Girlfriends Bible Study

Ep 52 - Dreams that Communicate a Future Hope

Special Guest Host Bria Lacour shared a wonderful message about "that dreamer Joseph," in keeping with May's theme "Dreams in the Bible."We had a great discussion about how long we sometimes have to wait in between what God's shown us (the prophecy) and its manifestation.
Scriptures:Genesis 37:1-11, 42:1-17, 45:4-15

Ep 51 - Don't Look Down

If you have big goals, don't look down.Scriptures:Matthew 14Matthew 17:20-21Hebrews 11:1Romans 4:17

Ep 50 - Our Perspective vs. God's Perspective

Often, our plans are not God's plan for us. Our perspective about our situation is not the perspective that God has. Learning to submit to His plan and see our situations through His eyes is a game-changer!
Scriptures:Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. (Proverbs 19:21)Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)Jesus pays taxes in a different way than expected. (Matthew 17:24-27 and Matthew 22:15-22)Woman with the issue of blood. (Mark 5:21-43 and Luke 8:40-56)The widow and her oil. Sometimes we think we have nothing to work with, but God sees it differently. (2 Kings 4:1-7)Noah's Ark - God is all about the specificity. (Genesis 6, 7, and 8)Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you, as well. (Matthew 6:33)

Ep 49 - Uzzah's Mistake

Our theme is Making Mistakes and we begin with a discussion of Uzzah's Mistake. Uzzah made the fatal mistake of reaching out to steady the Ark.
2 Samuel 6:1-91 Chronicles 13:5-12
About the Ark:1 Kings 8:91 Samuel 6:17-20Exodus 25:10-22
About Bezalel (the artisan who made the Ark):Exodus 35:30-35Exodus 37:1-9
Exodus 40 - About the Tabernacle

Ep 48 - The Story of Abigail

Special guest Bria Lacour walks us through the story of Abigail in 1 Samuel 25:1-44.
Interestingly, some of the same Hebrew words used to describe Solomon, Zechariah, and the Levites were also used to describe Abigail. https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7922.htm
Bria also shared that Abigail has one of the longest speeches given by a woman in the Bible.  https://www.lindsayhardinfreeman.com/the-ten-bible-women-who-spoke-the-most/

Ep 47 - The Waiting Period

How do we handle the waiting period in between God's promise and the manifestation of that promise?

Ep 46 - Diversity Is NOT a Dirty Word

We are all so different. We have different skills and talents, different fears, and different attractions to different types of people.What does the Bible say about the D word?
Scriptures:1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Ep 45 - The Conclusion of Esther

We conclude the story of Esther - as we observe how similar to modern day these Biblical events are.
Scriptures:Esther 5:9-14; 6:1-14; 7:1-10; 8:1-17

Ep 44 - The Story of Esther: Part 2

We continue the story of Esther with chapters 3 and 4, and part of chapter 5.  The evil Haman comes up with a scheme to kill Mordechai by eliminating the entire Jewish race. The book of Esther is so similar to what is happening in 2025 and during so many other horrible times in our history.
Scriptures:Esther - Chapters 3, 4 and 5:1-8

Ep 43 - The Story of Esther: Part 1

We begin our study of the book of Esther with chapters 1 and 2. The good people in this book were as smart and strategic as the bad guys - even more so!
 
Esther - Chapters 1 and 2