Miss you all...

[Asha Brewer]

Good Morning DEX Sisters!!!

(Whoah, it's been a while since I've started an email like that. 😊). I was reading some Scriptures this morning and it once again dawned on me that we have not shared in a while! I think the Facebook group was a great idea. However, like all social media it seems, sometimes the updates become just another "notification." We can keep the group for updates and notices and other fun stuff, but I'm thinking we gain more intimacy and authenticity when we share our stories and devotions on the email group. What do you think?

I also wanted to see what everyone's thoughts are on restructuring the group to make it easier for us to share with one another. Remember, it's not about taxing you do to something extra on top of your busy schedule. It's about learning and growing together collectively as women as we also learn and grow individually in Christ. What are some ways we could still do that with our group, without biting into folks' tight schedules?

I also was thinking of sharing a DEX Live soon. Those are always so encouraging. Maybe an October DEX Live to celebrate our 2nd birthday?! October 10, 17, or 24th at 7am EST look good on my end. You?

And lastly...here's a devo.... :)

Devo- Instinctively and Intentionally developing my relationship with God, what's the difference?

read John 6:35, KJV:

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to

me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

So what this is saying,

If you COME ---> NO hunger

If you BELIEVE ---> NO thirst

Isn’t this kinda of backwards though? Usually you believe in something before you move definitively towards it. You believe that your mom is home,  so you go over. You believe your friend is available, so you call. Right?

The way I see this verse is that it basically has you reacting before you decide. You are making moves without having already resolved in your head that’s the action you are going to take. So being with Jesus (the come) should be instinctive, and I reinforce this by believing, which is intentional. In order to continue feeding off of Him, I have to continually go towards Him. (Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh unto you. Jame 4:8).

Taking this concept even further, you eat bread when you are hungry. You drink

water when you are thirsty. Right? However, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but

on every word that comes out of the mouth of God,” Matthew 4:4 (paraphrased).

So with that being said, we know that if you don’t eat, you’ll starve. But if you don’t

drink, you’ll die. It so much more important that you stay hydrated. Keep cultivating

that belief. Keep being intentional about that relationship with God. Keep yourself

hydrated.

And we also know, that eating makes us thirsty. So just by coming to Him,

instinctively, it drives forward our intent. It makes us want to believe in Him more.

It substantiates our belief. Instinct is a soap box on which to prop our intent. Some

things “just happen” in our relationship with God. They our out of our control, and

we aren’t the orchestrators of it. That’s said in Matthew 22:14, paraphrased, “Many

are invited, but few are chosen.” God picked me. He gave me the instinct to “come.”

Then I must back that up with belief. Then right on the fringes of belief are the things

I cannot understand or see. This is when God yet again beckons me to come. Then

in that are reinforcements to my belief or increased areas of belief. Then the fringes,

then the beckon, then the fringes, and it keeps repeating. He wills me to come. My

job is to believe.

	Dr. Asha & Temple Fit Health Organization Speaker, Writer, Radio Personality Director- Temple Fit Health, LLC Phone: 850-510-4292 Email: d...@doctorasha.com Website: www.doctorasha.com
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