This week's episode -

Let me ask you the same question Job's wife asked, "Do you still hold fast to your integrity?" (Job 2:9 NKJV). When the world around you becomes corrupt, do you cling to purity? When life gets tough and temptations come, do you remain firm in your principles? Do you still trust God? Will you swerve in your commitments or persist in your faith?

Honesty. Goodness. Character. Righteousness. Goodness. All of these words are connected to a much heavier word -- Integrity. What we discovered is that integrity is a matter of the heart. It doesn't deal with actions as much as it deals with the inner man.

What is it? How do you know you have it?

Where is it showing up in your life?

The last two weeks we have talked about proceeding and waiting - a hard thing that God asks us to do. When we are asked to do these things [and we all will be asked]

integrity is the foundation on which our actions take place. In the face of testing and trials, you choose whether to hold on to integrity or let it go.

Get a pen and your journal - we are going all the way in!

1. Can you think of an occasion when you unintentionally offended someone, and you were totally shocked when you heard how he or she perceived what you said or did?

2. Have you ever been offended by someone, only to find out later that the person never intended to offend you and was genuinely sorry when he or she found out how you felt about it?

3. What do you think is the most mature way a person can respond when he or she is tempted to get caught in the trap of offense? How do you think you should deal with a potential offense when someone hurts your feelings or lets you down?

You are not alone in this! Always make the choice to seek him and his guidance.

How about you? I’d love to hear what you think about this topic and how you are choosing to be unoffendable in your own life. Please feel free to leave a comment below, or to contact me directly.

One of the hardest lessons we have to face, which we try to deny, is that we are in control of so little in our lives.

Life is really one change after another. One thing that doesn't change, however, is God's truth that guides us. I'm grateful for the steady hand His Word offers when the roller coaster of life takes us on one ride after another.

Oftentimes we will receive advice to "hold on" when it is time to be safe and "let go" when things aren't good for us. Each one of those is centered around what is comfortable. Now go here, what has God asked you to hold on to? To let go of? And are you putting aside peace and hope for being comfortable?

In this episode we are on the fifth hardest thing that God asks a woman to do. What we do know is that when God asks you to do something you will walk in freedom by leaving it in His hands and trusting in His timing.

What's one thing you can let go of today?

Get that pen and paper!

God is….

When we say that God is, we must first identify who he is.

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Then, what he is to us personally. For me I would like to say that he is my everything. Saying that is a powerful statement that sums up my life. To proclaim that he is my everything is the result of him meaning nothing to me at some point in my life. That may sound harsh because it startled me as I was writing. To even think that my everything now meant nothing prior to the point of accepting Jesus (change) into my heart. It brings me to wonder how I even made it to the place of him being my everything without him meaning nothing to me before. .

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Grab your pen and paper.... let's go in.

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He is my everything because he has to power to become all I need because he is!! God is! God is! God is and will forever be my everything. He has proven himself to me in more ways than I will ever comprehend with my natural mind. I am a believer in him and his works. How about you? Have you tried him? Is he your everything? If he isn't I strongly recommend trying him for yourself. You won't be disappointed.

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Sisterfriend, neither of us are qualified to write of these things because we don't live it perfectly, but because we have tested what we speak in my own daily life for over alot of years between us. We have come to know this amazing God who keeps leaping over all my flaws and weaknesses to love me with all His heart, and I want others to know Him as they can, for their joy and for His glory.

Let's talk about it.

God Bless!

Theresa and Candis

Are you ignoring something God wants you to do out of fear of rejection or scrutiny? Ask the Lord to help you determine if and when he wants you to lead.

This week's hardest thing that God asks a woman to do is lead AND follow. When you think of being a leader, what characters come to mind? What attributes demonstrate good leadership? Do you think of yourself as these things? Well it is time Sisterfriends! In this episode we are going to look how God demonstrates being a leader and shows what it means to be a follower - at the same time .And the delicate balance of them both.

Get your pen and journal!

Questions- Have you copied what your friends said or did when it was wrong? Talk about what happened. What might help you make a better choice next time?

"Great leaders love what they do, who they do it with, and who they do it for."
― Clay Scroggins,

As a women, we wear lots of hats in which we are call to lead. We are capable people. However, we must be able to lead ourselves first- in order to fulfill what God has planned for our lives, we must submit to his way of doing things.

In Chapter 6, we are reading about God asking us to lead and follow. Understanding that not only are we called to do both, but we are equipped to do both. To try and separate them does not work as they need one another.

This week's podcast, we are going deeper in Leading- get an extra cup, We will be taking six qualities of LEADership-and discuss the importance of leading ourselves first before leading others. Growing our self-awareness is crucial to become a better leader, yet few people are self-aware-What is God REALLY asking you to do.

The "Wisdom in the Cup" this Week: "I choose to lead the hardest person first—myself. I choose to find my best self today."

"If I had to reduce the responsibilities of a good follower to a single rule, it would be to speak truth to power." — Warren Bennis

👉🏽Help leader to lead – Leaders lead, followers follow. Find ways to make the leader better in what he/she is committed to doing. Learn not to blame your leader for unpopular decision or policy; your job is to support and not undermine.

"Effective followers and effective leaders are often the same people playing different parts at different hours of the day"

👉🏽Get your cups, journal and a pen because it is time.

Discussion questions:

1. How hard is humility for you? Why?
2. What does humility look like in practice?
3. What do you personally sacrifice for the people of God?
4. How/who do you encourage?
5. Does your love fit Paul's definition of love in I Corinthians 13? Why or why not?
6. Do you have deep relationships with your fellow christians? Why or why not?

May the grace of God preserve and keep us from the lemmings.