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  • Betsy Hall

    Member
    December 17, 2024 at 9:42 pm in reply to: Welcome New Board Member Damtew Teklehaimanot

    Welcome, Damtew Kifelew. I read your story and I plan to share it with others.

    Here is a question for both James and Damtew.

    Please tell us about your favorite way to celebrate Jesus’ birth in Ethiopia. What do you like about Christmas in the U.S.?

  • Betsy Hall

    Member
    November 24, 2024 at 2:08 pm in reply to: What Keeps Us from Asking?

    I often ponder, “You have not because you ask not.”

    From James 4:

    <sup>2 </sup>You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. <sup>3 </sup>When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

    Jesus said, “Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete” in John 16:24. Similar statements are found in Matthew 7:7; 21:22; Mark 11:24; Luke 11:9; and John 15:7.

    When I was cleaning out old paperwork, I noticed that intentions that I had set years ago have been fulfilled. Not necessarily in the way that I had expected.

    Others are still on the horizon, but I have moved closer to their fulfillment.

    Boldness in asking, I assume, comes from teaching that it is possible and worthy.

    It comes from experiencing that the I Am is our Provider.

    It comes from habit. And in the asking, adding the habit of aiming towards the goals as we love the Almighty, with our heart, soul, mind and strength.

  • Betsy Hall

    Member
    October 25, 2024 at 12:22 pm in reply to: Helping Others Listen For God’s Voice

    A song will come on in the background in a restaurant. A friend will hear it and reminisce.

    For example, a Realtor’s husband had passed. She heard a song they played at their wedding that is rarely played.

    She could share grief over frozen coconut milk dessert.

    I call it a God’s the DJ moment. A sweet, listening time.

  • Betsy Hall

    Member
    October 25, 2024 at 9:55 am in reply to: Discipleship Clarified

    That’s what I thought of when I read, “And helping our friend help another friend.”

    Leadership training by showing. Sermons not spoken, seen. Spiritual truths emulatable because visible.

    When I am responsible for following Jesus’ path of leadership, I can walk and I can talk.

    I can demonstrate, and then commentate to provide context and intention—when instruction is welcome.

    Bridge Leaders reinforce and resource our visions. Keeping it simple is enabling.

    Communication with God is empowering. The ultimate Resource.