SOS

Study On SONday
WEEK TWO with P31 OBS of Jennifer Rothschild's book "Me, Myself, and Lies"
"CHOOSING and SPEAKING TRUTH"

[image credit: P31]

"...  Jennifer gives us a battle plan to help shut the door to those negative thoughts: The three R’s — Recognize, Refuse and Replace I know I find it hard to Refuse the “lie.” That’s the one “R” I want to work on this week. What’s the most difficult “R” for you? What can you do to shut the door on your negative thoughts?" - See more at: P31 OBS and Jennifer Rothschild's book, "Me, Myself and Lies"

I am only highlighting this so you can link up or follow along with Proverbs 31 OBS who already do an exceptionally wonderful weekly discussion but there's quite often so many "comments" it's hard for me to connect but I love them, their choices for book studies and their team No reason for me to reinvent what they do so well
however
you are certainly welcome to comment here rather or in addition to there because I have so few comments, you're guaranteed that I won't miss it
I'll Repeat the questions (and that's not even one of the "R") here: What’s the most difficult “R” for you?  What can you do to shut the door on your negative thoughts?"
For me, I'm sure I struggle with all 3 of the "R's" but initially it has to be "RECOGNIZE"
because often I don't realize that and recognize it as a lie but receive the lie as truth usually spoken by another but rehearsed and replayed in my mind without recognizing it as a lie or device of the enemy to mess me up but I am getting better at discerning a lie spoken to me
and I guess that if I knew the answer to the 2nd part of this ? I would have written JR's book and not be struggling with this, hoping I will learn from this book how to shut the door especially when the negative thoughts are mine or  spoken by me to others (but I sure hope not)
<><><>
Going to try to do Fridays for Faith Gateway's OBS of "The Daniel Prayer" by Anne Graham Lotz [Kick-off] but I will share on SOS that week's link
Session 2 "Preparing for Prayer"
What are some areas you need to work on to better  prepare your heart to pray as Daniel did?
{but this is for Friday for me here, if I get to it before then;  if not, this will have to do-sorry}

TRUSTING ...

"ENTRUSTED" 

by

Beth Moore

A Study of 2 Timothy

starts today with
LIFEWAY Online Bible Study"Entrusted"
SESSION 1 (videos up until August 15, 2017)
Are you ready? for 6 weeks
[image credit: lifeway.com]
SIGN UP HERE with Lifeway and Beth Moore
{if I share anything, it'll be either Thurs. like Lifeway OBS or back to MOORE ON MONDAY like I had}
This week, complete Week 1:  Divine Triangulation (pages 12-43)  in your Bible study book. 
I thought it was just the Introduction, but we're digging right in to the 5 days of material this week already
ACTS 14
So today, I am watching the video and filling in the Viewer's Guide
Friday is my day offline so either Fri. or Sat.  I will be doing Day One: "A Trail of Two Cities" On Reading Scripture
Day 2 (Sat. or Sun.) "Meet the Teacher" Day 3 (Mon.) "Where Was He When" Day 4 (Tues.) "A Beeline to City Three" Theology: A Collective Struggle Day 5 (Weds.) "A New Son and A Circumcision"
{interesting titles for background introduction of Paul and Timothy}
2 Timothy begins in WEEK TWO

I am so enjoying Bonnie's Book Club of "Whispers of Rest" and would love to be reading "Me, Myself and Lies" by Jennifer Rothschild with P31 OBS but I've had this study since the beginning of 2017 when I purchased "Redeemed" and my first real book by Beth Moore (though I have many in my Kindle) but was disappointed when I opened the book and realized that I didn't get the DVDs so I could listen and watch Beth Moore teaching this and NOW I have the opportunity to do this at LIFEWAY so I can't miss out on this, nor should you. The Study videos are long, approximately 65 minutes so they are well worth setting time aside to at least watch these ... if you can't get the "Entrusted" Bible Study book right now. 
Often when I start a Bible Study, I need to define the title or understand why the author entitles their study with that title, so
Entrusted: 1. To give over (something) to another for care, protection, or performance 2. To give as a trust to someone
I needed to see if there is a correlation between "trust" and "entrust" and 2 Timothy! 
{I did not realize this was focused on MENTORING, but it seems so from this opening session. How I know I would have grown spiritually if I had a mentor and by now should be mentoring someone but as Beth points out we feel inadequate and need to get over that. How true.}
 

SOS: "RHYTHMS OF GRACE" and/or "...LIES"

Study On Sunday
as we
Soak On SONday

I already shared that there are so many excellent Summer Studies {still finding more like Love God Greatly's SOLD OUT} and this morning very early, the Book Club I've started, shared glimpses all this past week and love! I gave this week's outline in that morning post. Then I chose to share one of the other ones over at The Lighthouse of Prayer {so I will link to the specific post after it publishes at 6 p.m. also} instead of here (it fits there better) and starts today with the official Kick-off tomorrow night. The one I've been waiting for because I had the book, starts this Thurs. over HERE! I bought the book but felt I could not do the study without the DVDs and now those will be available! Thank You God (and B.M. (LPM)! So that leaves this ONE that I'm not sure how I'll be able to do it ... but ...

[image credit]

"ME, MYSELF, AND LIES"

by

Jennifer Rothschild

being done as an

Online Bible Study (OBS)

with Proverbs 31 

{and I've needed this one for ages}

so 

what's a person to do?

I will add to this post when I have more information on the "... LIES" (I mean the P31 OBS - that's their study) 

...

SOMETHING SPECIAL ON SONDAY
it's a SURPRISE ON SONday
... even though I am a little late ...


with Rebekah Lyons author of  "You Are Free" (a previous study) has been doing a 10 day video/email study with those  that signed up {like me} one that goes really well with Bonnie Gray's "Whispers of Rest" called
"Rhythms of Grace"
{today was Day 7 for me}

 (maybe Rebekah did this on either her Facebook or website too, I'm not sure)

"Day 7 "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace." Acts 20:24 My prayer in rest became one of surrender. I offered, "God, if my life is not my own and my days are Yours, please show me what to do each day. Interrupt my life with who I should encounter and what I should say. I'll trust You'll make time for it, and You'll appoint the conversations that are supposed to happen."  Rest allows the interruption of God to take root. Abiding creates a heightened sensitivity to God's perspective. When we seek first the kingdom, we trust God when He says, "I'll take care of the rest of it." We could obsess about the things that are temporal, but God calls us to fix our eyes on Him, because He calls us into His work. He prompts us to reach out and bless others!"~ Rebekah (Lyons)

{the best part of these is hearing and seeing her in the videos}
SWEET
SONday!!!
Time to REST and ABIDE
as the
BELOVED!
ENTRUSTED
SOLD OUT
OVERCOMER
no more
ME, MYSELF and LIES
listening to
WHISPERS of REST
learning more from
DANIEL'S PRAYER
it's a jam-packed
FULL SUMMER
ONLINE
or
OFF