Tuesday, August 31 The Midwives The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, “When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” Exodus 1:15-17 Suggested reading: Exodus 1:15-22. Shiphrah and Puah, and other midwives like them, are the first heroines in the book of Exodus. I knew these women were a part of the Moses-story, but I personally have

Monday, August 30 Introduction to Moses: Called, Challenged, Changed Welcome to our new six-week study of Moses! All you will need is your Bible, a journal, and a heart that is eager to learn from God’s living and active word. Let’s begin. Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them. Then a new king came to power in Egypt. Exodus 1:6

As much as is possible, I am jumping up and down! I’m cheering for you! I’m celebrating for us! Because, we finished a project, y’all. And, I don’t care if you were here for all 1,000 (let’s be honest, it felt like it at times) days, or if you just checked in periodically, you are getting credit. This was a big thing to take on, and we did it. In celebration, you may be expecting wise words from me. And, if not “wise words” you’re most definitely expecting a lot of words sinc

Oh, sweet friends. You’ve done it! We’ve made it all the way to the end. The only books we haven’t talked about are the letters written by Peter and John and the Revelation written by John. First of all, if you aren’t watching The Chosen series, I’m just going to take another opportunity to say, “WATCH THE CHOSEN SERIES!” I love what Angie said about both Peter and John as she described their letters. Peter (what a guy!) transitions so much from the Gospels to his letters. I

James is an important figure in our Christian history. I’m glad we were able to spend a day looking at his life and his book. Today, I want to spend our time looking at a book that we can’t even pinpoint who to credit with writing, Hebrews. Regardless of the author, the purpose of the book of Hebrews is to share this simple truth (Angie’s words from page 265), Jesus and His new covenant with the people of God are superior to everything that came before. This post will likely

I know we’re in the home stretch, girls. But, since we can, let’s pause and look at one more character, please. I want to talk about James. As Angie said, James was the half-brother of Jesus. Angie also announced that he didn’t necessarily believe in Jesus (as the Messiah) when Jesus was living. Read John 7: 1-5. John is straight forward in saying that Jesus’ brothers did not believe Him or in Him. That’s why they were pressuring Him to do miraculous things publicly. Now, rea

Monday, August 23rd Woven – Summer Study Girls…. Did you LOVE Beth Moore’s message this weekend? I think it was such an appropriate way to end our week with the first century church and begin our week moving toward Revelation. If you missed out on that message, I strongly encourage you to stop right now an listen. Well, we have reached the end! On one hand, I want to jump up and down and celebrate, because we have persevered. We have stuck it out, done the work, and learned a

Well Soul Sisters, we are nearing the end of our Summer Series-SERVE, SHARE & SHINE! What did you think? This was our first “weekend” series dedicated to outreach and so I really hope it has been encouraging, inspiring and perhaps gave you a new perspective on going out into the world to be the light of Christ! These last two weeks for ACT 6, will focus on ALL PEOPLE and ALL ACTS OF KINDNESS! Let me ask you a couple questions... What causes are close to your heart? When you g

The book of Acts is so much more than we've been able to cover. I don't know about you, but I'm challenged to make time to read and study Acts on my own in future days or months. If we're going to carry the baton well, we simply must study how the first believers (the ones who walked and talked with Jesus or heard from the ones that did)carried it. Today, spend a little time finishing the next to last chapter of Woven. Angie gave a good synopsis of Paul's letters to the churc

As much as I hate to admit it, we are just not going to get through the book of Acts to the extent that I’d like to. Maybe one day we’ll study Acts in isolation. Until then, we’ll do what we can do. I’m sure you’ve noticed that we still haven’t finished chapter 13 in Woven. Don’t panic! We’ll get there tomorrow. Today, we need to study a section of Acts that I don’t necessarily love. It’s important, though, so here we go. In Acts chapter 6, there was a complaint that the disc