Do Christian Women Dress Modestly?

Hello to all,

I greet you all in the mighty and saving name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I know I have been away for a while, but I am back. It has been an exhausting semester, but by the grace of God I got through it all. All glory and honor goes to Him.

You may ask, “Why is she dealing with modesty again?” The only answer that I have to give is that the Holy Spirit has been constantly pressing it on my heart. I wanted to write about something else, but I couldn’t. Every time that I have sat to my laptop to start the topic that I have wanted to, nothing has came. When the Lord brought this into my spirit, a piece of fear creped in me, fear of speaking out, fear of saying what He wants me to say, but the Holy Spirit reminded my of 2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV) which says, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” I am not going to fear, but I am going to say what God has given me.

Ladies, to answer the question, no, the majority of Christian women don’t dress modestly and God is not pleased. All of the bikinis, spaghetti, tube, and halter-tops, short shorts, mini skirts, and the list goes on. Today you can’t tell the difference between a woman of God and a woman of the world and it’s disheartening. I want you to really evaluate how you dress. Do you dress that differently from the world? Are your skirts just as short? Are your shorts just as short or shorter? In some of these tops is your breast or your whole back exposed? When you go to the beach are you in a bikini or a very revealing one piece? God is asking why? Now I have two final questions, would you go to church in such clothing? What is the purpose of it all?

As I sat and pondered all of these questions, it made me reevaluate how I dressed. I see myself as quite a modest person, not wearing tank, tube or halter tops or extremely short dresses, but I was slowly seeing myself trying to get into today’s fashion and following what I saw done. I said to myself maybe wearing a halter top, or a tube top, or spaghetti strap top is not as bad as I am making it out to be, or wearing a dress with a small opening to reveal a little of my sexy back, it may not be that bad. I have seen other women of God do it and it doesn’t affect who they are in Christ.

God immediately corrected me, He said, “Don’t you know that your body is the place in which I dwell, you must live in this world, but not be of it. Just because other women of God are doing it does not make it right, nor does it make it ok. Remember whose you are and whom you belong to. I love you my daughter and don’t you change how to dress to fit in with the crowd.” At that point I felt so comforted to know that I wasn’t just being old fashioned, but living up to the standard to which Christ has called us to live, a life of holiness. When someone sees you they must see Christ. Yes Christ looks at the heart, but man looks at your outward appearance. I never totally agree with the way some of my sisters in Christ dress, but I pray for them and I say God allow your Holy Spirit to convict their hearts.

I’ve noticed that some women of God tend to change their way of dress depending on the place that they are going. For example weddings, how is that women who I have known all my life to dress modestly, are so naked in the house of the Lord. How can you as a bride, but first and foremost as a woman of God, come before the Lord so naked? I was in total shock at how some of my sisters in Christ dressed, skirts so short, cleavage for the world to see, backs out etc. What changes that you must change your style of dress? Would you dress this way in His house or His presence?

I am not judging your way of dress, but I am challenging you to look at your wardrobe and seek God’s opinion and His approval on what you wear and what you have been wearing and ask yourself what are my intentions in wearing this. God told me to tell you that this world is ever changing, but He remains the same! He is the same God yesterday, today and forever. Sisters I want to encourage you to be women of God and not concentrate on the world and trends that you must follow, and though it may be few following the standard of modesty, know that it is always better to do what is right. I love you all!

Raven,

Daughter of the King!

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Scripture Verses

“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire.”

1 Timothy 2:9 (ESV)