Abundant Grace Week One Discussion Questions

I am so thrilled that we have completed a week of study together. What a blessing God's word brings us. I want us to take some of these questions that put a spark in your Spirit so that we can discuss them. They are just a guide to use. Please post any remarks or comments that you would like from the study.

Regarding Mary, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob:

1-What are some things that stood out to you that made these people ordinary?

2-What were their main challenges?

3-Like Abraham, are there any age related barriers set up against you in your life that you are currently experiencing?

4-Do you have any uncertain choices that need to be made like Abraham? Do you need to take a step of blind faith in obeying a task that God has given you? Explain.

5-If single, What is your motivation for dating? Are you waiting on God in this area of your life?

6-OR If your married are you giving proper respect to your husband? If you are a man are you showing proper love to your wife? Give examples.

7-Is there any deception or favoritism in your life that you need to deal with? Maybe with your family, friends, or a boss?

8-How are you handling this situation?

9-Are you encouraged that God can use whoever He chooses at whatever stage of life they are in? How does the fact that these men and women were hand-chosen by God to have the honor of being in the family line of Jesus bless you?

10-Do you have any doubt that you were hand chosen by God for this generation?
Why or why not?

11-What do you sense your purpose may be for your generation?

A Book Tour For Kimberly Stuart and Give Away

This tour is for a wonderful novel written by Kimberly Stuart. I was able to get a copy to read myself before posting this and after reading that book I was curious to see what else this gifted author had out there. She has two other books that look as equally interesting and ones that I would love to put on my reading list.

The wonderful news is that I have permission to give this book away to you. All you have to do is leave a comment for me and I will do a drawing next week and get it sent out to you.

Act two is about a diva from NYC who has everything going for her, or so it seems, then a move to a pig farm in the middle of Iowa ends up changing her life for the better. God had some surprises in store.

Please do go check out more on this author here.
There are interviews and more about the author.

If you would like to order your own copy of this book you can here.

Rad Revolution-Check It Out

I am over here today. Go check it out and spread the word to the young girls out there to sign up to review these wonderful devotions from Proverbs 31 ministries in their in box every Monday.

Marriage Monday-A Tribute To My Man.

A teenage bride she was to be, to a husband but who was he?
Too young to married, Yet God He did carry
us to true love, the kind that fits like a hand and glove
I love this gift God uses to sift the ugly things out of me
and the ones out of he, we were meant to be
though through a rough start God knew what He was doing
as we learned to follow His heart.
Thirteen years later we have come this far
What an adventure and we didn't even need a car.
My hubbie, my man, my best friend you have
indeed become my shooting star.
Wishes come true and they did the day we said I do.
Thanks for sticking to me like glue a task we did not have to do.
Yet we made a decision to stick it through
even when we did not really know what to do.
God has blessed especially when we made Him center
I would not change a thing. Thank you my sweet man
for everything. I thank God He gave you to me as the perfect
gift.
With all my love,
~Your adoring wife.

The topic is open this month. To see what others are saying go here.

Abundant Grace - Intro

If you are participating in the study I just wanted to let you know I have sent the first week's homework out and you should receive it. If you do not get it please email me to let me know. I have had two of your email addresses fail on me. Probably my error but please let me know if you do not receive it and what your correct email address is.

I am so excited to do this with you all!
God bless.
Angela

Random Stuff-RMS Devotional, Bible Study Info, And A Funny Story

The weekly devotion is up here.

ABUNDANT GRACE STUDY DETAILS
For those of you doing the Bible study please make sure you have sent me your email address. It is not too late. There are currently 25 of us as of now. It should be so much fun! This is how it will work. I will email you the weeks worth of work on Sunday nights. Also on Sunday I will post a podcast corresponding that will be less than 10 minutes that you can listen too as well if you choose. We will do the work and on Friday night or Saturday I will post small group discussion questions that we can discuss on the blog. Also, feel free to email me anything to post if you do not have a blog. I am really hoping we will have a lot of discussion because that is how we will learn from one another. Also, please be thinking of things to help improve the study as well. My goal is for us to grow in the word and become more like Christ through it otherwise it is just a waist of time. I want it to be transforming and that is what I am praying for each one of you. Hope that helps explain everything. I will also email the instructions on Sunday to you.

THE FUNNY STORY OF HUMILITY
I have to tell you a really funny story. Or at least it was to me! :) Rather humbling. I was scheduled to get what I thought was a call from the people hosting the virtual home school conference at 4pm yesterday. When no call came in I checked my email and found I was suppose to log into their conference software so we could test it and see how it would work for the conference which has over 100 people registered thus far! Wow! Anyway, I am logging on to test the stuff and automatically my web cam which is built in decides to come on. Oh MY! Can I just tell you that I was not webcam ready in appearance. I was so embarrassed and God kept reminding me that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Oh how I was humbled. So, I had my conversation with them and the web cam focusing on me the entire time.

Why was I not webcam ready? Well, since we did not get to travel because of cost factors our family has been having fun lazy days relaxing a nice sabbath of sorts. We had just finished swimming and I took a quick shower. Since I was seeing no one (SO I THOUGHT)-I threw on a sweatshirt and threw up my hair. I sported no make up and my glasses. What a first impression. I just love it though and how God humbles us. Again the focus was on me when it really needed to be on God. I am fearfully and wonderfully made! :)

Am I alone in this or do you have any humbling stories you can share with me?

United We Stand?

This is the the bumper sticker I saw on a car today as it drove by, "United We Stand". I pondered that thought-united we stand-It made me wonder how long it has been since our country has been united. It seems like a really long time ago. We can only stand if we are united. This wisdom comes from the Bible which states, "a house divided against itself cannot stand" (Mark 3:25).

That is why our country is in chaos. We are completely divided. Not only with these upcoming elections. We have a huge number of people in our country who even are unwilling to accept true history showing how much our founding fathers were rooted in God. Hello, our money states, In God we trust. Yet I look around and I see a lot of in me I trust. It grieves my heart.

I found a quote that states these thoughts well.
"For a people to boast in the glory of the past, and to deny the secret that made the past, is to perish."
~G. Campbell Morgan

That statement is wisdom. We will perish if we deny the "secret" that got us to where we are today. It should be no secret because it is clearly God. It is God who blesses a country and God who lets one fall. All things are in His hands. In all our chaos and self-centeredness we are in danger of a fall. We need to repent and turn to God with our whole hearts and perhaps He will heal our land like He spoke of to King Solomon (2 Chronicles 7:14).

He is willing but the question is are we? So, as we celebrate the 4th of July in this country of America. Can we seek out God with our whole hearts? I am speaking to my brothers and sisters here. Judgement will start in the house of the Lord. He is the one after all who calls for unity. We are to be the example to the world. Can we truly stand unity under the umbrella of God again? I hope so. Lord forgive us.