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Now updated with an exciting, practical study guide and a new cover--one of bestselling author Elizabeth George's popular titles, with over 200,000 copies sold."Every woman would love to replace a life of survival with a life of meaningful accomplishment," says Elizabeth. In A Woman's High Calling, she helps readers to eliminate the clutter and chaos of everyday life and focus on the few things God considers truly essential. And they're spelled out in Titus 2:3-5, where God shines the spotlight on...wisdompuritywholesome speechpersonal disciplinelove of husbandgoodness of heartlove of childrenChristlike conductministry to other womenlove of homeThere's no higher calling for women than making God's priorities their own. Readers will be eager to simplify their lives, adopt God's essentials, and pass them on by mentoring other women. With the now-included study guide, they'll realize immediate results.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 février 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736941044
Langue	English

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This book belongs to
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a woman with a high calling from God.
A W oman s High Calling
Elizabeth George

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Verses marked NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. ( www.Lockman.org )
Verses marked KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
Verses marked RSV are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Copyright 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission.
Italics in Scripture quotations indicate author s emphasis.
Cover by Dugan Design Group, Bloomington, Minnesota
Cover photo Neo Vision / amana images / Getty Images
Acknowledgments
As always, thank you to my dear husband, Jim George, MDiv, ThM, for your able assistance, guidance, suggestions, and loving encouragement on this project.
A WOMAN S HIGH CALLING
Copyright 2001, 2011 by Elizabeth George Published 2011 by Harvest House Publishers Eugene, Oregon 97402 www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
George, Elizabeth
A woman s high calling / Elizabeth George.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-7369-3027-7
1. Christian women-Religious life. I. Title.
BV4527 .G465 2001
248.8 43-dc21
2001024086
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
A Prayer for Godly Living
Character Quality 1-Godliness
Chapter One-A Woman s Calling to Godliness
Chapter Two-Godliness-A Trait of Godly Living
Character Quality 2-Godly Speech
Chapter Three-A Woman s Calling to Godly Speech
Chapter Four-Godly Speech-A Trait of Godly Living
Character Quality 3-Personal Discipline
Chapter Five-A Woman s Calling to Personal Discipline
Chapter Six-Personal Discipline-A Trait of Godly Living
Character Quality 4-Encouraging Others
Chapter Seven-A Woman s Calling to Encourage Others
Chapter Eight-Encouraging Others-A Trait of Godly Living
Character Quality 5-Loving Your Husband
Chapter Nine-A Woman s Calling to Her Marriage
Chapter Ten-Loving Your Husband-A Trait of Godly Living
Character Quality 6-Loving Your Family
Chapter Eleven-A Woman s Calling to Her Family
Chapter Twelve-Loving Your Family-A Trait of Godly Living
Character Quality 7-Wisdom
Chapter Thirteen-A Woman s Calling to Wisdom
Chapter Fourteen-Wisdom-A Trait of Godly Living
Character Quality 8-Purity
Chapter Fifteen-A Woman s Calling to Purity
Chapter Sixteen-Purity-A Trait of Godly Living
Character Quality 9-Homemaking
Chapter Seventeen-A Woman s Calling to Her Home
Chapter Eighteen-Homemaking-A Trait of Godly Living
Character Quality 10-Goodness
Chapter Nineteen-A Woman s Calling to Goodness
Chapter Twenty-Goodness-A Trait of Godly Living
Study Guide
Bibliography
Notes
Personal Notes
An Exciting Six-Part DVD Study with Elizabeth George
A Woman After God s Own Heart
A Woman After God s Own Heart Bible Studies
Books by Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George
A Prayer for Godly Living
L ord, help me to be a godly woman!
I was hearing it again. It was Wednesday night, Bible study night. And scattered throughout the downstairs of our home were small groups of college students praying. It was my practice each week to slip in and out of the women s groups to hear their hearts at prayer, to sort of keep my finger on their spiritual pulses. And, sure enough, time after time, I d hear this heartfelt prayer from woman after woman: Lord, help me to be a godly woman!
And always, upon hearing those young women s plea, my mind would wander back to my own heartfelt prayers and impassioned pleas to God over the decades as I, too, had prayed, Lord, help me to be a godly woman! I had prayed these words often-daily! and still do. My heart yearns to approach this high calling every day.
But I ve also learned a large lesson about that plea-it s vague. Yes, it s a most worthy prayer but it is vague. Therefore over the years I ve begun not only to pray to be a godly woman but also to ask, What does a godly woman do? How does she act? What is it about her that marks her out as a godly woman?
With these questions to direct me, I set out several decades ago to find out what God desires from and for me. And that, dear reader, is what this book is all about. It s about what I call the pink passages in the Bible, which spell out God s high calling for us as His women. You see, I try to always read my Bible with a pink marker in hand. Then, when I hit a passage that has to do with women-the women of the Bible, the role of women in the Bible, the qualities and behaviors that God mentions regarding women-I highlight it. They teach us about God s high calling, and invite us to seek it and pursue it.
This book is about ten such qualities, all found in Titus 2:3-5. A better understanding of these magnificent traits will help you develop a good set of worthwhile lifetime goals and move toward fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming God s kind of woman. Enjoy!
Character Quality 1 -
Godliness
the older women [are to] be reverent in behavior
-T ITUS 2:3
How are we to live our lives as women with a high calling? Our calling is to godly behavior, to sacred behavior, to holy behavior. Our conduct must complement our high calling in Christ.
Can you fathom any higher calling than godliness? Any more important essential for godly living? Can you imagine any more wonderful way to spend your life and your time and your days and your moments than to spend them in the Lord, immersed in Him, looking to Him, desiring Him and the riches (and the richness!) of His grace above all that this poor world offers? You and I are above all others most blessed to possess such a glorious calling!
Chapter One
A Woman s Calling to Godliness
W hat a treat I savored one spring when I traveled with my husband Jim to England to attend our church s European missions conference! I had heard about the quaintness and the oldeness of England before, but now I had a God-given opportunity to taste it for myself.
One particular day turned out to be life-changing for me. You see, our host arranged an outing for our group to the legendary Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England. The area of Kent has a rich Christian history, dating back to the days of Saint Augustine ( A.D . 597), and the Canterbury Cathedral there is heralded as one of the finest ecclesiastical structures in England. I ve never seen anything so magnificent!
Anyway, while Jim and I were walking through the 80-foot-high stone porticos of the cathedral and sitting in its centuries-old pews in order to take in the lofty archways, towering columns, and ornate ceilings, we became quietly aware of the clergy who tended to the church and the people who worshiped there. They moved about silently-so silently that we were never distracted. They moved reverently-never for a second forgetting that they were in a place of worship. They spoke little, if at all, and always in quiet tones. One could almost sense their awareness that they were in the presence of God.
The already ethereal ambiance was further heightened by the sounds of a women s choir in rehearsal. Their voices and the strains of their hymns literally soared upward (and without the aid of a man-made audio system!) to the heights of the nave and then drifted down again, filling the 522-foot length of the cathedral with an inescapable sweetness. The women, singing without accompaniment as they practiced for the Evensong Service to be held later that day, were nowhere in sight. In fact, we had to go searching for them. Peering through an iron gate, we caught a mere glimpse of them, all dressed alike in black skirts and white blouses, standing behind the aged wooden railings that marked out the choir loft, singing in unison to the Lord, quite oblivious to the many who sought to get a peek at them.
Everything about our visit to the Canterbury Cathedral was spiritually uplifting! Why? Well, certainly the majestic architecture contributed to our experience. But, more than the place, the people who reverently served and worshiped there inspired the same in us. Suddenly we found ourselves whispering. Why? They were quiet therefore we were quiet. Without our noticing, our breakneck tourist pace slowed to a stroll. Why? Because they were moving silently, reverently, worshipfully (if there is such a word) therefore we did too. One couldn t help but pray in such a place. Again, why? Because the church attendants and choir seemed to be absorbed in worship and in the God they served therefore we were too.
All this reminded both Jim and me that we were not in a museum or a well-preserved architectural model. No. As I said, we were in a place of worship. And somehow, the reverential behavior of others brought to us a fresh awareness of God s presence. We ll never forget that wonderful spring afternoon in England.
God s High Calling to Godliness
Are you wondering how touring a church in beautiful England relates to you and me and our high calling as women? Quite simply, that experience provided an opportunity to see and experience firsthand (and to share with you) the kind of conduct God has in mind for us as His women. As we step into our study of God s high ca