Thursday Morning Group
Top Row: Marion, Jane, Linda, Jan, Kim, Stephanie [me]
Second Row: Susan, Bonnie B., Kathleen [behind], Chris [behind], Annette
Front Row: Brittaney [glasses], Aline, Annel, Bonnie P.
[The two Bonnie's call themselves Bonnie-Squared!!
I have to separate them in class! ;-)]
Monday Night Group
Front Row: Donna A., Awilda, Stephanie [me], Lina
Middle Row: Marie, Faith, Tiara, Courtney
Back row: Donna G., Karen, Lisa K. Tracie, Lisa G., Pat, Elaine
After a year on Sabbatical [from teaching] with the LORD
- it was my JOY and PRAISE to
- it was my JOY and PRAISE to
jump right back into teaching back-to-back Bible study Groups
on Monday nights and Thursday mornings
since the last week of January until the end of March!
on Monday nights and Thursday mornings
since the last week of January until the end of March!
We did STEPPING UP - A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent
by Beth Moore - A video Driven/Workbook series
and ended our time together with a meal - as we always do here at
Shepherd's Walk... a reminder of when we will sit at
the Marriage Supper of the Lamb
with Him in glory one day [soon and very soon]!
Watching the video session...
The Ladies are eagerly filling in the pages of their workbooks
as they listen and engage
with Miss Beth and most importantly with GOD!!
We love having fun together after studying our hearts out with GOD.
He did some amazing things in both groups during this study.
Elaine Williams
used her artistic gifts to draw
our memory Psalm 121
This was the sketch [above]of verses 1-4 before it was colored in.
This helped us so much to memorize the words of that Psalm
from the HCSB version which was given in the study.
Below you can see the finished work of all 8 verses on two drawings.
I gave each women a CIRCLE on their first day of study.
On those circles was one of five words:
GRACE - TRUST - PRAYER - PRAISE - SURRENDER
A Bible verse went along with each word
that [God] chose for each person.
that [God] chose for each person.
The ladies were to examine and ponder their own circle word
throughout the study.
throughout the study.
Each week we went over the verses and talked about the words.
All the ladies testified how God had spoken
to them through these particular words and their verses.
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There was always a time of teaching before the video
in what God was laying out before us.
in what God was laying out before us.
Here are just some of the flip chart sheets.
The large one in the center shows our circle words
The large one in the center shows our circle words
as well as our Visual Theme for more than half of the study:
THE BIG PICTURE = From the Divine Perspective
We learned from that visual:
No matter how God may reframe the promises of our life -
His LOVE is always at the center of it -
His LOVE is always at the center of it -
and the arrows taught us to seek MORE of HIM and less of us.
Our Silly and Crazy Thursday Morning Group!
We love Miss Beth and her teaching
because she helps us all to engage with our JESUS!
"There's no 'high' like the Most High!"
Our favorite psalm was Psalm 126
[which had a little pull from it being my favorite Psalm]!
I praise my God and KING
for all that He accomplished
to bring Victory over defeat in this study
for all that He accomplished
to bring Victory over defeat in this study
and to allow us to sow and reap with songs of GREAT JOY!
We thank YOU, LORD, for Your Holy Spirit's Presence in our midst
each week as YOU taught us through YOUR WORD!
each week as YOU taught us through YOUR WORD!
Thank you all, ladies, for your diligence to study God's Word and respond
in OBEDIENCE to it! It was a wild ride and a blast to be with you again!
Choosing GREAT JOY,
Stephanie
Psalm 126
