Conviction, Pursuit of Holiness
January 22, 2008 by Mary Jo
This past Friday evening through Saturday was the first annual Cornerstone Women’s Conference. We had the privilege of having Susan Heck as our conference speaker. She is one of my favorite authors, even though I’m only part of the way through her only currently published work, a study of James called “With the Master in the School of Tested Faith.” Her clear exposition of God’s Word for women is very refreshing in this day and age when I can barely trust a woman author (or a man!) to write something so true to the word of God.
After spending some hours listening to her teach God’s word, and having time to talk to her in between sessions, I feel so completely blessed that God allowed us to find her. Her teaching was refreshingly biblical and convicting; so much so, that I’ve decided my life needs some changes.
The first area needing tremendous work is time management. I waste far too much time, and we are to redeem the time, for the days are evil! I just finished a draft of my new schedule, which includes no scheduled computer time. I don’t plan to drop off of the blogging world, however, I plan to just be around when I have spare moments. I’ll jot down post ideas and whatnot and write them as time allows. I’ll try this for a while and see how it works.
Another goal I have is to work on developing Titus 2 characteristics in my life. I am not married and I don’t have children, so there are some limitations. However, I want to work on that, and eventually begin to disciple girls who are younger than I am, and perhaps women who are younger in the Lord (though, I think it’s most appropriate if they are relatively close to my age). I need to focus more of my energies on really serving the Body of Christ, specifically in and through the local church God has placed me in at this point of my life.
One other area I plan to focus more intently on is memorizing God’s Word. Susan Heck was a great encouragement in this area, especially. She has memorized over 22 books of the New Testament, and spoke on this topic during one of the sessions. She made it clear, through God’s word, that hiding scripture in our hearts is very, very important.
It is my prayer that God would give me grace to serve Him and honor Him as He so deserves!
Dear Mary Jo,
very interesting post. Perhaps you can share some of the teachings concerning memorizing Scripture. I have always problems with this discipline. Perhaps you can tell us what kind of techniques you use to memorize Bible verses.
Blessings, Madeleine