Our Ladies’ Bible Study

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The last time I participated in a ladies’ Bible study was almost 12 years ago when my first baby was born. The pastor’s mother taught the study on Tuesday mornings with a time of prayer, Bible memorization, reading, and study. It was a growing time for me as I gathered with other women to be challenged, encouraged, and strengthened through the Word. Our teacher shared the Scriptures with us, her wisdom gained through the years, and her personal stories.

Though I’ve been in ladies’ Sunday school classes, I haven’t had an opportunity to join other women for a separate Bible study until recently, when our church ladies started a Bible study in March on the fruitful Christian woman. We meet weekly for a time of singing, prayer, Bible study, and fellowship. We’re given assignments to read the Word daily and write down what we learn from our devotions, as well as memorize a new verse each week. We’re given practical challenges to instill good habits in our home like making the bed right away (unless our husbands are still in them) and keeping a clean kitchen sink.

The first section of our study is focused on knowing God because everything in the Christian life flows out of it. It has been interesting to see how messages throughout the week tie in with what is being taught in our Bible study.

As much as I enjoy blogging and my online friends, there’s something about gathering in someone’s living room, connecting with other women one on one, and laughing and crying together. Our Bible study group has been small, around 6 to 9 ladies each week, so we get to know each other’s hearts and struggles on an intimate basis. It’s become a support group of sorts, as we face challenges with our families, church, and various physical needs. During the week, we think of each other and pray for one another, lifting up our voices to Almighty God.

Our Bible study leader is no stranger to tough times, being widowed with four children and starting over with a widower and his three grown children. How are we able to go through hard times without knowing God? Eternal life is knowing God, as expressed in John 17:3: “And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.”

After studying the Christian and her God, we’ll also look at the Christian and herself, the Christian and others, and the Christian and her home. May we be Christians who study His Word, talk to Him in prayer, know, fear, and love the Lord, and trust in His Word and character.

I thought this week’s memory verse summed up our study well:

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:6).

Are you currently in a ladies’ Bible study? What have you learned recently from your study?

Lisa (aka Morning Rose) has been teaching her two elementary-aged sons for four years and incorporating study, work, service, and play into their homeschooling days. She enjoys reading, writing, and photography and blogs publicly at Pockets of Time and privately at Scooter and B.