Faith: Loving God More Than Your Dreams
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Resource: What Happens When Women Walk in Faith by Lysa TerKeurst
Scriptures: Genesis 12:1-2, 4a; Genesis 12:10; Genesis 15:5-6; Genesis 22:1-2
Study questions:
1. As you read Abram’s story, in what ways does it parallel your own life?
a. Which phase are you in: Faith (leaving); Famine (digging deeper roots); Fellowship (trusting God for encouragement and direction); Faith in God and His dream.
2. Abram built an altar in every phase of his journey. In what ways do you build an “altar” so that no matter where you are, where you’ve been, or where God is leading you, that you stay connected with God?
3. Any questions from this study that you’d like to discuss? Let’s talk!
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4:57 pm |
Faith: God has a plan
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Resource: What Happens When Women Walk in Faith by Lysa TerKeurst
Scriptures: Nehemiah 9:7-8; Acts 3:25; Galatians 3:6-9; John 10:1-7; Revelation 3:7-8
Study Questions:
1. What is the difference in believing that God has a plan vs. trusting in that plan?
a. What might happen if you shifted from believing that God has a plan to trusting in His plan?
2. In John 10:4 it says that His sheep know His voice. In what ways can you tune into that voice?
3. As you read the scriptures of ordinary people who trust in God’s plan, what does this teach you?
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1:44 pm |
What Happens When Women Walk in Faith: draw a line
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Resource: What Happens When Women Walk in Faith by Lysa TerKeurst
Scriptures: Hebrews 11; Jeremiah 1:4-10; Matthew 4:18-20
Study Questions
1. Hebrews 11: Were these women and men deemed to be people of faith because they were perfect, or because they trusted God. How does this speak to you personally?
2. How will you symbolically draw a “line in the sand” over your heart, your family, your past, and move forward?
3. Jeremiah 1:4-10: a. (verses 4-6) What excuses or fears do you offer God?
b. (verses 7-8) What is God’s response to our fears? How does this speak to you?
4. Matthew 4:18-20: Is conversion enough for you, or are you ready to drop your nets (the past, what you have always down in the past) to discover what God has for you today?
Action: Take #4 and share your thoughts with the Lord in prayer. Work it out with Him. Show Him your heart, your dreams, your fears. He’s big enough to handle it.
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3:08 pm |
memories
I was walking with a friend and we were talking about laughter.
“I don’t laugh with my kids,” she said. “I mostly keep them on task. I nag. I worry. I drive them from place to place.” She sighed. “I get a lot accomplished, but I’m afraid my kids will only remember a haggard mom.” She turned to me. “What should I do?”
“Jump on the bed,” I said. “You should absolutely jump on the bed.”
She looked at me like I was crazy. “Jump on the bed? That’s your advice? I don’t think so.”
“Why not?”
“Because moms aren’t supposed to jump on the bed. We make the bed, or we tell the kids to make the bed, but we don’t jump on the bed.”
“Why not?”
She shrugged. “I never saw my mom jump on the bed.”
“Do you wish she had?”
The next day my friend reported that she jumped on the bed. It shocked her kids. They weren’t sure if she was losing it, but before long they joined her and it became a memory. One that I’m sure her kids will share long after they are grown.
Memories are a powerful legacy. What memories are you creating with your child? Maybe you need to shake it up a bit. We get so focused on tackling life that we forget to have down time, or to let things go for once just to play.
We look at our kids and we wonder why they laugh and smile with others, but I wonder how often our kids look at us and wonder the same thing. Why does my mom have such a great personality with that person or in that place, but not with me? (more…)
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4:39 am |
The Map
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Resource: What Happens When Women Walk in Faith by Lysa TerKeurst
Scriptures: Job 1:6; Luke 22:31; 1 Peter 5:8; Ephesians 6:11; James 4:7-8; Hebrews 10:35-36
Just you and God:
1. List what you believe to be your inadequacies. (more…)
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12:23 pm |
thank you
I am reading the book “The Mom I Want to be” right now, and it is the best practical guide about letting go I have ever seen. I struggle constantly with the many issues addressed in this book. I think the prayers, questions at the end of each chapter and the quotes are so valuable to healing a hurting person like me.
Thanks for sharing your story to help others heal. You are a blessing to me. I bought one for my niece too because her mom (my sister) was an alcoholic during her childhood. She had tough times but was raised a Christian. We helped her anytime we could.
Thank you again for writing this book.
Rose
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4:53 am |
