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- How to Study Your Bible Online Inductive Bible Study | Week 3
| Anonymous Online Bible Study | Week 3 Posted: 12 Apr 2015 09:43 PM PDT
As women we often identity ourselves by our suffering. We identify ourselves as cancer survivors, domestic abuse survivors, recovered alcoholics, divorced, depressed, disabled, unemployed, menopausal, bipolar, etc. Sometimes the labels have advantages such as financial assistance, support groups and connection with like-minded women. Other times the labels are reminders of suffering, just like the label of the woman who bled for 12 years. Though she was healed in the most magnificent way, we still identify her by the label of her affliction. Many of my friends are wearing “hurting” labels years after the event. One friend reminds me that her husband broke marriage vows by having an affair…30 years ago. Another friend whispers about a past abortion that happened 20 years ago. Do you see how we wear HURTING labels even after the suffering has passed? If we are earthen vessels, how do our labels affect the work of Christ in us? These labels are testimonies of faith, just as the woman who bled for 12 years. These labels are evidence that we are forgiven, loved and known by God. Our vessels are not depleted and half-empty with stagnant waters of past suffering; they are filled with Living Water. While we may not delight in suffering, we are certainly revealing God’s glory inside us when we suffer beside Him instead of without Him. Read that twice. Cindi Wood identifies four issues of hurting women: physical duress, financial hardship, emotional despair and shunned socially for her illness. It’s rare to find a woman who has not experienced these issues sometime in her life. Are you willing to let go of your hurting, or help a friend who is suffering today? Pray and ask the Lord to lead you into His will. ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS WEEK
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK
With Love,
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| Experiencing God Online Bible Study | Week 3 Posted: 12 Apr 2015 09:23 PM PDT
Our daily lessons this week included some great topics:
That's right – we have been talking about love, relationships and God this week in a big way. Our memory verse for the week sums it all up pretty well: That verse makes this seem like a simple matter, doesn't it? But loving God in that way is anything but simple for sinful beings such as ourselves. So many things are constantly taking out time, our attention, and our "love." We "love" so easily – we love our spouses, our kids, our friends, our jobs, our homes, our churches, our pastors, our cars, our favorite TV shows, our favorite restaurant, those new shoes we got on sale, the color we painted our living room, our iPhones, a good night's sleep, the new Pilates instructor….but do we love God, really love Him, in the way this verse describes? I know I don't…at least not consistently. But God does love us that way – all the time. That's quite a concept to grasp. He loves us, unconditionally, all day, every day, regardless of what we do, or say, or think. God takes the initiative. He pursues us. How cool is that???? This week we looked at the importance of building a relationship with the Lord that is real, personal and practical. That relationship is the cornerstone of everything – that's right, everything. As Blackaby says "A love relationship with God is more important than any other single factor in your life". It trumps the iPhone, the shoes, the TV shows, the food, the cars, the house, the job, the kids, the spouse… it really is everything. Are you willing to live like it is? YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR THE WEEK: BIBLE STUDY TIP FOR THE WEEK: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THIS WEEK (answer in your small group or post your answers here): I sincerely hope that this week's lessons have challenged you to look at your love relationship with your Lord and Savior. I pray that your relationship with Him is growing and that your find yourself "Experiencing God" in a new way as a result of this study. Not feeling that yet? Persevere and you will. This is still just the beginning! See you next week! Blessings, |
| How to Study Your Bible Online Inductive Bible Study | Week 3 Posted: 12 Apr 2015 09:12 PM PDT
Welcome to Week 3 of our online Inductive study at the Women's Bible Café, How to Study Your Bible. In Week 2, we studied how to observe the text to discover what it says. We discussed the importance of key repeated words and the significance of marking key words and how they “unlock” the meaning of the text. We also learned that context rules in Bible study, and without identifying the context we are in danger of misinterpreting God’s Word. We also learned how to discover the theme of each chapter in a book of the Bible and recording these themes on an At a Glance chart. This week we will continue our observations and then will move on to Part Two of Inductive Bible Study, “Interpretation.” Our daily reading lessons this week includes:
We have only begun to scratch the surface in Inductive Bible study. The skills you are learning are developed over time with practice and repetition. I urge you not to give up, because persistence pays off. Through these methods, God will reveal His Holy Word to you which will open a whole new world of understanding with life changing results. Kay Arthur writes: “If you will maintain a prayerful teachable spirit as you do your observations, you will find that the Holy Spirit will use all of this to speak to you and to reveal to you precious treasures of truth.” DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THIS WEEK (answer in your small group or post your answers here):
Blessings,
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Womens Online Bible study is a great way to develop your faith! We just finished our third week in the workbook 
Welcome back to online Bible study at Women's Bible Café! This week we will be discussing Unit Three of Experiencing God by Henry and Richard Blackaby entitled "God Pursues a Love Relationship." Wow – how can we not get into that?
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