Girlfriends Bible Study

Ep 109 - Little Known Miracles: Following Instructions

Tonight we're continuing our study with a discussion of miracles in 2 Samuel 5, and 1 Kings 13.

Ep 108 - Little Known Miracles

Tonight we're beginning a new theme of "Little Known Miracles" in the Bible and starting with Numbers 16.Did you know about this?

Ep 107 - Little Known Facts About the Arks

Tonight we discuss little known facts about Noah's Ark and the Ark of the Covenant.First child born after the flood - Arphaxad (Genesis 11:10-11).Noah's Ark mentioned in New Testament - Matthew 24:36-39, Luke 17:26-27, Hebrews 11:7, 2 Peter 2:4-9, 1 Peter 3:19-22Scriptures about the Ark of the Covenant:2 Samuel 7:1-17Numbers 1:51Exodus 25, 33 - making of the ArkHebrews 9Revelation 11:19

Ep 106 - Noah's Ark

We are still talking about the Ark...the other one this time!
Scriptures:Genesis 5:32Genesis 6:1-22Genesis 7:1-24Genesis 8:1-22

Ep 105 - The Mysterious Power and Journey of the Ark

We read about Joshua marching around the walls of Jericho - with the Ark. (Joshua 6:1-20)And then we read a crazy story about what happened when the Ark was stolen by the Philistines. (1 Samuel 4-6)

Ep 104 - What Was in the Ark

We start a new theme tonight - The Ark. I'm sure you thought I meant "Noah's Ark" but NO! We're starting with the Ark of the Covenant.
Reading from Hebrews 9:1-5, we discuss what was in the ark - Manna (Exodus 16:1-36), Tablets (Exodus 25:10-22), and Aaron's Budding Rod (Numbers 17:1-13).

Ep 103 - Our Words Are Seeds

The definition of sowing, according to Dictionary.com, is "to scatter seed over (land, earth, etc.) for the purpose of growth.
Our actions and words are seeds that we sow that produces either good or bad fruit.
Several scriptures remind us of this:Matthew 7:15-20Matthew 12:33-37Galatians 6:7-10Isaiah 55:10-11

Ep 102 - What's Done in the Dark

We continue our theme of "Reaping & Sowing" with a review of two titans in the Bible - David and Jacob.
King David's affair with Bathsheba and the subsequent murder of her husband Uriah (when it was revealed that the King had gotten her pregnant) was a horrible seed sown. It had an immediate "reaping" effect as they lost their son. (2 Samuel 11:1-17, 26 and 2 Samuel 12:7-20, 24-25)
Jacob sowed a seed of deception when he pulled the okey-doke and stole his older brother Esau's inheritance by deceiving his father. (Genesis 27) A while later, he fell in love with his Uncle Laban's daughter Rachel and agreed to work for seven years to marry her. But on their wedding night, Laban pulled the okey-doke on Jacob and slipped his older daughter Leah into the wedding chamber. (Genesis 29)
Once again, the law of reaping and sowing - or better yet, sowing and reaping - was on full display. Galatians 6:7-10 reminds us that God cannot be mocked. A man will reap what he sows.
Most dirt is done secretly - in the dark - so it seems like people are going to get away with it. But God's word is clear that what's done in the dark WILL come to the light.
Luke 8:17, 12:2-3Ecclesiastes 12:141 Corinthians 4:5Job 12:22Isaiah 29:15Matthew 10:26Mark 4:22Ephesians 5:11-13John 3:19-21

Ep 101 - The Lord, Not Idols

Tonight we start a new series studying Idols in the Bible. We begin by reading Isaiah 44:6-28 which points out the illogicality of worshiping idols that we create with our own hands. Brilliant, humorous, and eye-opening.

Ep 100 - Reaping & Sowing: The Good and the Bad

In this Bible Study, we read about Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11) who both conspired to lie, and immediately reaped the repercussions.
 
We also read about Rahab in Joshua 2 and Joshua 6:22-25. Interestingly enough, she also lied - to protect the spies. The mercy that she sowed with them reaped mercy for her family later on.
 
We also talked about the story of Fleming and Churchill. It may be a myth, but it's a beautiful story of sowing and reaping.