Twelve Women of the Bible Study Guide: Life-Changing Stories for Women Today
By Lysa TerKeurst, Elisa Morgan, Amena Brown and
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Their stories are not fairytales, their road was not easy, and their examples are not perfect. They lived in times and places quite different than ours. Yet they hold up a mirror to our souls that can help us better understand our own story. And in doing so, we find freedom to come to God as we are, with total transparency—honest and real.
In this twelve-session small group journey (DVD/video streaming sold separately), taught by six acclaimed Bible teachers—including Lysa TerKeurst—you will meet a group of women in the Bible whose lives teach us about ourselves and about who God is. You and your group will open yourselves to the raw and revealing stories of frailties, struggles, brokenness, and victories of real women from both the Old and New Testaments.
You'll discover lessons from each of these 12 women that will help you:
- Apply biblical lessons to your own modern-day struggles.
- Persevere through your failures and accept your successes.
- Draw near to God in a world filled with trials.
- Find lasting contentment in every situation.
- Overcome rejection and insecurity.
Sessions include:
- Eve: Finding Lasting Contentment in the Truth (Lysa TerKeurst)
- Rebekah: Breaking Free of Feminine Stereotypes (Jonalyn Fincher)
- Leah: Overcoming Rejection and Insecurity (Naomi Zacharias)
- Hannah: Surrendering in Waiting (Amena Brown)
- Abigail: Dealing with Confrontation in Relationships (Elisa Morgan)
- Gomer: Learning to Accept Unconditional Love (Jeanne Stevens)
- Mary, Mother of Jesus: Moving from Comfort to Courage (Jeanne Stevens)
- Mary Magdalene: Transforming from Outcast to Follower (Jonalyn Fincher)
- Mary of Bethany: Putting Our Faith into Action (Elisa Morgan)
- Martha: Finding Our Identity in Jesus (Amena Brown)
- The Woman at the Well: Turning Our Messes into Messages (Lysa TerKuerst)
- The Syrophoenician Woman: Approaching God with Persistency and Boldness (Naomi Zacharias)
Designed for use with the Twelve Women of the Bible DVD (9780310691624), sold separately.
Lysa TerKeurst
Lysa TerKeurst es autora best seller de catorce libros, incluyendo Límites saludables, despedidas necesarias y Perdona lo que no puedes olvidar. Ella ha contado la extraordinaria historia de su vida en televisión y radio, ha sido invitada al show de Oprah y Good Morning America. Escribe desde la mesa familiar en su granja en Carolina del Norte. Conéctate con ella en LysaTerKeurst.com o en las redes sociales @LysaTerKeurst.
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Twelve Women of the Bible Study Guide - Lysa TerKeurst
INTRODUCTION
Let’s Get Real!
Don’t you just love authentic people? Aren’t you drawn to women who are transparent and real? There is something fresh and wonderful about women who have nothing to hide and who are not ashamed about who they are … even the tough parts.
Real faith calls a woman to be honest about who she is. The truth is, God knows everything about us and he loves us beyond description! He knows our strengths, joys, and victories. God also knows our frailties, struggles, sins, and brokenness. In the midst of all of this, he is crazy about us.
When we get this truth, and this truth gets a grip on our hearts, everything changes. Like the Velveteen Rabbit in the classic children’s story, we slowly become Real.
We don’t have to hide from God and each other. We can admit our struggles and celebrate our joys.
We can become real women with real faith!
In this twelve-session small group journey you will meet a group of amazing women who are absolutely real. At moments you might wonder why God captured these particular stories in the pages of his Holy Word. But, as you press on, you will discover that the raw and revealing accounts are a gift to women today.
Their stories are not fairytales, their road was not easy, and their examples are not perfect. They lived in times and places quite different than ours. Yet they teach us lessons that are deeply practical, holding up a mirror to our lives and souls that can help us better understand our own story.
As you meet these real women, open your heart to what God wants to do in you. He invites you to come to him as you are, with total transparency. He also wants you to be honest with the women in your small group. If there was ever a time to be honest about who you are … it is now. If there was ever a safe place to share your heart and story with humble authenticity, it is in this group.
May God bless your time together and may you become real, before God, yourself, and the women in your small group.
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SESSION 1
EVE
FINDING LASTING CONTENTMENT IN THE TRUTH
Key Scriptures: Genesis 1:31;
2:15–25; 3:1–7; and
Matthew 4:1–11
Lysa TerKeurst
MEETING EVE
Eve’s life began as a study in perfection. She had the dream and then some! Perfect surroundings. Perfect relationships. Perfect provision. And Eve experienced perfect communion with the living God. What more could anyone long for?
Eve’s life was a series of firsts
in the history of the world. She was the first woman, the first wife, the first mother, the first (and only) sinless woman, and the first to be tempted by Satan. Sadly, Eve was the first (along with her husband Adam) to fall into sin and see the cataclysmic consequences of disobedience to God.
Her very name meant, mother of all who have life,
but her story was a tapestry woven with joy and pain, celebration and sorrow, life and death. Eve feasted on the glory of intimacy with God beyond what any other woman would know on the earth. But she also felt her teeth put on edge by the bitter poison of sin and rebellion.
Never has another woman lived with such highs and lows. From the sinless paradise of Eden to the barrenness of exile outside of the garden, angels posted to make sure she and her husband would never return and eat from the tree of life. From perfect communion with Adam and God to the naked shame of being caught in sin. From peaceful relationships to the unspeakable pain that came as she stood over the grave of a son who had been murdered by his own brother. Eve knew the whole spectrum of human emotion.
Eve was swept into the spiritual drama that would unfold through the whole story of the human family and the Word of God. She was molded and shaped by the very hands of God and had no earthly parents. She faced the tempter and heard his sinister voice entice her to rebel against God. She heard the prophetic word that one day Satan would be crushed by her ancestor:
"I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
Genesis 3:15
Eve saw the cost of sin but heard the message of hope in a coming Savior, one who would be her descendant. His name would be Jesus!
Introduction
The more things change, the more they stay the same!
Just think about it. Every mother from the dawn of time has had to teach her children to say two simple words, Thank you.
If every mom had a dollar for every time they said to a son or daughter, What do you say?
every mom would be a millionaire! Some things never change.
Every Christian woman, from the first century on, has longed to have a little more time to pray, read the Word, and sit at the feet of Jesus. But our lives get so busy and cluttered it can be difficult. Some things are just part of our lot as human beings. The more things change, the more they really do stay the same.
That is what we will learn in today’s session about Eve. She was tempted and enticed by the enemy, just as we all are. Satan’s tactics were calculated, strategic, and effective. When we watch Eve’s drama unfold, we see that the same tactics the devil used against her were used against Jesus when he walked on this earth. With this in mind, we should expect the enemy to use similar wiles and schemes against us. Because, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
As you enter into this session, open your ears and heart. Prepare yourself to learn about the tactics of the enemy and ask God to prepare you to fight back.