Fall Bible Study Kickoff!
We have been counting down the months, weeks, days, and now hours until our Fall Semester Bible Study kickoff for Esther. Praise the Lord! It's finally here!
Needless to say, it is a very big day for LPM. I know all my c0-workers are in overdrive getting ready to fill their various roles tonight. My mom has been studying and praying all morning. My sister will be initiated into her first "first night of Bible study" as an official employee. Diane is getting boxes and boxes of inventory loaded into her Suburban to set out at the product table. And right now our Bible study coordinator, Jennifer Hamm, is probably power walking all over that church with a walkie talkie in hand.
We covet your prayers as we prepare for this evening. Our Tuesday night Bible study is extremely important to all of us. Getting to wash the feet of these precious ladies and serve up the Word of God on a silver platter is an incredible joy and privilege. This Tuesday night teaching series will also serve as the taping for Esther. In other words, what our girls see and hear will be what you see and hear when you view the Esther DVDs one day. The taping environment brings my mom's stress level up several notches. Please ask God to give her peace, anointing, and focus. Thanks so much, ladies!
Why don't we just make it Pray for Your Bible Study Leader Day? I know many of your groups are just starting or have just recently started. Most of us can relate to the nervous excitement that you feel in those first few weeks. Whoever your leader is - or maybe you are the leader - lift her up by name at this time. One of my best friends, Janelle, is leading a Precepts study that begins tonight, and I will meet my MOPS leader for the first time tomorrow morning. So I will be praying for my mom, Janelle, and my MOPS leader Amy today. Who are you praying for?
posted by Amanda @ 1:07 PM
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I will be praying for Lorraine and Amberley. Two exceptional women who not only lead our women's Bible study, but lead by example in their lives. I'm blessed to call these ladies my friends!!
Just to say that I am praying for Beth and all involved...ohhh I just can't wait to participate in Esther! Isaiah 55:11!
oh man the excitement! the burgers are praying! i can never express how tuseday night bible study impacted me, and i am sooo excited for all the beautiful women that get to study Gods word tonight together as one! Lord, grant sweet beth and the LPM staff your peace that surpasses all understanding that gaurds both their heart and mind in Christ! Make your name known tonight! amen.
I, too, covet those prayers. Tomorrow is our first session of Believing God. I am feeling the knot in my tummy. The Lord did an AMAZING work through Breaking Free and my heart is heavy with the responsibility of what is to come. My prayer is that I can merely facilitate the material and let God take over from there. I will pray for each of you as you "kickoff" your study.
Blessings...
Amanda,
I woke up this am with your mom and the study on my mind. I have prayed for her all day. I will also lift up the other Bible Study leaders as well. I too have my Believing God study in the morning and God has instructed me to share my testimony. Oh my -public speaking is not my thing but "I'm believing God" so here I go stepping out in faith!!
God bless,
Kim
praying for you sweet ladies an all you do to serve Him...
ps...has anyone found themselves using the words "deeper" and "still" a lot more in the last two days? or at least every time you use them, getting a big grin on your face because of the memories :)
We are about to start Wising Up in my girlfriend's bible study group. So, Beth, you will be leading that one. :)
We are also starting a study on Ecclesiastes at my church...coincidence that both of these are written by Solomon and line up with each other in many ways? I don't think so...
I will be praying for all the ladies you mentioned and my bible study leader at church.
It give me chills to think that the Esther study that I will do AS SOON AS it comes out, is being breathed in Beth at this moment!!!
Praise God!!!!!!!
I'm praying for the leaders of our Moms in Touch prayer group here in Huntsville, Alabama! (Moms in Touch groups meet around the world to pray for schools and students.)
Sweetest Moore Family,
I’m praying for ya’ll tonight!
Dearest Beth, You’re His! He’s got your back, and so does this Siesta! All your studying and hard work is about to be paid off in souls.
Thanks for your post yesterday about your encounter with Jesus through your new friends you met at Starbucks yesterday! I have a picture of you in mind (with your fabulous highlights) when I pray for you. Looking forward to seeing you in San Antonio for our Fiesta! Love, Bonnie
It is my extreme privilege to hold Beth up in prayer as she begins the Bible study this evening. I look forward to studying Esther with her when it comes available on dvd.
My precious daughter begins tomorrow (Wednesday) evening leading Bible study for the very first time. I of course am praying for her, and for her sweet friend who is also leading a Bible study.
Some of my best Christian experiences have been studying God's word with other women.
Love and blessings to all of you!!!
I so wish I could be there,& can't wait till we get to study it. I am praying for all the ones that are helping to get this done. The ones whom did all the things to get it together. For doing what God asked. I am praying it will be the best one yet.I am praying for Beth not to have stress.I am praying God will teach something great to everyone that gets to hear it now & the ones that will hear it latter own .I am praying that this will bring many people to the Lord.I wll have to some how let one of my GA's & SS kid whom love Esther, & all the little grils I am teaching, you all have my pray's, I am praying for the famileys of all that they will suport the ones doing it & going to do it it, the ones that got the Bible study together. I pray peace & saftey to all. God bless you all Love sister in Christ Victoria
I'll say a prayer for you! Our Bible study starts next week (Mondays). So I'm praying for Jodi (which is a major thing right now since she just lost her father and the funeral is today). We are studying Romans! Blessings on you Bible Study!!
I am praying for Beth and Carolyn.
With great joy and anticipation for the one I'm beginning again: A Woman's Heart and the one which is to come, Esther.
Thank you Lord for those who are willing to be poured out. Strengthen, Sustain and make Steadfast these women of God. Let Your Word come forth and accomplish! May you come and sweep us tenderly off our feet. In Jesus' name. Amen.
I will certainly pray for your mom (LOVE HER) and the team; I will pray for me and my co-leader and for the small group team at our church. I will pray for the start of Jackson's MOPS. Tuesday is pray for bible study leader day?? I'm all over it.
In God's Love ~ Cathy
Oh thank you for the reminder. We started our "A Women's Heart" today and the spirit of God moved in our group already!! A facilitator is humbled by the prayers of her small group. We need them badly.
I prayed for your momma all the way to Eureka Springs and back today as I listened to one of the Life Today cds. I will remember her tonight. My precious new Siesta Kim is leading a BS this week, too.
What a gift to lift each other up:)
Jan
I am praying for Beth and all the ladies of LPM for tonight and for the praise team (love these ladies). I am so excited- I am heading over there early to try and miss some of the traffic. Can't wait till 6:30-anticipating what HE will do tonight!
Praying for Beth and the LPM staff! Praying that God will calm nerves, lower the stress level to zero and speak powerfully through Beth tonight and each night during the series.
Amanda,
Well, if it is Pray for Your Bible Study Leader Day how could I not pray for Beth??? Good grief, the woman has been my virtual Bible study leader for 10 years now -- since that first day back in 1997, I believe, when I popped in the first video for A Woman's Heart and watched the Word come alive for those ladies (myself included) in ways we never expected!!
Now 10 years later and at least 10 studies later, I have 29 precious ladies meeting with me every Sunday night for Believing God (our first night was last Sunday night). Their faces are all brand new and many, many of them have never done indepth Bible study. Can I get a HUGE AMEN?
They all stood boldly and said the Five Statement Pledge of Faith for the first time and my eyes welled up with tears. It was so powerful!! I have already received two e-mails this week from girls who have experienced God do something impossible in their lives this week -- all because they decided to believe Him for it! Isn't that great??
So, pray I will and I ask you to pray for me, too!
Blessings,
Dori
We start our fall Bible study tonight, too. We're doing "A Woman's Heart". I'm so excited!
I'll be praying for tonight. For our leadership and y'alls.
Cannot wait for the Esther study. Seriously, I love me some Esther.
God is control of the details! At our study this morning, I had not previewed the DVD, but in my opening prayer with our group, where we pour out our hearts to God, I felt Him urge me to pray these words for our group:
Heavenly Father, we come before you and ask you to "open our hearts and minds with understanding of the truth in Your Word."
Imagine the chills that went through me and our group, when Beth closed the DVD presentation with the encouragement and commitment "Lord Jesus, open my mind that I can understand the Scriptures"! Amen and Amen
He is faithful, even to the most unprepared facilitator, when we truly come to Him with open hands.
Sweet Sisters, pray for your facilitators.
I have a special page in my prayer journal just for Ms. Beth and LPM. Esther has shown up several times on that page and I will continue to pray as the study begins tonight.
I'm going to be going through Beth withdrawal this time around for our women's Bible study. For the first time in years we're doing something different. Has anyone ever done Lisa Welchel's MY STORY scrapbooking Bible study? I'm looking forward to it but will miss going so deep into the Word with Ms. Beth! Anyway, thanks for the reminder that I need to be praying for my leader, Jill, too!
Prayers and blessings to all!
Kelli in Ohio
Lifting Beth and all of you in my prayer. I will begin our Fall Women's Bible study in a few weeks at our church, so I ask for your prayers. I'm sort of at a late start with this which adds some undue pressure since we need to begin by the first week of October to finish up before Thanksgiving.
I am praying for the study Esther beginning tonight and for Beth and all the LPM Ladies.
What an honor.
I am so excited about doing the Esther bible study when it comes out!
Praying for you all and for the leader of my A Woman's Heart (updated, of course ;0) study.
Blessings,
Karla
My buddy Kellie, who is starting her annual Bible study in her home. She is doing "Traveling Light" by Max Lucado.
Tracy and Jeff, who are leading Financial Peace University. They started last night and had a huge group, including some un-churched folks!
I am also going to pray for Miss Beth. I wish I could be there! Just hearing about a new Bible study makes me anxious for it to come out! I'm already ready to lead a group in that one!
Love you all!
I'm praying for myself. I lead a group tonight and yes, the nerves are little stressed today. I will also pray for Vee who also leads a study on Tuesday nights at my church.
I am honored to pray for Beth and for the Esther Bible study. My group will be starting our newest study Thursday night. We are so blessed to be able to communicate our efforts for our Lord and pray together. I am so excited to know that one day we will be doing this Esther study at our church! I am praying!
We don't have a study going on right now (though I am still wanting to start one in my home and will let you know when I do so you can pray :) ), but we did just start our Awana program for the kids for the year, so, I'm praying for those workers and your mom for her study. That will be cool when I see the dvd to know I prayed for the sessions when they were happening. Thanks for letting us know. By the way, in our first night of Awana on Sunday night, we had one little boy accept Jesus. WooHooJa! What a way to start the year!
I am so excited about Bible Study tonight!! Like Christmas morning waiting to open my gifts...I am anxiously waiting to receive a Word from God!! I pray we all will be open to receive God's Word in a way that will change us and mold us into the Woman God wants us to be!! That it will be a permanent and deep change!
Bonnie =o)
My computer messed up and I am going to try and post this again. I am as excited about the Esther study starting tonight as I would be if I were going tonight! I have prayed for Beth and the attendees and all the requests in the prayer memo. I am also praying for two friends of mine, Dori and Denise who are facilitating Believing God starting this week and I am praying for myself as I am leading A Woman's Heart, God's Dwelling Place. I look forward to hearing from the siestas who attended Esther tonight.
Wow, you girls are busy - Deeper Still this past weekend, and the fall semester Bible Study kickoff tonight. I just received my email prayer list. As my pastor is fond of saying, "confession is good for the soul, but bad for the reputation" so let me just tell you that sometimes (Tuesday night in particular)I have to work hard not to envy you girls who live in Houston. Having said that, let me also say that I belong to a wonderful church and God has given me a supernatural love for my church family. We're a big family -a mega-church actually, so I don't know everyone's name, but I absolutely love these people. I truly am just where my Lord has placed me.
Speaking of families, The Holy Spirit has been prompting me to pray this verse over all my brand new sisters in Christ. Whether you joined the family at Deeper Still, or to all of you who will have an encounter with the One True God at tonight's Bible study, here's my prayer for you. From Colossians 2:6-7, So then, just as you receive Christ Jesus as Lord, I pray you will continue to live in Him, strengthened in the faith as you are taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
For every Bible study leader in every church and denomination of like faith, here's my prayer for us. From 1 Peter 3:15, I pray that we set apart Christ as Lord in our hearts and that we are always prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks us to give the reason for the hope that we have. I pray we will do this with gentleness and respect.
We've never met, and may not on this side of eternity, but I love you girls and I'm humbled to be a fellow servant for the sake of the gospel.
A Prayer Warrior in Florida
I'm praying for Beth, Amy the Mops leader and Janelle and also Jill, who will be leading our bible study beginning next Monday night on A Woman's Heart, God's Dwelling Place. She's so excited, she's already well into the lessons!
I am praying for Martha, Kristy and Rebecca in Salina, Kansas. The LORD is doing a mighty work in the WOW bible study. The four studies that I have done Breaking Free, Believing God, A Woman's Heart God's Dwelling Place and the Patriarchs changed my life. I love studying God's word so much more b/c I understand it so much better. Thank you Beth for your faithfulness. Also praying for Maria in Prairie Village, KS for opening her home for bible study. I love women's bible study.
I'll pray for Beth and her team. At my home church I am praying for Kim and Donna, and our Bible study fall session starts one week today.
I'll take some of those prayers! I am facilitating a Kay Arthur study with my mommy group and was asked yesterday to be a small group discussion leader for Breaking Free. I really want to make sure that the focus is on God and not me. I imagine that's how Beth feels right about now. I am getting on my knees to pray for her this minute.
Oh boy, is it okay that I'm a little bit jealous that I won't be there tonight?! Since I've been at school the past 4 years, and have only gotten to go to Bible Study on the occasional off day, I am glad to say that this is the last semester I have to miss Tuesday night Bible Study. I am so thrilled. I miss the ladies so much and I hate knowing that I am missing a great word.
Usually tonight is the night I would call my mom to get the low down on the first night, and so she can tell me everything Beth said, but low and behold, she too is missing it tonight because of my little brother's back to school night. I'm sad.
Aside from all that, know that I am praying for your mom, the ladies on staff (y'all work so hard! And, Jennifer's announcements are precious!) and all the ladies that come. May they get a new, fresh word tonight.
Missing my Houston Sisters,
Lindsee
Today was our first day of bible study as well. We are doing A Woman's Heart, God's Dwelling Place. It is so awesome to lift up the Esther study and know that one day, I will be doing the study right along with them. Peace and Joy to you all.
(And tell your mom not to worry about wardrobe-she always looks great!)
I'll be praying for y'all today and for your Mom tonight as she begins her study of Esther. I'll be facilitating a small group through a study of Acts beginning on Thursday. My prayers are for ALL who are presently studying and beginning a new study that everyone will come with open hearts to be filled with God's Word. Personally, I can't wait for the DVD's of Esther!! And to those of you who are beginning "Wising Up"--it's awesome. I can't wait to do it with a group!!
Yay for Bible study! I didn't join one this fall - maybe that means I need to start my own....
I'm praying for Beth. And for the LPM staff.
Rest assured the LPM staff and Beth will be in my prayers thoughout the day.
I am so excited because tomorrow will be our second week of Wising Up. We have one group of ladies meeting at 9:00 a.m. and the other at 6 p.m. Brenda is facilitating the am group and I am leading the pm group. My greatest prayer for each of us is that we will go beyond receiving the truth....may we truly live it.
Love in Christ,
Mary :)
What an awesome responsibility. I am so grateful for women who are willing to put their tender hearts and their quaking knees, dry mouths and shaking hands forward to serve God by teaching. Bless you in your willingness to serve us in this way...
a utah siesta,
Leslie
I'm praying for Beth (and looking forward to tonight's study) and I am praying for each of the sweet ladies that came to our Bible study last night (we started the Wising Up series!). May God be glorified in every in and through every study and every leader that we are lifting up in prayer!
Amanda, I just got on the blog to read the latest post and was not at all expecting to read what I did. Thank you so much for soliciting so many women's precious prayers in my behalf and for your sweet words. Just imagine me sitting at my desk, just polishing the final touches for tonight, reading this, and allowing the ball of nerves that I am be released with tears and peace.
Your mom and the kick off for this Bible study has been on my heart all day. I am so excited about it!!
I will be praying for Beth and the Bible study leaders at my church. I can't tell you how much Tuesday night bible study means to me. I'm blessed beyond belief! God does so much on Tuesdays!
I lead a Tues morning group and a Wed night group of the new version of A Woman's Heart - and my girls are loving it! They are sharing their hearts in class during discussion and laughing and crying during the videos (so am I by the way!)
We leaders do covet your prayers!
We start Living Beyond Yourself this week. I too feel the knot in my stomach at just facilitating it. I will most definately be praying for you Beth and LPM staff - you all mean the world to me and I thank God for you daily.
I'll be praying for Beth, her whole team, and the women in attendance. God Bless
I just wanted to say the I am and will continue to pray for Beth and the team for tonights study.
The women's bible study at our church does not start until Oct. We will be doing Beth's Daniel study. I will be leading it. Frankly I and my family are so busy I am not sure how it is all going to work. But God knows and that should be enough for me to just obey and trust. Right. Kim B.
Am praying for the whole LPM team with the taping kick off. Know that this is a huge ministry to those of us who will get to view the video and study from the book in the near future. "For such a time as this"...I think this study is so needed! Blessing on all of you!
I want Y'all to know that I am praying especially hard for you, dear Beth, Living Proof ladies, and for the Lifeway team as Y'all begin this new Bible study tonight.
I remember back when I was there for the taping of Living Beyond Yourself, that it was such a great learning time for me, but I didn't have any idea just how much work it was for the team.
Just know that I plan to be a long distance prayer warrior for Y'all throughout this study.
I recall how I felt so honored to be allowed to pray over the sanctuary before the other ladies came in, and I plan to continue to do that from here.
However, I know that I know that the Holy Spirit is already there, doing His work, too, and that all will go well, because He knows how much of a godly impact these studies have on everyone involved, this semester and through the DVD study later on ...
In Christ's love,
Jennifer O.
Southern Wisconsin
Praying for the LPM team and Beth for the Esther kick-off. I am expecting to hear great things that God does in this season for the Houston gals!
Dawn
I'll be praying for Beth, as well as Marolyn and Lori. Marolyn has taught bible studies in her home for many years and is my mentor. Lori is a generous and loving single mom of two teenagers who gives up every Saturday evening to teach bible studies for women at my church. They are both special blessings in my life.
HOW EXCITING!!! We'll be praying for you and looking forward to the study. Our study on the Patriarchs begins tomorrow. Last year we only had 14 in our study. As of right now, we are up to 38!! Praise the Lord!!!!
Thank you for the joy of being a long-distance part of it :)
And please let us rest assured that Melissa has been able to calm any of your Mom's hair concerns, b/c really, that shouldn't have to be a stress on filming days. And I recall during her trip to the Holy land recently that the responsibility was left to your Dad :)
How blessed! I wish I was rich and could hop on a plane to Houston! My prayers are airborne. Blessings, blessings...can't wait to hear how it goes....
Any online studies in the works?
Praying for you, Beth! And for all the ladies present, not to mention the thousands who will one day hear God through you :) We are all behind you and know you and God will do great as always!
Love, Jenna
I will take what you said to heart ,as our women's bible study started today to our church(Hertiage Park Alliance in Windsor,Ont,Canada). We have done 2 of your Mom's studies so far and just love them. We starting to do Breaking Free. We have a wonderful leader named Linda. She step out of her comfort zone to do this and she has blossomed more and more with each study. Thank-you for thinking of such a wonderful idea as Bible study leader day.
I will pray for Beth and everyone for tonight, it sounds wonderful! Please pray for ME as I am leading a bible study at work once a week on Thursdays at lunch...there are five of us who have met for a few years and we are starting up again after a summer break this Thursday with a bible study on "Proverbs and Parables" by Dee Brestin...many thanks!!
We start tonight with Living Beyond Yourself. I'm very excited to be taking this journey again with my ladies group and with Beth! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Let's pray pray pray pray!! Been covering your mom, the group, and your sweet sister Melissa as they kick off the new study. HE will show Himself to be marvelous and beautiful.....Beth will be blessed with the filling of the Spirit and teach a Word that will be only from Him. For all bible study leaders across the country.....go in filled up with God and He will lead the way....I'm praying for us all!!
Blessings...
I am praying for my MOPS leaders, and leaders of a study I start tomorrow ;)
I am praying for Beth and everyone. I am also praying for my good friend and bible study leader Debby!
I am praying for Pastor Vicki. That the Lord anoint her in a powerful way as we study the revised A Woman's Heart God's Dwelling Place, here in Chehalis, Washington. And two other churches are also starting the same study in our area this week, so many prayers for God's presence in our midst as we study His word!!
Praying for your mom and all the women with roles tonight. Also praying for my friend Carolyn who leads the Sunday Morning Bible Study. We begin a new one this week.
I am extremely excited to begin the Fall Study with a wonderful group of women! I pray for our leadership and for Beth as she delivers God's message obediently and humbly. I also can't for the Esther study!!!
I have been praying for the LPM team and Beth all day. Whenever there was a spare minute at work, I prayed for all of you. I'm praying for Aurelie, my Bible Study Leader. Tonight, in less than an hour, we start, A Woman's Heart-God's Dwelling Place. You are so right about the excitement! I can hardly wait to start this study! We take the summer off and I have been missing, Miss Beth and all she has in store for us, no matter what we're studying. OK, I'm off to get my Chai tea and head to the study. Chai tea, Beth and Jesus! Can life get any better!!!!!
Praying for eveyone and eveything involved with the study and its taping tonight. I am praying as I am posting because I think it is just about time for eveything to start.
Praying for all of you participating in or faciitating a study. Right now I am facilitating the Daniel study. We are on week three.
I will be praying for you sweet Kim as you give your testimony!
Love to all my siesta's!
Kristi B.
Praying for Beth and Staff!
I will begin our first official Beth Moore Bible Study in two weeks. The coolest thing is, we are offering one at church and one will be IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD! GLORY! We are studying Believing God. I just received the books yesterday and I am very excited! God is going to show up and I can't wait! (We have very new believers and many denominations represented in our neighborhood study, including a friend of mine who isn't saved. I am so honored and blessed to be able to facilitate this study and to watch these women grow! I'm looking forward to doing some growing myself!) Wah hoo!
Wow! I am praying for women all over the world who are taking the sword of God's word into their hands, and meeting with each other to learn more about the love and power of Jesus Christ. You are all in my prayers! Our study begins Thursday night as we begin Believing God. I can hardly wait to dig in. Thank you Beth for all that you do for us in His name.
I just want to know when it will be ready for us that can't be there now. I am so excited about it.I all so hope some how to let the young grils see it espcalley the one whom loves that bible study, its her favorite.So whem will we get it God bless love sister in Christ Victoria ps I am still praying & will pray each day for the next 10 weeks, will allways but espcalley those weeks.
Seeing Amanda mentioning her MOPS group....I was able to attend my first PrayerForce seminar today with Nicole Sponberg (Award winning singer), Fern Nichols (Moms in Touch) and Jennifer Kennedy Dean (The Praying Life Foundation). It was AWESOME! If you get a chance to participate in the 3.5 hours seminar-Do IT!
And the best part was Fern and Jennifer and Nicole came to little ole Jacksonville, NC! So blessed, so blessed!
I pray Bible study was an abosolute blast! Looking forward to hearing some of the details.
Melissa,
How was your first night as an offcial employee?
Amanda, sure would love to see some photos of Jackson. Have you taken any new ones lately?
Hugs to all,
Mary
Oh, how I wish I could join you. But I live in Minnesota! I will be praying for all of you.
We just finished our summer study, "Breaking Free," and will begin "Believing God" on 10/13 at 8 a.m. I can hardly wait.
I already have my reservation for LivingProof Live! at Target Center next July. We're having a "girls night" and staying at the Marriott.
In Christ's Love!
Mary Ann
P.S. I ask for your prayers for my first Spirituality & Health small group. It will not be a Beth Moore study, but I wouldn't be doing it without God's presence flowing through her. I start October 1. Please pray for God to work through me.
Amanda,
I am certainly lifting you and your family in prayer. You have all been such a blessing to me. Special prayers and blessings to Melissa on her first first night!
God is good.
Love,
Jennifer
Praying still...is that kind of like Deeper Still?
I can't wait to hear what God is doing in your midst!
With love in Jesus,
holly
I have prayed for Beth, and my leader Sherry. She will be leading us through Breaking Free on Thursday mornings.
Esther...the one with no father or mother...the one who could have shook her fist at God and fell headlong into a pit...But God! Oh Holy Father, as I sit here and think of the excitement on those faces attending this Bible study...I see Beth moving with courage. Not just any courage but Mordecai's courage. Lord, when You were silent there in that kingdom, Mordecai heard You whisper his name. You and You alone empowered him...for such a time as this. Father, when You choose to be silent in our lives, we must walk by faith, with abiding hope and courage. Thank You for a woman of faith like Esther. Impart Your Message to each who hear Beth's teaching by Your Holy Spirit. Lord, You have a special message for each of us! I thank You for the study I begin tonight on Ruth and Esther. Help me to discern deep wisdom and search the unfathomable riches of Your Grace. Even when Naomi had lost all hope, Ruth blessed her with love and grace. Isn't that just like You, Lord! In the midst of all our trials, Your Grace is sufficient. Bless all the teaching of Your Word with Power from on High. You are The Word. Breath Life into our lives. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Thoughts and prayers are with you all tonight. Our group will start "A Women's Heart" next Monday here in Southern California. We have two new group leaders and we are welcoming back our eldest group leader who is fighting cancer. She is a sweet,Godly women who kept up with her Beloved Disciple homework during her chemo last spring. We are so excited to begin! Thank you for your prayers...We will continue to pray for you!
My prayers are for our dear, faithful Bible teacher Deb. We start Believing God tomorrow and I can't wait to sit with Beth, Deb, and all the other fabulous ladies in our group!
Amanda, I hope you have a blast at MOPS tomorrow! My group will start next Tuesday. MOPS has been a wonderful blessing in my life, and I know you will find it to be one in yours, too!
I haven't been on as much lately because we are preparing for a move to Hawaii! Any chance Beth could arrange a LPL event there? Pretty please?
I simply adore y'all!
Much lovin',
Kristen
It is an honor for me to hold up Beth and the entire staff at LPM. I will be facilitating a group for the first time on my own this year. We are doing the revised Women's Heart study. I recently asked God to make me desperate for Him and leading this group has done it. I AM HUGGING THE RUG!! I literally have had nightmares. It is a HUGE responsibility. I desperately want this to bring my Father glory and have always felt unqualified to co-facilitate. My spiritual gift is availability. The rest is up to Him. To complicate the matter it is the first year that I am planning to do the 10 week study in 10 weeks. We have always done it in 20. Several ladies have asked to step it up. It is comforting to know that Beth still gets butterflies. It is good for me to be Hugging the rug. I would welcome suggestions. You are all so great. You are a great team. We love you so much here in MA.
I have been praying for your mom and will continue to lift her up. I have many others I am praying for as well, a few names are Lisa, Carol, Jamie, Janelle and Grace.
We are all so blessed to be able to represent Jesus through many of your mom's bible studies and I for one cannot wait for Eshter to be released and I am praying for a mighty annointing!!!
Love to you all Amanda!
As school started this year for my 2 boys, so did football. One night over dinner we were reviewing our VERY hectic schedule for the fall and I mentioned to my 6 year old that he has practice on Tues. nights. His resonse...."But, that's Beth Moore night!! What are you going to do?" How precious to me that my boys know Beth by name and how important that Bible study is to me! I have been so looking forward to the study on Esther - she is my very favorite Bible chick. After a lot of "wrestling" with God, I conceded to the fact that it was going to be too difficult on my family to do Tues. night Bible study this time. I cried and pitched an almighty fit, but God prevailed when he sent a dear friend of mine to the rescue with the suggestion of us doing a book study together. SOOOOOO, you Tues. night girls enjoy and soak it all in and I will be praying for you!! My boys will miss "Beth Moore" night too!
I will start a Community Bible Study tomorrow on the book of Acts. Their first week was last week, but my friend from small group is doing it and so I decided to do it. I will be praying for Jeannette and Frances and of course, Beth. Our church is having a woman's retreat in a few weeks and Donna Otto is going to be our speaker. I told my girlfriends on Sunday night at small group, "Wouldn't it be cool if Beth could come be our speaker one year?" We meet in Fredericksbug. It's a great time!
I'm praying for you, Beth. You've taught me more than you could ever know, and I'm psyched that you get to share that knowledge with even more ladies. How cool is our God??? I'm 28 and brand spankin' new at teaching Bible study, so I'm praying for myself, too!
I will be praying for all of the lovely ladies who have stepped forward in faith to lead a Bible Study this fall. Isn't it just the greatest privilege to lead women in discovering God's Word? I can't think of a better use of my time.
Sweet Beth, you will most certainly be in my prayers in the coming weeks as you lay out Esther to all those women. Just let the Lord speak through you as always, and I just know that He will be ever faithful in getting His message out to His beloved.
Would you all also say a little prayer for me? I am supposed to facilitate Believing God to a group of young women starting this Saturday morning, but when our women's ministry leader went to get the DVDs I had asked to borrow, they were no where to be found. It seems someone had taken the church's copies without informing anyone. So please pray that I'll be able to get ahold of another copy of those DVDs. I'm believing God on this one, as I don't want to disappoint all my sisters. Thanks so much.
I am praying for Beth and each of you at LPM and for our ladies bible study to consider continuing through the fall. I pray peace on you all tonight.
love and blessings
You all are in my thoughts and prayers. I visited the website for your church last night, and as I was reading about "Esther", I prayed and thanked God for the study. How I wish I could attend!! (I live too far away in another State) I can't wait for the study to be available for everyone! God Bless You ALL!!
Tonight was the first night of my college girls' Bible study...I hope someone prayed for us!
Hey siestas,
I am giving a shout out from ATL! My Bible Study leader is Pam and she is sucha blessing to us. This will be the third study I have taken and we are doing A Woman's heart. I am loving it already!!
We love you all and I will be thinking of you on Tuesdyas when I go to my Study on Teusdays as well!!
In His Love!!
Hey Beth & Amanda! How exciting tonight must have been! I'm sure the first session of Esther is over, but I'm sure the presence of God remains strong! We started "Wising Up" last night and it was awesome! God showed up and it was amazing! Thanks for all you do, we love you here in Michigan! Can't wait to study Esther!
Amanda girl - it was SO like a drink of wonderful God water for this thirsty soul . . . what a blessing and honor it is to be able to attend Tuesday nights! It was BEYOND packed!!!!
Want to just shout "Yahoo-Jah!"
The first night of Esther was great - my first live Beth Moore experience - and an awesome time of feeling God speak to me. Already an incredible encouragement. I can't wait for next week! Thanks LPM team for what you are doing.
I am overwhelmed and almost (key word, almost) speechless after having read through some 90+ post on Bible studies and leaders.
While I'm not beginning a Bible study right now, I'm going to concentrating on praying for y'all!
May the LORD annoint the leaders and then show up in the most surprising and amazing ways at your studies!
Crazy for Christ (and praying for ya),
~Cheryl
Lots of bible studying siestas here!! We just finished our third session of A Woman's Heart (the nachos and Skittles lesson). I'm praying for Rosemary who is our facilitator, Jenni who opens up her home for us every week and Beth Moore our beloved, dedicated teacher! Our group changes and grows with each study we do. Every woman who comes is there for a reason. May all of you siestas keep your hearts open to what the Lord has for you...in whichever study you are participating in this fall.
Time zone differences mean I didn't get this message until after the meeting. So today I'm praying that the seeds that were planted and the work that was started take root and grows deep. Bless you! I can't wait to see the new study.
I will be praying for all our small group leaders - Susan, Connie, Phyllis, Andrea, Linda, Virginia, Joy, Becky L, Susanne, Kathy G, Becky, Kathy, Sara, Robin, Lori, Debbie, Christina (my daughter), and myself who are leading "A Woman"s Heart". We have about 100 ladies taking the course and have small groups of about 12. My daughter and I are first time leaders and are leading together. She has a 4 week old son who has been learning about The Tabernacle and Beth for the last two weeks.
My prayers are with you all - Beth, Amanda, Melissa and the LPM staff and for each leader that made the commitment to serve by teaching.
Can't wait for the ESther study to become available.
Didn't read this until after the fact...but I did pray for the Bible study yesterday. Await the good report. I also lead a Tuesday morning Bible study and we as a group prayed for the study of Esther and the taping yesterday. The ladies are already looking forward to doing the study of "Esther"... me too. May all you LPM gals just have a restful, blessed filled day! Thank-you for all ou do!!!
I'm sorry for the delay in posting this, but my 'puter is giving me grief !! Please know I'm praying for Beth, Amanda, Melissa and the **ENTIRE*** LPM team!
Siestas! I am putting together a TEEEEEENY "after work" Bible Study , set to start in December! It is my VERY, very first time even ATTEMPTING something like this and it's scary as it is exciting!!!! wowowoeeee!
maria cristina
I am so blessed to live in the same hometown as Kay Arthur and am double blessed to be attending a Bible study at Precept where Kay is teaching live each week. We are studying the last half of the book of Isaiah. I am privileged to sit under such a passionate teacher of God's Word. So I am praying for Kay and my small group leader, Tommye. I feel like Jeremiah when he said, "When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God Almighty." (Jer 15:16). I love His Word - all you can eat without the guilt. You are all in my prayers.
praying for everyone that leads a study. We have just started about our 15th study and have grown from 5 ladies coming to about 65-praise God! I love the diversity of our group-ages, denominations, experience,etc. God has blessed all of us so much through Beth's teachings. Can't wait for Esther!
Praying for my new leaders I met yesterday morning for the first time. Praying for y'all!
Lily
Melissa did GREAT with the introduction....I'm so blessed that I live close enough to participate!
I prayed for your mom in my private time yesterday and our Fall Bible study kicked off yesterday with Daniel. I can hardly wait to see what God has in store for us. God has been working the principles of this study into my heart for several months now. How wonderful it is to receive more on what God wants from us in our "Babylon." Thank you Beth for preaching God's word!!!!
WOW Amanda, What a study and your sweet sister, was so beautiful and prayed the opening prayer, Thank you for all you guys do! I'm so excited I cant' wait to see what God has instored during this Esther study!!
I am praying for Leena, our fearless leader on Wednesday nights. We began "A Woman's Heart" last week and I even got all my homework done and ready for tonight. Also, praying for my good friend Barbara, beginning a Bible Study in her home and last but certainly not least all the LPM ladies, Amanda, Melissa and my BFF Beth.
Much love, Debbie
yes...awesome! i am praying for our bible study leader Kim Wilkerson with Priority Assoicates! She has been teaching us a class called "Heart Detox" here in New York City! I am thrilled for Beth and the staff with this new venture...I know it will be a life changing event!
I am always praying for our precious Beth...and today, my new CBS leader, Cindy Pook, of Rancho Santa Margarita, California! Bring it God ~ we are ready!
We will be starting "A Woman's Heart" on Sept 26th. This will be my third Beth Bible Study as a leader! I can't wait!
My prayers are with Beth and all those who are starting up their Bible Studies!! Blessings!
I can't wait for Esther! Do we know when it will be out. We are starting Jesus the One and Only next week. Just finished Daniel. God is doing so much through these bible studies! Can't wait to see Beth in Denver soon.
I missed this post yesterday, but you better believe I'll be praying next Tuesday and for the next several Tuesdays. I know each woman will be blessed in a special way, including dear Beth and all those who work for LPM. I can't wait to do the Esther study when it comes out. Kara
My group is 'Breaking Free'and We're all a little nervous about it. I'm praying for Gayla, our leader and my best friend. Let's do this thing right!
Mandy
I am praying for Beth, Katie, Mrs. Caroleen, Wendy!
I am not leading a study but find myself in a down time. If anyone would say a prayer for me I would be thankful. I am fighting a feeling of being down. No reason, I am fine one minute and sad the next. I feel like it is an attack. I just can't shake it. I get relief and think it is over and then it is back. There is no real reason for this feeling. Just a sad place!
Thank you for keeping us updated on the Esther study and I am praying that Beth will be refreshed and at ease during this time of taping!
Many blessings to you all!
I think I am just going to have to move to Houston!!! Me and my three babies!!! It's hot there, isn't it?
What an awesome night of bible study! I am so excited over Esther..Big shout out to Melissa. Great job!
love
DeeDee
aka WWW!
I will be praying for Beth as the Esther series kicks off! I cannot WAIT to do it myself! Since we just moved out of state, I do not yet have a new study/study leader. But I am searching and praying for the class and leader that God would lead me to.
Know I was praying! Hope it was wonderful! Time with the girls and God's word is the best time ever!
Blessings!
Angela
You are part of MOPS?! Me too! We had our first meeting last night too--I'm a small group leader. Thanks for all you ladies do! Can't wait to study Esther with ya'll!
Praying for all of you at LPM and for Pam and Shannon too. Girls get on the roller coaster with both hands up !!!
My Bible study ladies and I can't wait for the Esther study to come out, we will be praying for Beth each Tuesday when we meet. My two study groups start this coming Tuesday, we are not doing a Beth Moore study as we have done them all and repeated some! We are doing James McDonald's Downpour and as always I would covet prayers for me as I lead. Thanks so much for your encouragement.
We are certainly praying for this study and just can't wait to see the Lord work in "such a time as this"! (Veggie Tales anyone?!)
I'm also praying for my sweet friend Leigh at Speaking Thru Me ministries and Melissa at Higher Call. Ya'll God is doing some BIG BIG DSFX's!! Love, love, love it!
I know it is a lot of work to tape these studies, but so many lives are touched by it. I watch Life Today on Wednesdays (Wednesdays with Beth!)and today's message was especially helpful to my heart. Thank you all so very much.
Ok girls! What in the world is MOPS???
Prayed for you girls as well as for our new CBS which started today. I also started a new study this week on "Who is the Holy Spirit?" We plan to follow up this study with "Living Beyond Yourself".
Hey Beth...that WAS outside too!!!
Beth is such a natural at teaching God's word! I can not imagine her being nervous about the taping of her study - well, maybe except the fact that more people are allowed to see it! :) I know that it went off without a hitch last night. I have confidence in her, even if she doesn't - God does not hide our true gifts and talents!!
praying for Beth and all involved in the Esther study during the coming weeks...
I am so sad not to be at Bible study! I miss you ladies so much and Tuesdays will never be the same. I am glad that God moved us, but I will miss Houston because of Beth!
Thanks for asking! :)
Praying for Shellie in Ohio, Cheri in Florida, & Beth in Texas.
Have a good one...
~Deborah :)
How exciting! Thank you for praying for those of us who lead the groups. We are launching 2 studies this week, an evening AND and morning class, Jesus the One and Only, and the Beloved Disciple. The ladies are coming with expectant hearts. Go GOD!
I lift up Kristen who is leading the Believing God study in am in as well as Nancy, who will be leading a study at my home church that I cannot attend. My the Lord bless them, give them insight, and be by their sides as they lead!
I just started Bible Study tonight with a fantastic group - we are studying 'A Woman's Heart - God's Dwelling Place' and I and soooooooooo excited!!! I am so glad you re-visited this Bible Study and have made it available. I love to study the Word and I am excited about this study in particular because the Tabernacle has always been a facination to me but I'm eager to see Jesus in this reflection of God's Holy of Holies.
I will be praying for our Bible Study leader, Sherry! I know we will all be blessed by her efforts each week!
Blessings! Keep on!
Heather
Wow! Last night was wonderful! Thanks Beth!
My friends from other towns are amazed that I go see "Beth Moore" LIVE every Tuesday night.
I just say, "It's just Beth."
I feel like I know you personally since I have been a Houston girl so long!
Seriously though, I am so grateful to have you in Houston. What a blessing to me and my daughter of 12 yrs old.
Thanks!
Hey Beth, Melissa, Amanda, and LPM Ladies:
Reading these posts is a source of great encouragement to me! I definitely felt the burden to pray for the Esther study yesterday-all day! I'm sure God did something unspeakably great last night. I think I even felt nauseous for Beth:) Looking forward to the Esther study coming out-I did my own little study of Esther last night too. I will always pray for your ministry.
Love, Your Siesta-in-Christ,
Katie Grooms
Knoxville, TN
Our group starts the Daniel study tomorrow. Can't wait! Also, hope the storm doesn't cause too much havoc your way.
Love and mercies!
I'm a little late on this one so I'll be praying for Beth this week as she continues to prepare for the Esther study. It will be so wonderful when it's available to all of us. We can't wait.
Amanda are you leading a study at your church? Is it hard to be in a different city?
We have just begun " A Women's Heart God's Dwelling Place" with our women's group. We have 20 women including myself and I am the only one who has done the original study before. We are anticipating great things and are praying with you and others who will be going into the word at this same time.
Wow! What a night! I so enjoyed the first night of Esther. It was so good to be back. After Proverbs, I didn't want to stop Tuesday nights, so some friends and I did the Daniel study in my home over the summer. What a great study and a great study to do just before Esther. It's kinda like Paul Harvey's "The rest of the story". I'm so looking forward to doing Esther with Beth. I've read Esther many times, taught Esther and seen many movies of Esther. I can't wait to learn something new about this Woman and Her God, My God. God Bless Ladies!!
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ~
Praying for safety and a LARGE UMBRELLA for you and your precious family!
With "HEAVEN BOUND" blessings,
Kim Safina ~ Cayucos,CA.
I am praying for Beth and all the LPM team. May God bless and speak to the hearts of those in attendance and those leading!
My girls and I will be starting "Wising Up" in a couple weeks. I snuck a peak of the video and am excited.
I'm sad to say I won't make it to siesta fiesta. San antonio is a bit too far from SC. Have a good time!
SO? How did it go????
Missy, MOPS is Mothers of Preschoolers.
I have got to go to at leat one of those Tuesday night Bible studies! I feel so close yet, so far away from Houston because I live near Austin. Well, my in-laws are here and I have a sneaking suspicion that they're buying my husband andd I a GPS system at Sams Club today. So if they do, I'm so there! It sounds like I will have to get there super early! I can't wait for the whole Esther study! The LPM and your entire family are continually in my prayers!
I just love you guys!
Suzi
Blessings on you Ms. Beth! Sweet lady, I have, and will be praying for you as you let Him speak through in this way! You rock like Simon Peter! I'd also appreciate from ya'll (can you tell I'm Southern?) some prayer! I am also a Bible Study leader, but I lead a study specifically for survivors of sexual abuse/assault. This is not my first time to lead it, but it seems every semester it gets better, and so much more painful - I'm so glad to meet the women in my group, but also so very sorry for how I get to meet them. To all the Siestas . . .pray for them, and for me! Blessings!
I will be praying for Miss Janie and Miss Jackie and for myself and for Miss Stephanie... I think that covers the three studies I am in! Praise God for Beth! One is A Woman's Heart and another is Beloved Disciple... the work you do is enjoyed in more ways than you can imagine when you are taping! My daughter just came home from teen group holding a bible study with the forward written by Beth... praise God for how good He is!!!!
Kimberly CA
I am the leader of our Monday night Bible study "A Woman's Heart." I would like to lift up my precious sister, Alice who is such a prayer warrior and is so diligent to e-mail prayer requests to the other ladies. She has been such a help to me. She remembers everyone's birthdays and gets them a card (from all of us)....she brings coffee and delicious snacks for us. I've helped lead several other studies, but am never confident and am always so full of fear. This time I feel the most relaxed I've ever felt. These are my sisters and I love each of them. They are my friends and I have no need to be afraid. I used to worry that they'd ask me a Bible question that I wouldn't know and I should know because I'm a preacher's kid and I've been in church my whole life. I finally realized it's ok if I don't know the answer & to say I don't, but I'll find out. I know God honors my obedience more than anything else and I'm doing it for His glory. Thank you for praying for all of the small group leaders and I'm remembering all of you too.
We will be meeting for the next ten weeks on Mon. nights at 6:30 (Oklahoma time). We have several ladies going through a lot of stuff and we need your prayers. One of our ladies' husband will be having bypass surgery this Wed. at 8:00 a.m. Please keep David in your prayers. He's a precious man of God.
Love,
Valerie
I'm praying for Tara. She'll be leading our Thursday morning bible study starting this week. We're doing Beth's "To Live Is Christ" which is one I've wanted to do for a long time and have been suggesting for a long time, so I'm very excited! I'm sorry I wasn't on here last week, so I didn't pray for Beth. I'm also doing a Celebrate Recovery step study and no I don't mind everyone knowing that. I'm a mess what can I say!
Amanda, I'm so glad you're doing MOPS. I was in MOPS for the last 2 years and I loved it. It was such a relief to find out I wasn't crazy. That other mom's have the same struggles as me. Now all my kids are in school and I miss those ladies. I do see them once in a while which is nice.
We missed you doing announcements...although your sister was amazing! Your momma is prayed for! :) I too covet prayers as I kick off another year with my Young Life kids!
We just kicked off our fall Beth Moore study yesterday ("A Woman's Heart"). Our group, which began as a handful of women years ago, is a group of 130 women this fall! I'm praying for all 15 leaders in our group, that the Lord would cover them in the weeks ahead.
I couldn't believe it! We started Believing God at church. This is the 3rd since Jan., up to 17 ladies so far. Here's the point. I was praying regarding the next study...haven't felt particularly led to a certain one, but know God wants us to keep on. My favorite O.T. book? Esther! I can relate; gave me hope that God can be in all kinds of details. Just had said following that prayer,"I wish Beth would do Esther." WOW God is so good. I can't wait to take this study to my ladies at Rose Hill!!
I thank God for Beth's obedience!
I've been struggling with what to do about Bible study this fall (our church only offered one and I've already done it twice) and finally it occurred to me that I needed to lead a group. I bought the Wising Up series and am hosting it in my home beginning tomorrow night. Since there is no homework with it I think that it will minister to some friends who are frustrated with not having time (2 are new moms and 1 is self employed and very busy at this time of the year). Anyway I am very excited and there is one coming who is a newbie, maybe not even a Christian. So now it feels like fall with a new Bible study in the air. So I guess I am praying for myself! Amanda, thanks for all your posts about Bible studies beginning. They got me moving.
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