H2H August

AUGUST 2022

One of the initiatives of Heart 2 Heart Ministries is “Just Think…
identified as Called 2 Influence. This is the equipping you’re not here by chance but by God’s choosing.
piece that would include zoom connecting
conversations, book studies, bible studies, face-to-face His hand formed you and made you
ministry opportunities, etc. the person you are.

This effort continues to expand as we introduce He compares you to no one else.
additional ministry opportunities for the purpose of You are one of a kind.
spiritual transformation. In being formed, conformed,
and transformed into God’s image, we become YOU LACK NOTHING
women of influence who reflect His character to those that His grace can’t give you.
around us. He has allowed you to be here at this time in history
to fulfill His special purpose
The clock of life is ticking. Are we investing in things FOR THIS GENERATION.”
of lasting significance or worthless pursuits? Linda
McGinn Waterman in Investing Your Life in Things That - Roy Lessin
Matter states, “Since we want our life investment to last for
eternity, we must ask ourselves what, in all that we do each day, Roy Lessin penned this message on a birthday card.
will transcend time into eternity? What lasts for eternity? There over 25 years ago as founder of DaySpring Cards.
are only two things. The Word of God hidden in our hearts and His vision, along with three other Christian men,
the people (who possess eternal life in Jesus Christ) that go to
heaven with us.” was to make Christ known through
the printed message.
Let’s invest our lives in things that matter by investing
time in His Word, better equipped to invest into the The Scripture that “Just Think” message
lives of others. Wherever God has positioned you, this was based upon is Acts 13:36:
is where you are called to influence. Influence in a way
that reflects the leadership of Jesus Christ.—Brenda “For David ...served his own generation by the will of God...”

Called to Influence began while serving the pastors wives In Celebration of Discipline, Leo Tolstoy writes: “Everybody
in Kentucky as a 12-month study focused on thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing
fundamentals for Christian maturity, laying a himself.” As discussed on our Monday evening zoom
foundation for personal growth, spiritually, mentally, call, spiritual formation begins with the inward
physically, and emotionally. disciplines of meditation and prayer. “Let the words of my
mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight,
Each month we read a different book and gathered O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer” (Psalm 19:14).
face-to-face for discussion. One of those books was
Celebration of Discipline, perhaps the most convicting 1. Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression
book I’ve ever read regarding spiritual disciplines: that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a
hypocrite?
INWARD DISCIPLINES
Meditation, Prayer, Fasting, Study 2. Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?
3. Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me
OUTWARD DISCIPLINES
Simplicity, Solitude, Submission, Service in confidence?
4. Can I be trusted?
CORPORATE DISCIPLINES 5. Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?
Confession, Worship, Guidance, Celebration 6. Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?
7. Did the Bible live in me today?
While reading this book, I was introduced to John 8. Do I give it time to speak to me every day?
Wesley’s Holy Club. In 1729, while John Wesley was a 9. Am I enjoying prayer?
student at Oxford, he started a club with his brother 10. When did I last speak to someone else about my faith?
Charles. It was soon mockingly dubbed “The Holy Club”
by fellow collegians. The club members rigorously self- Continued on page 3
examined themselves everyday by asking 22 questions.
John would journal his response to these questions on
a daily basis. After reviewing the Holy Club 22
questions, I thought it might be good to pass these
along to you.

Pause and reflect on each question honestly, then
invite God to reveal anything in your life that He might
need to address. I invite you to do so only after having
taken an inventory of my own life.

11. Do I pray about the money I spend? LINNETTE CHRISTIAN
for the hours you invested in serving the
12. Do I get to bed on time and get up on time? 101 International Assembly in the Mission Closet
unloading, sorting, distributing and hosting
13. Do I disobey God in anything?
missionaries from around the globe.
14. Do I insist upon doing something about which my You have a beautiful servant-heart!
conscience is uneasy?
ANNETTE MIRELEZ
15. Am I defeated in any part of my life? for exercising your teaching gift by facilitating the
upcoming Bible study for Florida pastors wives!
16. Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable,
touchy or distrustful? LILLIETH DOUGLAS
Who received the Music Humanitarian Award
17. How do I spend my spare time?
at the July Gospel Train Award Show
18. Am I proud? Hosted by The Gospel Train Radio Network.
Continue to use your gifts and vocal abilities to
19. Do I thank God that I am not as other
people, especially as the Pharisees who impact the kingdom of God.
despised the publican?
If you have not submitted your son/daughter’s name
20. Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, and a preferred email address for the PKs for PKs
disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward leadership team to communicate with them, please
or disregard? If so, what am I doing about provide this information to Brenda Gillum.
it? Courtesy Reminder: ZOOM Back to School Bash,
Saturday, August 6, 6 PM
21. Do I grumble or complain constantly?

22. Is Christ real to me?

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know
my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting” (Ps. 139:23-24).

In the 2022 Pastors Wives Survey there was a notable Why is it so important for women to stay in their own
position of leadership? Notice, Satan has attacked
interest in an online Bible study. You spoke….we’re woman’s position from the very beginning in Genesis.
responding. We invite you to join an online Bible Why? What is so special and powerful about a
woman’s position? As women, we tend to walk one of
study facilitated by Annette two ways: silent and compliant, or loud and
Mirelez beginning in September. contemptuous. But what if there was another option?

Annette writes: Now, more than ever before, I see the I invite you to join me in a study of the book of
hand of God bringing an awareness of the gifted-ness Genesis. Together, we will do a case study in
of women. He is opening numerous avenues for us leadership with a few of these women and their men:
to lead in strong and noticeable ways. Culture tells us Adam and Eve, Abraham, Sarah and Hagar, and
to be strong and independent, celebrate yourself, it’s Isaac and Rebecca, to name a few.
all about you, look at me, here I am.

Paul tells us in Ephesians 4:1, “I therefore, the
prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk
worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.”
We have been designed and positioned by God’s plan

to be a woman. But what if there is more to our
calling than simply being ‘submitted’? (I don’t know

about you, but this can totally frustrate me!) What if
it also includes dominion? Are we truly submitted to

God’s perfect plan if we fail to also exercise
dominion: singular headship, plural leadership?

A discussion guide as well as a
verbal teaching link will be provided

prior to each weekly
Zoom discussion.

Together, let’s walk into our destiny!