B 90 Days SOAP: Enlarging MomsToolbox’s territory

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Day 29 of the Bible in 90 Days

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.”

Observation from all of today’s reading: God cares about the details and every single one of His children. Why else would so much care be taken to list all of these genealogies?

Observation on this verse in particular: Jabez asked the Lord for his blessing in enlarging his territory and keep him free from pain, and the Lord did bless him.

Application: Earlier this week one of the B90 readers sent a very kind note with a prayer that the Lord would enlarge my Bible in 90 Days territory. I was really moved by that and then, today, that verse was in our reading.

Her note made me think about what is happening with me and MomsToolbox.

MomsToolbox’s territory was certainly enlarged by the Bible in 90 Days promotion. When I launched the promotion, I hoped to have 20 or so readers reading the Bible along with me. Now I could safely guess there are 10 times that amount. It has been exciting. It has been a bit overwhelming and, I have to admit, it has been nice for my ego. And that’s where I need to go back and remember what my goals are.

I would love for God to enlarge my territory– but I want it to be for the right reasons. I want the Lord to use me to further His kingdom, I really do. When I launched this blog I had little idea of where I would go with it. When I bought the domain name eight years ago I just wanted to share mom tips, with maybe a little bit of spirituality in there.

Now, I want God to be my beacon and show me the way.

I need His help to keep me from getting distracted and thinking of how to grow MomsToolbox for growth’s sake and my ego, instead of focusing on serving Him only with my content and promotion. He’ll grow me where and how He wants to. I just need to seek His direction and follow it.

Prayer: Lord, enlarge my territory for you. Give me discernment and keep me from being distracted. You know why you gave me a gift of writing. Help me to use it for you and not selfish gain. Stop me when I begin to stray. Help me to remember this post and my many conversations with you about this.

Guide me in evaluating the motivation behind every post, every tweet and every action associated with MomsToolbox that they might all be honoring to you.

Guide me in serving you, my husband and my family before I move on and write about anything else just for fun. And please guide me in keeping even those posts honoring.

Please, Lord, enlarge my territory for you alone. And thank you so much for the honor of being used by you. It has been wildly exciting!

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8 responses to “B 90 Days SOAP: Enlarging MomsToolbox’s territory”

  1. Dianne Rigdon Avatar
    Dianne Rigdon

    AND….the minute I left this site and went to check my email, there waiting is today’s verse from Bible Gateway:

    “Psalm 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.”

    Perfect.

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  2. Dianne Rigdon Avatar
    Dianne Rigdon

    “God cares about the details and every single one of His children. Why else would so much care be taken to list all of these genealogies?”

    This comment really meant so much to me. I often feel like my weak contributions will be lost in the bigger picture and it can be discouraging. Not for my own boasting but just it adds special purpose to remember that even if everyone else forgets, God remembers and counts every little thing. KWIM? And He loves and honors each and every person listed in this section and even though it’s hard, we should read it with respect and love for each God-created individual mentioned and imagine that it is us and our children he is remembering and how it will feel to hear our names called someday…..

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    Anonymous

    1 Chronicals 6:33 and 9:32 spoke to this musician’s heart!

    http://journey2authenticity.blogspot.com/2011/08/b90days-day-29-music-ministry-high.html

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  6. Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman Avatar
    Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman

    I find myself having to remember almost everyday to examine even good things to see if they’re direction (from the Holy Spirit) or distraction (from the things I’m really supposed to be doing).
    .-= Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman´s last blog ..Thrifty Thursday–Decorative Bottom Springform Pan =-.

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  7. Kathleen Avatar
    Kathleen

    I found today’s reading to be so confusing! I could not follow the geneology lines at all, and wondered if I am missing some little key. The example of Jabez is what I am talking about…..he seems to be stuck right in the middle of a long geneology, but when I went back and read the previous verses, I could not find where Jabez was the father or son of anyone. So why was that verse, as wonderful as it was, right in the middle of a geneology to which he has no connection? Definitely makes me want to go back and study it.

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  8. Celee Avatar
    Celee

    What a wonderful reason for us to all come together! It’s great to have the accountability of other bloggers to keep me faithful. I finally updated my 90 day challenge. I only do it every week or two, but I’m loving it!
    .-= Celee´s last blog ..90 Day Bible Update- weeks 3-4 =-.

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