Co-founder at Help Club for Moms
My name is Deb Weakly and I helped create the Help Club for Moms with one goal in mind: to create a community in which moms help moms to know the love of Christ. My own childhood was difficult and filled with sadness. I didn’t grow up in a Christian home, so when I became a Christian (and soon after, a mom), I had no idea what I was doing; I didn’t know what it meant to raise Christ-centered kids, but I so desperately wanted to learn.
I remember going into my daughter's room night after night and kneeling beside her bed and crying my heart out to God because I didn’t know how to be a Christian mom; I felt like I had no idea what I was doing. You know what? God is so faithful! He answered me and simply said, “Spend time with me, Deb.” And so I did. I began arising 15-30 minutes earlier each day so I could read my Bible and pray, and plan out my day with my family.
If there was one thing I would love to share with you is that God is personal and loves you as you are. You don’t have to be perfect to be loved by our amazing God! Come as you are! His loving presence can be practically known and experienced. He is not a God who is far away, He is near and easily found. He longs for you to come to Him!
Randy and I have been married for 33 years and we have two grown children, Christie, and Jack, and one answer to prayer son-in-law named Alex. And now I get to be a Gigi to my sweet little grandbabies, Aspen and Skylar, and Piper. Yay!
3 Comments on “Encountering Jesus with Deb and Linda”
I listened to this podcast and it was concerning. The Lord doesn’t tell us in scripture to do centering types of prayer and use imagination to meet him.
Jesus being involved in our life & his creation isn’t based on us doing any of these things.
I know that a few verses were referenced, but the majority of the podcast was not scripture based and out of love & concern, this is sounding a lot like mysticism which isn’t biblical.
Leading people through sessions and how to basically summon Christ in our Minds eye not in scripture.
When we look into his eyes, some of him transfers to us? What scripture talks about this?
I know the intent is good, but I’m very concerned by the lack of scripture and encouraging people to do things the Bible doesn’t say to do.
Hello Holly,
Thank you for your comment and your concern. I wasn’t sure if you’ve been around Help Club for the last bit or not but this podcast was a final encouragement for the week of studies on encountering Jesus.
For your convenience, here are the devotions for the week. There are many aspects to this topic and we only scratched the surface. There are also many Scriptures to help explain the concepts as well. Thank you again for being here!
https://helpclubformoms.com/encountering-jesus-part-1-encountering-jesus-changes-everything/
https://helpclubformoms.com/encountering-jesus-part-2-you-will-see-jesus/
https://helpclubformoms.com/encountering-jesus-part-3-how-to-see-jesus/
https://helpclubformoms.com/encountering-jesus-part-4-seeing-jesus-for-the-rest-of-your-life/
Hi Again, Holly,
I forgot one of my favorite Scriptures that encourages me and makes me want to use my imagination for the Lord:
“Jesus replied: “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind..” Matthew 22:27
I am a firm believer that Jesus wants all of us- our thoughts are included in this as well. As humans, we can think of evil thoughts or God-honoring thoughts.
When we choose to use our mind to imagine a scene in Scripture it is honoring to God.
When we choose to picture Jesus in our minds, it is honoring to God.
When we picture Jesus as we are worshipping Him it is honoring to God.
When we talk with Him about every detail of our lives, it is honoring to God.
There is no conjuring here; that is evil and offensive to God.
Thank you for your input. I hope this helps.
Deb