This is one amazing lady!!! She has many beautiful and wonderful attributes but she is also very shy, timid and introverted. She often considers herself "Reverend Sloggett's wife" as if I am the minister and she is just there. What many fail to recognize is just how multifaceted ministry really is.
For example. I preached the weekend in Arkansas. I did it wearing my brand new 35.00 suit. That's right. I am 6'8" tall and only weigh 220 lbs. Suits for me are rare and EXPENSIVE! But I got a brand new name brand suit, completely recut to fit me for 35.00!!! I went and got this suit all by myself but the reason I got it was the influence of my wife. She is extremely frugal and can make a dollar go farther than anyone I know.
She takes the time to study things out, she does her shopping and her homework. She is positive and faithful about finding a good deal. She believes in good deals and knows that they exist. She also understands the value of finding them. A dollar is worth more when it can purchase more.
This is a part of Sister Niki's ministry. A portion of her influence on people all across the country. She has taught hundreds of young people, married couple, new wives, new moms, our children and even me; how to be diligent and faithful with the income the God blesses us with.
I can afford a 500.00 suit. But the fact that I found a 500.00 suit for 35.00 is extremely important. I can give more to missionaries, I can provide more for my family, I can preach for more churches that don't think they have the finances to call me in. It is not about can you afford it, it is about should you spend it? The answer is: Not if you can get same and similar for a little more effort and a lot less money.
Many of the ministries that we have built over the years owe a huge amount of gratitude to the ministry of my wife. We were able to afford to start those ministries because she was able to spend so little money on so much stuff. We are finally going to attempt to build a house this year, mostly because my wife has spend the last several years being so frugal with our finances.
MINISTRY is a huge thing. It has many avenues of blessings. Look for your ministry. Work at it. Cherish it. Perfect it and Thank God for it!!
Pro 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Pro 31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Pro 31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Pro 31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Pro 31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Pro 31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Pro 31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Pro 31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Pro 31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
Pro 31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Pro 31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Pro 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Pro 31:22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Pro 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Pro 31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Pro 31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Pro 31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Pro 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Pro 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Pro 31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Pro 31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Pro 31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Pro 31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Pro 31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Pro 31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Pro 31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Pro 31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Pro 31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Pro 31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
Pro 31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Pro 31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Pro 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Pro 31:22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Pro 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Pro 31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Pro 31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Pro 31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Pro 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Pro 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Pro 31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Pro 31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Pro 31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
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