Category Archives: Spirituality

Gratitude

Posted on April 5, 2014 by rebeccabruner

Just before Thanksgiving, I wrote a post about jealosy. I was struggling with envy over all the ways God had been blessing other writers that I knew. Right now, I think it is only fitting for me to share all … Continue reading →

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Week 7—Combating the Influence of the Immoral Woman on our Attitudes and in our Marriages: Proverbs 9:17 and Proverbs 5:15-21

Posted on April 2, 2014 by rebeccabruner

What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful:  “Wow! It was all terrific. Recognizing that we are to be helping our husbands fight the enemy is central, and not always emphasized.”  “That men’s visual nature was intended … Continue reading →

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Week 6–Exposing the Lies of the Adulteress: Proverbs 9:17 and Proverbs 5:15-21

Posted on March 30, 2014 by rebeccabruner

What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful:  “As a mother or young boys, I started thinking about age-appropriate ways to introduce these topics and help them guard against sexual temptation.”  “I loved the discussion of the … Continue reading →

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Week 5–Your Family Battleship

Posted on March 29, 2014 by rebeccabruner

What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful:  “It is difficult for a husband to lead when the troops are not lining up behind him or encouraging him.”  “The analogy of the husband/wife relationship to that of … Continue reading →

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Week 4–How Sarah Learned to Hope in God: I Peter 3:1-7 and Genesis 17,18 & 20

Posted on March 28, 2014 by rebeccabruner

What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful:  “The nuances of this discussion have been very helpful in giving me what I have been seeking for some time…what does God REALLY want from wives?”  “I am only … Continue reading →

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Week 3–Manipulation and Control vs. Asking for Help: Case studies of Biblical Women

Posted on March 27, 2014 by rebeccabruner

What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful:  “The stories of Bible women showed how each woman’s choices affected her family, and future generations, as well as her marriage, some negatively and some positively.”  “A noble and … Continue reading →

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Week 2–Unity in Diversity and Interdependence in Marriage

Posted on March 26, 2014 by rebeccabruner

What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging or helpful:  “I want to have the wisdom to teach my daughter how to have the right attitude about being a woman, and not the attitudes I had. Our true value … Continue reading →

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Week 1–Bringing the Attitude of Jesus to Marriage: Philippians 2:3-11

Posted on March 25, 2014 by rebeccabruner

In the fall, I taught a women’s Bible study based on material from my current work in progress, A Wife of Valor: Your Strategic Importance in God’s Battle Plan. This seven-week course focused on teaching women to more effectively partner with their husbands … Continue reading →

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If Jesus Were a Mom, Like Me–Part 3: Whatever He Sees the Father Doing

Posted on February 12, 2014 by rebeccabruner

If Jesus were me, He would ask God for direction.  He would be responsive to God’s leading.  He wouldn’t make decisions based on peer pressure or guilt.  He wouldn’t cling to His own predetermined plans, the way I do.   … Continue reading →

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If Jesus Were a Mom, Like Me–Part 2:To Everything There is a Season

Posted on February 5, 2014 by rebeccabruner

  In time the fever heat of summer began to abate.  School started and I was blessed with several hours each day when I could commune with the Lord in silence and solitude.  I could go for prayer walks in … Continue reading →

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