Leisa Ress

Ornaments of Grace (eBook, ePUB)

A Mentoring Bible Study for Young Married Women

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ornaments of Grace is a Titus 2 mentoring ministry. Its name is derived from Proverbs 3:21, 22 (NIV), Preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight; they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.

The ornaments of grace curriculum is based foundationally on Titus 2:1, 35 (ESV), But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine . . . Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: WestBow Press
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781973627098
• Artikelnr.: 53219806

Autorenporträt

I was blessed to grow up in a loving Christian family, very involved in our small-town church. It was there I learned the beloved Bible stories via the highest tech medium available in the 1960s, the flannel board. My school years were filled with Christian community through family and youth group events.
In college I found myself weary from a long, unsuccessful run at salvation by works. I knew that I had been forgiven of my sin upon accepting Christ at age 10, but thought it was up to me then to maintain my salvation by self-effort. It wasnt long before busyness provided all the distraction I needed to drift from the faithobtaining my Business Administration degree, getting married, then climbing the corporate ladder in Sales and Marketing for twelve years. I knew something was missing in my life, especially contrasted to the peace and contentment I observed in my sister who had remained close to God, but I continued pursuing the accolades of my own little career god.
Becoming a mother was to heighten the dissonance between what I knew to be true and how I was living. A return to more consistent church attendance led to my searching for answers through prayer and the Word. The Holy Spirit opened my eyes to see the magnificence of the gospel of grace. He showed me how I had been forgiven of ALL my sin past, present, and future and was eternally saved. None of this was by any works I had done. It was all grace, a free gift purchased for me by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He made me see how my career had become my god. I did not yet know that this was merely one of a plurality of lesser gods with which I would do battle to this day. From that moment forward, I have not been able to get enough of the Word.
I have served in various capacities within the church Sunday school teacher, food team member, Womens Ministry Leader, Discussion Leader in Bible Study Fellowship and other womens Bible studies, MOPS Mentor Mom, and for the past 14 years, Director of the mentoring ministry.
I live in Indianapolis, Indiana, with my husband of 39 years, Fred. We have two adult children, Meredith Walton and Evan Ress. Meredith and her husband, John, have given us three beautiful grandchildren-Cate, Paul, and Claire. Evan and his lovely wife, Cassy, have given us two lovable grand dogs, Leo and Artie.