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.Â
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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.)
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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):Â 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.
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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.Â
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.Â
1. Snow
2. West Palm Beach, FL
3. Solo
4. I’ve drifted and God’s calling me back…and I believe He wants to remind me that I am a child of the light through this study.
5. One of my dessert indulgences is a halved avocado with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on top.
1. Brandi
2. Jonesboro, AR
3. Small group of ladies meeting in a home
4. Really wanting to stay in God’s Word this summer and so excited for this new study to be out!
5. I like my coney without the hotdog too!!!! 🙂
1. Alicia
2. Tulsa, Oklahoma
3. Small group with 4 people in an online discussion format (we are all spread out).
4. It’s been a long time since I’ve done an organized Bible study and God is really doing some things in my family’s life that we need to be drawing in real close to Him, plus we just had another baby and I need to be setting a good example for our daughters.
5. Quirk = I HATE greek yogurt – any yogurt actually.
1. Keri
2. Collinsville, OK
3. Solo
4. I am a stay-at-home mother of 3 (going on 12 years now). While I believe this is my calling, and always look forward to the extra time with my children, summers can be difficult. I am turning to the Word for strength and understanding.
5. I love my Diet Coke…however, it MUST be over ice and with a straw. 🙂
1. Susan F.
2. Nashville, Indiana
3. I am doing this alone unfortunately.
4. I am in a very hard and dry time in my life. I have no church family having been extremely used and hurt at my previous church where I served faithfully for 14 years as the pastor’s assistant and church administrator. I haven’t even been able to open my Bible and connect to God or attend worship for over two years now because of my pain. I am trying desperately to reconnect to God.
5. I love to read so much that I buy books all the time that I really want to read but I rarely get time to read them, at least all the way through. And I love to buy cookbooks that I can read like a book!!!
Missy Langford, Beaumont, Tx Solo
1. Steph
2. Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
3. Group – with 7 others from our local church
4. I am off work in the summers and love Bible Study!
5. Quirk – Sometimes just one of my fingers or one of my toes will get red and hot … my husband loves this about me. Or should I say he loves to mock this about me? haha
1. Lindsay Winton
2. Albuquerque, NM
3. Solo
4. Feeling overwhelmed in trying to send a child to college by myself, and need a fresh reminder of who God is and His faithfulness.
5. I cannot even begin to open this study without all of my pens lined up, and deciding which colors I’m going to use. 🙂
I KNEW I would figure out my quirk if I read other people’s! This is SO me! *high five*!!
Denise from Greenville,SC…My quirk is that I like to eat all of one thing on my plate before eating something else. I need this study because it’s been at least 6 months…maybe longer since my last formal Bible study. I’m going solo, and I need a word from God!
1. Rebecca
2. Statesboro, GA
3. Small group- 2 other friends
4. I am in a women’s bible study group that meets all during the school year, but we break for the summer and I wanted a good, in-depth study to work on. Excited for the new study!
5. I love plucking my eyebrows, and my husband’s, if he’ll let me!
I just wanted to say ‘thank you’ to Beth. This is what I shared with a friend when I finished the first video session and day 1:
‘I have begun the Bible study “Children of the Day”. God is so gracious and good and timely in everything! Beth Moore could have leaped out of the book and the video, calling me by name, and it would not have felt more personal and timely for me! If there is ever a time in my life when something brings chill bumps to my soul, this it!’
God is preparing me to lead this study in the fall. I am so blessed already!
1. Terrie P.
2. Ridgewood New Jersey
3. Solo
4. I want to stay close to the Lord during the summer!!
5. I only will eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich if I have potato chips!!! Also, I go to
starbucks EVERY day!! (could be worse?)
Lori
Grapevine, Texas
Solo but I know some other friends participating so hopefully we can discuss it
I just really need a study to stay in the Word regularly so I’m very thankful to dive into this one this summer.
I’ll write something on my to-do list that’s already been done just so I can have the satisfaction of crossing it off.
Dalyn Weller
Yakima, wa
Solo
Quirk- I have tons of animals! I milk my herd of dairy goats and make cheese and soap. And I am obsessed with great jeans and cowgirl boots as fashion. Ha ha!
I’m supposed to do this study- I received a lovely scented candle months ago anomalously- it has the Biblestudyy logo on it. I see the study everywhere and think about it all the time. It must have something in it The Lord wants me to have!
1. Tara
2. Kosciusko, MS
3. 3
4. I need some Jesus!
5. I never finish my food on the plate…but eat all day long:)
1. Kathleen
2. Knoxville, TN
3. Solo
4. I need motivation for study in the Word, and I get that motivation with an organized Bible Study. Last winter was a very dry time for me, however this spring God has been doing amazing things in my life, thanks to “Breaking Free”! I just want more of Him!!!
5. I do not let my husband help me fold laundry, even tho over the years he has offered many times. I enjoy doing laundry and want everything folded just right. I want to put all the clothes away as well because I straighten up the drawers each time. I can’t stand messy drawers! Crazy!!!!!
1. Gretchen
2. Schierwaldenrath, Germany
3. Probably solo – still trying to recruit some friends 🙂
4. We are in a storm (like Beth described in To Live is Christ, week 8 day 1)
5. Quirk: I cannot go a day without showering. To stay in pajamas all day is torture.
Faith
Nashville, Tennessee
I am going solo, knowing that lots of my LifeWay sisters are in this with me.
It is time to get back to a good study!
Quirk – I really am terrified of rushing water of any kind and I turn into another (bad) person when someone honks their car horn at me. Not a pretty picture.
Love you guys and so looking forward to jumping in.
1. Jennifer:)
2. Enterprise,AL
3. Solo
4. I want(need)to be in Gods word this summer and get to know HIM more!:)
5. Quirk….I love to exercise!:)
1. Heather
2. Alaska
3. Solo
4. Craving more time spent in His Word!
5. I can never take the last bite of a banana. 🙂
1. Lorraine
2. Greenbrier, AR
3. Solo
4. Need some rejuvenation, and feel that I need more than what I am getting on Sunday’s or Wednesday’s.
5. Quirk:I am a perfectionist, and very hard on myself when something isn’t like I really want it to be. I tend to take things more personal and judge myself harder.
1. Sandy
2. Charlottesville, VA
3. small group and with my cousin long distance
4. already participating in a year long read the bible with my sister in law, felt led to add this.
5. can’t start my day unless my bed is made.
1. Your NAME. Ashley Scobey
2. Your CITY. Atlanta GA
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.
Small group of 3-5
4. Share in a sentence or two why you could really stand to be in Bible study this summer.
My school-year study is on hiatus and I so want to be in the word this summer
5. BONUS question (optional): WHAT IS A QUIRK OF YOURS?? Come on, now! Tell us!
I love dance parties!!
1. Kristy
2. Cypress, TX
3. I’ll be going mostly solo, but one of my girlfriends is thinking of hosting the additional videos at her home. Woohoo!
4. I love all Beth Moore Bible Studies! I could use this one this summer, because after the one this spring, Breath: The Life of God in Us, I am so excited to dig deeper into the word to see what else God is calling me to do. The last Bible Study called me to start a mama blog, and it has been so great. So ready for His word!
5. One of my quirks is when I taste something too sweet or too sour, I do a little dance. 🙂
1. Rosanne
2. Lansing, MI
3. With my daughter via telephone.
4. My daughter said that she was doing it and it sounded interesting. She just moved away and what better way to stay connected but through God’s Word?
5. I don’t like my books bent or tattered. Sometimes I won’t even write in the book to keep it pristine! It took me a long time to underline something in my bible!!
1.Melanie
2.Northern VA
3.Solo
4. I haven’t done a Beth Moore study in 2 or 3 years and I’m ready for another!
5. Quirk – I’m a little uptight, but deep down I just want to let loose ;).
1. Susan
2. Zeeland, Michigan
3. Small group – just 2 of us meeting in our homes
4. Just had our 5th son (yes, 5 boys in a row, no girls) and really want to refocus on God so as to be the best mom for them I can – which is only with His help and guidance and tons of prayer
5. I try to get a pedicure at least every 4 weeks in order to maintain some level of “girlyness” in my crazy home full of boys!
May God give you extra helpings of blessings. Think of all the daughter-in-laws you will have someday. I have only 1 boy/man, 25 now. I loved having a boy. Girlfriend, you will be adored !!
1. Marisa
2. Wrentham, MA
3. With my mom over the phone because I just moved from MI to MA.
4. We just moved to another state without family or friends near, my husband travels each week and we have four little ones 6 and under so being in His word comforts the soul, brings me joy and gives calm to chaos. When I saw Children of the Day was going to be an online summer study I decided to jump in…sounds like the perfect way to stay in His word this summer!
5. I am the worst when ordering out at a restaurant…I change up the item by adding and taking away things and usually something has to be on the side.
1. Kris
2. Joliet, IL
3. Solo
4. I’m just ready to be in the WORD!! This came at the perfect time!
5. When putting on chapstick, I leave the chapstick in one spot and move my lips around the stick instead of moving the chapstick across my lips lol
1. Jen
2. Cedarburg, WI
3. Solo
4. I’ve had a crazy, busy last few months. I need a push to get back in to the Word. Hoping to fill this longing in my heart…
1. Kathrene Faith
2. NYC!
3. Solo
4. Just in a difficult season, needing to get whole in Jesus after being in a relationship where we both sinned and idolized each other. I’m desperate to move forward in my calling but mostly to just be in a place where I am utterly dependent on and trusting in God.
5. I can move my left eyebrow extremely fast. My friends get a kick out of it, haha
1. Tricia
2. Cincinnati, Ohio
3. Solo
4. Why study this summer? Because I’m HUNGRY.
1. Tricia
2. Cincinnati, Ohio
3. Solo
4. Why study this summer? Because I’m HUNGRY.
5. Quirk: I celebrate my birthday with a funeral. After two years of funerals that “just so happened” to fall on my birthday, I realized The Lord was showing me an important lesson and a reminder that I am between my first and last breath. Funerals help me to realign the purpose of every day granted and each day is preparation for the last.
Ecc 7:1-2
1. Nitsa
2. Eugene, OR
3. Solo
Marie
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Solo/Facebook small group, not meeting.
I want a more authentic and intimate relationship with God.
I pour myself a cup of coffee when I get up, that I generally have to reheat throughout the day.
1. Sue Alice
2. Solo
3. Greenwood, IN
4. Going through a dry season, have not been a study for awhile .
5. Can type, and a little OCD
Georgetown, TX
solo
first time to do a bible study
I will circle a parking lot till I get the space I want
-Marla Sharp
-Smyrna, TN
-2 (probably over phone and sometimes together in our homes)
-I love in depth Bible Studies and they are so much more fun with friends and accountability partners. I have been anxiously awaiting the next Beth Moore study. What better way to do the study than with the author herself? Beth Moore through the power of the Holy Spirit has had a supernatural spiritual impact on my life like no other person on earth. She has inspired me to get into the WORD and really study it like it was intended. I look forward to studying with other like minded sisters! Thank you for this opportunity.
-Quirk: One of many, I hate for the pillows on the couch to be not in their proper place. I straighten them a thousand times a day because I have 4 kids who practically live on the couch.
1. Jenny
2. McKinney, TX
3. Solo
4. To spend more time in God’s word
1. Kim C.
2. Corpus Christi, Tx
3. Solo
4. I need God to reign in my life as much as this dry ground needs rain.
5. I must have two small down satin pillows I’ve had since I was a baby to get settled down for a good night’s sleep.
1. Jenna
2. Wilmington, DE
3. Group – 4 of us, meeting @ a home
4. I’m in bible study this summer because I need to be in the Word everyday to surround myself with God’s truth and light! I felt God calling me to lead this study.
5. A quirk of mine: I like to eat sliced banana with my eggs. Every morning. =p
Laurie, Edmond
Going solo
Hearts desire is to get back into Gods Word. Must make it a priority.
Quirk….rearrange furniture for relaxation:)
liz
gladstone or
solo
to put some focus in my life
1. Wendy
2. Cincinnati, Ohio
3. Meeting with others online with email and possibly Facebook.
4. I love Beth Moore bible studies! I’m having a surgery next week and I thought this would be a great way to heal while I’m stuck at home and cannot drive for awhile.
5. I have a song for every situation, it makes my teenage daughter laugh every time. She thinks I’m nuts!
Brentwood, TN
Doing study with my church to connect with other women and be in Gods word during the summer!
I hate the little strings on bananas. If I see someone eat a banana without peeling strings off, it makes me gag 🙂
Amanda and Leah
Conway, AR
small group
For intentional and purposeful time in the Word.
1. Joanne
2. Westerville, OH
3. Solo
4. To dig deeper into God’s word
5. I love BBQ potato chips on my peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
1. Leellyn
2. Lawrence, KS
3. Small group – in a home
4. The people we used to have a Bible study with have gone different directions, and I miss the depth of fellowship that a study brings.
5. Every morning with my quiet time: coffee and a sweet treat (peanut butter toast, sweet roll, bagel. . . )
1. Cassie
2. Norman, OK
3. I have organized a group through our school district and we are following the schedule recommended on the first posting. I have only been working in the school district for a month and was so excited for the opportunity to meet and fellowship with my lovely co-workers!
4. I have not participated in church or Bible study for almost 2 years, and felt the best way to start was to have Beth lead the way (she kicks it into high gear!)
5. A quirk… oh my, they are a plenty… I sleep with a blanket on my head, have done it since I was an infant and at 29 years old have not been able to shake it!
1. Angela Graves
2. Conway, Missouri
3. Started solo, now in a church group at Sonrise Christian Church in Marshfield, MO with 24 women divided into 3 small groups.
4. I just finished my very first bible study which was Daniel. I couldn’t wait to keep going.
5. Quirk: I over think, over worry and love making list.