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This is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources with this weeks edition of Words for the Week, Christian Podcast where we bring you hope and encourgement brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

With the school year already here and as a Christian parent who home schools a certain scripture verse always comes to mind but more so during this time of year that I wanted to share with you.

Deuteronomy 6:5-9 - Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.


I pray this is my heart always and yours as well so we may train our children up in the Lord, making a difference in their lives and societies as well.

Until next week, this is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources, and Words for the Week, Christian Podcast Sponsored 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, Christian Podcast where we bring you hope and encourgement brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

With the new school year coming up quickly and the challenges that come from home schooling, I have not only been preparing by getting our curriculum and home in order but have been preparing my mind as well and praying that God guide me through this new school year.

The last two years of home schooling have went fairly well but I also am aware of the mistakes I have made and this year I hope to do better. And so my prayer is that God direct me in the path of His commands and not toward selfish gain so that we can have more fun throughout this new school year and that I teach my children a love for learning.

Until next week, this is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources, and Words for the Week, Christian Podcast Sponsored 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, Christian Podcast where we bring you hope and encourgement brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

This weeks Words for the Week I want to read the 10 commandments in Exodus chapter 20 because I want to tell you about a book project given by the Pink Collar Club that I was a part of with 9 other women that just ended this past week.

The title of the book which is still in the process of getting put together is called "Mirror Mirror on the Wall" with writings on each of the 10 commandments.

Each of us wrote on each of the ten commandments over the past 10 weeks. I have to tell you that being a part of this book project was a much bigger blessing then I ever imagined it would be.

As many of us have been taught the 10 commandments or at least have known of them since we were a child, I really didn't expect this project to speak to my own heart as it did, but then again I never have really done a study on them nor have I done any sort of writing on them before.

But since it has been such a tremendous blessing to be involved in this book project, I wanted to encourage you as well to do your own study and personal journal writings on the ten commandments and/or purchase the book when it becomes available in August.

I pray that you will be blessed as you do your own study on the 10 commandments and I will be sure to keep you informed as to when and where you can purchase the "Mirror Mirror on the Wall" book.

Until next week, this is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources, and Words for the Week, Christian Podcast Sponsored 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, Christian Podcast where we bring you hope and encourgement brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

Today I am going to continue reading in John chapter 21.Be blessed as you listen to the last chapter John after Jesus' resurrection.

Be sure to join us each Friday at 9:00 am CST 10:00 am EST for our Virtuous Women's Gatherings in Penny Haynes audio conference room. Each month we will have a themed topic to discuss where women fellowship and share with one another what God is doing in their lives.

Until next week, this is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources, and Words for the Week, Christian Podcast Sponsored 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, Christian Podcast where we bring you hope and encourgement brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks.

I hope everyone had a great Easter this past weekend. Today I am going to continue reading in John chapter 20.

Be blessed as you listen to the account of after His resurrection.

Be sure to join us each Friday at 9:00 am CST 10:00 am EST for our Virtuous Women's Gatherings in Penny Haynes audio conference room. Each month we will have a themed topic to discuss where women fellowship and share with one another what God is doing in their lives.

Until next week, this is Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources, and Words for the Week, Christian Podcast Sponsored 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.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas with some Christmas music and a reading from Luke 2:1-20 reminding us of the true reason for the season. I pray your Christmas is filled with love, joy and peace as it is spent with family, friends and loved ones.

From Lori Arriaga of Christian Women's Resources, and Words for the Week, Christian Podcast Sponsored by Encouraging Audiobooks.

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Last week I shared a recording from the Virtuous Women's Retreat on our Gifts and Talents. Today I want to continue with the theme of Gifts by doing some scriptures readings on the subject to help us remember the reason for the season leaving no doubt that this Christmas season is about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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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Since we've had a hiccup in this week's Christian Podcast audio recording, I'm putting up a special recording of scriptures mixed with music to help encourage you.

Please share it with whoever you think can be encouraged. There is no advertising, no promoting - it doesn't even say who created it. It's my way of sowing into the lives of those who are hurting, as I and many others have hurt before.

Be blessed and have a great week!

Penny Haynes

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Penny Haynes and Lori Arriaga share with you in this weeks Words for the Week, the Christian Podcast what we call our Christian Women’s Gathering where we can be transparent with one another by sharing our struggles and our victories in order to encourage, share a word from the Lord and pray for one another and to inspire us to be the virtuous women God calls us to be.

We talked last week about how God impressed on my heart to be more intense and persevering in my prayers which weighed heavily on my heart especially when it came to my husband with the loss of his brother. This week I was more diligent and persevering in my prayers and even though this was a very busy week being the first week of home schooling, He lightened my spirit. It’s amazing how praying to God helps us to rely on Him and when we do He lightens up our spirit within us. Since He lightened up my spirit, I was then able to pray believing that He will answer my prayers on behalf of my husband and others. God is so good, He has already begun to answer my prayers and work in my husband’s heart to lighten up his spirit also in regards to his brother’s death.

Penny on the other hand struggles more in believing the prayers for herself will be answered because of an incorrect view of God which she shared in last weeks Words for the Week. She was inspired to find a Word from the scriptures to help her change her view of God and He gave her a couple scriptures of His character that she has placed on her computer and PDA as reminders of his love for her.. One of the scriptures that provided her comfort was Isaiah 49:15 NIV - “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”

I shared one of my favorite scriptures that also reflects Gods nature and has always helped me through the trials in my life since becoming a Christian. It is Psalm 62:5-8 - “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.”

After hearing the scripture I shared, Penny began to wonder if somehow the Lord is trying to tell her to get back into music and ministry because she had put that exact scripture to music some ten years ago and then a pastor had also reminded her of her music ministry some ten years ago and how she did it not for the title or recognition but because she loved to do it and has gotten away from it since leaving the church where she was hurt by those in authority. Penny has asked that I go ahead and add the Psalm she put to music and if anyone is interested in being encouraged by her music, she will post a link where she has saved around 90 minutes of music and ministry.

Along with God working on my heart about being more diligent and persevering in my prayers, He has also helped me to make it more of a lifestyle rather then sitting down for an extended period of time to pray, although that is good also. Since I struggle with keeping my mind focused while praying, it helps for me to send up prayers all day long while in the midst of my day. Another thing that has really helped my prayer life and which I love to do is pray the scriptures because it gives me confidence my prayers will be answered since I know I am praying for the will of God in my life. I would also meditate on scriptures and some for months at a time in order to change my views on things and see things as God does. Not until God changed my view would I begin to meditate on another scripture. As I meditated on the scriptures, it then made it much easier for me to memorize them, which helped me to plant the Word of God in my heart.

Penny would like to get back to memorizing scripture herself and feeding her spirit man in order to replace all the bad tapes playing in her mind. She was encouraged at what I was saying because it reminded her that when she feels at a loss, all she needs to do is find a scripture that deals with the subject that she is struggling with or thinking about and pray and meditate on that so she doesn’t have to force or fake feelings or emotions. Being more assured and confident of His listening since she is praying His Word. She asked for some accountability which we all need it at times in order to help her get back to feeding her spiritual man like she used to. One good thing in her spiritual walk is that God has given her a song for the first time in a long time and is thinking this might be the beginning of her healing.

I have agreed to send her a word for the week from the scriptures that will help her get a correct view of who God is and how much he cares for and loves her. She hopes that by taking these baby steps she will begin to focus on just one scripture at a time to meditate on the whole week so the Lord can minister to her through the Word of God.

We ended in prayer and I added Penny’s beautiful music she did some ten years ago based on Psalm 62 about God being our refuge.

Again, if anyone is interested in joining us, we’d love to have you and so we invite you to go to www.audioconferenceroom.com every Friday at 9:00 am CST /10:00 am EST to give and receive encouragement to one another as women.

This is Lori Arriaga and Penny Haynes with this weeks Words for the Week wishing you a wonderful week full of God’s blessings.

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Everyone deals with struggles and discouragement.

This collection of scriptures has been mixed with music, and lasts about 25 minutes. It was designed to be played over and over, so you can let the scriptures permeate your soul and your spirit, and you can fill yourself with the Word Of God, as the scriptures suggest. I hope this will be the first of a collection of thematic scripture recordings I create and offer at www.EncouragingAudiobooks.com. I hope you enjoy today's podcast.

Deuteronomy 1:11

¹¹May the LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you as He has promised you!

Deuteronomy 15:6

⁶For the LORD your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.

Joshua 23:5

⁵And the LORD your God will expel them from before you and drive them out of your sight. So you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God promised you.

Joshua 23:10

¹⁰One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the LORD your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you.

2 Samuel 7:28

²⁸And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

1 Kings 8:56

⁵⁶Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.
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