{"id":9091,"date":"2022-06-19T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calledtolifecoaching.com\/?p=9091"},"modified":"2022-06-19T22:21:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T03:21:36","slug":"this-is-how-to-join-a-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calledtolifecoaching.com\/this-is-how-to-join-a-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"This is How to Join a Bible Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in this post about being smart enough to read your Bible<\/a> that after sifting through emails and messages I found a couple of common “questions, concerns, and cries of complaint” as an old teacher used to say. I broke these questions, concerns, and cries of complaint down into internal and external problems and in doing so realized, we need to learn how to join a Bible Study<\/strong>. (READ TO THE END FOR A SURPRISE INVITATION!)<\/p>\n

As an online community, I wanted to see if there was a way to tackle our most common fears, hesitations, and outright obstacles when it comes to reading our Bible. I’m happy to report, we can! So in this post, I’m going to encourage you, share the importance of, and then show you how to join a Bible Study.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Now, this may sound funny coming from an introvert wannabe hermit, but Christian women need a Christian community of women for support; the Lord knows the world bombards us with the exact opposite! Those of us who want to read our Bible regularly, need a regular Bible reading community, it’s that simple.<\/p>\n

The above facts are true for me personally. Since the original date of this post a couple of years ago, I know having our Online Bible Study Community has kept me more consistent (not perfect) than if I wouldn’t have been involved in it.\u00a0 I’m sure I could find legit statistics if pressed but all I really need to know is this,<\/p>\n

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“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”<\/em>
\n+Hebrews 10:24-25<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And this,<\/p>\n

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“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him\u2014a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”<\/em>
\n+Ecclesiastes 4:9-12<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And this one,<\/p>\n

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“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”<\/em>
\n+Matthew 18:20<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We’re struggling because we’re alone.<\/strong> Wait, I know, you might say, “I’m not alone, I belong to large, active church with a dynamic women’s Bible study group with yummy snacks!” I respond by saying, “Great for you!”<\/p>\n

Speaking from personal experience, put me in a group of women I’m going to see every week, whether at Bible study, church, the grocery store or the school pick-up-line, and I might prefer the role of listener and cookie eater rather than active participant! You know I’m right.<\/p>\n

Add to the group my dental hygienist, church secretary, and that one “perfect” mom in the school pick-up line and I might not dig deep into my soul because I’m too concerned about hiding my hot mess self from them. But, put me behind my computer or phone screen, wearing my pajamas if I want, eating my favorite snack and drinking my favorite drink and I just might start digging deeper into myself and sharing all sorts of revelations; maybe with myself first and then slowly with the group.<\/p>\n

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\nClick the image or this link<\/a> to be added to the waiting list–enrollment has closed for July.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n