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This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources with this weeks edition of Words for the Week brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

I will be bringing you once again a recording from the Virtuous Women's Retreat. Today you will get a chance to listen to a presentation that was titled Setting the Prisoners and Captives Free by Carol Doswell. In it she really challenges us to look at how the the women sitting right next to us in church are the prisoners and captives that need to be set free from the enemy too.

Be sure to join the Synergize your Life Virtual Renewel Week coming up next week December 4^th through the 8^th of which I will be giving a presentation on Resting in God along with many other wonderful inspirational speakers. Take a break throughout your week to refresh yourself in Christ. You won’t want to miss it. You can either access information from a link at my website at www.christianwomensresources.com or go to www.synergizedwoman.com

This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources and the Virtuous Women's Retreat, signing off now with this weeks edition of Words for the Week, brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

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This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women’s Resources with this week’s edition of Words for the Week brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

With yesterday being Thanksgiving and people being much more aware of what they have to be thankful for, I wanted to share with you a devotional I wrote titled Attitude or Gratitude? With the scripture focus being Let us be thankful and so worship God in Heb. 12:28 not only in the month of November but the whole year.

Attitude or Gratitude?

“Let us be thankful and so worship God ” (Heb 12:28 NIV)

What is your life characterized by – an Attitude or gratitude? If you think about it, it is impossible to truly worship God when we have an attitude. Too often we can find ourselves complaining when things go wrong or don’t turn out as we wanted or expected things to. We all have a tendency to complain from time to time and when we do we definitely are not able to worship God because only when our life is filled with gratitude can we truly be thankful and so worship God as it says in Heb. 12:28. I don’t know about you but I want to be characterized as a person who lives a life of worship and is filled with gratitude in my heart rather then that of an attitude.

In order to live a life of worship we must begin by transforming our attitudes to that of gratitude. We do this by putting our focus on God where it belongs instead of ourselves or our problems where the enemy does his best to keep our focus. As we read and meditate on the Word of God we begin to focus on God and see the Word at work and give thanks to the Lord for all He has done and will do in our lives. Once we know and have tasted His goodness, we even find ourselves giving thanks and praise to him in midst of our difficulties.

When our focus is where it should be, we are able to truly Worship God and say:

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ as it says in 1 Cor. 15:57 Yes, we can have victory over our sinful nature, people and things that are not pleasing to God because it is His power through the Word of God at work in our lives.

We are also truly able to say:

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him as it says in 2 Cor. 2:14. Yes, we can be an effective witness regardless of our past or weaknesses because we see how He uses those very things to reveal the glory of God in our lives to others.

And last but not least we truly can say:

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! As it says in 2 Cor. 9:15. He not only gives us the gift of salvation but also the wonderful gift of His grace. When you change your focus to God instead of your circumstances, you begin to see His grace that He so lavishly gives us on a daily basis giving us much to be grateful for.

Therefore, let us be thankful and have a heart filled with gratitude so we may truly worship God!

Heavenly Father, I thank you for your indescribable gift of salvation and grace that you so lavishly give us on a daily basis. And in the midst of our difficulties, help us to always say, But thanks be to God! Who gives us the victory and leads us in triumphal procession in Christ. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

And in closing, I’d like you to ponder whether your life is characterized by an attitude or gratitude? If it is characterized more by an attitude begin today to transform your attitude to a heart of gratitude instead by putting your focus on God and choosing to say: But thanks be to God while in the midst of your difficulties.

Until Next week, this is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women’s Resources with this week’s edition of Words for the Week brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

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This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources with this weeks edition of Words for the Week brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

Today I am sharing with you the recording on the presentation I gave at the Virtuous Women's Retreat titled Prayers of Faith.

Do you find yourself praying prayers of faith or do you lack the confidence to pray and find yourself doubting that your prayers are even being heard or will even be answered? In my talk I share with you 4 points that will help you begin to confidently pray prayers of faith and know your prayers are being heard and will receive answers.

Be blessed as you listen and be sure to also mark your calendars for the upcoming Synergize Your Life Retreat this December 4^th through the 8^th of which I will be giving a presentation on Resting in God.

It is going to be a wonderful time where we can take a break throughout our week once again listen to some great inspirational speakers to synergize our lives. You won’t want to miss it. You can either access information from a link at my website at www.christianwomensresources.com or go to www.synergizedwoman.com

This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources and the Virtuous Women's Retreat, signing off now with this weeks edition of Words for the Week, brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

Click here to listen to the podcast.

This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources with this weeks edition of Words for the Week brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

I will be bringing you once again a recording from the Virtuous Women's Retreat. Today you will get a chance to listen to a presentation that was titled The Culture of Heaven by LaTara Ham-Ying. In it she really challenges us to look at how the enemy has fooled us to thinking we are in unity with one another but in reality we are far from it and by using the term Cultural Diversity which I had been using on my website how that is a term that only fosters division among us. There is no unity or oneness in using that term which is why we ought to start looking to the culture of heaven in order to bring unity among the different cultures.

But before you listen to her presentation, I wanted to be sure to let you know about her upcoming Synergize Your Life Retreat this December 4^th through the 8^th of which I will be giving a presentation on communing with God. It is going to be a wonderful time where we can take a break throughout our week once again listen to some great inspirational speakers to synergize our lives. You won’t want to miss it. You can either access information from a link at my website at www.christianwomensresources.com or go to www.synergizedwoman.com

Enjoy listening to LaTara Ham-Ying on the Culture of Heaven.

For more information on the Synergize Your Life Retreat, be sure to go to the website at www.synergizedwoman.com

This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources and the Virtuous Women's Retreat, signing off now with this weeks edition of Words for the Week, brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

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This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources with this weeks edition of Words for the Week brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

Today I wanted to share with you another Inspirational Workshop from the Virtuous Women's Retreat I hosted last week that was given on the controversial subject of Bible Prophecy.

Rev Michael Bresciani of www.americanprophet.org shared with us 4 reasons or excuses why many of us shy away from learning about bible prophecy and why it should be considered just as important a topic to study as any other.

Be blessed as you listen to Rev Michael Bresciani as he shared at the Virtuous Women’s retreat

After listening to Rev Michael Bresciani’s message, be sure to also check out a very thought provoking Video Link on the Rapture. Scroll down to the video on the webpage and click the arrow button to play (you may need to wait a moment for it to load and start)

I pray that if you have been someone who uses one of the above 4 reasons or excuses to avoid the very subject on bible prophecy that you will begin to see the importance of learning it and begin to do so.

This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources and the Virtuous Women's Retreat, signing off now with this weeks edition of Words for the Week, brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.