A helping hand...

Proverbs 31:20

"She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy."

Today, June 20th, is World Refugee Day. In honor of that I wanted to share what the Godly Proverbs 31 woman's job is in helping those in need. Many of you do not know what World Refugee Day is and have probably never even heard of it before. This day is to recognize all those who have ever been refugees, around the globe. The purpose of the day is to make these refugees known and to celebrate those who have been rescued and to raise awareness for the refugees that still remain in this world. Here is a little video to show a glimpse of what this day is about...It was taken while some of the team from Operation Broken Silence were in Sudan...

Into the Nuba Mountains of Sudan

 In the verse posted above, a woman of God is to extend her hand in helping those less fortunate than herself. Although we all can't physically extend our hands to help these refugees, we can help in other ways; such as, prayer, financial support, getting involved in our community, etc. There are many ways that we can spread God's love through helping others, and after all that is what we're all ultimately called to do.

As you go about your day, don't forget those who are in need, especially on a day like today. Take some time to pray and seek the Lord for guidance in how He would like you to help the refugees around the world. 

Strive to be a Proverbs 31 woman each day. 

To find out more information on World Refugee Day, go to Press Release: Operation Broken Silence

In His love,

xoxo

Devo Mix Up!

Happy Wednesday!

I hope everyone has had a blessed and great week thus far.

Today, I wanted to talk about how to not get stuck on a hum-drum devotional routine and how to mix up your daily time with Lord so you don't become used to the routine and take for granted the time you have with Him.

If you have an IPhone, Android or other "Smart Phone," which is a huge amount of the population nowadays, a great way to mix up your devotional time is to download the YouVersion app and set different daily devotionals. 

There are some great resources and tools that can be utilized so that you can continue to grow in the Lord while enjoying the diversity of it.

The plan that I chose to do a couple days ago, is a Joyce Meyer Women's Devotional and it is POWERFUL. It lasts for 2 weeks and then after it's done, I can choose another great devotional offered by the YouVersion app.

Here's the step-by-step way to get to this specific devo on the app:

1. Go to the "Plans" section of the front page:

2. Go to the "Devotional" section if you just want short, 2 week inspirational devos:

3. There are several different options for devos here, I personally chose the Joyce Meyer devo:

4. For this next couple of weeks, I chose to do the Confident Woman Devotional:

This shows the verse reference for the day and also the daily reading.

It's some great stuff there!!!

Another great way to mix up your time with the Lord:

Create a worship playlist that lasts about an hour or so.

This is a great way to worship and pray for a specific amount of time.

Here's my example of the current playlist I have: 

I have a variety of songs from several different artists and it's a great mix for worshipping and praying.

I hope you have enjoyed this lil devo tip in order to keep your relationship and time with the Lord fresh and new.

Here's one of the songs from the playlist that is INCREDIBLE!!

"Holy Spirit" by Bryan & Katie Torwalt