Everyday Matters Bible Studies for Women—Bible Study & Meditation
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This Bible study guide leads women through the spiritual practice of Bible Study & Meditation. It includes 5 separate Bible studies on this topic, and each study includes: Meditation on selected scripture focusing on a facet of the practice; Sidebars that feature quotes, insights, or challenges; Discussion questions; Points to Ponder; Prayer; Exercise for the week; Takeaway Treasure; Leader’s Guide. This Bible study is “stand alone” and can be used with any Bible. There are some references to supplementary material in the Everyday Matters Bible for Women which are also self-contained.
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Everyday Matters Bible Studies for Women—
Bible Study & Meditation (eBook edition)
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Everyday Matters Bible for Women, copyright © 2012 by Hendrickson Publishers. All rights reserved.
Bible study written by Alison Gerber.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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First eBook edition — July 2015
Contents
Copyright
Holy Habits
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Leader’s Guide
Other Titles
Holy Habits
Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life
Everyday life today is busier and more distracting than it has ever been before. While cell phones and texting make it easier to keep track of children and each other, they also make it harder to get away from the demands that overwhelm us. Time, it seems, is a shrinking commodity. But God, the Creator of time, has given us the keys to leading a life that may be challenging but not overwhelming. In fact, he offers us tools to do what seems impossible and come away refreshed and renewed. These tools are called spiritual practices, or spiritual disciplines.
Spiritual practices are holy habits. They are rooted in God’s word, and they go back to creation itself. God has hardwired us to thrive when we obey him, even when it seems like his instructions defy our common sense.
When we engage in the holy habits that God has ordained, time takes on a new dimension. What seems impossible is actually easy; it’s easy because we are tapping into God’s resources.
The holy habits that we call spiritual practices are all geared to position us in a place where we can allow the Holy Spirit to work in us and through us, to grant us power and strength to do the things we can’t do on our own. They take us to a place where we can become intimate with God.
While holy habits and everyday life may sound like opposites, they really aren’t.
As you learn to incorporate spiritual practices into your life, you’ll find that everyday life is easier. At the same time, you will draw closer to God and come to a place where you can luxuriate in his rich blessings. Here is a simple example. Elizabeth Collings hated running household errands. Picking up dry cleaning, doing the grocery shopping, and chauffeuring her kids felt like a never-ending litany of menial chores. One day she had a simple realization that changed her life. That day she began to use her chore time
as a time of prayer and fellowship with God.
Whenever Elizabeth walked the aisle of the supermarket, she prayed for each person who would eat the item of food she selected. On her way to pick up her children, she would lay their lives out before God, asking him to be there for them even when she couldn’t. Each errand became an opportunity for fellowship with God. The chore that had been so tedious became a precious part of her routine that she cherished.
The purpose of these study guides is to help you use spiritual practices to make your own life richer, fuller, and deeper. The series includes twenty-four spiritual practices that are the building blocks of Christian spiritual formation. Each practice is a holy habit that has been modeled for us in the Bible. The practices are acceptance, Bible study and meditation, celebration, community, confession, contemplation, faith, fasting, forgiveness, gratitude, hospitality, justice, mentoring, outreach, prayer, reconciliation, Sabbath rest, service, silence, simplicity, solitude, stewardship, submission, and worship.
As you move through the