God would not love you more if you had been born a man, nor would He be able to flow through you more if you were male. God hand chose you at this time to be a daughter without rival. The world needs you to be your God-created you. We all play a vital role in God’s mission!
okay so we’re going to be talking today
about a topic that is actually close to
all of our heart and because we are for
women for women we’re going to be
talking about gender without rival yeah
and it’s not it’s not because we want to
incite gender Wars but this is a huge
issue and I just like each person I kind
of talk about how this has played out in
their lives how they’ve seen this is a
struggle I’m going to open up with my
story um then I didn’t put in a book
that I think maybe I put in another book
anyways doesn’t matter
so no I husband’s view faster me young
mom 31 years of age and he actually
might have been 29 and he said something
like hey I’m going to Haiti and I really
feel like the Holy Spirit told me you’re
supposed to cover my service and I was
pregnant with Austin’s it was 89th I was
doing it okay I knew you guys were
concerned about that anyway cub and so I
said I don’t feel like the Holy Spirit
said that to you
I feel like Holy Spirit said pastor
Carla should come in and cover the
service and he said no Lisa I want you
I’m not going to tell anybody you’re
coming because I know how the reactive
woman speaks so I’m just surprised and
I’m doing a video announcement about how
much I love you and and they’ll all
honor you and so my husband does this
little video announcement and I’m
sitting in the back and he says my one
my favorite preachers is going to be
speaking to you tonight so you built it
all up for week set up is a surprise
guest
and they said Lisa Bevere and all I
heard at that point was metal chairs
being scraped across the floor thrown
into the stack people holding up the
chairs saying we are not going to sit
here while a woman teaches this is
unscriptural and these are people we had
porn in court into as college and career
pastors for at least two years and then
I sat in the back just watching
everybody exit and then I went up to the
front and I just like everybody said you
know I wish I could actually be one of
those people exiting out the back door
and I said but here’s the truth I’m a
submission to my husband and I do
believe that women need to have a voice
in the house of God and I was exercising
authority over anybody else even though
if I was teaching I was more just
sharing and that night actually
someone came to our house while my
husband was out of town I’m pregnant
with my second baby I’ve got Addison
upstairs and banged on our bedroom
window to terrify me and Memphis this is
what it used to be and so it’s got so
much better yeah but it is still an
issue and Hannah what have you seen with
this whole gender issue I mean you’re in
the ministry that we celebrate women but
what has been your experiment when like
you have paid a dear dear price yeah for
us to be able to come up into a
different environment not that it’s not
so present because it very much still is
but even with Giuliana and I being
raised by a mother who was strong who
she had to accomplish things that she
didn’t have the luxury of waiting for
someone to give her permission to step
out in order for the sake of her
children and for the sake of raising us
up in a way where we knew it wasn’t in
our own strength it was by the grace of
God that was some that was of her she
always said over us that this is a gift
you know this is this we are saved by
grace it is a gift from God that no one
should vote and that is how she lived
out being a mom single for a lot of the
years not ready not because you don’t
want to know not at all with abandoned
notes yeah not at all but she she didn’t
live it out of this like angst or hatred
she lived it from this place of strength
that came from the Lord and we knew that
as her daughters and so being raised in
that it was like I mean I I just
remember so tangibly going to the word
and knowing that that’s what it was it
was saying to me that it was like you
have been given all of these things now
live fully walk into these things don’t
allow things to hold you back even
though people just human nature will try
to place those confines on on one
another and I just am so thankful for
those examples that said
you’re going to see some things it’s
going to be discouraging it’s going to
be disheartening especially as we want
to live out this life that we’re called
to you know we’re all called to preach
the gospel work all call plenty I was
hoping that it doesn’t matter that’s how
we’re called to live our lives and
engender in my mind was never something
that was going to disqualify me there
will be devices you know and and just in
fairness because I know there’s a lot of
people they’re new to this discussion
they don’t know what’s going on you know
dissing fairness a lot of the proponents
that say that women should have no voice
in the church they go back to Eve they
say because Eve misled Adam in the
garden and Adam listened to the voice of
his wife we need to shut down the voice
of women and we need to blow up the
voice of men but here’s the truth Adam
and Eve were never meant to have no
voice and they were supposed to use
their words on the surface not on one
another and for too long the women have
yelled at the mandus and give us our
place at the table and the men have told
the women city are and shut up and the
truth is we need to actually begin to
Claire God’s Word and speak to the enemy
it is written as right and when Jesus
came to seek and save that which was
lost he recovered everything that Adam
and Eve mistreated in the garden and if
we’re going to be legalist which is what
I find a lot of people do they were very
legalistic about this that we need to
say that if a woman is easily deceived
than a man is always a betrayer and if
you don’t want to be labeled as always a
betrayer always someone who would sell
out his birthright then you better not
label women as always easily deceived
first to sin because my Bible actually
says the Adam with the one who sinned
I’m the second Adam Jesus is the one who
redeemed it so why are we even fighting
about this we’re all in Christ but
feminine and masculine has different
expression roles and all of that is
necessary if we’re going to see the
gospel go up because I have different
access to different people in the world
then John has and John has the
Commission and again I would say to you
that the Great Commission go into all
the world and make disciples is your
it’s your permissions right Jesus is
saying to you go yeah go whatever your
world in know into that world and make
disciples and yet oh I’m just tired of
women being disqualified because of
gender and Romans 5 1941 man’s
disobedience one man not Eve one man’s
disobeying you didn’t make a mistake the
many were made sinners by so by one
man’s obedience the many will be made
righteous men and women together both
made righteous in Christ I’m sorry I
stopped arguing about that yeah what
have you seen in this well you know I
grew up just a lot of leadership roles
were given to me I think was a very
strong young girl and so when I got
saved 21 never having a conversation
with I worked at a restaurant so saw the
server and she in all authenticity all
in its issues like how is it being a
Christian and a woman yeah and I was I
found what I heard that a lot yeah I
hear a lot of women actually that are
powerful women that are doing amazing
things in the world say I I can’t buy
into the fact that I have no purpose and
so I can’t become a Christian exactly
and not only did she leave that church
she grew up in a church where she was
suppressed she left the church she left
his face she is no longer a believer
because she wasn’t empowered she
certainly wasn’t groomed enemies and so
that was really my first encounter after
I was saved with that whole notion and
it just it was difficult for me because
I think that leadership is just in it
like you were saying it’s not about a
man versus a woman it’s more about the
guns together together not only then
also the individual knowing their
identity in crisis it’s about Who am I
called to be if I’m called as teach if
I’m called to preach if I’m called to
lead or whatever and to say anything
otherwise you know and so just knowing
that that is my true identity I think
it’s really helped yeah well I think
this is like a multiple discussion panel
and you know I think we just kind of
just scratch the surface and I’d
actually love to come back and get a
second part of the conversation so
anyway I hope this is helpful I hope
that if anything it got you started on
some conversations we want you to
understand that God would not love
you more if you have been born a man nor
would he be able to flow through you
more if you were male God can chose you
at this time to be a daughter without
rival and if your listing inning you’re
a guy that’s totally fine a son without
rival and we need you to be your
uniquely God breathe God created you so
helps us bust you we’re talking out of a
book called without rival gender without
rival we have it faceted where you can
do home studies with this or you can get
together have DVDs and that book’s stuff
for it so Casey is like our point person
on this section I actually totally
forgot to introduce everybody cuz with
this is our cyclist I’m going to do that
now guys Casey say she works with us at
messenger internationally as part of the
team she’s part of church relations and
this is Hannah cute that Cowart who is
also part of our team we love her and
she does everything beautiful and
creative and amazing and this is my
daughter-in-law Juliana and team B’s
team whether we should get paid or not
because family energy is pregnant with
our fourth grandchild and I just can’t
let her out of my sight because I’m
worried she’s going to go into labor
before I get my plane Katie wait thank
you guys so much for joining us we hope
this helped you god bless
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