Great Devotional from Thriving Family Magazine

Family Devotions: The Spiritual Discipline of Meditation

Talking to God

Thank God for the power of His Word. Ask Him to help you stay focused on His Word throughout the day so you can become more like Jesus.

Diving In 

Put out a plate of snacks. Give everyone permission to dive in, provided they follow one important rule: Each bite of food must be chewed at least 20 times. After each person finishes one bite, invite him or her to describe in detail the different tastes and textures experienced.

Going Deeper

Sometimes people say, "I need to chew on that," meaning, "I need to think about that for a while." When we meditate on Scripture, we're taking time to think about it and "chew on it." If we ate our food without chewing it, we'd hardly be able to taste it. The more we chew, the more we enjoy the taste and gain strength.
It's the same with God's Word. When we take time to think about what it means and how we can use it in our lives, we benefit much more than if we just read it and never think about it again. Romans 12:2 says that we change our lives by renewing our mind, or changing the way we think about things. We can learn to think like God by meditating on His Word.

Talking to Each Other

• What things do you spend most of your time thinking about?
• How might your life change if you spent more time thinking about God's Word?
• What's one passage of Scripture you would like to begin meditating on? 

Finishing Well

"Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful." (Joshua 1:8)

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Copyright © 2011 by Renee Gray-Wilburn. Used by permission. ThrivingFamily.com.

MOPS Retreat

So ladies our retreat is only about a week away.....excited?  What are you looking for God to do in your life?  Come expecting to meet him!!!!  We are getting together for prayer tomorrow morning at 10 am.  Hope you can join us!

Grace

Pastor Grace shared about God's grace at our last meeting.  This is the song that she shared, "Grace" by Michael W. Smith.  What does God's grace mean to you?  I will look to post her message soon.

Gyroscope

At our last meeting, we talked about Gyroscopes and we watched this video.  A gyroscope is defined by Encyclopedia Brittanica as "a spinning wheel mounted in such a way that it is free to turn about any of three possible axes."  It's like a supertop.  Once you set it in motion, it just keeps on going, and it's very hard to knock over.  In fact, if you try to push it over, it stubbornly holds it original position, continuing to spin in the same direction.

Gyroscopes are more than scientific spin toys; they have numerous practical applications as well.  They stabilize our planes in turbulent weather, steady our ships as they sail through raging seas, and guide them automatically by their compasses.

What a picture of the life we are to have in Christ!  As we surrender to the Lord Jesus, as we center ourselves in him, something wonderful happens.  He turns the spinning circles of our chaotic lives into a steady, stable gyroscope mounted and held up by him alone.

He stablizes us in the turbulence of life.  He steadies us in the midst of raging seas, and he guides us by the compass of his eternal love.

Quotes from "Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World" by Joanna Weaver

Great Quote

Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow - it empties today of strength. - Corrie ten Boom

God is a Jealous God - May 6, 2011

Listen to audio from meeting:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/90132176dcd6b774/

So I thought it was about time that we created our own blog for MWC MOPS. I hope that this will be great way for us to communicate with one another in a more informal way. I would love to hear feedback from all of you on things you love about MOPS or what we can do to make things better for everyone!!!! Check back soon for more content.