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Not About Me November

10/21/2017

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​There are so many things in this life that clamor for our attention, wooing us to live to get what we want when we want it. Can't we all use the reminder that this life is not about us, but rather about making the invisible God visible?

It's been said vision leaks so we need to be reminded often of why we really exist. As we train ourselves to think through the lens of it just not being about us, it will begin to change the way we think and act about things. 

​For the last eight years we've been doing this great little exercise to re-focus and re-center our attention and affection on Jesus. It's called Not About Me November. It's an entire month where we seek God and seek ways we need to make life more about Jesus and less about us. After all, He must become greater and we must become less. Each year it proves to have incredible soul shaping value. The exercise of saying no to our flesh and pointing to Jesus produces beautiful, meaningful fruit.

This year as we point to Jesus, we'd love for you to join us.

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So there are a few different ways you can join the experience. 

1. You can take the challenge of posting something about (_your topic of choice)_ not being about you, but about Jesus everyday on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter... etc) or as often as works for you and use the hashtag #NotAboutMeNovember (I would be grateful if you tagged @laurakrokos and @missionalwomen so we can encourage you.)

2. Invite your people to join you. It's encouraging when there is others taking the challenge with you.  You can do it with your family (maybe with kids not online, everyone can write something on a chalkboard and talk about it at dinner or something), small group, ministry team, online group, homeschool group... the sky's the limit. 

3. And/or you can blog about something everyday, a few times a week or once a week or less and link it up on the link up. We've created a month-long linkup below  (Flag this email or make this page a favorite on your toolbar so you can keep coming back to it.)

It really is so good for your soul to see how God continually shows you things that you need the reminder that it's just not about you. AND it's so encouraging to see what others share bringing on the,  "Oh wow! That's right! I hadn't thought of that!" moments. 

​Here are a bunch of examples from previous years to get you thinking of things you could share: (Also check out Leah's examples on Instagram. She did a great job setting up the #NotAboutMeNovember hashtag last year.)
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The Not About Me Series
  • Making Social Media Not About Me
  • Curiosity is Not About Me
  • The Mission is Not About Me
  • Facebook friends Are Not About Me
  • Words are Not About Me
  • HGTV is Not About Me
  • Evangelism is Not About Me {& How to Escape the Friendship Evangelism Trap}
  • Submission is Not About Me
  • Social Media is Not About Me
  • Failure is Not About Me
  • Motherhood is Not About Me
  • Living the Christian Life is Not About Me​
  • Identity is Not About Me 
  • My Stuff is Not About me
  • Discipleship is Not About Me
  • Emotions are Not About Me
  • The Gospels Credibility is Not About Me
  • Ministry is Not About Me
  • Healthy Eating is Not About Me 
  • Orphan Ministry is Not About Me
  • Family is Not About Me
  • Making a Missional Women's Ministry is Not About Me
  • Reaching Out Isn't About Me 
  • My Time is Not About Me
  • Mess is Not About Me
  • Evangelism Isn't about Me
  • Parenting is Not About Me
  • ​Technology is Not About Me
  • Luxury and Poverty is Not About Me
  • Gluten Free is Not About Me
  • My Crock-pot is Not About Me
  • Identity is Not About Me
  • Family is Not About Me
  • Facebook is Not About Me
  • My Child's Development is Not About Me
  • Sunsets are Not About Me
  • What I know is Not About Me


​Do you blog? Join Not About Me November

For the month of November this link up will be open for you to add blog posts that talk about how it's just not about us, but about the Lord. 

Here's how it works:
1. Click the link below and following the prompts. 
2. Let your readers know by including a link at the bottom of your post (or somewhere on your side bar).

About Laura

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​Laura, the founder of Missional Women is married and has six kids, two of whom are adopted. Laura and her husband have been missionaries since 2002 and serve with Master Plan Ministries where she is the Women's Development Coordinator. Laura has authored 5 books, including an award winning 12 week Bible Study on First Samuel, Beholding Him, Becoming Missional, Reach; How to Use Your Social Media Influence for the Glory of God, A Devotional Journey through Judges, and Discover God's Calling for Your Life. Most recently her resource for Bible studies, The Connect Cards was released by Cru Press. You can find her on facebook, twitter, pinterest, youtube, instagram, periscope, blab and her author site.

If you'd like to read more from this contributor, type her name in the search box on the top right.

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Using Facebook to Reach an Unreached People Group

12/19/2012

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Have you heard of the 10/40 window? It is the section of the world where 90% of the unreached people groups live, yet only 1 out of 99 missionaries go there. 
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Angi and I recently wrote a book about how to use social media to reach and influence the world for Christ. The day of the book launch we put on a college student retreat focused on the need to go to the 10/40 window. The Lord used the combination of the book release and world focused retreat to get me thinking of more ways social media can be used to get the gospel to these unreached groups so I decided to experiment. 

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