Category Archives: Christian women

Destiny Awaits! A Press Release. . .

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Prepare to experience something beyond the ordinary!  Women wanting to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment will be swept away on an incredible journey of discovery and love.  Pause, soak in and hold tightly to the message from Christian author and speaker Marsha Lenski in her inspiring new book WWDKG: Woman With Destiny in the Kingdom of God.  Curl up in that comfy chair with this wonderful new devotional study of God’s Word for the feminine heart!

“There’s a place in every woman’s life where she deserves a standing ovation,” Marsha declares from the very first word.  Every woman deserves to know a loving God agrees and calls her forward in a burst of heavenly applause. WWDKG is a lighthouse to wholeness and the secret that needs to come out:  she is a gift to her world!

WWDKG speaks to a woman’s Kingdom destiny and how it’s designed with the delicacy of a fine crystal frame meant to hold the original artwork of her legacy.  To God, her destiny will be as unique as the prints from the touch her fingertips leave behind, but it won’t be an accident!  Here is where a woman feels the exhilerating refreshment of letting God love her. . . pure, sweet and simple. . . the devotional for one woman or for many to read together again and again.  Lavish this one gift upon yourself or a lady in your life you want to applaud and encourage.  No woman who reads this book will be the same or ever want to settle again for anything less.

Marsha is the author of two previous books as well:  From Sinking Sand and Pure Intentions.  Each is filled to the brim with heart-passion to propel readers to an appreciation for their God-given uniqueness and call.  Marsha’s amazing and sometimes startling transparency will stretch your thinking and open your mind to the possibilities for healing, forgiveness and personal growth in spite of tremendous odds and impossibilities.  From her appearance on CBN’s 700 Club, Pat Robertson has said “Marsha Lenski’s story has touched a nerve in this nation.”  One womens’ ministry leader wrote of Marsha saying “she is a unique blend of steel and velvet.  The Lord has developed in her the ability to be strong when needed, yet also to be a source of comfort and compassion.  Whether you encounter Marsha as an individual, in a group or in her writings, everyone leaves knowing they’ve had a Divine encounter.”

With more than 25 years in ministry, Marsha Lenski’s passion and message is one of hope and encouragement.  She delights in having a part in God’s work to empower others through the love of Jesus Christ.

(Taken from Press Release files of IHN Ministries, November 2011)

 

Woman to Woman, Let’s Drop the Facade!

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Womanhood. I really enjoy it. In the years of growing to understand the love of God Himself who crafted me as the woman I am, I’ve become more and more passionate about helping others recognize and welcome that love. Problem is, it’s not always easy to show love and acceptance to other women. We can be so competitive.

I’ve seen so many women living in performance mode, wanting me to join them on the same stage and prove myself so they’ll accept me. It’s like a school girl game, and it often begins in misunderstandings and jealousy, then ends tragically in crushed hearts and rejection. One woman said to me once, “I’m keeping you at arm’s length and I’m watching you”, after I had accepted the role of women’s ministry leader at a large church.

You what?! What was she misunderstanding about my heart to bring unity among believing women in my circle of influence? What was she threatened by? I only wanted to help! Did I dress too nice, look too pretty, or have too big a house or something? Come on, now. Let’s all grow up.

This handicap can turn the atmosphere of a church into a circus of painful emotional acrobatics. I’ve been guilty, too, and I hated it. I asked God about it, realizing there was likely as much hurt in the church among women as outside it. Maybe even more. That’s sad.

What does ‘loving each other’ really mean? How can we help each other avoid the trap?

The first important step, I believe, is to let the Lord love each of us as an individual, as a Woman With Destiny in the Kingdom of God. It’s the love you and I have always wanted, the one that satisfies and never fails. His love has no pre-qualifications and no hoops to ever jump through. It’s the love that calls us to a heavenly stage where we are each applauded for who we are, not for what we can or can’t do, or what we do or don’t have. Why in the world would a woman not want that when it’s all we’ve ever hoped for? Run to His arms, His open arms, agree with Him about you, and let Him love you.

And always, understand that hurting people hurt people. Not every woman who prays the sinner’s prayer has totally grasped the love that requires no performance. We get trapped in old thinking that makes us fight and claw our way into the limelight or, in some cases, hide in the shadows– both choices stemming from some kind of desperate fear. Ask God, and He’ll give you a glimpse into the heart of a woman who needs an example, not a critic or a competitor. The capacity to which we let God love us is the way we’ll love others. God’s kind of love has no fear in it. None. It’s selfless; no stage necessary.

When you and I let God, through Jesus, love and heal us, we’ve got something real to give away to others who are trying to find that love in the wrong place and the wrong way. We can live to prove the rumors and the gossip and the slander wrong. God IS Love, and He Himself is our defense.

We don’t need to scramble for the microphone, Ladies. We don’t need the limelight. We don’t need the shadows. We need each other. And the deeper we go in to these last days, the more it will be true.

Sending blessings,

Marsha

Step Apart

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We women have an inside track, don’t we?  We can really clean up!  We can  clean up at Kohl’s 6 a.m. Sale of the Year as fast as we can slide through a to-do list with pinpoint accuracy and precision timing.  

I think God’s put in us an inate ability to be a turning point to the world, Girls.    Our lives are meant to say: “Step apart with me.  See His smile, His hope, His strength”.   We have hearts that nurture and mend because we love seeing things turn around for the better.   He put tenderness in our hearts and in our hands.  He uses our compassion to start the work of hope and see it bring a dream to pass.   Girlfriend to girlfriend, we bring healing to each other when we put our faith out there for one of us in trouble.  Men and children want to find comfort and they look for compassion when they are in our presence.  We’re empowered that way when we want to see things through the Savior’s eyes. . .when we can honestly say we want what He wants for the world.

I have a terrific friend, southern belle to the max, who giggles shyly when I tell her she’s my respite.  No, I mean it.  This lady has sweetness that can melt the coldest heart and make you feel terrific about yourself.  Her smile is perpetual, and you are delightfully removed from the stress of life when she’s around.  She surprised me the other day when we were out shopping together.  It was  grey and icky outside,  and we were meandering through a department store, wondering whether or not spring was actually going to make its comeback this year. 

I noticed how empty the place was.    One of the few sales ladies happened by and met my hello with a stone cold glance of what looked like defiance.  “Where is everybody?” I asked my friend.  “Why does it look so bleak around here?  It’s as grey in here as it is outside!”  My friend was examining the item she had in her hand and didn’t even look up when she gave me her take on the situation.  “Nobody cares anymore,”  she said.

Nobody?!  Me nobody?  You nobody?

Whoa!  Whoa!  Is that true?  Tell me it’s not.  Have things gone so sour in our world lately that nobody cares if they ever turn around again?  We’re the cleansing influence in our environment.  We can’t give up.  God has always been faithful to you, hasn’t He, dear one?  Those of us who know and love Him are the remnant, the only hope for this planet.  We can’t be among those who don’t care anymore.  There’s no time for hopelessness.   Jesus is coming soon.  Time to give the world, at least our little corner of  it, a smile and a new perspective on how God sees things!

There’s a familiar old passage of scripture that I read from The Message translation that gave me God’s perspective as I’d never seen it.  You have to hear this straight from Jesus’ lips:

“Are you tired and worn out?  Burned out on religion?  Come to Me.  Get away with Me and you’ll recover your life.  I’ll show you how to take a real rest.  Walk with Me and work with Me.  Watch how I do it.  Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.  I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.  Keep company with Me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

Hold on and pass it on, Sisters.  We’ve got the inside track, life’s recovery plan, and this is the love that never fails!  Can you think of anything sweeter than that?

Love you,

Marsha