I think that so often we have friends that we make as Christians, and we don't even know their testimony of how the Lord saved them! It is so encouraging to hear how the Lord works in the lives of others, and I think it can be used to "build each other up" in our faith. If you feel able, please share your testimony with us by e-mailing me (see the address at the bottom of the page....), and I can load them on.
Once again, the only place I can start is with myself!
I was born into the home of loving, Christian parents - which I will always be thankful to the Lord for. They sought to bring us up (myself and my 3 siblings) in "the fear and admonition of the Lord".
I remember clearly, at the age of 5, having an understanding of the consequences of my sin before the Lord - that I was heading for a lost eternity if I did not trust in Him as my Saviour. My mother knelt by the bed with me, and I turned to the Lord as my Saviour. I clearly remember that it had been raining (what a surprise....in Scotland?!), and after praying, the sun had come out and was shining in my window - a reminder to me that the Lord comes in and makes a change in your life.
I remember trying to live for the Lord at school, even at a young age. Trying to tell others of the Lord, and invite them to Church. When I hit my teens I had a real struggle to put the Lord first in my life. The peer pressures of teenagers came my way to tempt me. But, praise God, my testimony is one of God's keeping in my life. My relationship was strengthened, and I grew closer to the Lord. At the age of 16 I was particularly challenged in my walk with the Lord. At a service in Northern Ireland we were challenged of the need to give ourselves WHOLLY to the Lord, for Him to use as He sees fit. I realised that I had been holding back in many ways and needed to surrender wholly to Him in every area of my life - to serve Him in every way I could. I didn't know then that the Lord would bring me to become a Pastor's wife (and I may have been rather terrified if I had known that then!).
The Lord has kept me lovingly so far, and I know He will continue to do so "through all the changing scenes of life" as the hymnwriter penned it.
Join with our community of ladies as we seek to grow closer to the Lord, through the study of His Word.
Current Study
We are commencing our studies with the subject of "The Fruit of the Spirit". This subject encompasses so much of how we ought to behave, think and grow on a daily basis. Each of the individual elements of this "fruit" will be studied. Our prayer should be that this study will enable us to grow in our relationship with the Lord - "....by their fruits ye shall know them" Matthew 7:20.
There are 9 characteristics listed for us, namely - love, joy peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. Now, some of these may be more obvious and evident in your life already. Some, you may only have a simple understanding of, and may not have thought of them in a deeper sense. But, one thing is for certain, we OUGHT to know and outlive them all! They should be the outworking of that work which the Holy Spirit HAS performed and IS performing in us
Read the main study post - then, after you have done you own studying, feel free to share what you have found in the "comments" section for that post. To do this you need to have a GOOGLE identity. Either you can create one (easily done), or send your comments to me to post for you. Please share your thoughts though, in whatever way suits - what you find may be a blessing and encouragement to someone else, and that is the aim of what we are doing!
Also, we have the facility to be able to have live chat! Apologies for the advertising, but that MAKES it free! Initially, may I suggest between 8pm and 9pm (BST) on Wednesday evenings? Any further times are open to suggestion - e-mail them to me and we can see what can be done. I understand the difficulty of the US being behind us, but we can make other arrangements for you?
There are 9 characteristics listed for us, namely - love, joy peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. Now, some of these may be more obvious and evident in your life already. Some, you may only have a simple understanding of, and may not have thought of them in a deeper sense. But, one thing is for certain, we OUGHT to know and outlive them all! They should be the outworking of that work which the Holy Spirit HAS performed and IS performing in us
Read the main study post - then, after you have done you own studying, feel free to share what you have found in the "comments" section for that post. To do this you need to have a GOOGLE identity. Either you can create one (easily done), or send your comments to me to post for you. Please share your thoughts though, in whatever way suits - what you find may be a blessing and encouragement to someone else, and that is the aim of what we are doing!
Also, we have the facility to be able to have live chat! Apologies for the advertising, but that MAKES it free! Initially, may I suggest between 8pm and 9pm (BST) on Wednesday evenings? Any further times are open to suggestion - e-mail them to me and we can see what can be done. I understand the difficulty of the US being behind us, but we can make other arrangements for you?
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Our Aim...
My desire is that this "on-line" Bible study may be used to encourage each other as Christian ladies. I had thought it would be a lovely way to share the study of God's Word as family and friends. We will have the opportunity to comment on each Bible Study and this will be like a "discussion time" for us. Often others think of things that we may not have considered before, and this is such a nice way to share these thoughts.
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