Living an exclamation mark life! Monday review~!

It's National Punctuation Day (http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/) and I thought that it would be appropriate to encourage you to get living an exclamation mark life! Jesus used the exclamation mark 153 times! (let's see if I can use it that many times in one blog!)

Monday's session was great! We reviewed the elements of the crucified life, and the evening girls got into groups to draw each of the points (see day three of week one homework!)
and the video was amazing.

Hope you're getting into the habit of beginning your days with praise, pouring out confession, pouring out concerns, and then pouring in the Spirit, so as to pour forth the fruit of the Spirit through your day. Spiritual things can be practical! Like she said, it's hard to get to noon not being filled with the Spirit, especially if you have a two-year old! And remember, nothing that sin can give us can outweigh what it takes from us.... give it up, and let God fill those needs instead!

Remember those prayer requests this week, and we'll get those prayer partners out to you soon!
Have a great week in the Word :)
Jen :) (ooh, only used 11 exclamation marks! oh, there's twelve! thirteen! I could go all day....)

Retreat!

We just found that Qwanoes is holding a Women's Retreat-- And it is coming up very soon! Think we can fill a room with TMP ladies there? Whaddya think? If you're interested, contact Melanie on her email or at tmpwomen@gmail.com!

http://www.qwanoes.ca/retreats/womens/

The books are in! And Monday summary~

♫ ♪ THE BOOKS ARE IN, ♫ ♪ THE BOOKS ARE IN!! ----> See me (Jen) dancing! The books are in.... ♫ ♪ both the Christian bookstore and Save-On Woodgrove now have our books in stock, just tell them you're a TMP girl for your copy!

What a great introduction we had on Monday, and I am so thrilled that we've all embarked on this great 10 week journey together! Have you been practicing saying the Fruit of the Spirit in sign language? No, me neither... but I will! What a great call to COME FORTH out of fruitless, inside living, to exclamation point living beyond ourselves! I needed that, and boy, I've been doing just that this week. It's been hugely exciting to speak up and speak out (see my blog if you haven't yet this week), and for the encouragement I've had in doing what I couldn't have done on my own power! It's been crazy good, and that's because He is good, all the time.

Blessings on you as you do your studies this week, which will be much easier now that THE BOOKS ARE IN, ♫ ♪ THE BOOKS ARE IN!!! ♫ ♪

BoOkS aRe IN :)

Well, some of them! At Save-On Woodgrove there are 14 of them now available..,. $21.99. The Christian Bookstore has them still on backorder. If you need the first couple days homework if you are unable to get the book, let me know, and I will get some pages to you until the books come in.

Close, but...

Well, Save-On Foods called Melanie and told her her book was in... BOOK?? Oops, Well, there was a little mistake in their computer, and only one, not fifteen, were ordered... sorry, Girls!

BUT Hurry!! You could be the ONE!! Hehehehee-- can you just see it, all these girls fighting and tugging over the fruit of the Spirit like a Cabbage Patch Doll in 1983?

Thankfully God is good, and we don't have to fight for the fruit of the Spirit! Just the book. (just kidding... don't do that, either.)

Patience is one of the fruits of the Spirit.

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In case you weren't sent the email, here's the one that went out last week explaining another fabulous option for the book:

Books are all being ordered! :) They will be available soon, so don't go driving "fruitlessly" across town, because yes, they have no bananas ... The best way, if you want to get a head start, is to download your very own copy of the study Living Beyond Yourself, study of the Fruit of the Spirit, with all the videos, for once again, the low, LOW price of only $23.95US...

Save the trip to the bookstore-- order your Bible study in your jammies if you like... we encourage jammie shopping... (or is it jammy? anyways...) IF you order now, we'll throw in ALL the videos from the study! YES, that's right, folks, you get to watch all, yes, ALL the Beth Moore you can handle... from www.lifeway.com/lby Order now! You know we can't do this all day.... okay, we can.

Balancing Act

Magi Cooper will be at First Baptist Church, Nanaimo (1650 Waddington St.) on Saturday September 19 from 9:00am to 4:30pm. She will be speaking on finding balance in an unbalanced life. Cost is $20.... Contact their church office for registration: 250-753-0241