Outline for 'In Pursuit of the Virtuous Woman'

Outline for~ In Pursuit of the Virtuous Woman

Note: This book will be taken down by Dec. 7, 2014. This book is now available as an E-book at http://bookstore.westbowpress.com/ for $3.99 USD

Introduction

What does the word 'virtuous' mean?
How this book works

Proverbs 31:10
Good example: Ruth (Ruth 3:11)
Bad example: Jezebel (I Kings 16:31; 18:4-19; 19:1-2; 2 Kings 9:7-37; Rev. 2:20)
Application

Proverbs 31:11-12
Good example: Abigail (I Sam. 25:3-42; 27:3; 30:5; 2 Sam. 2:2; 17:25)
Bad example: Eve (Gen. 3:1-24)
Application

Proverbs 31:13
Good example: Hannah (I Sam. 2:19)
Bad example: Potiphar's wife (Gen. 39:7-20)
Application

Proverbs 31:14
Good example: Naomi (Ruth 1:6-7)
Bad example: Rachel (Gen. 3:1-24)
Application

Proverbs 31:15
Good example: Abigail (I Sam. 25:41)
Bad example: Sarah (Gen. 16:1-6)
Application

Proverbs 31:16
Good example: Bride of Solomon  (Song of Solomon 1:5-6)
Bad example: Jezebel (I kings 16:31, 18:4-19, 19:5-25, 2 Kings 9:7-37; Rev. 2:20)
Application

Proverbs 32:17-18
Good example: Daughters of Shallum (Neh. 2:18)
Bad example: Delilah (Judges16)
Application

Proverbs 31:19-20
Good example: Dorcus (Acts 9:6-42)
Bad example: Women who lived in the hill of Samaria (Amos 4:1 NIV)
Application

Proverbs 31:21-22
Good example: Esther(Esther 1:5-3:14)
Bad example: Zeresh (Esther 5:9-14:7:9-10)

Proverbs 31:23
Good example: Ruth ( Ruth 4:1-13,:Mat. 1:5)
Bad example: Lot's wife (Gen. 19:12-26)
Application

Proverbs 31:24-25
Good example: Lydia (Acts 16:11-15, 40)
Bad example: Priscilla (Acts 5:1-11)
Application

Proverbs 31:26
Good example: Eunice & Lois (Timothy's Grandma and Mother (2 Tim. 1:5)
Bad example: Job's wife (Job 2:9, 9:11)
Application

Proverbs 31:27
Good example: Martha (Luke 10:38-42; John 11:1-43, 12:1-2)
Bad example: Herodias (Mat. 5:6, 24; 6:17-22)
Application

Proverbs 31:28-29
Good example: Mary, Mother of Jesus (Luke 1:16, 18, 20; 2:11; 13:55; 27:61; 28:1: Mark 6:3, 15:40)
Bad example: Gomer (Hosea 1:2-3; 2:1-5)
Application

Proverbs 31: 30-31
Good example: Rahab (Josh. 2:1,3:6:17, 23, 25, Ps. 87:4: 89:10: I Sam. 10:2: Ruth 4:1: Is. 51:9;
                          Heb. 11:31; James 2:25
Bad example: Athaliah (2 Chron. 22:10-23:21)
Application

I am back

Hi!

After months of illness, I am BACK!
Sorry for the delay. I will NOW start posting 'In Pursuit of the Virtuous Woman'.
Thanks for your patience!

Toni

Sorry for the delay

Hi!  I am sorry for the delay on the posting of "In Pursuit of the Virtuous Woman". My health has prevented my doing so. I promise I will post it when I see the other side of this illness.

God bless you!

Toni

2013, A NEW YEAR'S POEM FOR THEE

It's a week before new year's eve,
And we are staring at 2013,
And we wonder what it will be?

It's like a great big book,
So let's take a look,
Because we wonder what will be?

It's full of empty pages,
Like we haven't seen in ages,
And we wonder what will be there for me?

What will we write on those virgin pages,
Great works or sinful blotches?
I think that it is up to me.

But let the Creator,
And even the Savior,
help you decide what it should be.

But as for me,
I'm waiting to see,
What God will write for me?

What will the message be
For 2013,
According to me?

Whatever it be,
In 2013,
Let's make them spiritually thirsty!

Mat. 5:6, 13

changes in the New Year

It has been a few months since I have written anything on here. Next year, I plan to start posting my books on here. Keep your eyes open for my first book, "In Pursuit of the Virtuous Woman". Coming January 2013!

Toni Kratochvil

What type of leader are you?

"Jesus said...You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whosoever desires to become great among you, let him be you servant. And whosoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave- just as the Son of Man come to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
                                                                                                                       (Mat. 20:25-27)

"So when he had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said, "Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me  teacher and Lord...so I am. If I then ...have washed your feet, you ought to wash each others feet...I have given you an example...that you should do as I have done to you...I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. ...blessed are you if you do them" (John 13:12-17).



Washing the feet of others was a servant's job in the New Testament, and for good reason. People back them wore sandals and walked on dusty, dirty, dug filled roads. One of the customs of the area was to have a servant wash the feet of people when they came to visit. Jesus had tried to teach his deciples about serving others, and they had not understood(Mat. 20:25-27). So he choose to gave them the perfect picture of what servanthood looked like by washing their feet(John 13:25-27). In doing so, he also gave us an example of how a leader should act.

Why do we become leaders at work or in ministry? Is it so others can look up to us and serve us? Or is it so that we can show others love by serving them? Jesus told us that we should serve others. If we want him to be pleased with us we need to do just that.

But how? You ask. Let's look at a play to understand this better. Putting on a play takes many people to do. Yes, there are the actors and actoreses that we see on the stage. But there are many people behind the scenes that are important too.

 Here is a list of them...

 The person who wrote the songs and play
The director
The one who teaches the dances to those in the play
 Those who put together and painted the set
The people who made the costumes
The light and sound people
Those who promotes the play
Those who made and printed the tickets
The people who did the hair and makeup 
The ticket sellers
And those who buy and attend the play

Now you will have to admit that a play would not be the best, if you didn't have these people all doing their jobs. As with a play, a ministry needs many people with different talents and skills doing what they are called to do, otherwise, it will not be as affective as it could be. WE need to all do our job, even if it is a job that no one sees you doing, like writing something that can be used of God  or directing a ministry. Do all that you do to the glory of God.

God uses our brokenness

     A couple of weeks ago, I was ordained as a minister. The part that I was looking forward to the most was the anointing part. This was not your normal anointing where you just put a little oil on the head, but the Arron the priest type, where you pour lots of oil onto the head and let it run down over the body (Ps. 133:2). The plan was for a gallon of oil to be poured into a metal vase, we bought for this purpose, and have the pastor pour it over my head. but when the time came to fill the vase, we quickly realized that the vase had leaks in the bottom of it. but the Pastor was quick on his feet and had my Mother and sister hold the vase over my head as my Father poured the oil into the vase, while the pastor laid hands on my head and prayed for me. It was the perfect picture of how God the Father used Christ's broken body to cover me and make me worthy to serve him. Then the pastor took the oil that had gotten on his hands from my anointing and took the hands of two ladies that would be serving God with me and prayed with them. Showing how they would be blessed through my brokenness and anointing.

     We often do not realize that God can use our brokenness to serve and minister to others. To us, this makes no sense. But Paul said, "God has chosen the foolish things of this world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of this world to shame the things which are mighty"(I Cor. 1:27). Why? God knows that if someone is struggling with a certain problem such as a drug addiction that someone who has been there and been helped by Christ is the best person to help them deal with it. That is why Paul said,"To the weak, I became weak that I might win the weak...This I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you"(I Cor. 9:22-23).

     So you see, through our brokenness and testimony of how God has brought us through that we can help others. So don't hide your testimony, but use it and your brokenness to the glory of God (I Cor.1: 31).