In this Psalm we see that God is our Shepherd who provides, protects and refreshes us in every season of life. This Psalm invites us to trust His guidance, rest in His provision and embrace the fullness of His unfailing love and mercy. 

“Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.” Psalm 23:4

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Lesson 4 Teacher: Annie Judd

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 34 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

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This Psalm encourages us to trust God in the midst of hardships, embrace reverent fear of the Lord, rely on His protection and deliverance, knowing that He rescues the righteous from every trouble. 

“I will praise the Lord at all time. I will constantly speak his praises. I will boast only in the Lord; let all who are helpless take heart.” Psalm 34:1-2

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Lesson 5 Teacher: Kristin Peterson

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 142 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

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Looking at both of these Psalms, we learn from David’s life. We see that when we confess our sins and accept forgiveness given to us through the cross, we find freedom on the other side. Then walking in that freedom we are able to share our testimony with others. This also leads to God’s desire with us - having a close relationship with Him. 

“Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.” Psalm 51:12

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Week 3 Teacher: Pastor Katrina Severson

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 23 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

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This week as we look into the book of Psalm 19, this lesson teaches that God reveals Himself through creation, His word and personal reflection, inviting us to look up in awe, look down to His Scriptures for guidance, and look forward for humility, repentance and

surrender to live rightly before Him.

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Week 2 Teacher: Pastor Daralee Utecht 

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 51 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

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Welcome to Sisterhood! If this is your first time walking through a Sisterhood study with us, welcome! We are so glad you're here and hope you'll join us for each of the nine weeks of this study through Psalms. As Christ Followerers we know that time spent in God’s Word and in community are ways that relationships are strengthened and our faith and confidence in the Lord is more sure.

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105, NKJV

This week we go through the first chapter of Psalms, introducing the book. This lesson emphasizes the importance of delighting in God’s Word, staying rooted in Him through all seasons and finding hope, guidance and blessing as we cultivate a personal and faithful relationship with the Lord. 

Semester Study Guide: Psalms Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Lesson 1 Teacher: Pastor Becca Ketterling

Personal Application

1. What’s one thing you will do differently after hearing this lesson?
2. We are reading Psalm 139:1-18 each day. Write down what the Lord has revealed to you this week.
3. Read Psalm 19 to prepare for next week’s teaching.

While we're happy you've found us on this podcast, we'd love to invite you to be with us in person at one of our 11 campuses that meet each week. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

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This week, we are asking the question “What or Whom do you trust?” Verses 1-6 talk about those that put their trust in wealth and money and the consequences of that false god. Verses 7-12 encourages us to trust instead in the one true God in patience and perseverance and we’ll talk about the final section at the end of our time together today.

“Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.” James 5:7-8, NIV

Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Week 9 Teacher: Emily Pahl

Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect 

1. Finish Strong! On the following pages you will find the rest of Chapter 5, the end of the book of James. Read James 5:13-20 at least twice on your own in the coming week and plan to study it with a friend or with a River Valley Sisterhood group. 
2. Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare to finish the book of James in the second half of Chapter 5.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Register for our next semester of Sisterhood at River Valley!

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In this second half of Chapter 4, James teaches us the believers he was writing to that instead of living for themselves, God's grace is never ending. He reminds them, and us, that submitting and surrendering to the Lordship of Jesus and drawing near to God will in turn bring Him closer to you.

“There's one Lawgiver who's able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?” James 4:12, NKJV

Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Week 8 Teacher: Karla Johnson

Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect 

1. Read James 5:1-12 at least twice in the coming week to prepare for next week’s teaching.  
2. Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare for the coming week in the first half of Chapter 5.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups.Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

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This week in Chapter 4, we are reminded that humility brings us closer to God, but requires us to release our own desires as we submit to Him. In His infinite grace, God invites us to surrender, submit, lay down, and give over our own desires and selfishness and align ourselves with the life of Jesus and become a servant.

“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” James 4:7, NKJV

Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Week 7 Teacher: Pastor Morgan High

Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect 

1. Read James 4:11-17 at least twice in the coming week to prepare for next week’s teaching.  
2. Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare for the coming week in the second half of Chapter 4.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

In Chapter 3, verses 13-18 James talks about two kinds of wisdom: Worldly or earthly wisdom and heavenly or God’s wisdom. We all need wisdom but we want God’s wisdom.

“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” James 3:17-18, NKJV 

Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Week 6 Teacher: Annie Judd

Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect 

1. Read James 4:1-10 at least twice in the coming week to prepare for next week’s teaching.  
2. Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare for the coming week in the first half of Chapter 4.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen

In this first part of Chapter 3, James begins here by telling us that the tongue is actually an outward indication of inward maturity. Your tongue is small, but it carries great influence. As we direct the content of our hearts, we can change the impact, good or bad, of what comes out of our mouths.

“But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.” James 3:8-10, NKJV 

Semester Study Guide: James Study Workbook | Sisterhood at River Valley

Week 5 Teacher: Pastor Daralee Utecht

Make It Yours: Prepare and Reflect 

1. Read James 3:13-18 at least twice in the coming week to prepare for next week’s teaching.  
2. Journal and expand on what you’ve learned this week and/or take notes of what you’re learning as you read the text and prepare for the coming week in the second half of Chapter 3.

These teachings are available via video as well. Find River Valley Women on Vimeo.

With 11 campuses meeting each week and a virtual group for our online campus, we'd love to see you at one of our Sisterhood groups. Sisterhood is a group for women of all ages and stages of life! Whether you are new to your faith or a long-time believer, it is a safe place for you to grow in your relationship with God while building healthy relationships with other women. Find your group here > Join Sisterhood at River Valley!

Join our community on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rivervalleywomen