Showing posts with label Bible Study. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bible Study. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

So Long, Insecurity!

That's right! What a great night of Bible study... I just love our little group of girlies (you know who you are!). :) We started the "So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us" Group Experience by Beth Moore study this week and it has already been such a blessing. When I first heard of this newest book by Beth, I honestly didn't think much about it and certainly didn't get all that excited about it. After all, of all the problems I have, insecurity isn't one of them. Ha! Forgive me, I was so naively arrogant.

I have little speakers set up in my bathroom and kitchen so I can get online (thank heavens for smart phones) and listen to radio messages while doing my hair & makeup or the dishes, etc... Among the many I love at http://www.oneplace.com/ are Charles Swindoll, David Jeremiah, and of course, Beth Moore (Living Proof). I had just finished Beth's amazing archived series, Wising Up, and saw that the So Long Insecurity audio book was also in the archives. More curious than anything, I started listening...and listening...and quickly realized she had hit on a huge nerve with women in general--myself included. According to Webster's Dictionary, insecure is simply being "uncertain, unsafe and/or shaky"...all emotions myself and the rest of the human race experience on a fairly regular basis. After listening to the first few chapters, I started to connect many of my past and even some current actions and decisions to insecurity. It also began to ring bells with other women I had opportunity to speak to, and so began my desire to study this book and encourage other women to join me in learning to recognize insecurity and what it means to find my security in Christ alone. I hope you'll join us. I have a few more study guides on-hand and we're only in by 1 week, so it would be easy to catch up! Every Monday at 6:30pm. Email me asap if you'd like more info babrams819@hotmail.com.

Below is a blurb from the website http://www.solonginsecurity.com/. You can also follow a link on the same site to read the 1st chapter.

We’re insecure. You and me and every woman.  In fact, chronic insecurity is a cultural epidemic, but almost no one is talking about it. And it ticks me off.

Today’s women face unrealistic expectations, and then we’re bombarded with unrealistic images every day, making us more and more insecure. We’re insecure about everything from our looks to our worth as women, from our relationships to our futures, and everything else in between. You name it, and we’re probably insecure about it. Let’s be honest here. Insecurity makes us miserable. It cripples us. It makes us feel worthless. Insecurity has been a bad friend to us. It doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time to say “So long!” to insecurity. How? First we have to understand it, and the good news is that insecurity is understandable. The even better news is that insecurity is curable.

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8


May we find our security in Him today,
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

It's Go Time...

Are you ready?! Ha ha. I've been saying that ("It's go time") all weekend and driving everyone crazy... But seriously, it actually is Go Time. Time for Bible Study! Things have been crazy for our little family the last 6 weeks with lots of changes so pardon my absence, but I'm so excited to get together with other ladies who want to live life for real, take time to pray for each other, and learn more about living a life that honors Jesus.

We are going to get together Monday nights, starting this coming Monday, June 13th at 6:30pm at my house.

We just moved to a place in Central Point this past weekend, so this first meeting will probably be more of a get-to-know-you session and perhaps an impromptu lesson/prayer time. I want this to be a group of women who can be real about real life stuff--starting with me, so feel free to come with your problems and I'll try not to take up the whole time talking about mine! Hehe... Shoot me an email babrams819@hotmail.com if you want directions to my place!

I'd better stop typing as it's late and I'm quite tired and can see that I'm just going to get myself in trouble if I keep talking... However, I have been praying about doing an evening study and then also doing the same study during the day on perhaps a Friday morning for many of the mommies that might have a hard time getting out at night. The evening one will not have childcare, but childcare can totally be arranged for the one during the day. If you would be interested in this, let me know! Comment or send me an email babrams819@hotmail.com.

I have so much I'd like to say here...I hope you are all doing well and living in each day in victory over condemnation through the power of Jesus Christ. Looking forward to blogging again soon!


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