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Modesty: The Manifestation of the Dignity & Worth of God

by Jessica on May 6, 2009

The Principle of Ownership

As Christians, we have been “bought with a price” and therefore are to glorify God with our body. In 1 Corinthians 6:20, the Greek for glorify, doxazo, means to “render [God] excellent” and “to cause the dignity and worth of some person or thing to become manifest and acknowledged.”

When you put it that way, it sounds beautiful.

God created us as beautiful beings, we are a display of His great artistic ability and are meant to enjoy beauty even in how we present ourselves. This doesn’t mean that we should reveal all that’s there or dress so boringly and shapeless appearing as nothing.

Going back to the definition of doxazo, “to cause the dignity and worth of some person or thing to become manifest and acknowledged,” think about that for a second. The dignity and worth of God is manifested and acknowledge through how we dress. Now some people may laugh that something as trivial as clothes tells us something about God.

What we wear doesn’t equate to God’s worth or dignity, but it does say something about what we think God is worth. And more importantly, how does the world interpret what we wear? Do our clothes reflect the worthiness of God? Do they say that we are women of dignity? Is God acknowledged by the way we dress, meaning is it recognizable that we are Christians?

We need to also remember that we are not our own, but His. The choices we make in our appearance reflect back on the One we belong to and as ambassadors of the kingdom of God we need to be mindful of that.

Why?

Because we are speaking of the glory of the One who made us.

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Principles of Modesty

by Jessica on May 5, 2009

in Be an ambassador

Since my last post on modesty I’ve been thinking about both what’s modest and why modesty should be important to Christians, particularly women. Last week I spent some time listening to old radio broadcast on Revive Our Hearts on the topic (which you can find here) and felt these principles were helpful in pinpointing why modesty is necessary.

I reckon this series of posts could be aptly titled: Why Modesty is Important. Originally, I was going to write them all in one post, but as I was dwelling on them more I felt they’d be better served on their own. But here are the four principles:

The Principle of Ownership

The Principle of Lordship

The Principle of Citizenship

The Principle of Stewardship

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30-Day Husband Encouragement Challenge

by Jessica on May 16, 2007

in Uncategorized

One of my favorite podcasts is Revive our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss. (It’s actually a radio show, but you can subscribe to it online.) The last two days they’ve mentioned a few of their past series they’ve done on the show and the response they received from listeners. I’ve only been listening to Revive our Hearts for 9 months so almost all of the ones mentioned I haven’t heard. But what is great about Revive our Hearts is that they archive all their programs with a transcript and the audio, so now I can catch up!

One thing that peaked my interest was the 30-Day Husband Encouragement Challenge. It’s a challenge for wives (although I’m sure it’d benefit those with significant others or even apply to another type of relationship all together) over the next thirty days

To not say anything negative about your husband to your husband or to anyone else.
To say something that you admire or appreciate about your husband to your husband and to someone else about your husband!

I’m newly married (tomorrow will be just two months!) and although we haven’t had any hardships or difficult times in our marriage thus far I want to make sure that I’m not neglectful (ie, disrespecting) in the attitude I have toward my husband and our marriage. I want him to know that he is my priority and that I not only treat him as such, but let him and others know with the words I say. I also figure that when those hard times do come and I’m tempted to be more of a nag or complain about him to others I will already have been practicing the opposite.

So, for all you married ladies (or engaged or whatever your status) take this challenge with me to speak NOTHING negative about our husbands for 30 days! No complaining about how he leaves drawers and cabinets open or leaves wet towels on the floor or how he’s late or whatever…only ENCOURAGING words. And don’t forget to tell someone else. Praise your husband!

And if you do take up this challenge leave a comment let me know! I’d love to share with you my experience in this too…maybe we can even encourage each other to be better wives and women of God in this process!

If you need help getting started here’s a great resource from Revive our Hearts:

http://www.reviveourhearts.com/pdf/30DayChallenge.pdf