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Women encouraged to ‘pour themselves out’ in service to God

February 23, 2015

LBC & SBC News By Holly Jo Linzay, Regional Reporter “For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.” II Timothy 4:6b-7 PINEVILLE – God is calling us to live sacrificially and to pour ourselves out in service to Him. “There is nothing more exciting than to be poured out for God. There is nothing better than to be in the center of God’s will,” Jaye Martin, the keynote speaker, told the women gathered at the Kaleidoscope conference. More than 270 women were challenged to pour themselves out in service to God at the Kaleidoscope conference Feb. 7 at First Baptist Church in Pineville. In order to be “poured out” for the Lord, Martin said, “We must give ourselves in service and sacrifice. But God only uses a clean vessel.” Kaleidoscope is a Cooperative Program-fueled event sponsored by the Louisiana Baptist Convention Women’s Missions & Ministry. During the day-long conference, Martin, president of Jaye Martin Ministries in Houston, referenced how Paul was pouring out his life for Christ in his writings to Timothy in II Timothy chapter 4. “A missing element in … [Read more...]

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