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Download the complete James Bible Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
Download the complete James Bible Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
Download the complete James Bible Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
Today you’ll be reading James 4:1–10.
As you spend time with God today, consider what might be the root cause of quarrels and strife in your life. Where are you refusing to submit to God’s will?
Where are you seeking to be friends with the world, making yourself an enemy of God? Where is your pride preventing you from submitting to God, especially if you clearly know what you should be doing? Ask God to reveal these things to you. Ask Him to help you to hate the sin you once loved, to submit to Him and resist the devil, to mourn over your sin and draw near to Him. Take comfort in these passages, knowing that, with God, there IS hope!
Read 1 John 1:8-10 and take heart knowing that, when we confess our sin, HE is faithful and just not only to forgive us, but to purify us from all unrighteousness. What a merciful God we serve!
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Today you’ll be reading James 3:13-18.
As you spend time with God today, consider what kind of wisdom you see exhibited in your own life. Where you see the wisdom of the world, bring that to God. Ask Him to help you to repent and truly turn back from that “wisdom” and ask Him to help you to crave His wisdom, knowing the harvest you will
reap as a result. Thank God for showing you your sin so that you can repent of it, as you continue to be conformed into the image of His Son.
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Today you’ll be reading James 3:1-12.
Ladies, we all struggle to use our tongues in ways that honor God. What is God using His Word to convict you of today? Don’t justify it. Don’t try to explain why, for YOU, it’s not that big a deal when you swear or take the Lord’s name in vain or use your words to harm others. Repent and ask God to help rid your
vocabulary of all language that is dishonoring to Him. Thank Him for opening your eyes to the importance of your words and ask Him to help you to consider your words carefully, for His glory and for your sanctification.
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Today you’ll be reading James 2:14–26.
As you spend time with God today, praise Him for the assurance of your salvation, knowing that if He has justified you, that cannot be undone. Ask Him to help you to see where, in your own life, God is calling you to show your faith in your life, to put feet to your faith, and to go forward and grow in Him.
Ask Him to help you have a right understanding of how your works should outflow from your faith, not looking at your works as what has saved you, but as the evidence of God’s work in your life.
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Today you’ll be reading James 2:1-13.
The sin of partiality comes in many disguises and we don’t always recognize them all. Ask God to help you to see where you might be acting out of sinful partiality, and ask Him to help you to repent and to turn away from that partiality for His glory and for your sanctification. Remember, the ground is level at the foot of the cross, and you always have the ability to repent and be cleansed of your righteousness when you confess your sins. There is always hope for the believer!
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Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
Today you’ll be reading James 1:19-27.
Ladies, as you spend time with God today, consider how you might be deceiving yourself, thinking you are fine when you actually are not doing what God has commanded you to do.
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Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
Today you’ll be reading James 1:1-18.
Ladies, God has provided all that we need to be with Him eternally. He has dealt with the problem of our sin, given us the best gift of all in salvation, and He is in control of everything that is happening in our world. Take some time today to praise God for His grace and mercy in saving you, and to ask Him to help you to persevere to receive the crown of life in eternity with Him. We still sin every day, yet God chose to save us anyway! Ponder the words to some of these hymns today as you consider those truths.
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Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
Today you’ll be reading James 1:1-11. Ask God to help you to see where you may have an incorrect view of biblical suffering. Ask Him to help you to see suffering from the perspective of eternity, and to take comfort in a right understanding of suffering. Ask Him to help you to learn, as Paul did, to be content in whatever circumstances you are in, knowing that an eternity with Him is TRULY worth it all.
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Welcome to our study in the Book of James! Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter to the Church from Jesus’ half brother. Sometime between A.D. 45 and 50, James wrote to the Church of faithful followers of Jesus Christ, teaching them to not just learn, but do. He tells them (and us!), that we can’t be Christian and yet continue living in sin, showing no fruit of righteousness.
Read James, all 5 chapters. Make notes of anything that you have a question about or anything that strikes you. Ask God to help you to see what His word says, without you bringing your own suppositions or expectations to the text
Also, as we go through the study of James, see how your questions are answered and where you might need to dig deeper to find the answers.
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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of ourselves, it is a free gift of God.
Romans 5:12-21 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 11:29-31 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy. For God has consigned all to disobedience, that He may have mercy on all.
Matthew 10:38 “…and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.”
Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Colossians 2:8-15 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This He set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in Him.
Colossians 1:15-23 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent. For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, He has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Matthew 16:24-27 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.”
Matthew 3:16-17 As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on Him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased.”
Matthew 17:1-8 And after six days Jesus took with Him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with Him. And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him.” When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.” And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.
Psalm 139:14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
Matthew 10:30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
Psalm 139:13-6
For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
Genesis 2:7-8 Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing.
Romans 11:17-18 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
Psalm 80:8-11 You brought a vine out of Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.
You cleared the ground for it;
it took deep root and filled the land.
The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
It sent out its branches to the sea
and its shoots to the River.
Matthew 26:14-15 Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.
Job 22:21-26
Agree with God, and be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
Receive instruction from His mouth,
and lay up His words in your heart.
If you return to the Almighty you will be built up;
if you remove injustice far from your tents,
if you lay gold in the dust,
and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
then the Almighty will be your gold
and your precious silver.
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty
and lift up your face to God.
1 Peter 1:6-9 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though you do not now see Him, you believe in Him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Psalm 119:71-72
It is good for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.
The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Psalm 19:7-11
The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.
Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
R
omans 10:16-17 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
Acts 15: 7-11 And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as He did to us, and He made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith. Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”
Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Mark 16:15-16 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
Romans 12: 4-8 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
1 Cor 12:12-26 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
Matthew 8:27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Job 9:4-10 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength
—who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
he who removes mountains, and they know it not,
when he overturns them in his anger,
who shakes the earth out of its place,
and its pillars tremble;
who commands the sun, and it does not rise;
who seals up the stars;
who alone stretched out the heavens
and trampled the waves of the sea;
who made the Bear and Orion,
the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;
who does great things beyond searching out,
and marvelous things beyond number.
Job 28:1-41 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Dress for action like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
when the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
“Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
when I made clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,
and prescribed limits for it
and set bars and doors,
and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
“Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be shaken out of it?
It is changed like clay under the seal,
and its features stand out like a garment.
From the wicked their light is withheld,
and their uplifted arm is broken.
“Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
Declare, if you know all this.
“Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,
that you may take it to its territory
and that you may discern the paths to its home?
You know, for you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war?
What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
“Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
and a way for the thunderbolt,
to bring rain on a land where no man is,
on the desert in which there is no man,
to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground sprout with grass?
“Has the rain a father,
or who has begotten the drops of dew?
From whose womb did the ice come forth,
and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
The waters become hard like stone,
and the face of the deep is frozen.
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades
or loose the cords of Orion?
Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season,
or can you guide the Bear with its children?
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you establish their rule on the earth?
“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
that a flood of waters may cover you?
Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts
or given understanding to the mind?
Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
when the dust runs into a mass
and the clods stick fast together?
“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in their thicket?
Who provides for the raven its prey,
when its young ones cry to God for help,
and wander about for lack of food?
Psalm 98:5 Make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing.
Luke 2:8-14 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
“Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
Psalm 101:1
I will sing of steadfast love and justice;
to you, O Lord, I will make music.
Romans 12:1
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Psalm 95:6-7
Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
For He is our God,
and we are the people of His pasture,
and the sheep of His hand.
Psalm 86:8-10
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.
All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
For you are great and do wondrous things;
you alone are God.
Psalm 66:1-4
Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
sing the glory of His name;
give to Him glorious praise!
Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
All the earth worships you
and sings praises to you;
they sing praises to your name.”
John 18:37 You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born and for this I have come into the world to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.
2 Chronicles 20:5-6 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
Psalm 24:7-10
Lift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle!
Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory!
1 Timothy 1:15-17
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display His perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in Him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Isaiah 9:6-7
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon His shoulder,
and His name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and of peace
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over His kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Revelation 17:14
They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with Him are called and chosen and faithful.”
1 Corinthians 11:25-29
In the same way also He took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
Luke 22:19-20 And He took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”
1 Corinthians 10:16, 21-22 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? …You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
John 18:10-11 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
1 Peter 2:6 See I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in Him will never be put to shame.
Psalm 118:19-22 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
Isaiah 28:15-16 Because you have said,
“We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the overwhelming whip passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
Matthew 21:42-44
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”
Acts 4:11-12
“This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Matthew 7:24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Isaiah 28:16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
Luke 6:46-49 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
1 Corinthians 3:10-15 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
Ephesians 2:19-22
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In Him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Matthew 4:19 “Come, follow me, “ Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.”
“Hear then the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
1 Corinthians 3:5-9 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
Revelation 21:4 “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
2 Kings 20:2-6 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, “Now, O Lord, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord, and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.”
Psalm 6:6-9 I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
My eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
The Lord has heard my plea;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
Psalm 56:8
You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
John 14:6 I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Matthew 10:32-33 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
John 6:35-40 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
Ezekiel 36:26-27 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Colossians 3:5-10 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
Ephesians 4:20-24 But that is not the way you learned Christ!—assuming that you have heard about Him and were taught in Him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Romans 6:1-4 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Revelation 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to you to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.
Isaiah 11:1-5
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Romans 11:16-18 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
Revelation 21:22-25 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Romans 5:6-11 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by His blood, much more shall we be saved by Him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by His life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 8:31-39 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 John 3:1-3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies himself as He is pure.
Genesis 49:8-12
“Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
Judah is a lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
His eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.
John 10:1-5 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
Luke 10:20 “Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
1 Corinthians 8:2-3 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.
Galatians 4:8-9 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
1 John 1:5-7 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
John 3:16-21 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
Hebrew 9:22 Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins
Luke 22:19-20 And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks He said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And He took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant
in my blood.”
John 6:52-56 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.”
Ephesians 1:7-10 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His purpose, which He set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in Him, things in heaven and things on earth.
Jeremiah 31:3 the Lord appeared to him [Israel] from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Romans 8:31-32 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 13:1-14. Ladies, take heart! Your Savior is interceding on your behalf to the Father; and He has been praying for you since before you were born! Praise God that He has given you His Word that you may know that you are His. Thank Him for the grace He shows to us daily, for how He equips us to pass the ultimate test. Everything we need for life and godliness is found in Him; He is the true treasure! As you spend time with God today, thank Him for His Word, for the warnings that are within His Word, but also for the hope and assurance and comfort that is found in His Word. We have the true Gospel at our fingertips and that’s a gift, ladies. May God continue to sanctify us and to strengthen us each and every day for His glory and for our good.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 12:11-21. Ladies, our pride is so insidious. It is so easy to get distracted and think we are being righteous, when, truly, we are being foolish. Pride can impact every area of our lives and make us lose our focus on God. As you spend time with God today, consider how your pride may be influencing your witness of the God you serve. Are you busy at the work God has given you, or are you a busy body? Ask God to show you how your pride may be blinding you to sin in your life. Repent and ask God to help you to kill that sin. Be willing to see your sin for what it is, ladies, and ask God to continue to sanctify you, knowing that sanctification is part of the process in growing closer to Him.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 12:1-10. Ladies, as you spend time with God today, consider where your hope truly is. Are you living a life that shows God’s economy or the world’s? Are you looking for that next experience in order to make much of yourself, or are you looking to God’s Word and to the application of His Word in your life to make much of HIM? Where is your focus at? Ask God to help you to learn, as Paul had to, to be content in all circumstances, and, more than that, to give thanks to God no matter the circumstances you are in. Praise God for giving you what is of immeasurable value: His Son and your salvation through Him. God is good, and He is always faithful ladies. Trust Him.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 11:16-33. Ladies, what example are you following? Are you filling up with God daily, or with something else? What is your source of comfort? Where do you go when you are frightened? Where should your comfort be? As you spend time with God today, ask Him to help you to want to know Him better, to love His Word more, and to live a life that is glorifying to Him, following the example of His Son. Ask Him to help you to prioritize Him, and ask Him to help you to find all that you need in His Word, His promises, and the hope you have from Him. He alone is worthy, ladies. Seek Him.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 11:1-15. Ladies, Paul gives a very sober warning regarding false teachers here, and we would do well to heed this warning as well. As you spend time with God today, examine yourself. Are you listening to teachers who are engaging and entertaining, but who are not teaching the truth of Scripture? How will you know? What must you do to be sure you are following the right path? Thank God for providing you with His Word so that you can, truly, know for yourself what Scripture teaches. Ask Him to help continue to give you wisdom and insight to be able to discern truth from falsehood, and to love His Word and hold fast to it in your life.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 10:1-18. Ladies, as you spend time with God today, is there something that you are struggling to submit to that you need to set aside? Is there some idol or stronghold that is keeping you focused on yourself instead of on God? Are you striving to boast only in God, or in yourself? Are you working for your own accolades or for God’s glory? Where is your confidence? In the uncertainties of this life, as health, wealth and everything else are so fleeting, are you trusting in God to provide what you need, or are you trusting in your stock portfolio and your vitamins to keep you secure? Spend some time in Psalms, reminding yourself of who God truly is, and His faithfulness, and rest in Him alone for all that you need.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 9:1-15. At the root of it all, we must realize that we are to give in this way because we have been given so much; the inexpressible gift of our Savior, given on our behalf, is a gift we can never repay but which should still influence how we choose to live every day. Ask God to help you to have a right perspective on giving, to repent of any sin that might be interfering with that, and to draw you close to Him, to learn how to give for HIS glory, alone.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 8:16-24. As you spend time in prayer today, praise God for godly pastors. If you sit under godly, sound teaching, praiseGod for that gift. Pray for your pastor(s) and ask God to bless them and to show you ways you can encourage them in their ministry, knowing that they are held to a higher standard by God and that they have real work that they are doing on behalf of their people.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 8:1-15. Ladies, there is a balance in our lives that we must be careful to watch. We must not be idle, but we must work, without expecting others to take care of our responsibilities. At the same time, we are to help our brothers and sisters in need as we are able, before we provide for the needs of the world at large. If we are providing for the widows of the world but we have widows and orphans in our churches who are in need, we are not caring for the body of Christ as we should.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 7:2-16. Ladies, as you spend time with God today, consider your relationships with other believers. How are you doing at giving grace to your brothers and sisters? At encouraging them? At pointing them back to Scripture in a loving way?
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1. Ladies, as you spend time with God today, consider how you are living. Are you living, holy and set apart to God? Or are you living compromising, offering yourself to the world to partner with what the world wants you to do? Paul is not talking about not associating with anyone who isn’t a Christian, but, sisters, please consider whether you are using that as an excuse to engage in activities that you know are not honoring to God.
We are to be in the world, but not of the world. How are you doing with that balance? Ask God to help you to see where you might need to pull back from the world, where you may be drifting in to sin instead of striding toward holiness. And, ask God to help you to see where you might need to step out of your comfort to offer the hope of the Gospel to those around you. There is a balance we must find, ladies, and it isn’t easy. Ask God to help you, today, to want to find the right balance, the balance that glorifies Him, that makes much of Him in all you do.
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 6:1-13. Ladies, as you spend time with God today, consider whatever trials you have gone through or are currently going through. How are you proclaiming Who your Savior is through your suffering? Is suffering in this world something that a Christian should fear? How does Paul’s life give us an example of how to suffer well and to have hope through our suffering? How are you enduring for the sake of Christ?
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 5:11-21. Ladies, if you aren’t sure if you are a new creation today, cry out to God for His mercy. Ask Him to show you mercy and grant you true repentance and ask Him to change your desires and make you love Him more and more. Ask Him to help you to love His Word, to hate your sin and to love HIM most of all, and ask Him to help you to confirm your calling and election in Him.
Repent of anything that is in the way of your relationship with God, and trust that, when you truly repent, God is faithful to forgive and reconcile you to Himself. Praise God today for the gift of Jesus who took on OUR sin so that we might have His righteousness. God is so merciful to us, ladies; praise Him for His mercy today!
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 5:1-10. Ladies, as you spend time with God today, consider how you are living your life. Are you living a life here that is storing up treasure in heaven, or storing up treasure on earth? Is the foundation of your life truly on Christ? Are you continuing to build on that foundation with eternal building materials, or are you building with earthly materials that will all disappear?
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Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 4:7-18. Ladies, God does not detour the path of the believer around suffering, but that our hope and confidence is that, in the midst of the suffering, God is always there with us.
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Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 4:1-6. Ladies, as you spend time with God today, consider those whom you know (and love) who are outside of Christ. Ask God to help you to interact with them with grace and truth, giving an answer for the hope you have in Christ. Remember that you are not the one who saves them, but God does. Point them to Christ, encourage them to study it for themselves so they are not led astray by false teaching.
Download the complete 2 Corinthians Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 3:1-18. Ladies, as you spend time with God today, remember that it is He who changes your very heart and affections, who makes you love Him and who draws you to Him, to love His laws and be able to obey them. Ask God to help you to love Him more and more each day, to love His Word and to learn to trust Him more every single day.
Download the complete 2 Corinthians Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 2:12-17. The world is watching, ladies. The world is watching to see how we, as Christians, react to the stress of this life and to opposition. We won’t do everything perfectly, but we should be the first to repent when we sin, knowing that we have been brought from death to life through the power of Christ on the cross. As you spend time with God today, consider what your everyday life and relationships say about your Savior. Are you quick to repent? Are you, as Romans 12 says, living at peace with everyone (so far as it is up to you)? Consider what kind of a witness you are for your Savior and, if necessary, repent of bringing shame onto His name. Ask Him to help you, daily, to live in a manner that brings Him glory.
Download the complete 2 Corinthians Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 2 Corinthians 2:5-11.As you spend time with God today, is there anyone you are withholding forgiveness from,whether they know it or not? What, according to Scripture, should you do to resolve that? Ask God to help you to forgive, from the heart, with a right attitude, not out of compulsion, but out of a desire to please God and be reconciled (if possible) with your brother/sister.
Download the complete 2 Corinthians Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
Today you’ll be reading 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4.
Over and over in Paul’s writings, we see his teaching is consistent and Gospel and Christ centered. The people of Corinth were led astray so easily by false teachers and were so quick to reject Paul and his teaching. Where do we see this happening today?
No matter who the teacher is, there is only one source of truth, and that is God’s word. Make sure that you know His Word for yourself, and always check to be sure that what you are being taught is in line with Scripture.
Download the complete 2 Corinthians Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
As you spend time with God today, consider ways in which you can enter in to the suffering of other believers, and ways in which others can enter in to your suffering. Prayer is always an amazing option, but what practical ways can you enter in or invite others to enter in with you?
Download the complete 2 Corinthians Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
With so many women isolated and missing regular fellowship at their Bible studies, we thought we’d do something a little different with the online Bible studies at Naomi’s Table. Normally I post them and encourage ladies to help themselves to the recordings and the study questions. But starting today I’m making these studies slightly more […]
Welcome to our study in 2 Corinthians! Our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert will lead you through this incredible letter, and we will discuss the lessons each week on our Naomi’s Table Facebook Page.
For today, in preparation to read 2 Corinthians, read Acts 19:1-41. The events recorded here in Acts occurred while Paul was in Ephesus, writing the first letter that we have to the church in Corinth.
Read Acts 20:1-2. These events were occurring while Paul sent Titus ahead with the letter to the Corinthians and Paul took the longer, over land route to get to Corinth.
Read Acts 20:2-3. The visit that Paul promises to make to Corinth is mentioned here in Acts, and when Paul leaves Corinth this time, he has the collection for Jerusalem that he references in this letter.
Spend some time in prayer today preparing for studying 2 Corinthians. Ask God to help prepare your heart to learn more about Him and what He expects of His people in His word as you study this book, and ask Him to help you to dig into this book and not just to allow yourself to be spoon fed. Ask Him to help make His word come alive to you as we go through this study.
Download the complete 2 Corinthians Study Notes. You may print these and use with your women’s Bible study, small group or home study.
Looking for a solid Bible study to do with your women’s small group? The Book of Malachi is the 39th book of the Bible, and last book of the Old Testament. It was written as an oracle: God’s very own breathed-out Word to Israel through the prophet named Malachi.In these four chapters, God makes it […]
When we look at 1 Corinthians in the 13th chapter, we read about how God wants us to look at love. Today Amy and Nancy break down what these verses mean in context. In Segment 2, follow along as we delve into our Bible study in the book of Galatians! Teacher Beth Seifert takes us […]
Today we’re starting a two-day discussion on Cults. You might think the idea of the “moonies” or the Jonestown incident is outdated. But there are cults today. How can we know what a cult is? Today and tomorrow we will share some characteristics common to all cults, and how you can spot them. In Segment […]
Yes, we talk about modesty here at the Table, but you know there must be a noticeable shift when even mainstream discussions center around a huge decline in decorum and decency! God has a lot to say about modesty in His Word. We’re mentioning one news story about a woman whose wedding dress was so objectionable that a pastor refused to perform the wedding ceremony. The article has both secularists as well as Christians talking about modesty, and we’ll share your comments and emails as well.
In Segment 2, pull up a chair for our Bible study as dive back into ROMANS with our Bible study teacher Beth Seifert. Be sure to download the notes in our Bible study tab on the menu.
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Yesterday we looked at the harm our tongues can do in the areas of gossip and slander, but today we are looking at the good things that our words were intended to do: Praise God, share His Hope and be an encouragement to others. In Segment 2, we’re scooting up our chairs for our Bible […]
What does in mean to have “sound doctrine?” Isn’t doctrine something that divides? Actually, yes, doctrine does divide, and Jesus was quite intentional about making sure we adhere to His Truth. We’ve been talking about the Titus 2 woman this week, and we start with the Titus 2 man, because we women it says, are to do likewise: […]
Why is scripture memorization so difficult? Is it important? We’re going to show you some great tips for how you can do that in a moment with our guest, Susan Heck. It’s easier than you might think. Susan should know; she has 24 books of the Bible memorized. We’re also going to be talking about […]
Today we’re covering our Proverbs 31 Woman Bible Study overview titled, “Smart and Classy.” It’s Lesson #5. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the table with Sunny Shell. Be sure to download the notes! [powerpress]
Today we’re covering our Proverbs 31 Woman Bible Study overview titled, “Beautiful Truth is Beautiful Trust.” It’s Lesson #4. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the table with Sunny Shell. Be sure to download the notes! [powerpress]
Today we’re covering our Proverbs 31 Woman Bible Study overview titled, “More Preci0us Than Jewels: Part II.” It’s Lesson #3. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the table with Sunny Shell. Be sure to download the notes! [powerpress]
Today we’re covering our Proverbs 31 Woman Bible Study titled, “More Preci0us Than Jewels: Part I.” It’s Lesson #2. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the table with Sunny Shell. Be sure to download the notes! [powerpress]
Today we’re covering our Proverbs 31 Woman Bible Study overview. It’s Lesson #1, the last in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the table with Sunny Shell. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering a 1 John topical study titled, “Final Word From Jesus.” It’s Lesson #30, the last in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 5:20-21 in our study titled, “The Real Deal.” It’s Lesson #29 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 5:16-19 in our study titled, “Freedom From Sin.” It’s Lesson #28 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 5:14-15 in our study titled, “Guidance for Prayer.” It’s Lesson #27 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 5:9-3 in our study titled, “Assurance of Eternal Life.” It’s Lesson #26 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 5:6-8 in our study titled, “Witness of God.” It’s Lesson #25 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn with our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 5:1-5 in our study titled, “Victory Over The World.” It’s Lesson #24 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 4:7-21 in our study titled, “Love as Christ Loved, Past II.” It’s Lesson #23 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 4:7-21 in our study titled, “Love as Christ Loved, Part I.” It’s Lesson #22 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 4:1-6 in our study titled, “Who Has Your Ear?” It’s Lesson #21 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 3:24 in our study titled, “Witness of the Spirit.” It’s Lesson #20 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 3:13-23 in our study titled, “Saying Vs. Doing.” It’s Lesson #19 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 3:10-12 in our study titled, “Real Love, Right Living.” It’s Lesson #18 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering a topical study from the Book of Matthew titled, “First Things First.” It’s Lesson #17 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 3:4-9 in our study titled, “Practice Right Living.” It’s Lesson #16 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering a topical study titled, “In God’s Family.” It’s Lesson #15 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 2:28 – 3:3 in our study titled, “Purity of Life.” It’s Lesson #14 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 2:24-27 in our study titled, “The Spirit of Truth.” It’s Lesson #13 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 2:18-23 in our study titled, “The Spirit of Deception.” It’s Lesson #12 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering a topical study titled, “The Word of Opposition.” It’s Lesson #11 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 2:15-17 in our study titled, “The Love God Hates.” It’s Lesson #10 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering a topical study titled, “Sharing Real Life.” It’s Lesson #9 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 2:12-14, and this study is titled, “Love at All Stages of Life.” It’s Lesson #8 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 2:7-11, and this study is titled, “Something New; Something Old.” It’s Lesson #7 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 2:3-6, and this study is titled “Proof We Know Him.” It’s Lesson #6 in our series. Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
Today we’re covering 1 John 2:1-2, and this study is titled “Our Defense Attorney.” Grab your Bible (or pull up an online version), and prepare to learn at the feet of our Bible study teacher, Ruth Christian. [powerpress]
