As women who love and know God’s Word, we’re called to pass that on to other women. We have the unique privilege of sitting across from a sister in Christ and helping her grow in her spiritual walk. Likewise, we must humbly be willing to learn from others and acknowledge when we need to be disciples ourselves.
Discipline relationships have far greater eternal impact than any event. Who could you meet with this week to study Scripture, pray together, and share in one another’s struggles and joys? We remind the women in our ministry of James 1:27: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (NIV).
This verse suggests that displaying one’s Christianity means helping those in need. Ask the group members to give suggestions for community activities in which you can all get involved, such as partnering with a local non-profit women’s organization to help orchestrate a Dress for Success program that helps single mothers look their best for job interviews, or a school supply drive to give underprivileged children all the items they need for the new school year.
Through Hospitality
One of the greatest ways our church has seen God grow our women and the church as a whole is through hospitality. As women have opened their homes and their hearts to one another, we have grown in our unity as a body. These seemingly small moments of living life together over a meal or at the park have helped us all to honour God with our daily living and challenged us to be women growing in grace.
Believe the best about your church.
I’ve been guilty before of wondering, “Who’s thinking for me? What’s being done to meet my needs and those of other women around me?” Instead of falling into that trap, give thought to the following: Consider what is Already Being Done is.
See a Need, Meet a Need
Rather than dwelling on how you think the church could improve, consider that you could be the answer to another woman’s prayers for community, accountability, and encouragement. Even in the healthiest church, there’s an endless sea of needs.