Welcome everybody! This is our first gathering for Children of the Day and we are incredibly blessed to have you along! If you’re just now hearing about it, we’d love for you to join us! You’ll find it most helpful to begin by reading this previous post that includes our approach, our summer Bible study schedule and many other specifics: (SSBS 2014 Info post) All you need to participate is the workbook entitled Children of the Day. We only officially “gather” here on the blog every two weeks because summers are so busy. On each of those 5 Tuesdays (starting today), you’ll find a video I’ve prepared for you with instructions for that day. I’ll also remind you to do the next 2 weeks of Bible study before our next gathering. View it personally if you are going solo or, if you’re joining in with others, with your small group. I’ll always put the bare bones of that gathering’s instructions in print in the post as well (as you’ll see below) in case you have any trouble viewing the video. Here’s your first one!
Basic written instructions in case you have trouble with the video:
Register for our summer Bible study by simply leaving a comment to this post per instructions below. Of course, you can take part without registering but you’ll get much more out of it if you fully participate. It not only increases accountability. It stirs up a sense of belonging and fellowship which is so important to us here in this blog community.
Here’s what we’d love for you to supply in your registration comment today: (Try to limit yourself to this information so it will be easy to read and count.)
1. Your NAME.
2. Your CITY.
3. Whether you’re going SOLO or in tandem with a small group. If you’re in a small group, share approximately how many are in your group and where you are planning to meet.
4. Share in a sentence or two why you could really stand to be in Bible study this summer. Maybe it’s that you’ve never been in one before. We would be elated! Or maybe it’s been a long time. If so, this is a great time and place to come back home to the heart of Jesus. Maybe you’re just hoping to get to know Christ a little better. Or, perhaps you’re interested in particular subject matter that appears on the pages of 1st or 2nd Thessalonians. On the other hand, maybe you especially need to be in the Scriptures because you have extenuating circumstances that could really challenge you this summer. What’s motivating you to get into the Scriptures with us this summer? There are no wrong answers!
5. BONUS question (optional): WHAT IS A QUIRK OF YOURS?? Come on, now! Tell us!
If you’re meeting with a small group, share your answers to questions 4 and 5.
I will pitch out a memory verse each week for anybody who wants to participate:
Week 1 Memory Verse:
1 Thessalonians 1:4 The NET Bible: We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that He has chosen you.
Week 2 Memory Verse:
1 Thessalonians 2:8 The NET Bible: …with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
Do WEEKS ONE AND TWO of your homework before our next gathering in two weeks! If you’re watching the OPTIONAL video teaching sessions, you will want to watch Session 1 this week before you start your homework and Session 2 before you start your second week of homework. Here is the link: Children Of The Day Sessions
Don’t feel pressured to go to the added expense. All you need to participate in the summer study is the workbook.
I am so honored to serve you and study with you this summer! Can’t wait to see your names and locations! So much love to you, Sisters! We joyfully embrace each one of you.
1 Cheryl
2 White Bear Lake Mn
3 Group of 3 meeting in my home
4 Continue to increase my knowledge of the bible, build a deeper connection to my faith and hang out with some awesome women
5 I actually like to iron makes me feel accomplished
1. Samantha Cadwell
2. Minneapolis, MN
3. Solo
4. I absolutely love Beth’s studies and unfortunately there aren’t a lot of small groups that offer them. I need to get refreshed in the word this summer.
5. I’m obsessed with animal print and bling
1. Cindy
2. Minneapolis, MN
3. With my dearest friend who lives in MI. We are skyping.
4. Its been quite a while since I’ve been in an organized bible study, and I am hungry to dig into His sweet Word.
5. Globs of toothpaste in the sink grosses me out.
1. Rachael Heartsill
2. Prattville, AL
3.small group
4. These bible studies always seem to speak the right words to me at the right time and Lord knows I need a word.
5. My sons would say I have problem with lamps( I have too many).
1. Lori
2. Fort Worth, TX
3. Group of 5 literal sisters living in 3 different states. Discussing via group text and phone calls.
4. Going through difficult times in our family. Needed to stay grounded in the Word and close to one another.
1. Sherry P
2. Bloomsdale Missouri
3. Solo
4. Bible Study helps me stay in the word
5. I’m a little more scattered than I used to be
since I’ve reached a certain age 😉 hope some
of y’all can relate.
1.Joanna
2. San Antonio, TX
3. Solo
4. Intrigued by title and books of the Bible. I’ve never done an online study before, so that’s interesting, too. Also moving and transitioning at this time, so a study is a good idea.
5. I always have to have chapstick and lotion on hand.
1. Kay McMath
2. Allen, Texas
3. Solo
4. Have never done an online Bible study
5. Too many to pick….I identify with Brenda Lee Johnson from “The Closer”..I usually have a stash of candy somewhere…if no one see me eat it, it doesn’t count, right? Thank you so much!!!
1. Gayle Rolf
2. Kansas City,MO
3. Solo but doing this same study a different night with a group of ladies but we already started
4. To try to be/have some consistant time in God’s Wordt
5. idk if it is a quirk but when I clean my room I am so OCD/perfectionist that I have vacaum it my room over again if my sisters animals go in my room while the door is open
1. Nancy
2. Saskatoon, SK, Canada
3. Solo with FB group
4. A friend asked me to pray for this study. When I saw your ministry video,
I felt drawn by God to this study
5. Sometimes I wink when I am smiling and sharing a story
1. Shelley
2. Bucyrus, OH
3. 5-10 group
4. Our church is also doing Children of the Day RIGHT NOW! we are doing session 5 tomorrow. Great enhancement!
5. Quirk- The dishwasher must be stacked a certain way or I go nuts and have to rearrange it until it is.
1) Liz
2) Mpls MN
3) Group
4) stay in touch and in the word over summer
1) Kimberly
2) Johnson City, TN
3) Small group of 14 ladies
4) accountability and community
1. Shawna
2. Allen, TX
3. Solo
4. Going through family issues and just really need to immerse myself in God’s Word.
5. Quirk: I am deathly afraid of moths/ butterflies. I scream and carry on if they flutter near me.
1. Sammie
2. Gulf Shores, AL
3. Solo
4. I need to get closer to God and your Bible studies always help me to do that.
5. Quirk: when Imstaple papers together, I cannot stand for anything to poke out . The pages have to be perfectly fitted together.
1. Kyra Harwell
2. Rowlett, TX
3. Solo
4. I am doing this to increase my knowledge of the bible and to stay in His word daily.
5. I like hotdogs, but I am a little weird about eating the wiener, so, I cut one wiener in half and use it for two hotdogs.
1. Trudi
2. Austin, TX
3. Solo
4. Lots of divide & conquer/travel w our boys’ crazy schedules. Want to stay in the Word at home and on the road.
5. I can’t start my dust without making my bed first…OCD tendencies…oh…and I love to use lots of emojis when I text
1. Helen
2. North Platte, Ne
3. Solo
4. To get into more of God’s word and to know Him more!
5. I like to have things done my way….or it just ain’t right
1. Denise
2. Lubbock, Texas
3. Solo
4. Want to continue in bible study this summer while my women’s bible study group takes a break until fall.
5. The toilet paper *must* come over the top, not from the bottom. I will fix it every time if someone puts it on the holder wrong!
1. Kalani
2. Vancouver, WA
3. Solo
4. I am a pastor’s wife with many demands and need a personal Bible study to refresh me over the next several weeks of summer and all it brings!
5. I don’t drink out of plastic (Tupperware-type) glasses:)
1.denise
2.Columbus
3.solo
4.stumbled on this the last day of a fast and felt God was pointing me to this study
1) My name is Dani.
2) I currently live in Warrensburg, MO but we are a military family so that changes every so often. I am a down home Southern girl originally from Louisiana.
3) Doing the study with a group of ladies from my church, FBC. Some of us doing it solo while on vacay, some gathering together every couple weeks!
4) I have done a MILLION Beth Moore studies and God has spoken to me profoundly in EVERY SINGLE ONE. I think he knows I respond to convictions delivered in a Southern accent! 🙂
5) Weird quirk….It drives me CRAZY to hear people smack their food or gum. I literally feel my blood pressure rise a hundred points when I hear it!
1. Jean
2. Franklinton, NC
3. Small group of 6 women.
4. I have really missed Bible study!
5. Quirk: I have to have my sheets tucked into the bottom of the bed to sleep.
RUSSIA! Doing it solo. I am teaching a study on Colossians this summer,so I wanted to have ” me time” and study this one alone.
1. Jennifer
2. Keller, TX
3. Solo
4. I’m taking this for two reasons. First because I was in the audience for the first few tapings and would love to go through the whole thing as I felt it was AWESOME the first time! Second because my family and I are praying through moving from Texas to Washington D.C. to help some good friends start a church. I need to be in the scriptures to hear clearly where God wants me to be!
5. A quirk of mine would probably be that I can’t stand when my husband hangs his jacket in the closet the opposite way I hang mine. I have to go in and turn his around and make sure they are all facing the same way.
2. Augusta Ks
3.
Solo
4. In a bible study just thought I would do this during the summer
5. Like everything in order
1) Cheryl R
2) Midlothian Va
3) both solo and w a friend
4) in a dry season , arid and I really like your studies, delights me –
5)have to have tea with cream every night , I am a planner/worrier
1. Helena
2. Springfield, MO
3. Group – Women’s Bible Cafe
4. This is the first time I am participating in a Bible study like this. I am very excited. As a SAHM, I don’t get to participate in studies at church, so this is the best way in this season to do so.
5. I love calendars!
1. Susan Clark
2. Norfolk VA.
3. Solo.
4. I want to stay in Bible Study during the summer.
5.I like to read.
Pam from San Diego. Solo. I am doing the Summer Siesta Bible study to relish and have a season of renewal and restoration. These last few months have been extremely stressful and challenging…..I need a fresh fire of God’s Word in my soul to revive my spirit. Am so excited to be a part of this summer study. Thanks so much Beth!
1. Tensie Palmer
2. Los Angeles, CA
3. Solo
4. I have been reading God’s word, bit not STUDYING God’s word. I need more of Jesus in my life! I want to be better equipped and ready to do the work that He sets before me. I don’t want to be lazy.
5. Quirk: I can sleep anywhere, any time of day or night. (I think i could sleep standing up if i needed too.) I also use little happy face a lot! I am desperate to be sure that people know i am smiling when i type something. 🙂
Jennifer B from Grand Prairie, Tx
Solo
Been a few years since I have done a Beth Moore Bible Study and saw this one on Facebook. Perfect timing. Was looking for a new one.
Quirk- my favorite nighttime snack is Miracle whip on a saltine.
Springfield, MO. Going solo. My parents are struggling with health problems right now. I’m needing to make some decisions about my future plans – returning to work vs staying home. I need the Bible study time to keep me focused on God’s plan for my life and my family. I think this study material is going to be great! Quirk – I cannot sit down to watch tv in the evening until all the dishes are done in the kitchen. 🙂
1. Jeannine
2. Eagan, MN
3. Solo
4. Really excited to study Thessalonians.
5. I can’t sleep with the closet door open.
1. Monique Smith
2. Goliad, Texas
3. Solo
4. Recently moved from VA to my husbands hometown of Goliad,TX. Living and growing up in the D.C area and moving to a small rural town has been a lonely experience so far for me.I do look forward to my visit to Sugar~Land a suburb of Houston, TX once a month when my husband goes into the city for work. This new journey of my life has had me asking myself the question ‘Is my Father God enough and can I an extrovert living on a deserted Island (Goliad, TX) be completely content and fulfilled if my only friend is Jesus’? ‘Will He,is He truly enough for me?’
5. I try to make it a point to not put my feet on the floor when I wake up in the mornings until I say my good mornings to My Father, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit.
1) emi
2) white house, tn
3) small group of 9 tonight-possibly 2-4 more may join us/my home
4)I need to share my life and study the Bible with others and not go solo as I have the past studies I have done. “shoulder to shoulder”
5)I prefer blue ink pens when i write. I just do not like to write with black ink. 🙂
1)Lora
2)Jasper,FL
3)small group
4)Our ladies at church usually do a Bible study in the spring and one in the fall, but I feel like something is missing if I can’t get together with my best friends and have a study in the summer as well.
5)I’m a musician so they’re are just too many to name. 😉 You musicians know what I mean.
1. Amy
2.Cherry Valley, CA
3.Solo
4.Wanted to offer this in the fall for our women so will be great for me to do it first. Love to learn.
5. Must sleep with pillow between my knees and arm.
Madison, SD
Just me
I love to participate in bible studies. I recently moved to a new town and have yet to find a bible study group.
Quirk: I go slightly out of my way to make right turns instead of left or to make a protected left turn at a signal.
1. Ronda Warren
2. Monee, IL
3. Solo
4. Facing a difficult situation this summer and could use the structured bible study.
5. I occasionally make up rhymes as an answer to a question or reflection.
1. Amanda
2. Exton, PA
3. Solo
4. Looking forward to a study for the summer!
5. I love to take naps
Solo
1. Sherry
2. Owensboro, Ky
3. Solo
4. My parents are ill, and my life is spread very thin. This will ground me and strengthen me.
5. I adore pumpernickel with peanut butter for breakfast EVERY day.
Rebecca
Fontana, Ca
We are a small group of 6 at ones home
Accountability, spiritual growth
I fold my dirty laundry when I’m on vacation 🙂
1. Heather
2. Suffolk, VA
3. Solo
4. I feel like it is time for me to grow up and go deeper, to show with all of me that God is who He says He is.
5. Yowie- a quirk.
I dunno what happened…I said…
5. Yowie. A quirk. How about- if you give me a pile of crabs to pick, I will be happy for hours. But then that is totally normal…hmmm…
(I think the technology glitch may have dampened the moment. :-/)
1. Laura
2. Lexington, Ky
3. Solo
4. Two reasons – I need some structure and I’m hoping it will improve my attitude this summer with three very active boys at home all summer
5. I have to eat things in even amounts. 2 or 4 cookies, not 3, even amts of m&m’s, etc.
1. Amy
2. Evansville, IN
3. Solo
4. Used to be part of Bible studies regularly, but after
divorce/move have not been part of one. I have been
feeling God calling me back to be a part!
5. Umm…narrow down to one? I suppose that I am a MAJOR
list maker!
Vicki
Murfreesboro,TN
solo
I need a study to keep me accountable to stay in the Word during the summer. I look forward to this study!!
I have many quirks-one is that I do not like to leave blanks in my homework. It will be hard for me to leave those group sessions blank. It will be interesting to see if I can keep from downloading the videos. 🙂
1. Jackie
2. Beaufort, SC
3. Solo
4. I am off in summers and like to do some spiritial growth. I love your studies.
5. Not sure of a quirk.
I live in Pearland Texas. I will be going solo. I went to Beth’s bible study at the beginning of the year at First Baptist in Houston and really enjoyed it. I had lead her study on Revelations in the bible study we have at the church I attend. A quirk I have is I do not like coffee but I love chocolate milk.