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- Anonymous Online Bible Study | Week 6
- How to Study Your Bible Online Inductive Bible Study | Week 6
- Experiencing God Online Bible Study | Week 6
| Anonymous Online Bible Study | Week 6 Posted: 03 May 2015 10:05 PM PDT
Cindi Wood teaches, “Whatever your chapter of life at the moment, quiet yourself enough to hear God’s holy rhythm. Keeping time with His tempo will help you maintain a steady and relaxed lifestyle.” Keep in mind your rhythms of grace will look different than mine, Cindi’s or your ministry leader. Together with Jesus you create your own strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. It might be through your worship, prayer, Bible study, devotional time or ministry- uniquely yours and identifiable through the Holy Spirit alone. Pay attention and see if you can identify it this week. As Christians, we’ll see and hear our own rhythms of grace through a Christ-centered heart. Look for the simplicity of it. This is an exciting week because we get new names! When I imagine the Lord’s name for me on our first day of the week six study, the name “Lovely” came to mind. We discussed this in my local leaders group on the weekend and the name rooted in my heart. What does it mean to be called “Lovely?” I watched a “Lovely Womens Conference” two years ago and I’m reminded of how lovely we/I am to God. How about you, what name did you write down on page 180 in your workbook? Post a comment below and share the personal name you imagine God has for you. I’m deeply grateful to the ministry leaders who’ve shared their hearts with you each week. Please take time to thank them when you see them online. They’re dependable and committed women who desire to minister to others online. When they’re unable to lead due to an emergency or sometimes a crashed wifi and Internet, they’re scrambling behind the scene to find a replacement leader in their absence. These women love Jesus and they love you too! Bible teacher Cindi Wood and her team have been praying for you these last six weeks. Please visit her Facebook page or Twitter page and become a follower. If you really want to make her day…take a photo of your Anonymous workbook and post it on her Facebook page for fun! Click here for Cindi Wood Facebook Page Click here for Cindi Wood Twitter page Click here for Cindi Wood blog Let’s meet again in two weeks for Conversation Peace by Mary Kassian! See you then. ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS WEEK
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK
With Love,
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| How to Study Your Bible Online Inductive Bible Study | Week 6 Posted: 03 May 2015 10:04 PM PDT
Welcome to Week 6 of our online Inductive Bible study at the Women's Bible Café, “How to Study Your Bible” by Kay Arthur, David Arthur and Pete DeLacy. We are half way through our study and have unpacked many new Bible study skills that will carry us through a life time of studying God’s Word for ourselves. This week we are going to study how to correctly interpret a parable. Jesus used parables many times to teach a moral lesson for His listening audience. We need to understand the meaning behind the parable so that we do not distort His intended meaning. “Parables amplify or affirm doctrine rather than establish it, because parables are more obscure than clear doctrinal passages.” We will also study how to accurately handle prophecy in Scripture. Since the Bible is filled with prophecy from Genesis to Revelation, we need to know when a prophecy is forthtelling (the present or immediate time) or foretelling (the future). Kay Arthur writes: “The Bible is not some kind of crystal ball wherein we can see–or predict–what specific things God will bring to pass in each of our individual lives. But God does give us a glimpse of the “big picture” as He shows us what is in store for those who love Him.” Do I hear an Amen? We hold in our hands the truth of God’s Word, His love letter to us, and when we study it for ourselves, we can glean wonderful truths about God’s redemptive plan for mankind and His promise of a wonderful future for those who love Him and believe in Him. Our daily reading lessons this week includes:
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THIS WEEK (answer in your small group or post your answers here):
Blessings,
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| Experiencing God Online Bible Study | Week 6 Posted: 03 May 2015 10:00 PM PDT
This week we learn about how God speaks to us while we pray, what do to when God is silent and the importance of spiritual markers in our lives. Prayer is a very important spiritual activity, yet one we too often neglect. Prayer is an essential part of our relationship with God. When we ignore prayer, we ignore Him. Through prayer we can build a relationship with a God who is present in our lives. So how should we do this prayer thing? Any way we can, as long as we do it consistently. Prayer opens our communication with Jesus, with the Father and with the Holy Spirit. We certainly don't want to miss out on that! This week we also learned about the importance of spiritual markers in our lives and about how they record our lifelong journey with the Lord. Perhaps you are like me and did not come to know Jesus as your Lord and savior until you were an adult. If that is the case, it is tempting to think that God was not part of our lives until we were saved. But as I look back over the first 35 years of my life, the years before I had a relationship with God, I can see that he was there, working on me, placing people and circumstances in my life that would eventually lead me to Him. So amazing! God knew I would find Him long before I gave it any thought. Wow! He made sure that my grandmother prayed for me. He made sure that my best friend in junior high invited me to see Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway and that I would be enthralled by the music. He made sure that a high school friend who would later become a pastor would invite me to his youth group where seeds of faith would be planted. Regardless of how long you have known the Lord, there are going to be spiritual markers in your life. Look for them and record them. Pray over them and be amazed at how the Lord has marked your spiritual journey. YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR THE WEEK:
BIBLE STUDY TIP FOR THE WEEK:We are at the midpoint of the Experiencing God study. Congrats for making it this far! How can we make sure that we stick to it and get to the end of the study? First and foremost connect with an online small group if you possibly can. Doing so will give you accountability to a small group leader and your group members that you cannot have if you are going it alone. Second, pray! Ask the Holy Spirit to keep you accountable as well. He will. Ask for the time and perseverance you will need to do your study each week. It is amazing how prayer can work to give you the time in a busy schedule that your need to complete your lessons. Try it – it works! Finally, have a plan. Think about when you will complete your study each day – and what your backup plan will be for if you miss a day. Schedule a daily date with God to work together on your lesson. Inevitably, there will be times when you will miss that date – what happens then? Carve out the time on the weekends, or whenever works for you, to get caught up. Make sure that you are caught up by the end of each week so that you don't fall hopelessly behind. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THIS WEEK (answer in your small group or post your answers here):1) Have you persistently prayed for something and not received it, or received something different? (p. 115) See you next week! Blessings,
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