Women's Bible Study

Today we move on to Jesus being led into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan for 40 days. We will learn how one of Satans tactics is to distract us from our mission to serve God. We will learn the difference between tests and temptations and see how Jesus overcame what Satan offered Him.

Today we will see how John the Baptist begins his ministry of baptizing people.  As they go under the water it will represent their old life - one without Jesus living in them.  When they are raised up out of the water - this will represent their new life in Christ.  - For us -as we are baptized -it will show our family, friends and co-workers that what has happened on the inside will now be shown to the world in an outward sign.  Being baptized will show the world that you now align yourself as a true follower of Christ.

Today Jesus begins his teaching ministry and as he goes back to his hometown Nazareth he realizes that once again - religious attitudes prevail. As Jesus unveils the truth that He is the Messiah - the long awaited descendant of David - the people in Nazareth would rather murder him than embrace Him. His mission was different than they hoped - they wanted a king to take over the Roman Government - He came to open blind eyes and preach to the poor. Today we will look at the religious culture that Jesus walked into as He began His ministry.

Today in Luke we will talk about the one thing that both the leper and Jesus had in common: how they prayed. We will see the importance of bending our wills to the will of God and see that a "no" answer from God always has a purpose behind it. Join us today as we continue on with the story of Jesus and the leper.

Today we will embark on a passage in Luke that most people pass right over - the genealogy of Jesus.  In here we will see how God uses people regardless of their past.  You could have alcoholics, drug addicts, thieves and murderers in your ancestry line and it won't ever matter to God!  The genealogy of Jesus shows us that God can use anyone regardless of their past!

Today we will see three more men that Jesus choose to be His followers and once again we see how ordinary these men were. James was bold and loveless, John cared more about his status, and Thomas doubted. And these are the men that Jesus picked to be in His inner circle which gives us hope as followers to know that just like Jesus changed them - He can change us too!

Today we will see the kind of men Jesus choose to be His closest disciples and what we will see is how they are ORDINARY just like us!! The men closest to Jesus struggled with the same things we do - things like doubt, denial, and lack of love. Today we will see that many times our greatest strength is also our greatest weakness and how God wants to use us regardless of our personality type!

Today we will see the birth of John the Baptist as his father Zachariah regains the ability to speak again. Because of Zachariah's disbelief when the Angel Gabriel told him he would have a son - God disciplined him with the inability to speak. Today we will talk about God's discipline and how we have choices in our lives - to obey and live a life of peace and contentment or disobey and live with the consequences. Today we see Zachariah open his mouth with praise to God for allowing him to be the father to the man who would introduce the Messiah to a nation in waiting.

As Mary miraculously becomes pregnant with Jesus, she takes a journey to her relative Elizabeth who is 6 months pregnant herself with John the Baptist. Mary needs to be encouraged and Elizabeth is the one to help her through the early days of pregnancy as we see Mary move from anxiety to acceptance. Mary probably spoke of all her earthly concerns with questions like: Will people believe me? How will I tell my fiancé Joseph? Why do I feel like I'm going crazy? What will my dad say? What will the townspeople say? And when Mary leaves Elizabeth she will be encouraged to know that God has a plan and even though it was never what Mary imagined - she will truly be favored by God.