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Happy Week 5, OBSers! Can you believe we are already more than halfway done with this study? Here is your Weekly Lowdown. Print this, post it to your fridge or tuck it in your study book. This is your SUGGESTED guide for the week to help you keep up in the Bible study! What We’re Reading This Week...Woman at the Well (pp. 131-141 in study guide) This week’s memory verse: “And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus ...” Hebrews 12:1b­2a (NIV) Here’s what’s happening in our study this week… Observe  —   What are your thoughts when you read this statement by Lysa TerKeurst, "The first four letters of the word 'Messiah' is mess. God knew we would have a mess and that the Messiah would come and touch or mess and out of that, would give us a message?" Bible  — Take a moment and read  Hebrews 12:1-2 . In your notebook or journal write out your answers to these questions: 1.    ...

We made it through Week 4 of our Online Bible Study! Hooray!!!! Thank you so much for hanging in here with me. Remember to pray for one another, we had a few pray request on our Bible Study Live.  Enjoy this beautiful day! Sit back and catch up on your reading. Here's the link to the blog to help. Remember to take the Spiritual Gift Test and you’ll discover all that Jesus has for you. Check the email I sent this week with the attachments. Here’s a couple online links – Spiritual Gifts Test and Gifts Test Assessment . Have a Super Saturday and be blessed. Attend the church of your choice and pray for your pastor. All you CCMV chicks lets continue send prayers up for Pastor Mark as he continues to recover. Share your Spiritual Gift in the comments section and be entered to win a beautiful Nicole Miller Leopard Notes Notebook!!!

Question: "Who was Martha in the Bible?" Answer:   Martha is a significant New Testament figure, a personal friend of Jesus, and someone with whom many women today identify. She lived in Bethany with her sister,   Mary , and her brother, Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead ( John 11:1–15 ,   43–44 ). We meet Martha three times in the Bible, and each event helps to build a profile of this interesting woman. The Bible first mentions Martha in   Luke 10 . She is in her home in Bethany, a small town near Jerusalem, where she is hosting Jesus and the disciples. Jesus was well-known to Martha and her siblings; in fact, Jesus loved this little family ( John 11:5 ). On the day that Jesus visited, Martha’s desire was to be a good hostess—to serve the best meal with the best possible presentation, for Jesus’ sake. Her sister, Mary, however, was taking some time out to listen to Jesus ( Luke 10:39 ). As Martha “was distracted by all the preparations that had to ...

Week 4 - Here's Martha! Hey all you OBSers hope ya’ll had a fabulous weekend!! Congratulations we are officially in Week 4 of our study - making this the halfway mark! Hang in there and don’t give up; we’re in this together!!! What We’re Reading This Week...Martha (pp. 119-129 in study guide) This week’s memory verse: “ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV) This is your SUGGESTED guide for the week to help you keep up in the Bible study! Print this if you like, post it to your fridge or tuck it in your study book. Here’s what’s happening in our study this week Observe — What is an area of your life that perhaps you could look at as “managing blessings” rather than a burden right now? Bible — Take some time to read through different versions of 2 Corinthians 4:18. Write down which words inspire and challenge you most from this vers...

Therefore  encourage   one   another  and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.  1 Thessalonians 5:11  (NIV) This is one of the questions I posed to our God's Girls Group Bible Study Live on Thursday evening, "what are some possible steps we can take together to show God's love in our church and/or communities?" As many of you know my son is deployed, so my heart leaped for joy when many of you wanted to participate in a letter writing campaign to our military members who defending our country around the world. The cost of postage for a letters to APO/FPO address is usually the same as first class postage mailed within the U.S. If the CCMV chicks or if you live local & want to send a bundle I'll mail them; just leave it at the information center; send me a quick message or text. Here's the list and the address format - feel free to address your letters to anyone of the sailors on this list. Our family knows how important it is to ...

“It was in the fields of everyday life that David’s character was developed to match his calling.” Every. Day. Life! How do we apply all we learn in our everyday lives? For starters, we spend time with Jesus every day. In doing so, we can discover God’s provision for us through our daily devotion times. One reason it’s so important to study our Bibles every day is because we face challenges every day! I  NEED  to open my Bible to see what God can teach me about peace and trust. Then He can show me how to become more intentional in my walk with Him. He’s shown me I can’t just  read  the verses. I have to understand and believe them, then put them into  action  by allowing His Truth to replace my anxiety. Every day I try to remember God’s Words and every day my character is growing to trust and rely on Him more and more as He prepares me for what’s next. Like David, we never know where, when or how He might call us to action! ...

Who Was Mary of Bethany Of all the stories about women in the Bible, Mary of Bethany’s story is the most beautiful expression of intimate love for God in the form of Christ. Parts of Mary’s story are found in all four gospel accounts – Matthew 26:6-13, Mark 14:1-9, Luke 10:38-40 and John 11:1-12:3. You may know Mary’s story best as the story of Mary and her sister Martha. The Lord was visiting their home. While Martha was busy getting everything ready to serve Jesus and his disciples, Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus listening to what He had to say. Martha became frustrated and demanded that Jesus tell Mary to help her. There are things to be learned from both Mary and Martha, but for now we’ll just focus on Mary. We should know a few things regarding the details of Mary’s encounters with Jesus:   Mary’s first encounter with Jesus, as far as we can tell, is the story above. This story is from Luke 10:38-40. This is the Mary/Martha story we’re familiar wi...

Week 3 - Mary of Bethany Hey all you OBSers! Welcome to Week 3!!! Hope you ALL have a wonderful Valentine’s day and a great weekend!! Print this, post it to your fridge or tuck it in your study book. This is your SUGGESTED guide for the week to help you keep up in the Bible study! What We’re Reading This Week... Mary of Bethany  (pp. 107-118 in study guide) Mary of Bethany : Putting Our Faith into Action. We will learn how we can be like Mary and serve Jesus by doing what you can with what you have. Her Character :   Mary appears to have been a single woman, totally devoted to Jesus. The gospel portrays her, by way of contrast with her sister, Martha, as woman of few words. As Jesus neared the time of his triumphal entry into Jerusalem prior to Passover, she performed a gesture of great prophetic significance, one that offended Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Key Scriptures :   Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:1-9; Luke 10:3...