Just finished “Day 3″ of my Christmas Prep Plan. 22 days until Christmas. Check your progress @ http://bit.ly/vUdc6m #Christmas #Plan

New blogpost: My 5 Fav Christmas Songs for 2011. What are yours? Do tell!! www.MarnieSwedberg.com

Awoke to God’s gentle whisper in the shape of fluffy falling snow. Beautiful!

Planning the Christmas Party for our staff at Soulutions and M&K. We love them so much and are so very, very grateful! Parties are fun!

Deal of the Week ends tonight at midnight. http://bit.ly/vm3czK. Don’t miss it!

Christmas Prep: Day 2. Finalize Christmas Gift List & Budget. Tap into all 25 Days at http://bit.ly/vUdc6m. Flexible, efficient & fun!

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Marnie

Dare Christians Trust Facebook?

Yesterday I released the link to my latest article:
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Blogs – Some Serious Time & Money Saving Strategies for Writers & Others with Large Groups. You may read the entire article HERE.

One of the comments back was….

“Do you know if you can really trust Face-Book? Because there are many Antichrists already in the world that would love to destroy the church by knowing where their members are located and who they are.”

This is SUCH a good question! Here is my reply:

There are definitely places in the world that I would NOT recommend taking out a Social Networking account at which you posted your position of faith: Many Christians in the 10/40 window would be waving an unnecessary “red flag”.

However, in the US we are not yet at that point.

Years ago I “fought” my way through the fear of becoming a well-known person — someone that would be EASY for godless people to persecute and even “make an example of”, if they chose.

Eventually, God brought me to a place of peace and trust, even if, like Stephen, that means death for His sake.

Besides, I think that the government already has all my statements of charitable giving and to which organizations — so, anyone with access to that would currently have enough evidence to condemn me of being a proponent of Christianity.

The one thing we want to do is follow Jesus – where ever He leads — even if it’s into the lion’s den.

BUT…. if God IS NOT leading us somewhere and we push our way through, that is just plain foolish! God spare us from such a fate!

Need Skits for Your WM?

Josephine Flicker of the Townsend Community Church Women’s Ministry writes…

“I am looking for a website or information to find good Christian Women’s Ministry short skits and plays that are either free or not very expensive to purchase. Do you have info about this?”

For sure!! My all-time favorite is: http://www.dramatix.org/. I can ALWAYS find a good skit at this site.

By the way, if you need similar sites for games or crafts, check out the Christian Women’s Directory.

And, thanks for asking! Marnie

Jesus’ Pearl: The Opportunity to Obey God!

I received this awesome reminder in my email bin this AM and wanted to pass it along to you!

My sister wrote to encourage me that God WAS using me… even when sometimes it is a confusing journey.

She wrote about a lesson God had taught her just prior to the date when her husband had a serious motorcycle accident. She writes:

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The opportunity to obey God was Jesus’ pearl of great price.

Jesus tells us that Heaven is what we are shooting for (Matthew 13:45-46), but He already had that.

He was willing to give up Heaven for the chance to obey God even to the point of death (Phil 2:6-8)! Doesn’t that just blow you away?
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Regardless of what God is asking YOU to do for Him today, do it! Do it with all your might and view it as the most awesome privilege, because it is.

And, when you are confused, in pain or feeling rejected, look at Jesus! He gave it ALL up for the awesome privilege of obeying God, for YOU.