The Peacemaker

I have finished the book "Having a Mary Spirit" by Joanna Weaver and I would recommend this book as a great book to have in our personal libraries. This is a good book to help us truly look at ourselves and ask God to change us from the inside out so that we might Glorify Him in all situations.

To go along with this book I would like to share my summary of the book "The Peacemaker" by Ken Sande so I have added a page to do this. This will probably take many weeks so I hope you may join me in working to make these Biblical principles a regular part of our lives. Please feel free to comment or discuss any points I have made whether through this blogspot or email me directly. I would love to hear from you.

Flesh Woman

Well, it's been a few days since my last post, but here I am again.
I've just started reading a new book "Having a Mary Spirit" by Joanna Weaver and I'm reading about what she describes as the Flesh Woman. She equates this with the person inside of us who represents our sinful flesh. The Bible tells us that there are three things we fight against on this earth: the world, the devil and our own flesh. Weaver has given a name to our flesh by calling it our Flesh Woman. I think she makes a good point here and it is good for us to recognize what our own Flesh Woman looks like. We all know we are rebellious and hardwired to sin but this description brings it home. On page 28 she profiles the Flesh woman having 11 characteristics: a prideful spirit, a love of praise, a touchy temper, a willful attitude, a fearful heart, a jealous mind, a dishonest disposition, a lack of faith, a wandering eye, a spiritual deadness, and a love of self. Hmmm, a lot of ticks I can put beside this list. But I also really liked the verse she wrote at the end:
"Search me, O God, and know my heart... see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (my bolding) Let's continue to look to God and what He has already done for us, asking for His Holy Spirit to work in us that we may live for Him.