Bev Sterk

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Joined: 02/25/2011

About Me

I grew up in the crc, and am still here, along with my family. I'm married to Daryl, who has a construction business. I had a cpa license for 10 or so years, then I added EX to the front, and MOM to the back, so now I'm an EX CPA, MOM =). I am MOM to Duncan(12), Ian (8) and Samantha (6). Our family also owns a raspberry farm, and in the summers we get to work out there.
 

Interests

Several years ago, the LORD re-opened up the eyes/ears of my heart to see/hear Him again. This was a profound change in my faith and walk with Him, making my relationship with Him much more personal, and discovering the "secret place" (Ps. 91:1 NKJV) with Him. That caused me to pursue listening prayer, which is something I've realized is not a strong point in our denomination. I'm praying God will be gracious and teach us this amazing gift, He designed for us, His children. I love to spend time in prayer, worship, reading His Word and lots of books based on His Word. and I love to share and have conversations with others, discussing our faith and what God is doing. I would love to see the crc understand "high praise" (Ps. 149:6 NKJV as one reference) I would love to see the crc eagerly pursue the Spirit given gift of prophecy, not just acknowledge it. (I Cor. 14:1) I would love to see the crc embrace fasting more intentionally as a practice (Matt. 6:16...when (not if) you fast) I am excited and encouraged with the prayer summit being planned for this April, and hope I will be able to be there.

My Topics

Type Date
Blog post What Exactly is High Praise?
February 27, 2012
Forum topic Prayer for the Church
December 14, 2011
Forum topic Moses Chung's prayer he shared with Synod
July 6, 2011
Forum topic Listening prayer - continued
July 6, 2011
Forum topic [Q&A] What is listening prayer?
November 23, 2011

My Comments

May 22, 2012

yep... ran into all of those!!  plus some...  makes one wonder why the enemy might be working so hard at keeping this gift of the Spirit from flourishing... I believe because it has...

May 22, 2012

thanks John for your encouragement...  Believe you me, I am "influencing" every opportunity the Spirit gives me =) and I'm very thankful for forums like the network that...

May 22, 2012

thanks Phil, I agree that it is a key component for the health of our congregations... I'm hoping to watch the workshop you shared at the prayer summit on this... do you know if they are...

May 22, 2012

whew... glad that helped..

Those are good questions that we would need to work through.

I'm not looking for a "table" that's all women, I'm looking for a "...

May 22, 2012

Thanks Paul...

BOQ... The CRC, and most modern churches have done little work on prophesy, the gift or the office. It's a good thing to work on. EOQ   pvk 

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