very first woman; Eve.  God created her out of man to be a helpmate because he knew man would be lonely.  They lived in the perfect world of the Garden of Eden.  Life was amazingly easy and free.  No bondage, no thoughts of selfishness and eyes that only saw good!  But what happened when she got out from under the covering and protection God set up for her; her helpmate Adam....She was led away and swayed by an influence without pure motive.  She allowed the voice of another to tempt her to believe there might be something better.  He tempted her to believe she had been tricked.    She obeyed that voice and went back to Adam, her helpmate, and influenced  him to disobey God and do the very thing He had told them not to do. This is powerful..... She had the influence to change the path of humanity and God's plan for all humankind!     God has given women the power of influence.  We all sit at a seat of authority through Christ but we, as women have a special gifting of influence.  What we do with that influence is up to our free will...we need to let God work through us and use it to accomplish HIS will!  

God put men and women together to compliment each other.  He made man with a set of gifts that will compliment the gifts of a woman.  This applies to a married couple or men and women that work together in business or ministry.  Women have a spirit of discernment that needs to be keen and sharp!!  It will help in all types of situations.  We just need to test the spirits around us in a situation and discern if what we are experiencing is of God or if there is a warning we need to heed and use wisdom to follow through!

This is just one woman we will look at briefly.  

I will leave you with this for now; 

"Deny your Eve......Embrace your Mary.....Encourage your Rizpah!"

Be a Joyful influence as we celebrate the birth of our savior!

Dear LORD,

Let our ears hear and our hearts understand;  allowing us to use our seat of influence for your glory!  We submit to you and ask that you speak to us through your Holy Spirit.  Let us be mighty women of God that you will work through in an awesome way!

Break us open to your plan for our lives!!

In Jesus name,
Amen


Carla