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March 23, 2020 ♦ Issue 28 |
| In Leadership, Prayer Is Key |
| Tamyra Horst believes Christian leaders have an advantage: prayer. "The job is more than the goals and the vision … it’s about the people and connecting them deeper with God," she said. “That only happens with the Holy Spirit." As the director of Communication, Family Ministries, Women’s Ministries and Prayer for the Pennsylvania Conference, Horst finds herself praying for co-workers and colleagues throughout her building, as well as the people attending her seminars and conferences. She also prays for guidance, so that her projects aren’t the culmination of her ideas and talents but are done “the way God wants.” She’s found a few ways to build prayer into her busy day. Horst, who is also an Adventist Women Leaders committee member, prays in her car and she found an app called PAUSE that allows her to set reminders at certain points in the day, encouraging her to pray. |
| "The job is more than the goals and the vision … it’s about the people and connecting them deeper with God. That only happens with the Holy Spirit."
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| The key to prayer, however, isn’t to see someone doing it and copy their plan, Horst says. The goal is to find a time that works best for you. “God wants this to be about relationship, not duty,” Horst says. “You can have early morning prayer time and it can be rote. It’s moments when we are talking to Him as a friend and not that we checked it off that we prayed today.” In perspective, prayer is a privilege and a need, and it should not be about just asking for things, she says. As she studied the original meaning of the words in Philippians 4:6, she realized, “Paul is saying spend time worshipping God, spend time submitting yourself, thank Him and then ask.” When we focus on God and not the people or problem, we find peace and are able to trust Him simply because of who He is. “The results of what I do is up to Him and not up to me,” she said. “My job is to be faithful.” Horst has written several books on prayer including Teach Us to Pray, Praying Like Crazy for Your Husband, and Praying Like Crazy for Your Kids. Her new book Enough: Discovering A God Who Is Enough Even When We’re Not was released by Pacific Press this month. |
| | — Michele Joseph, managing editor, Adventist Women Leaders newsletter. |
| | Listen to the Podcast
Listen to our discussions with women leaders who share what makes a good leader, finding and becoming effective mentors, "the divine gift of womanhood" and having difficult conversations in the workplace. Listen on Spotify and iTunes. Please subscribe and give positive reviews and ratings to raise the podcast's visibility and encourage others to listen. Email ideas for future podcasts to co-hosts Natalia Lopez-Thismon and Natalie Boonstra at flourishthepodcast@gmail.com.
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| | Maxims—Words of Wisdom for Women Leaders |
| "How does a girl become strong? How does she enact change? How does she grow into a strong woman? It begins with a step that sounds simple, but isn’t. She finds her voice. A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
… finding one’s voice is made more difficult by the thousands of subtle pressures, covert and overt, that coax young women to mute their voices in order to please their parents, their teachers, their boyfriends and sometimes even their employers. …
It’s a long and difficult process, and I think it’s fair to say that it’s never finished. At least I hope it’s never finished. I think a voice is always a work in progress."
— Melinda Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| | Meditations
"Don't worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." — Philippians 4:6-7, New Living Translation |
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| | | Due to the COVID-19 virus, we are facing a global crisis, and no one is immune. More than ever, we need to pray for one another and for our world. God has promised to be an ever-present help in times of trouble (see Ps. 46:1). Please join us in praying God’s promises from Scripture (see Deut. 31:6, Isa. 41:10, Ps. 34:1 and Ps. 91), praying earnestly for an end to this virus, and praying for each other!
— Celeste Ryan Blyden
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| | | Coming Up
Amanda Maggard, president and CEO of AdventHealth Zephyrhills in Florida, shares her journey on learning the difference between excellence and perfection. |
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| AWL is a community of women affirming, encouraging and celebrating God's goodness to those He has called to lead. |
| AWL Committee: Bonita Shields, chair; Celeste Ryan Blyden, secretary/director; Natalie Boonstra, Brenda Dickerson, Carolyn R. Forrest, Tamyra Horst, Natalia Lopez-Thismon and Ann Roda AWL Support Team: Michele Joseph, managing editor; Carla Conway, graphic designer; Frenita Buddy Fullwood, event coordinator |
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