So Long Insecurity Discussion - Week Four
Hello Sweet Journey Girls! I hope this finds you in the middle of a glorious sunny day with Jesus! It is beautiful here today and I am praising the Lord for the 72 degree weather. Oh, how I have missed the sunshine!! It is wonderful and I pray that you are experiencing a wonderful day too!
Before we get to this past week's assignment, I wanted to post a link to a video clip from Beth Moore that she posted for those doing her "So Long Insecurity" book study. You can click on the link below or on the book to the right of the page. It is a very important personal message from Beth and I hope that each of you will take the time to listen intently to what she has to say.
http://vimeo.com/9861089
Okay, now let's get to the questions for this past week's assignment. I hope that you all read Chapters 7 and 8 in their entirety. It is important to push through so that we can be victorious over insecurity! The Lord desires for us to have freedom in our lives. Galatians 5:1 says, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Praise God! Jesus Christ has set us free and we are free indeed!!
The following were questions for this week:
1. What part of Chapter 7 hit home with you most and why?
2. (If you're choosing only two, please include this one.) Based on your journey so far in chapters 1-8, list your own personal top three reasons why it's time to deal with your insecurity. (We're not looking for right answers. We're looking for YOUR answers. Don't copy off your fellow sojourners' papers on this one. Grin.) So that you don't get your numbers confused here, list your 3 reasons under A.B.&C.
3. Based on Chapter 8, briefly describe a recent trigger of insecurity and whether or not it got a rise out of you.
4. Also based on Chapter 8, what does dignity mean to you?
I pray that you will answer one or all in the comment section below. Feel free to comment on what the study has meant to you thus far, even if you feel as though you do not wish to answer the other questions on this site. I would love to hear how God is working in and through your life!
Here are my answers to the questions this week:
1. I think that the thing that impressed me the most from Chapter 7 was the fact that so many women have battled insecurity! It was astounding to see how the enemy can work to deceive and destroy. It made me angry! I want women of all ages to have freedom in Jesus Christ!! I was also struck with a sense of, "I've been there," in some of these writings. Oh, how insecurity can wreak havoc. I am sick and tired of the enemy making me and others feel this way!
2. My top three reasons why it's time to deal with my insecurity:
a) I am sick and tired of the enemy working me over in this area of my life!
b) I want to believe that I am who God says I am.
c) I want to help other women to have victory and healing in this area of their lives.
3. I laughed when I thought about this answer. The last trigger recently that I remember was when I met someone I really admire and said something stupid! It was actually when I met BETH MOORE at a book signing last month! (haha!) I had anticipated this moment for so long and I was sooo ecstatic that I blubbered all over her and myself! I can't even remember what I said. (Nothing that I had planned.) I was talking so fast and trying to tell her so much in such a few brief moments! I know I must have sounded so stupid. My sweet husband had driven me all the way down to Tennessee for a Valentine's gift to meet her. We both laughed all the way home at how "silly" I acted. You would have thought I was a little girl! I felt so stupid and thought, "I can't imagine how goofy she thought I was. . . how stupid!"
4. I absolutely LOVED Chapter 8. I looked up the meaning of dignity in Webster's dictionary. It said,
"The quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed." To me, after reading this chapter, dignity means a crown of honor that Jesus Christ has placed upon my head deeming me worthy of respect and high esteem. Thank you LORD!
I pray that each of you have a glorious day and enjoy your reading! I will post our reading and assignment for next week in the morning. I am praying for each of you and love you so much!
Crowned with Dignity,
Elisabeth
Before we get to this past week's assignment, I wanted to post a link to a video clip from Beth Moore that she posted for those doing her "So Long Insecurity" book study. You can click on the link below or on the book to the right of the page. It is a very important personal message from Beth and I hope that each of you will take the time to listen intently to what she has to say.
http://vimeo.com/9861089
Okay, now let's get to the questions for this past week's assignment. I hope that you all read Chapters 7 and 8 in their entirety. It is important to push through so that we can be victorious over insecurity! The Lord desires for us to have freedom in our lives. Galatians 5:1 says, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Praise God! Jesus Christ has set us free and we are free indeed!!
The following were questions for this week:
1. What part of Chapter 7 hit home with you most and why?
2. (If you're choosing only two, please include this one.) Based on your journey so far in chapters 1-8, list your own personal top three reasons why it's time to deal with your insecurity. (We're not looking for right answers. We're looking for YOUR answers. Don't copy off your fellow sojourners' papers on this one. Grin.) So that you don't get your numbers confused here, list your 3 reasons under A.B.&C.
3. Based on Chapter 8, briefly describe a recent trigger of insecurity and whether or not it got a rise out of you.
4. Also based on Chapter 8, what does dignity mean to you?
I pray that you will answer one or all in the comment section below. Feel free to comment on what the study has meant to you thus far, even if you feel as though you do not wish to answer the other questions on this site. I would love to hear how God is working in and through your life!
Here are my answers to the questions this week:
1. I think that the thing that impressed me the most from Chapter 7 was the fact that so many women have battled insecurity! It was astounding to see how the enemy can work to deceive and destroy. It made me angry! I want women of all ages to have freedom in Jesus Christ!! I was also struck with a sense of, "I've been there," in some of these writings. Oh, how insecurity can wreak havoc. I am sick and tired of the enemy making me and others feel this way!
2. My top three reasons why it's time to deal with my insecurity:
a) I am sick and tired of the enemy working me over in this area of my life!
b) I want to believe that I am who God says I am.
c) I want to help other women to have victory and healing in this area of their lives.
3. I laughed when I thought about this answer. The last trigger recently that I remember was when I met someone I really admire and said something stupid! It was actually when I met BETH MOORE at a book signing last month! (haha!) I had anticipated this moment for so long and I was sooo ecstatic that I blubbered all over her and myself! I can't even remember what I said. (Nothing that I had planned.) I was talking so fast and trying to tell her so much in such a few brief moments! I know I must have sounded so stupid. My sweet husband had driven me all the way down to Tennessee for a Valentine's gift to meet her. We both laughed all the way home at how "silly" I acted. You would have thought I was a little girl! I felt so stupid and thought, "I can't imagine how goofy she thought I was. . . how stupid!"
4. I absolutely LOVED Chapter 8. I looked up the meaning of dignity in Webster's dictionary. It said,
"The quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed." To me, after reading this chapter, dignity means a crown of honor that Jesus Christ has placed upon my head deeming me worthy of respect and high esteem. Thank you LORD!
I pray that each of you have a glorious day and enjoy your reading! I will post our reading and assignment for next week in the morning. I am praying for each of you and love you so much!
Crowned with Dignity,
Elisabeth
2 Response to So Long Insecurity Discussion - Week Four
1. Well one thing that hit me at home the most was...
The story of how being inward and quiet make people think your a snob. Growing up people always would call me a snob and not give me a chance to be a friend. It was very upsetting to me, anyone that knew me very well knew that I was the farthest thing from a snob. But I realize now that it prevented me from having many relationships that maybe God could have used me in. I am working very hard at coming out of my shell, I remember hearing a teaching that being shy and inward is a form of being prideful, wow, that has helped me to pull out of that and really try not to come across that way. I still face it at times but my goal is to always be aware of my environment and allow God to use me in it.
2. A. So I can be used by God the way He desires.
B. I can be a better example to help my daughters not have the same problems.
C. I can be a better more understanding wife.
3. What does dignity mean to you? Well I see it as a positive pride of who you are in Christ. It is like a covering of Christ over your whole being. Maintaining a Christ likeness.
Tammy,
Thank you SO much for sharing! It is so encouraging to me. I love you and I am praying for you!! Have a blessed week!! :)
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