Christian Momma

Our bible study is doing one of Beth Moore’s bible studies…Stepping Up…A Journey Through The Psalms of Ascent.

The description from LifeWay is this:

Stepping Up: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent – Member Book by Beth Moore provides a personal study experience five days a week plus viewer guides for the group video sessions of this in-depth women’s Bible study of Psalms 120-134. Traveling pilgrims sang these psalms both on the way to the great festivals of the LORD and as key elements of the worship at those festivals. Just as a song or poem can express feelings of fear, doubt, hope, and joy, these 15 psalms model how we can voice our own petitions and praises to our God, who is always available and ready to hear us.

Explore the major feasts of Israel and journey with Beth through this 7-session study. Themes of unity, joy, gratitude, redemption, repentance, the power of blessings, facing ridicule, and more are explored in detail. Modern-day believers in Jesus Christ can learn much from these treasured Psalms in their journey toward greater intimacy with God.

Something that Beth said in our first session that struck me is “Mean what you sing…Sing what you mean”  How many times have you stepped into worship and just weren’t “feeling” it?  Did you just sing the songs from worship without any real thought behind what you were singing?  Wow, I had never realized that sometimes I do this.  Now I make a conscious effort into making sure the words I’m singing are words I mean…if they aren’t, I take time to pray that God would get me to that point of meaning those words.

“Songs move us and God fully intended it to” ~ Beth Moore

I am amazed at how God takes different bible studies and ties them all together.  I started reading a book a few weeks prior to our first bible study meeting called “Worshiper By Design: A Unique Look At Why We Were Created” By John W. Stevenson…some of the things that I’m learning in that book were confirmed in the bible study with Beth Moore!

God is Awesome!!!  I just love when He speaks to me and shows me new things that I need to know, things I need to learn, or just things I’ve never really thought about before!   I am forever being changed by God…and I love it!

Our Women’s Bible study is doing Beth Moore’s Here and Now…There and Then I was nervous about starting a bible study in Revelation, afraid that I would get lost, but I had this longing to really dig into Revelation too.

I’m so glad that I joined this bible study.  It can be overwhelming at times, but since we only meet once a week, it gives me a week to digest the whole lesson, going back and doing the homework that is listed after each session a couple days after the bible study.

If you you have the chance to go through this study, I would highly recommend it.  I have learned so much and we are only on Chapter 7 of Revelation!!

We started a new Bible Study in our Monday night Bible Study. We are doing Beth Moore‘s Get Out Of That Pit.   We usually have a group on Monday nights of 6-9 women…last night we had 20!

I’m excited to be getting into another Beth Moore study…the last one we did (Jesus, The One and Only) , I learned a lot!

I don’t know if many of you know that I’ve been going to bible study every Monday night or not.

It’s a Beth Moore study called “Jesus, the One and Only”…can I just say it’s AWESOME!!! I’m learning so much and she really gives another perspective on things…it really makes you think! The study is on the life of Jesus…it starts out with the story of Elizabeth becoming pregnant and moves forward through the book of Luke.

There are questions in this study that makes me really think…for example…one of the things Beth Moore asks is, what questions would you ask Mary? Well, things I thought about were, How did your family react? What was L & D like? some of the other ladies were asking questions like What was Jesus like as a boy? Did you know the exact moment you became pregnant?

It’s weird, I’ve read the stories before, but there are things I picked up on this time around that I didn’t before. I’m starting to feel the connection of what it was like when Jesus was walking the earth. How it must have felt…if I were there.

Anyway, I’m learning a lot and loving it!!

I feel…: enthralled