Come and learn to BE BRAVE

"Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, 

but we will be with you; be courageous and act."

Ezra 10:4

I am preparing to attend a women's conference at my home church, RiverStone Church in Kennesaw, Georgia. The theme of the conference is "Finding your treasure" and it will be a time of discovery with the Lord. We will be going on a treasure hunt. 

Oh, how I love to find lost treasures! 

Did you know that you have God- Gifted treasures buried deep with in your heart. Special treasures that make you  a "one of a kind". Treasures so special that you are considered a pearl of great price to your Heavenly Father.. 

Most of us know this.. but we don't feel this way in our hearts. 

Why?

Because everyday life .. hardships.. relationships.. mindsets and perspectives cloud and distort our treasure chests.. our hearts. We desperately need to slow down and uncover the treasures. We need them to be the person God's called us to be.. Our community needs for us to uncover them so they can see Jesus and experience Him in a way only "you" were designed to reveal. 

To do this we need community that will help us see the treasures. We need community that will help us be brave enough to begin the search.  It takes courage to uncover your treasures...It sounds boastful to say.. I am worthy and His beloved.. I have been called to set the captives free. We would rather say.. I'm just a vessel with no worth.. If the circumstances are the way they are.. Then it is His will to be done..This portrays a  powerless God. This is not the kind of mindset we should have.. We are special to Him .. created by Him to display His glory here on earth. When we see the special treasures He has deposited with in us.. we begin to understand why we are here.. and what we are here to do. We can join with Him and set the captives free and bring what is already done in Heaven to earth. 

So,

If your tired of feeling less than a pearl of great price.. come and join us this Saturday. Come and find your treasures.. your heart has been waiting way too long to be discovered.. so has your world:) 

As we prepare for our journey I thought it would be good to prepare our hearts with two songs. Donna Desilva used these songs in her teachings this week and I thought it would be good for us as well.

The first song sets our hearts to "be well" with where we are at on our journeys. What ever our past is.. we are still a pearl of great price in our Heavenly Father's eyes. The second song stirs us to be brave .. and that is just what our Heavenly Father wants us to be.. Brave.. Because it is He who makes us Brave:)

"It is well"

"You make me brave"

Come, and Learn to BE BRAVE!