Once a week for two years now I've been attending, even lead one semester,
Bible study with precious ladies, moms at my church.
This semester we are studying
along with Lysa Terkeurst
in her book What happens when woman say yes to God.
If you've ever heard Lysa or read one of her books
you already know she is amazing. If you haven't
I encourage you to.
She's real and she keeps it real!
In my time preparing before class this week
a verse Lysa shared, Romans 12:2, in chapter 2 stood out to me.
The more I thought about that verse the more I came to realize
how many times that verse has come into play in several other studies I am done.
Even on a journal page I did last semester.
I'd encourage you to read the chapter of Romans 12 from your hand held Bible, not your phone, not your iPhone etc but your Bible.
The pictures below are from my NIV Life application Bible of Roman 12.
If you're not familiar with this Bible,
it gives you scripture and at the bottom breaks down each verse
in a way you can easily understand to apply towards your life.
See the print, it's large! When I purchased this one my mother was with me
and encourage me to get large print because in a few years I'd need it.
Well, I have to say I am very glad I did.
It makes studying a lot easier.
Romans 12:2 all started for me several years ago
when I did a study by Jennifer Rothschild, Me Myself and Lies.
On page 42, she has you fill in the blank of the verse
and then give her take on helping you understand.
Highlighted Below:
Page 42
Let's think with the mind of Christ.
transform our thoughts
by infusing them with the truth of Scripture
so they will resemble the mind of Christ.
In Bold Above (middle):
When the world tells you to make your violators pay,
the mind of Christ thinks (Ephesians 4:32: Luke 17:3-4)
When the world suggests you look out for number one,
the mind of Christ thinks (Col. 3:12)
When the world advises you get all you can-buy now pay later-
the mind of Christ thinks (Matt. 5:41-42)
When the world tells you "just do it,"
the mind of Christ thinks (2 Peter 1:5-8)
When the world says you can pull yourself up by your own bootstraps,
the mind of Christ thinks (Phil. 2:13)
When the world persuades "it's all about you,"
the mind of Christ thinks (1 Cor. 6:20; Rev. 4:1)
Below she goes on to share the story of the Pharisees
in Matthew 15:1-9 and 21:33-46 and Jesus described them in Matthew 23:3-6
Truthful Labels
These truth labels, this study with Jennifer Rothschild taught me so much about the junk that can be trapped in our heads that just isn't even true. Carrying the truth about who we are in Christ frees us from such nonsense.
Secondly, reading Donna Partow's book Becoming the Woman God Wants Me to Be lead me to Romans 12:2 also.
Above: I wrote this at the end of the chapter!
Be free, take time to spread your wings in God's truths
about who you are!
becoming a confident woman of God's clears all worldly insecurities!
At that moment of doing that study and writing that at the end of the chapter again set me free from the outside world. I just don't care anymore what others think of me, the way I look, dress, what i drive, where I live ect... what I care about most is what really matters, my relationship with Christ!
Thirdly, last semester leading Bible study Romans 12:2 was in The Beautiful Wife by Sandy Ralya.
Above: at the bottom of page
Listen to the Truth
Accepting God's truth about yourself by feeding yourself daily with God's word.
Below:
Romans 12:2 appears again....
Above:
A list of truth that came from the Me Myself and Lies study,
shown above, that I wrote at the back of chapter in this book.
I also created a journal page last semester about standing firm on God's word
and Romans 12:2 was on there stating it transforms you.
( i'll add a picture of the journal page in a bit, if it's not here come back)
Do you see the circle of how many times that verse has come back to me…
thinking we should really soak it in. I know I have!!!
After class this week I got a text from a girl in my class that thanked me
for the encouragement of reading the whole book of Romans 12.
That text encouraged me to go beyond and share…
so here you have it!
Me sharing it with you!
Here's Lysa with a short video about her book,
What Happens When Woman Say Yes to God.
What Happens When Woman Say Yes to God.
I want to leave you with something….
because we are called to learn new things in this life and grow,
what better way to learn new things
and grow knowing those things than to study the Bible.
This…wanting to get into God's word more but just not sure how
or wanting to clarify that what you're doing is right on,
then watch this video below by Joyce Meyer How to Study the Bible.
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