Marching Orders for WIN Communications and Writers Information Network

Mission Statement: "Help me, O God, to do my best to help other people to accomplish and to achieve, knowing that their contribution is what God is trying to give the world." --from Florence Sims, 1873-1923, who started the YWCA. (Claimed for WIN, November 15, 2004)



Mandate: "Now go and write these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of times as a witness" (Isaiah 30:8 NLT).



Message: "The Lord gives the Word [of power]; the women who hear and publish [the news] are a great host" (Psalm 68:10-11 AMP).






Friday, January 7, 2011

God is Preparing You for the New!

"God is preparing YOU for a prepared place, a prepared ministry, and for a prepared people that He wants to reach. He knows how to perfectly prepare you for what He has ahead." -- Roy Lessin

In the economy of God, nothing He allows to touch our life is ever wasted. Sometimes God has to slow us down and remove us from our busy world in order to give us the time to gain new direction and inner renewal.

Henri Nouwen said, "to reach the inner sanctum where God's voice and direction can be heard and obeyed is not easy if you are always called outward [to be and do with lots of people]." (The Road to Daybreak)

We must stop repeating the same mistakes and establish new priorities that lead to our spiritual growth and Kingdom service.

Let us begin the New Year by putting first things first in our life. And what are these first things?

"Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things [what to eat and what to wear] will be given to you as well" (Matthew 6:33 TNIV).

It is good to remember that the "tough stuff" of preparation is for the greater end result: That we may love and serve more purposefully.
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