My mom will be back soon for more wedding talk, but in the meantime I am bursting to tell you all that today is the first day of Bible study for 2008! Beth is incredibly excited and encouraged to meet our group. We will be studying Breaking Free. The core message of this study is simply freedom for the captives. I think it’s fair to say that many, perhaps even most of us siestas have been involved in this study before. I know that everyone who has been changed by Christ’s message of freedom will share in our joy as we set out to proclaim that wonderful message for the next 10 weeks.
We are excited to get to tell you that Breaking Free is being revised, much like the Tabernacle study (A Woman’s Heart, God’s Dwelling Place) was. Some of the messages will stay exactly the same and others will change completely. The updated sessions, which will mirror those taught this semester, will be taped in the fall. We could not think of a better location for the filming than Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, where the study was originally filmed ten years ago! (Having to add in a little note here with information we didn’t originally have so that we can help prevent calls to their church. The taping is a special occasion between Beth and their church and not open to the public. Thanks so much for your understanding!)
Siestas, may we incite your intercession yet again? (I was going to say “one more time,” but I know as long as there is a Living Proof Ministries, we will be asking for your prayers!) The enemy loves to see God’s people in bondage, and because of that we know he will come against us and against those who will participate in this study. Even so, while we want to be alert and aware, we march into this semester of Bible study with a spirit of victory and not of fear! Amen? Nothing could be dearer to God’s heart than ministering freedom and victory to captives, so we will do it with confidence, fearing no evil.
We claim 2 Timothy 1:7, which says, “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.” (The Amplified Bible) And we wholeheartedly believe 1 John 4:4, which tells us, “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” (NIV)
Our primary prayer request this semester is for the captives not to grow discouraged. Please pray that they will indeed be set free! Pray that each one will finish and make freedom in Christ a reality in her life. I am getting excited just typing these words! I am filled with faith that God is going to do a huge work in each life.
Other things to pray for include anointing for Beth to teach, anointing for our praise team to lead worship, wisdom and endurance for our Bible study coordinator (Jennifer) and other staff members, peace and calm over the parking lot and in the sanctuary as the women arrive, that many will come early, that the parking lot will accommodate every car, and for there not to be even one distraction while Beth is teaching tonight. The list could go on and on! Thank you in advance for your prayers. May God’s glorious name be praised!
Gladly praying for everyone.
Love ya’ll to pieces.
You can bet prayers are coming your way!! I’m doing Breaking Free right now with a great group of ladies at our church and I am LOVING it!
Yesterday at our study we did the video for Week 5 of BF, “Binding Up the Broken Hearted” and that was absolutely some of the most powerful teaching I have EVER heard! Such tremendous insight! The teaching about being saved but not satisfied, and how to become so was absolutely living water to me. Thanks you so much! I’ve been walking around in a buzz for the last 24 hours, just thrilled with that teaching session and wishing for an outlet to thank everyone at LPM and Beth for this fabulous series! To hear it’s being redone and brought to even more women is absolute joy to my ears!
When I first started the study I was wondering why God called me to it. I don’t come from a background with any abuse or terrible tragedy, no horribly awful regrets that I feel unforgiven for. So why was God calling me to this particular study? To be exposed to Beth for the first time is I believe the primary answer because I’ve been absolutely pierced to the heart by her incredible insight and wisdom with other resources in addition to the study! I got 90 Days With the One and Only for Christmas and it is FABULOUS! This blog too!
So more of God’s glorious power to you all with this endeavor!
Christine
I will be praying. The Lord used this study to set me free many years ago I am forever grateful. We did this study at my church 2 years ago and our ladies were forever changed. What a privilege to watch captives being set free right before your eyes. Can’t wait to hear of His salvation!
Kelli
That is so awesome to hear that Beth is revising that study. That study impacted my life in countless ways and it had such a profound effect on my life that I hope that other women will experience such freedom in their own lives’. Praise God for your continued work.
I am heading out in 30 min. and have been excited all day that tonight is the night! I am so looking forward to this study and the work God is going to do in my life through it. YIPPEE!!
I will be praying for this study, big time, as I know what it caused to happen in my own life.
It was back in 2003, when God helped me to chose this study over all of Beth’s other studies on the LPM Resource Table at the end of one of Beth’s studies, to try to do “on my own, between God, Beth, and myself” via her audio cassettes and the workbook.
And, besides setting me free from a whole lot of old bondage, it set me free in the biggest way possible, about half way through that study.
It caused me to realize that what Beth Moore, other Christian singers, Christian DJ’s, etc., “had” was not a “thing” at all. However, I had no idea what I was supposed to do about it, so I finally found someone from Beth’s church [which is where her Bible studies had taken place], to explain a bunch of things to me. And, then, a short time later, this dear lady led me to sweet salvation in Christ Jesus one afternoon in mid April…
And, it was mainly due to my having whole-heartedly been trying to complete all of the homework [as it was so exciting!], and the sessions for each of 2-1/2 of Beth’s in-depth Bible studies that I fel that I was led by God Himself to take within a 7 month time period, and the fact that I “just couldn’t get enough of Him, or God’s Word”.
However, it also had a great deal to do with a few particular pages and statements that Beth wrote about, and talked about [on the cassettes] in her Breaking Free study that really hit me that caused me to have a serious “need” to ask someone some very specific questions about God, Jesus, and the Bible. And, it all led up to my inviting Jesus to please come into my heart, to take over my life, and to help me follow Him and His Ways, and not my own any more, for the rest of my life. It was what I call “the BEST thing that has EVER happened to me in my entire life”. Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus !!!
And, thank you, Beth, for having the guts to cause us [your Bible students] to try to begin to memorize parts of Scripture, as, in my case, although it was and still is a difficult thing for me to do, it has caused wonderful things to happen in my life, and for bringing God so much glory through this particular study !
So, I will definitely be praying our each of Y’all, and for each person who chooses to attend this study this semester! And, that the Holy Spirit would guide other people who were like me several years ago, who do not already know Him as her/his personal Lord and Savior to just “feel called to join you” for this particular study of God’s Word.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Jennifer
Southern Wisconsin
I would be honred to pray for all of you at LPM and for Mamma Beth! I just started my frist officail bible study today and were doing stepping up!!! Im so stkin excited to see what Christ has instore for me and the women who do this study! YAY! i love you all at LPM and all the moores/jones!!
Rebecca in Littleton/CO
May God bless all those who will be blessed with this study.
Praying for you, Beth, and for all the ladies there. He already knows who NEEDS this study worked out in their lives. Oh set them free, Father. For if the Son has set you free, then you are free indeed! Thank you Jesus!
Praying! Breaking free transformed my mom’s life and her marriage.
Also praying for no spittle 🙂
How exciting! I’m praying. Glory! Just seeing the ad for tonight got me excited.
This is a phenomenal study that has the potential to radically change any life that jumps in with both feet and an open heart! I will be praying diligently!
My own prayer request; our church in Paragould begins “Stepping Up” on Jan 21…please pray for the ladies that are involved in planning and preparation and especially for those that will be going through the study. I’ve been peeking at my workbook and I believe this is going to be an incredible journey, fun, and challenging!!
i have a friend and her sister-in-law coming tonight…praying for the sil to be free!! be glorified tonight, oh Most High Lord and Savior!!
I thought of y’all today while I was thinking about it being Tuesday and knowing Bible study was starting back for our Houston girls….and began praying as soon as I thought of you. I love the scripture out of Timothy.
Praying for all of you and will continue to pray for you throughout the study.
May you be free….free indeed girls. Its key to life in Christ.
Hugs~
Fran
Father, give this anointed group…teaching and receiving…spiritual eyes and spiritual ears to hear and see your message through this study. Grip them by Your Grace and Your Might. Break chains and restore a Holy Passion in these lives. How precious You are. You set captives free! You breathe life into dead bodies! You are our hope and we trust in You. In Jesus Name. Amen.
This IS so exciting. I’m on the edge of my seat to do this study. So many of my friends have completed it and said it’s life changing! I wish I could be with you, but instead I’ll be praying for you here in NJ!
Amanda-I would recommend everyone doing this study yearly! I was so blessed by it’s principles. I cannot wait for the updated version-my husband just groaned as my library shelf with Beth Moore’s books is going to have to make more room (and maybe need more support)!
God Bless!
In His Graces~Pamela
Done, girlfriend!
I’m praying that from the first car to arrive in the parking lot to the last car to leave, God annoints the entire process! Also, here’s to those needing some Breaking Free to break free in Christ!
Love y’all,
Kristen
Breaking Free was my first study and has a very special place in my heart.
I pray that the Lord would use your ministry in a mighty way. I pray too for the women attending – that they would receive ALL the Lord has in mind for them.
I am a captive (still) aching to be free. I feel I am just on the edge of freedom only to be sucked under. Glory to God He is the victor and He will accomplish His work in Beth and in this revised study. Can’t wait to get my hands on it down here in Florida. Jesus Christ is your strong tower…over the church, Beth, the study and all through the parking lot! Thank you Amanda for your sweet spirit that shines through on your blogs. May God richly bless you.
Siesta from Tampa Bay.
Siestas – prayers were already answered – I have done the study and thought to just absorb and not re-do the book – nope, have to get a new book and start it over – Beth was right on the mark tonight. I can not wait for next week . . . she truly was right on the mark. Thank you all!
I will be praying for Beth and for the ladies attending the study. I completed Breaking Free this past August and it changed my life. I have never been in a Bible study group. I am excited because I am facilitating a study group at my church, it begins in two weeks. We met last night to introduce ourselves, order materials, and decide the day and time. We are doing the Breaking Free study. I cannot wait to see how God changes my life, AGAIN!, and the lives of others.
What a great way to start 2008!
Lord as I post this prayer, I know that the Bible study is likely conculded and many are safely at home – perusing their Bible study books and contemplating what the next 10 weeks will been. I’ve been there… my journey through Breaking Free was just two years ago, and as you have shown me I need it again… for my stuff is not all dealt with.
I got sidetracked… God, I pray a spirit of endurance over the women who have commited to this study, that their minds would be fixed on you and the arduous and rewarding work ahead. I pray those who are struggling with thickly walled strongholds, laced with ancient hurts and regrets, generational bondage, agonizing secrets and wounds that have been left untended too long. I pray for the precious hearts the women to be knit together in community, acceptance and love and for Beth’s anointing to increase exponentially throughout the coming weeks. Speak to her Lord, and then Speak through her. You always do and we praise You for that. Bless Beth and Jennifer and all those named and unamed who contribute to the success of glorifying You and growing deeper in Your Word. You are magnificent Lord, be huge in the lives of the women who are embarking on the journey of release in Houston tonight. Keep it fresh on their hearts and minds that You have fit us with every piece of armor we need to do battle with the enemy and recover the ground lost in our lives. We have only the need take it up daily. You have given us the power through Your Son and Holy Spirit to demolish strongholds and everything that sets itself up against You and Your holy will. Help them to know that no weapon formed against them will prosper and that Your plans are to prosper us and not to harm us, use what Satan intended for evil for good and to work all things including painful bondage for the good of those who love You and are called according to Your purpose. Strengthen them Lord and be their peace. We thank You in the Mighty Name of Jesus as we expect and anticpate much praise over the answer Your’ve prepared in advance for all who are seeking You. In the precious name of Christ I pray,
Amen – let it be done as You will it on earth as it is in heaven.
Our group is starting Living Beyond Yourself tomorrow!! Can’t wait!!
Prayers have gone up for tonight. Father, you know the needs of each woman there. Let your words become Beth’s words. Bless this study, and all those who are involved.
We’ll be starting Breaking Free next month, here. I just love Bible Study Tuesday!!
Melana in Wyoming
I will pray for your prayer group. I’m so excited I got my three new books from LPM . Trust I need them LOL! I just wished I didn’t live out here in South East Louisiana or I would be there in a heart beat.
Much Love to you Beth and all LPM Staff!!!!!!
I’m bummed I didn’t check the LPM blog this morning, but since everyone that attended tonight is probably back home by now, I’ll pray that the enemy has no grounds in the quiet of the night. Lord, I lift up everyone involved in making tonight & the following weeks happen,from Beth-the author of the study to the audience-the reason for the study. I didn’t want to close my workbook when I came to the end. I still carry my red case in my purse with my note cards in it that I bought for my scripture. This study changed my heart, mind & my love for my Freedom Giver. Thank you for doing this study Beth. I can’t wait to read the testimonies of those who go. I had to fight my way through this study as the devil did NOT want me to learn, read or accept what God & Beth had to teach me. Oh Beth I wish I could give you a big hug right now…do it for me Amanda.
Many Blessings~
Lelia
Dear Beth, Amanda, Melissa and LPM,
2008 will be the year of restoration, so I declare and decree, in the Mighty Name of Jesus, that the women participating in Breaking Free everywhere, indeed, will be set free. For we claim the Word of God, “If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.” Hallelujah! Praise God. And we pray protection against the enemy for all participants and for Beth, LPM and the worship team. Lord, place a hedge of protection around each of them and their families, and if needed, send Your angels to war and protect the captives who are so hungry to be set free. To You, O Lord, we give all the glory! Thank You, Lord, for loving us and hearing the cries of our hearts! In the Precious Name of Your Son, our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, Amen!
Many prayers for you, sweet Beth, to be able to focus on this study, which will impact so many women’s lives, (mine was changed amazingly when I took this course several years ago!)and to be able to focus on Melissa’s wedding and all the joys and craziness that goes along with being a MOB (Mother of the Bride). I pray that in blessing others, all of you involved with this course (worship team, too) will receive a hundred-fold blessing in return.
Amanda, your mother will be up to her eyeballs in busy-ness, so please keep us updated. God bless!
I know I’m excited! Not only for your ministry and all those blessed gals who get to be a part of it, but my women’s group starts our new study next Wednesday and it just happens to be “Breaking Free”! I was already looking forward to it, but now am especially anticipating it! Thank you, in advance, for all we have laid before us in this study and God bless you in your present endeavors!
~jessica
Woo Hoo!! I love, love, love this study. Can I also add that I love being FREE. And this study was instrumental in helping the Holy Spirit accomplish this in me.
So dear Beth and LPM staff, I’ve got your back in prayer on this one. May you experience the pure joy that comes with truly Breaking Free!!
Free indeed,
~Cheryl
Last night was amazing! As a young woman and mother to be, I am so excited to be a part of this study for the first time. I truly believe God has placed this study in my life at this time so that I can be FREE before I start motherhood!
I told my sweet baby in my belly, “Mama NEEDS to finish this one so if you come early, please don’t come before March 25th! :)” And apparently this child loves him or her some Beth Moore because there was NON STOP kicking while she was speaking! 🙂
Thank you for sharing all that God has taught you and for being such an amazing vessel for him to reach out to us women!!! 🙂
I will be praying for you all. And yes, I need to deal with my “stuff” too. Looking forward to taking the revised edition class!
This study changed my life back in 1999 and to top it off, I took it 2more times when I led a Bible Study group. I share this study with women all the time encouraging them that it will make a huge difference in their life. I will be praying that God will continue to be glorified through this study. Blessings to you!
Lifting prayers. This is a great thing. Thank you for your obedience to Him. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom! 🙂
Blessings,
Angela
GOD IS SO AWESOME!!
The scripture you guys are claiming is the one I had in my quiet time today and I’m claiming it for you guys and all of us!
….2 Timothy 1:7, which says, “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.” …
YES LORD…We BELIEVE!!!
I echo my Siesta Kate who is praying for everyone including the person who is pulling on a piece of carpet…May everyone involved just be Startled to pieces by his love and power!
I just found a Siesta on the blog that is my Sister at church!
Praise GOD! Ain’t HE sweet, Siesta’s!!
On my knees for all of you!!
With much love, prayers and blessings!!
Teri
Well, I think Houston is about to get some Freedom on! 🙂
Praying today for sure, that last night’s study will encourage and ignite passion in the hearts of all who attended that they can be free in Christ.
SO excited for all the Houston gals. I use to be one and then moved away in ’06. SO SAD I can’t be there every Tuesday night anymore – wah wah :`( I miss Tuesday night Bible Study and KSBJ the most! Praying for Beth each Tuesday and grateful to see her on TV every Wednesday.
The Journey Continues ~
Hey Siesta,
ON MY KNEE’S AND FACE WITH DAILY PRAYERS FOR THE MINISTRY THAT CONTINUES TO “CARRY THE LIGHT” OF JESUS CHRIST !!!!
WITH “HEAVEN BOUND” BLESSINGS,
Kim Safina ~
kimsafinathejourneycontinues.blogspot.com
I will be praying for Beth and all involved. How do I find out about the taping in New Orleans? My daughter is in medical school at Tulane and I would love more information.
Thanks,
Have a blessed day!
Praying for all..and a special anointing for Mama-Beth! Even if God works through this as HE did with the first…It is going to be incredible!!!!
Can I just be honest? (I guess since no one on this blog knows me…) I am NOT looking forward to this semester. As a matter of fact, I am PETRIFIED of this semester. Beth, you kept asking us last night if we understood you. Girl, I understood just about every hurt and hang up you spoke of! Sexual abuse, co-dependancy, abandonment, hate and self disgust. OH, let me tell you, I am NOT ready for this…
But God took me to that exact spot last night, in my broken chair, crowded between all those happy, beautiful women. I must have stuck out like a sore thumb. I will finish this semester with you Beth, but I got to be honest…I’m terrified.
I started this study a few years back. I say started because I never finished the work. I have so much that I NEED to desperately break free from and everytime I start some kind of study to do that, I get SO overwhelmed by it all that I just stop! I made it to every study and listened to Beth speak through the videos but I didn’t do all the work myself. I will say that I got something out of it, but I will also say that unless you do the work, you will not fully reap the benefits!!!!
Ladies, take my word, DO THE HOMEWORK….I am this time….
last night was SOOOO GOOD! im so excited to be broken free from things i didnt even know i was captive too. its like God wrote the study just for me, and this is the season for it:)
I did not read this until this morning, so I didn’t get to pray for it last night, but I hope it was all it needed to be. I am praying that the future sessions go amazingly well. More than anyone could dream or hope. How I wish I was in Houston! This is one of the studies I have always wanted to do, but have not. And I will admit, a part of me is scared to. But, maybe soon I will get the chance.
My poor prayers are with you!
Dear Beth,
I will pray for your revised study, that you would be filled with wisdom and insight and liberty in your own spirit. Mazal Tov to Melissa and Colin, may your family’s joy be full! Shalom
Breaking Free changed my life. As a “lifetime” Christian who had lived in bondage all of her adult life, I will always be grateful for this study. I pray that it changes many other lives the way that it did mine.
I was there last night, and left very encouraged and excited about the study!! Can’t wait…
I have been reading your blogs since they began but have never posted one myself until today. As I read about your new “Breaking Free” class, my heart is so tender for your precious ladies, Beth! I will be facilitating “Breaking Free” for the third time in 6 years beginning next week, this time to a group of single women only! I am so excited and yet so humbled at the opportunity to share with these ladies their amazing journey out of captivity and into freedom. Thank you for sharing your prayer requests. I will be praying them for your class, my class and all of the other classes who are seeking to break free from the chains that bind!
For His Glory!
Melanie
I am all over praying for this study, and like a few fellow Siestas, praising sweet Jesus, in advance, for the precious deliverance that will come from it. I’d do anything to live in Houston for the next 10 weeks, but am grateful to feel connected in prayer.
Go get ’em girls!
Many blessings.
xo
Chris