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Can you imagine the amazing wisdom available when three of today's most admired Christian women get together to share with younger women what they've learned through the journey of their lives?Kay Arthur (co-founder of Precept Ministries, renowned speaker and author), Emilie Barnes (founder of More Hours in My Day, speaker, and author), and Donna Otto (founder and president of Homemakers by Choice, author and speaker) are dear friends who have put together Youniquely Woman conferences and this helpful and insightful book to present what they most wish they'd known when they started their lives as wives, mothers, and women of God.In a warm, inviting, and conversational manner, Kay, Emilie, and Donna share how to celebrate God's unique imprint on your life by:bringing out the best in your marriage and your childrencapturing a vision for your homecreating a strong relationship with Godfinding balance in every area of your lifeand much more

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 avril 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736931991
Langue	English

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Unless otherwise indicated Scripture quotations cited by Kay Arthur and Emilie Barnes 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 )
Unless otherwise indicated Scripture quotations cited by Donna Otto are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Verses marked NIV are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION . NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Verses marked MSG are taken from The Message. Copyright by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.
Verses marked P HILLIPS are taken from J.B. Phillips: The New Testament in Modern English, Revised Edition. J.B. Phillips 1958, 1960, 1972. Used by permission of Macmillan Publishing Company.
Verses marked TLB are taken from The Living Bible, Copyright 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. All rights reserved.
Verses marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Verses marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. All rights reserved.
Italics in Scripture verses indicate author emphasis.
Harvest House Publishers has made every effort to trace the ownership of all poems and quotes. In the event of a question arising from the use of a poem or quote, we regret any error made and will be pleased to make the necessary correction in future editions of this book.
Cover by Koechel Peterson Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
YOUNIQUELY WOMAN Copyright 2008 by Kay Arthur, Emilie Barnes, and Donna Otto Published by Harvest House Publishers Eugene, Oregon 97402 www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Arthur, Kay Youniquely woman / Kay Arthur, Emilie Barnes, Donna Otto.

p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-1726-1 ISBN-10: 0-7369-1726-8 1. Christian women-Religious life. 2. Christian women-Conduct of life. I. Barnes, Emilie. II. Otto,
Donna. III. Title. BV4527.A785 2008 248.8 43-dc22 2007034934
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To the extraordinary, Younique Women who gave us courage.
Emilie: To Mama Irene, Florence Littauer, and Evelyn Friedman
Donna: To Jeannette Bakke, Sylvia Bjork, Trish Crace, didi Foss, Mardel, Luster, Marie Petersen, Pauline Robinson, Allyne Rubel, and Mildred Van Liew
Kay: To each and every one of you who came to our Youniquely Woman Finishing Schools. You were superlative students, and we re so proud of you!

Kay, Emilie, and Donna
Acknowledgments
When three strong solo voices sing together in a book like this, you either end up with harmony or noise. As we worked together on this amazing project, we found wonderful chemistry and fun together. We hope that s harmony. Kay sings with her characteristic prophetic, scriptural soprano while Emilie and Donna add the practical and helpful melody of encouragement. It works because we are sisters in faith with a zeal to tell women about God s faithfulness in our lives and what it takes to be youniquely woman.
Of course we had a great team of accompanists. Our heartfelt thanks go to Bob Hawkins Jr., who first saw the vision of Youniquely Woman and faithfully carried it through. He is the one who heard the music. We also thank Carolyn McCready and LaRae Weikert of Harvest House who conducted us creatively through the project as only gifted sisters in Christ can.
We d also like to acknowledge those who were instrumental in helping to execute our vision for the Youniquely Woman conferences:
To Kim Rock and her team at PMI who gave their all in organizing, co-coordinating, and hostessing our Youniquely Woman events. And to the team who daily discipled the women who came to the Youniquely Woman events, teaching them how to discover Truth for themselves and then teach it to their children: Tommye Hammel, Beverly Mealor, Gloria James, Jan Priddy, BJ Lawson, and Janna Arndt. And to the HBC staff for your work in helping to create the Youniquely Woman curriculum.
And finally, if there is truly harmony here, it is due to the labors of our wonderful friend and editor, Larry Libby. Thank you, Larry, for helping our voices come together.
Listen to the music.
Contents
1. Living Intentionally
A Goal and a Legacy- Kay
The Uncommon Path- Donna
2. A Vision for Home
Holy Ground- Donna
A Pattern for Success- Kay
A Spirit of Welcome- Emilie
3. Modeling a Balanced Life
7 Subtle Time Traps- Donna
Me, Get Organized?- Emilie
Reaching Out with Love- Emilie
4. Building a Marriage Without Regrets
Relating to Superman- Emilie
Younique Helper- Kay
5. Parenting with Purpose
The Art of Motherhood- Donna
Children!- Kay
6. Nurturing Your Spiritual Life
Making Time for Prayer- Donna
Attaching Your Children to God s Word- Kay
Ask, Seek, Knock and Never Stop!- Emilie
7. If We Could Do It All Again
I Would Trust God More- Emilie
I Would Be More Purposeful as a Parent- Kay
I Would Spend More Time with My Children- Emilie
I Would Treasure God s Word More- Donna
I Would Slow Down- Kay
8. Continuing the Adventure
Never Stop Growing- Donna
A Spirit of Loveliness- Emilie
Unless the L ORD Builds the House - Kay
Young Woman, Come Home
An Urgent Appeal- Kay
Notes
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Contact Emilie Barnes
One Living Intentionally
A Goal and a Legacy Kay
Knowing what I know now Have you heard older people talk like that? Knowing what I know now
I would have done things better
I would have grabbed that opportunity
I would have reacted differently
I would have run from that place as fast as I could
I would have stayed in school
I would have married someone else
I would have been more patient and kind
I would have spent more time with my son my daughter.
Certainly there are many things I would like to do over and years I d like to live over:
I would shun those destructive paths I allowed myself to walk.
I would hold my tongue and not speak those unloving words.
I would guard my thoughts and rein in my dreams.
I wouldn t have divorced my husband.
I would have asked my sons how they were feeling and focused more on them than on trying to find a husband.
I ve often thought I would write a book and title it Hindsights for Insight. But that s life, isn t it, dear one? Once the days and hours and moments have slipped through our fingers, we can t go back and alter anything-as much as we long to do that. All the wishing, wanting, and daydreaming in the world can t change that fact. We can t do anything about then, but we can do something about now.
From Donna
Abraham was the father/ leader of the Hebrew family/ nation. He helped God change history. Is God calling you to be the Abraham of your family by implementing changes in the present that will positively impact the future for your family?
That s why Donna, Emilie, and I put together our Youniquely Woman events, and that s why we ve written this book. We can t return to those years of young womanhood. We can t recapture those seasons when we were young wives and mothers with little ones. But God is so good, so kind, that He s given us this opportunity to share with you what we ve learned (sometimes through hard experience) and what we would do differently. In other words, the book you hold in your hands can literally save you from years of regret.
Actually, it s even more personal for me.
I ve always wanted a daughter. Now, I love my sons and wouldn t trade them for anything. But I ve always longed for the joy and companionship of a daughter, for the privilege of discipling a daughter to become a godly woman. And now I have that opportunity with you! (Thank You, Lord, for Your incredible kindness!)
I was something of a free-spirited woman who can, as the expression goes, fly by the seat of her pants. I could and I did but I wish I hadn t. A divorced mother of two sons and longing for love, I fell into immorality. But then I was gloriously saved by Jesus Christ at age 29. Eventually I remarried after my first husband committed suicide. And now that I am an older woman (with a young woman trapped inside my body!), I wish I d been far more intentional as a wife, mother, and grandmother.
I m deliberately using the word intentional. It s not a word you see very often. When I speak of living in an intentional way, I mean living on purpose. Living a life directed by goals and principles and precepts so I will get the most out of life and have few regrets in the years to come. And that s what this book is all about.
God has taught the three of us-Donna, Emilie, and me- much from His Word through the years. Yes, we ve experienced heartache and tribulation in our lives, just as Jesus told us clearly we would. At times the hurt has run deep, but His grace has been lavish altogether sufficient-no, beyond sufficient extravagant! How I love the words of the apostle Peter:
His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the t