Session 2

Wow ladies, I just finished watching the video session 2 (the one that stopped in the middle on Wednesday night !... again I apologize for that). Anyway,can't wait for you to see the end. Just a recap, Beth reminded us that "Meanness has a history." Didn't you love learning the history of Mordecai and Haman and their descendants. The story makes so much more sense now doesn't it? What about our history? What is behind "our meanness?" What is in our past that makes us justify being "mean." "Meanness perceives a threat." We must learn to identify the threat. What are we most likely to measure ourselves against? Who/what is our rival and how much time are we wasting on this part of our lives. God showed me something during this video that I was wasting way too much time on. Please pray that I'll "let it go." Remember that if you and God are fighting for the same thing, then you will win! "Meanness is catching like a virus." We can pass it down from generation to generation (bet you can name families this is happened to) and we can pass it around and around from person to person. And last and thank goodness... "Meanness is Curable." We really can get over it. Leave your "Hamans" to God. Repay evil for good (that is so hard to do sometimes isn't it? Love your Haman until their heart sears with conviction and they are able to see Jesus in the light of your eyes.
Love and prayers to you all,
DB

From Orphan to Queen

When I got home Monday evening, my seven-year-old daughter, Emmie, was still awake. As I put her back to bed, she asked me what I learned that night. I told her that I learned something great. Esther started out as an orphan, was adopted, and God eventually made her queen of Persia. She thought that was great! We adopted Emmie from Russia when she was two. I love seeing stories in God's Word of people who are adopted, but yet God chooses them and has a great destiny for them. After all, we're all adopted by our heavenly Father, aren't we?

Can't Sleep

Hi Ladies,
Woke up about 3:30, just wanted you to know you've been prayed for already today! Hope to see you tonight, take a look back over your homework and come ready to discuss the "principle and personal" questions located in the margins of your book.
Love you all
DB

hey guys! i have not started my study yet, but i have already been blessed!! when i was reading the blog and Joe talked about how God could talk to people and how the same message could speak to people in different ways, my daughter Gloria was sitting behind me and asked me, have you ever wondered how God speakes to us? , [LONG SENTENCE],AND i asked her if she had read this, and she had not!!! both of our mouths flew open. praise the name of Jesus!!!!!!! love, Teresa

Invitation

OK Ladies,
I sent you invitations, if you don't already have a "google" account, it will walk you through how to set one up, then you should be able to post a blog and we can all comment back. (Let me know if you need help with this). Hope you are doing your homework ! The books came into Lifeway so those of you who don't have them yet can pick them up tomorrow. Please remember to pray for the movie Fireproof tonight. We'll be showing it in Spanish! Hope to see you tomorrow.
DB

Hi Ladies,

What have you been learning in your Beth Moore Study so far? God can speak to us differently using the exact same words but we can all get a different message. And when we share what we've learned with one another, it not only uplifts and encourages us, but it also inspires us as we gain bit by bit from each other's individual lessons.

I love the verse in Romans 15:4 that says: "For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures, we might have HOPE." I'm so looking forward to finding that encouragement and Hope in Esther!