Girl Talk 2011
You might be surprised by what author, Elise Fitzpatrick, has to say about the Biblical perspective on food and eating, and discovering the motivation to change.
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Biblical Perspective on Food and Eating
Elise Fitzpatrick | Week Four
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Health Food
Holly Wells | Week Four
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Fitness
Katrina & Eric Oliver | Week Four
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Friendship
Cora Alley | Week Three
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Finances
Carin & Erika Amaradio | Week Two
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Making the Most of Your Garden
Lisa Singer | Week Two
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Making Your Own Baby Food
Nichole Mills | Week Two
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Fashion Show
Tiffany Jonker | Week Two
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Hope for a New Day
Catherine Martin | Week One
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Book Reviews
Lisa Singer | Week One
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Party Planning on a Budget
Jeanine Hardgrave | Week One
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For four weeks in July, 2011, the "Girl Talk" Summer Study focused on relevant topics to us as women. We hope you will join us in opening our hearts to exploring questions such as:
- Has your personal quiet time with the Lord become a "have to" and not a "get to"? Are you in a devotional rut? Do you need some suggestions to help your quiet time be more enriching?
- Have you experienced hardships within your friendships? What can we do when we are hurt by friends? How can we be the friends God intends for us to be?
- Do you have a handle on your spending? Why did Jesus speak so frequently about money? How can we learn to live within our means and not feel deprived?
- Do you control what you eat, or does what you eat control you? Why do some of us love to eat, and some of us hate to eat?
These subjects are so much a part of our everyday lives as women, and as Christians we can find our answers in Jesus Christ!
We heard from notable authors and speakers: Catherine Martin, author and director of Quiet Time Ministries; mother and daughter Carin and Erika Amaradio; Professor Cora Alley of Hope International University; and last but not least, prolific author and teacher Elise Fitzpatrick of Counsel from the Cross Ministries.
| Week One: | Faith | Catherine Martin |
| Week Two: | Finances | Carin and Erika Amaradio |
| Week Three: | Friendship | Cora Alley |
| Week Four: | Food | Elyse Fitzpatrick |
Each week we also featured some fun and practical demonstrations by the talented girls at Virtue.
- A fashion show of the latest attractive and affordable trends
- Tips for fresh, quick, and healthy meals for baby and family
- Party decorating on a budget
- Book reviews
- Exercising for every age
- And more!
Right at 36:27, a light bulb went off.
I got sick with something Dr’s were unable to diagnose, but in the process, I lost my identity… my shape went from very-pleasing to overly-plump.
So I dove into my kids, then my oldest rebelled, making me questions my identity in motherhood.
I found myself not going anywhere without my handsome husband, like a validation to my faltering identity. But I came to know he was nurturing a relationship outside our marriage…So much for my identity as a wife.
Well, at least my nice car would….um, well, the paint got ruined & I didn’t have enough money to repair, so here I sit, humble. Humble in Christ! Now I know if someone chooses not to talk to me because of how I look, I am better off if they move on. Those who now strike up a friendship with me do so because they are a genuinely nice person. It’s like x-ray goggles to the heart :)
I am excited to put her biblical principals into action to try to make my body a more hospitable host for the Holy Spirit so that I may be able to shine His light.
Like all of us, you are looking for that somthing that you are perfect at. Prefect shape, motherhood, husband, car. They don’t work. You’ll aways fail. That’s why we need Christ.
You say that you are humble in Christ. That’s what we need because then we know that it is Christ, Him working in us. I have dieted and dieted and I am done with it! I’m going to eat right, exercise, and most of all I’m going to focus on Him. With His strength I can do it. By “it” I mean putting down my idol of wanting the perfect body and the perfect life, I just want Him.