When you’re just getting started studying the Bible, sometimes it helps to have a good Bible study guide. Just please don’t mistake a book with questions about a Christian topic as a Bible study for women.Īnd now that I have sufficiently belabored this point, let’s get to the real point of this post, shall we?ġ0 Bible Studies for Women That Are Worth Doing ![]() I love these books, these authors, and these publishers who work hard to provide quality Christian literature. Now, don’t hear me bashing Christian living books. Within the context of this style of study, you’ll address your heart, your insecurities, your food cravings, your tongue, and whatever else you struggle with. It is enough to open the Bible, choose a book to study, ask these five questions about that book before beginning, and then dive in verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter until you have covered the entire book. God has given us the Holy Spirit to help us interpret the Scriptures, and through community with one another, we can grow in our understanding of the Bible while rightly applying it in our lives without purchasing a single “Bible study for women.” But ladies, we have to be discerning when we head into a Christian bookstore (or any bookstore) looking for a resource that will help us dig into the Bible. I like a good guide as much as the next person. We don’t have to water down our study of God’s Word with extrabiblical material. I’ve read many of the ones that turned up in the search engine, but they are not Bible studies. I’m growing increasingly frustrated with Christian bookstores marketing to women in such a ridiculous way. Can I just say that “Bible study” should mean that the book actually helps you STUDY the BIBLE? Every single search of “Bible study for women” didn’t turn up Bible studies at all. What I found were books written by women for women on a specific “women’s” issue. I do this for several reasons.įirst, I don’t want to duplicate what someone else has already written, and second, I want to know what it is people are recommending or teaching on a certain topic.įor example, in today’s post I’m sharing some of my favorite Bible studies for women that I think are worth doing.Īs I researched for this post, I kept getting more and more frustrated. “ Do not fear, for I have redeemed you I have summoned you by name you are mine.Whenever I write a new post, I always research the web to see what’s already been written on a topic. Thank God for this long term missionary who is training and equipping these women to disciple others. Most of these women have great troubles and unimaginable obstacles in their life- yet they are full of joy, walking by faith and spreading the love of Christ. They concluded with a cup of Chai (hot tea, sugar and milk) and fellowship.Īfter the women in these village Bible Studies learn 16 key verses by memory and regularly attend the small groups they receive a Bible in their own language……….recently over 100 women lined up outside this missionaries home waiting to recite their verses and get a Bible! The women took notes and were so hungry to study the Word of God. Then Linda, the career missionary leader, taught a simple and powerful lesson from Isaiah 43:1-7, “Fear Not”. ![]() Then we spent some time in prayer (an interpreter was there to help me with the language barrier). Each woman then recited their memory verse, told how their home Bible studies were progressing, gave prayer request and praise reports. We opened with the women singing two hymns in Kipsigis accompanied by one of the ladies playing a hand drum. The women welcomed me as a sister in Christ and I gave them a greeting on YOUR behalf and encouraged them that MANY were praying for them and the nation of Kenya. There were about 25 women who attended this number was down because of the violent situation in this area. Many of these women traveled on foot over three hours today to be a part of the Bible study. ![]() Then they take the lesson back and teach it in their communities. They meet in a missionary’s home once a week to study the Word of God, pray and encourage one another. Today I attended a Bible study for women who are being discipled and taught to lead small groups in their villages.
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