Gateways to Joy

Today is Friday!  That means two things over here: 1.  Reflection.  For those of you participating in the 1 John Bible study , it means reflecting and catching up. Today we will look at some of my favorite videos.  One of the videos will be from Angela who is another one of the Good Morning Girls leaders. 2.  For the rest of you who visit the site it means I'm back to my Favorite Blog, Friday! The other video is from one of my favorite all time Christian writer's and speakers Lysa Terkurst. I am mainly sharing Lysa with you all so that those of you unfamiliar with her and her resources will no longer be in the dark!  Her resources and ministry, I think, should be apart of every Christian woman's library.  She challenges me in the best way.  I adore her and thank God for her ministry.   One more thing, I like that she looks good and stylish.  She shows us that we can be spiritual, modest and look great! Don't forget to go ov...

Hi ladies! Today I have two videos that I want to share with you.  The first is from our Bible study leader Courtney over at the Good Morning Girls blog. Courtney is going to share with us her reflections of this weeks reading via Youtube. You may silence the music by going to the side bar, clicking on the button in the middle :-) I'm one of the ones who will be catching up this weekend.  I am doing so many things.  One in particular is learning about graphic designs and typography, while also trying to understand different software that designers use today in the industry.  Let me just say this week I've been a bit perplexed :-/ Yesterday while roaming about on the web I came across a video that quickly became dear to my heart.  In this video I saw my dream being lived out and became very inspired. Take a look and you'll understand. Also my dear ones, I ask that you pray for a family friend. Her name is Fannie, she's our CPA and my husband...

Good Morning Girls! I'm passing the below information to your from the Good Morning Girls Blog! I've noticed that when the links alone are put up some of you go, but not all of you, and I don't want you girls to miss the information that Courtney and the other ladies take so much time in preparing to bring to us, so I thought I would bring their information to you! Welcome back to week 2 of our study in the book of I John!  If you are joining us a week late, here is a  link to the Free E-study guide  - download and print it or use it as a guide as your write in your own journal! Let’s get started by looking at this week’s key words in I John 1:5-10.  Remember there is no right or wrong way to do this.  Mark the words that you see repeated often or that mean something to you.  You can use colors or symbols.  I like to use a  yellow triangle to represent the Trinity  -  God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit....

Good Morning Girls! Today is our day of reflecting on what we've read so far in the book of 1 John 1:1-4. How are things going for you? All of this, for some of you, is rather new so I realize  some of you might still be in the phase of "trying to grasp"... that's just fine.  I'm in that phase too. There are so many of you that I have not yet emailed.  I have soooo many emails to respond to for various reasons, but just haven't been able to get to all of them just yet.  Please know that I will. Today I will share Courtney's video with you all.   Courtney is the lady behind the Good Morning Girls Bible study.  Before I share her video though, I want to share my reflections with you all: When I read John's reflections about his friend, it is easy for me to see how Jesus was in fact the friend of this man John, and they loved one another.  Just as you and I have special friends that we cherish and love.  John and Jesus were that to one a...

Hey girls, groups are now forming as of,September 15th for the On-line Bible study of 1 John, which will official began Monday morning,September 19, 2011. If you need the schedule for the reading you may get it by clicking on the highlighted link, Good Morning Girls 1 John reading schedule, and go ahead and take a look at this e-book that I hope will answer any questions you may have. Also click on the highlighted portion of this link to see and print out your scheduled daily readings for the entire 12 weeks! Many of you are women very familiar with God's Word and reading it, but I know that sometimes it's good to change things around sometimes, so I thought I would share Courtney's method of how she studies. Remember, Good Morning Girls uses the SOAP method—which is what Courtney will share on this video. So take about 7 minutes out of your schedules to watch the her video please. Also, almost all of you seem to either be having trouble with leaving a comment or ...