Bible Study News for 2018

Hey there friends,
Thanks for stopping by to read my blog.

Well it has been a month sense I have written on my blog and a little bit longer sense we finished our bible study "A Wife's Secret to Happiness".

I have been praying about what the Lord would have me do in the the next couple of months. I have also been praying for you as well. As you recall from my last video I said, it my not be me who God would have lead our next study. 

Which brings me to the reason of writing this post. I don't feel a nudge from the Lord to offer a formally lead bible study but........ I always feel the Lord telling me dig a little deeper into My word. So I always try to study the bible on my own AND.... do a bible study or devotional book as well. 

So that bing's me to tell you I will be doing an online bible study that Candace Payne is offering. You know Candace she is also known as "Chewbacca Mom" after her Facebook live video went viral over night! See her video HERE

I follow Candace on Instagram and she is offering her six video sessions of her bible study Defiant Joy for free! (yep the DVD is 30 bucks) All you need is the bible study guide. (click on Defiant Joy above to order from Amazon) The details are on the website HERE (if you don't have Prime order on study gateway site where they have a coupon code)

This study is a followup to Candace's book Laugh It Up! Embrace Freedom and Experience Defiant Joy (you don't have to purchase this book for bible study) 

I don't know about you but as a Christ follower I know that "WE" should be full of Joy! Well I am here to tell you that I am..um...ah....yeah filled with....um eehh....yeah... more like sometimes I'm filled with a lot....um....eehh....yeah.....I have.....um.....some joy.....yeah some joy......ummm....sometimes!!! 

I let my circumstances a lot of times steal my joy. I let other people steal my joy. I let many situations in my life steal my joy. Friends, I don't want that to happen ANYMORE!!!! 

I want to have J-O-Y in my life, real and lasting JOY! I don't want to let my situation in life or circumstances that I'm dealing with or others around me steal my Joy any longer! 

My word for this year will be, yep you guessed it JOY! 

“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” John‬ ‭15:11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

If you would like to join this bible study join HERE and also you can purchase the study guide with the coupon they offer. The study starts January 22, 2018 9pm eastern time, so you have time to order your study guide and then they will email you and remind you to go to the website and watch the video. 

Here is a word from Candace

If you have any questions just get in touch with me. I hope we can find our J-O-Y together! 

See you soon friends,

A Wife's Secert to Happiness Week 11 Chapter 11 - Encouragement

Hi Friends,
I am glad you came over to my blog to get weekly encouragement.
We are in the bible study A Wife's Secret to Happiness and we are in week 11 and reading chapter 11.

Our verse for this week is:

"Most blessed among women....."

Judges 5:24

Here is your encouragement video for this week.

                                   

I hope you have had a great Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for don't we? I think we are truly "Most blessed among women" 

I look forward to seeing you all this Thursday night November the 30th at 5:30p.m. at the clubhouse. I have missed you all!

If you have missed any of the previous blog posts and encouragement videos you can find them below:

Chapter One HERE

Chapter Two HERE

Chapter Three HERE

Chapter Four HERE

Chapter Five HERE

Chapter Six HERE

Chapter Seven HERE

Chapter Eight HERE

Chapter Nine HERE

Chapter Ten HERE

Chapter Eleven YOU ARE HERE

I hope to see you soon,

A Wife's Secret to Happiness Week 10 Chapter 10 - Encouragement

Hey Friends,
I'm so glad you came over to my blog for this weeks encouragement post.

We are in Week 10 of our bible study A Wife's Secret to Happiness and we are reading Chapter 10.

This weeks verse is:

And here is your encouragement video for this week.

I hope you have a great week.
Remember we Will NOT have bible study this week. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving with Family and Friends. 
I will be doing the last encouragement video and blog post next week so stay tuned!

I will see you again on November 30th at 5:30p.m. at the clubhouse where we will go over Chapters 10 & 11.

If you have missed any of the videos or blog postes you can find the direct links below.

Week One Chapter One HERE
Week Two Chapter Two HERE
Week Three Chapter Three HERE
Week Four Chapter Four HERE
Week Five Chapter Five HERE
Week Six Chapter Six HERE
Week Seven Chapter Seven HERE
Week Eight Chapter Eight HERE
Week Nine Chapter Nine HERE
Week Ten Chapter Ten - You Are HERE

See you soon,

A Wife's Secret to Happiness Week 9 Chapter 9 - Encouragement

Hi Friends,
Welcome to Week 9 (wow 9 weeks of bible study) and this is the post for Chapter 9 of our bible study A Wife's Secret to Happiness.

Our verse for this week was Ephesians 4:32

And here is your Encouragement video.

                                    

This is a short video, I hope to talk to you more indepth in class this week. 

Our next class is this Thursasday November the 16th at 5:30p.m. we will still meet together at the clubhouse.

If you have missed any of the other posts and videos for this bible study you can catch up at the linked posts below.

Week One Chapter One HERE

Week Two Chapter Two HERE

Week Three Chapter Three HERE

Week Four Chapter Four HERE

Week Five Chapter Five HERE 

Week Six Chapter Six HERE

Week Seven Chapter Seven HERE

Week Eight Chapter Eight HERE

Week Nine Chapter Nine You are HERE

See you soon friends,

A Wife's Secret to Happiness Week 8 Chapter 8 - Encouragement

Hi friends welcome to your encouragement post for week 8 and we are in chapter 8 of our bible study A Wife's Secret to Happiness.

Our verse for this chapter is:
Matthew 6:33

Here is your encouragement video for this week.

                                        

I know I didn't talk about the section on finding God's will while doing errands and housework, I will leave that for our class time. 

I hope all of you are able to finish this chapter and the workbook. I know we had gotten used to a little shorter chapters but I know you can do this. There is a lot to digest in this chapter so I am really looking forward to our class time together this week. 

I will see Thursday November 9th at 5:30p.m. at the clubhouse.

If you have missed any of the other encouragement posts/videos you can find them below.

Chapter One - HERE

Chapter Two - HERE

Chapter Three - HERE

Chapter Four - HERE

Chapter Five - HERE

Chapter Six - HERE

Chapter Seven - HERE

Chapter Eight - You are HERE

I hope you have a great week!

See you soon friends,

A Wife's Secret to Happiness Week 7 Chapter 7 - Encouragement

Hey, Friends so glad you decided to stop by my blog. 
This is the encouragement post for week 7 and we are in chapter 7 of the bible study A Wife's Secret to Happiness.

Our verse for this week is:

And here is your encouragement video for this week.

I know that Jen brought up some very valid points this week. If we don't speak well of our own husbands how can we expect anyone else too!?!

I hope you have a great week friends and I am looking forward to seeing all of you this Thursday November 2nd at 5:30p.m. at the clubhouse.

If you have missed any of my blog posts and encouragement videos in this bible study
A Wife's Secret to happiness you can find them all listed below.

Chapter One HERE
Chapter Two HERE
Chapter Three HERE
Chapter Four HERE
Chapter Five HERE
Chapter Six HERE
Chapter Seven (you are here)

See you soon friends,

A Wife's Secret to Happiness Week 6 Chapter 6 - Encouragement

Hey Friends I hope your week is going well, welcome to Week 6 Chapter 6 encouragement post.

Our verse for this week was Proverbs 31:29

Here is your Encouragement Video for the week.

                                  

O.K. so now you know I CAN'T speak Hebrew! So.....below please find the link to The Blue Letter Bible so that you can hear someone who DOES speak Hebrew say the word. 

Strongs H2428 Chayil

Sweet sister you are a 

Woman of Might

So put on your armor and let's fight!

For our husbands and for our marriage, that it might be a testimony unto the Lord! 

I will see you Thursday October the 26th at 5:30p.m. at the clubhouse.

Have a great week friends!

A Wife's Secret to Happiness Week 5 Chapter 5 - Encouragement

Hey there friends I am glad you came over to my blog for your weekly encouragement.

Can you believe it! We are on Week 5 of our bible study A Wife's Secret to Happiness and we are reading Chapter 5 "The Blessing of a Provider"

Our verse for this week is 2 Corinthians 9:11

Here is your encouragement video for this week.

                                    

I hope you get in your workbook and read the sheet entitled "12 Healthy Habits of Constructive Communicators"

Are you a "Demand" wife or a "Supply" wife?

How are you #wifestylin today?

Don't forget that I typed up a page in your workbook that has all the key verses on it that Jen talks about in this chapter. Read through them again, I think you will understand some of the things she talks about in this chapter if you do.

If you missed any of the encouragement post for this bible study find the links below.

A Wife's Secret to Happiness 

Week 1 Chapter One

Week 2 Chapter Two

Week 3 Chapter Three

Week 4 Chapter Four

Week 5 Chapter Five (You are HERE)

I hope you all have a great week. I will see you on Thursday night.

A Wife's Secret to Happiness Week 4 Chapter 4 - Encouragement

Hey there friends I'm glad you came over to my blog for your weekly encouragement. 

This week our verse is 1 Peter 3:6

Here is the video for encouragement.  

In the video I just simply encourage you to go through the "Working through Relationship Winters" worksheet. You will find Jared's (Jen's husband) perspective as well as Jen's perspective.

Relationship winters are hard! And if one or both of you decide that you had rather give up than find out the cause of the problem it can bring about the end of your marriage.  

Sweet sister's I hope that you will stick it out and work it out with your husband.

So come on.....let's put on our coat, hat, scarf, gloves, and maybe even our pair of snow boots and get to work digging into God's word to get out of that relationship winter!

I also said that today was my husband Darren and my 25th wedding anniversary. So I just wanted to show you something that he made for me. 

This is an actual Fly that he tied for me. I haven't seen it in person yet but I can't wait to.

See it is able to be used (I'm not going to) to fish with, complete with hook and all.

If you have missed any of the encouragement videos and blog postes I will link them below.

Week One is Here

Week Two is Here

Week Three is Here

Week Four you are Here.

I hope you have a very blessed week.

See you soon,

A Wife's Secret to Happiness Week 3 Chapter 3 - Encouragement

Hey Friends,

So glad you stopped by for weekly encouragement.
This week we are in Chapter Three in A Wife's Secret to Happiness.
The title of this chapter is: The Blessing of Unity

The verse of the week.

"For I too am a {woman} man under authority"....Matthew 8:9

As I talk about our verse of the week in the video below I ask you to read more about it in the bible. You might want to read the Centurion's whole story and not just this one sentence. Read Matthew 8:5-13

Here is the Video for this week.

                            

This one is very short and there is a reason for that friends. I would like for you to go over to Heidi St. John's website and listen to two podcasts.

I know what you are thinking "I really don't have time for that" friends I get it we are all busy. Hand Raised "Me Too" But, I listen while washing dishes and folding laundry and sweeping and moping floors. You can download it to your phone or ipod and pop your ear buds in and away you go cleaning and taking care of business. If you are lucky like me and have a husband that buys you a car with Apple Car play you can listen while driving too. If you have an android device I think you can download the "Stitcher" app and listen just like us apple users. If however you don't want to do any of those you can listen straight from Heidi's website. Here are the direct links to the two episodes.

An Open Conversation About Biblical Submission Part-1 This is about 15 mins.

An Open Conversation About Biblical Submission Part-2 This is about 19 mins.

I hope you have time to listen. If not maybe another time then.

I will see you Thursday night October 5th at 5:30p.m. at the clubhouse.

I hope you have a great week.

Love you and I will see you soon friends,

A Wife's Secret to Happiness Week 2 Chapter 2 - Encouragement

Hey There Friends,

I'm glad you stopped by for some encouragement. This is for week two of bible study, if you missed week one's encouragement video you can find it Here

In the video I talk about our verse of the week Ephesians 5:25. Pictured above is the scripture card I gave out in class this week to help you with this weeks verse. This happens to be mine hanging out on my desk in my pen/pencil jar. 

Here is the video I hope this helps

Here is a link to explain who Matthew Henry is. You can click HERE to get to his complete commentary. 

I want you to know that I use a Study Bible and that is where I get a lot of my information. It helps me to not only understand who wrote the book of the bible I am reading from but, also why they wrote it and who it was addressed to. The current bible I am using is this one. Now, this bible is Hardback and LARGE print. (very thick and heavy) I don't take it to bible study classes much. You can buy this bible in the Olive Tree app. I also have other study bibles I use and just regular bibles as well.
If you would like for me to write another post on what Printed Bibles as well as Digital Bibles I use I would be happy to do that. Just leave a comment in the comments section below if you would like to know.


Remember we are #wifestylin so is your Wifestyle Short or Venti?

Don't worry we can work to have a better Wifestyle as we learn and grow together!

Some of you asked about the podcast I mentioned at our last class so I wrote up a blog post outlining my favorites and some that I pick and choose what I listen to. (complete with links) If you missed that post you can find it Here

I have enjoyed our bible study class and getting to know all of you.
I hope you have a great rest of your week.

  

Encouragement Via a Podcast

Hey there, I'm glad you stopped by.

I really enjoyed our Bible Study Class on Thursday night. From what I can tell by the comments I have received you seem to have enjoyed yourself too! 

I thought I would write up a post on some of the Podcasts that I listen to so you all can see if you would like to listen too. So here we go!

(don't let the Titles of these Podcasts fool you)

My all time favorite Podcast is:

• "The Marriage Mentor Podcast"

Hosted by, Eric and Jolene Engle
The Website for the Podcast is Here 
Do you want a better marriage? Join Eric and Jolene Engle as they give practical and biblical advice for common marital concerns. You'll find real life questions answered with biblical truth.
Her website is a Must visit for any wife. Don't worry she also addresses Single Women as well. 
And by all means Eric and Jolene don't leave the husbands out either you can visit Eric's website that has a tab just for husbands you can find it here: ericandjolene.com


Some other podcasts that I like are:

• "The Busy Mom Podcast"

Hosted by Heidi St. John
The website for the podcast is Here
Author and speaker Heidi St. John brings encouraging, relevant, Biblical truth to women. Heidi releases episodes anywhere from 2 to 3 times a week so she has a lot of episodes. She also just started Mailbox Monday where she answers or address a listener question. 

• "Feathers: Faith in Flight"

Hosted by Amy J. Bennett 
Amy's website is Here
However Amy has moved the podcast to it's own website here: http://abidingministries.net/
"Feathers" is now a part of Amy's ministry called Abiding Ministries 
Feathers is the podcast I was talking about in class on Thursday night. It was Season 7 Episode 3 if you would like to listen.

• "Cultivating the Lovely"

Hosted by MacKenzie Monroe

MacKenzie's website Here
Pouring the labor, care and study into the roles that God has given us as wives, moms, women, homemakers and His children.


Those are the ones I listen to the most and the ones I think you will find more about marriage and family related content on.
However here are some more christian pod-casters that I listen to.

• "The Happy Hour"

Hosted by Jamie Ivey
Jamie's website is Here
Jamie loves to connect with women and encourage them as they journey through life.  

• "God Centered Mom Podcast"

Hosted by Heather MacFadyen
Heather's website is Here
Heather is a mom to four boy's, so she understands the wild ride. In this podcast she interviews guests about staying God-centered in a shaky mom world. Reminding us of our position--centered in God's presence and love.

• "Inspired to Action"

Hosted by Kat Lee
Kat's website is Here
It's like a little pep talk for Mom's. You're a mom. You're totally a big deal.

• "Mom Struggling Well"

Hosted by Emily Thomas
Emily's website is Here
It's not ALL about kids or sadness. It's funny too.

• "The Homemaking Foundations Podcast"

Hosted by Jami Balmet
Jami's website is https://youngwifesguide.com/
Helping you craft a Gospel-Centered Home.

Anddddddd new "kid" on the podcasting block is:

• "Chatologie"

Hosted by Angie Elkins
Angie's website is Here
Angie chats with a special guest for about an hour, and hears how God has made a difference in their stories.


By the way I do listen to other podcastes the "just for fun" ones. But they all have to do with crafting, sewing or scrapbooking so I will forgo listing them here.

You can listen to these podcasts directly from their respective webpages or you can download them onto your device like I do. I hope some of these podcasts give you inspiration or answer some unanswered question you might have on a particular topic.

One last thing.

This is a Photo of a illustration I was going to show you in class on Thursday but I was talking way too much and we ran out of time. Our verse last week Ecclesiastes 4:12b It is a great example of "Frayed" verses "Braided" wifestyles that Jen talked about in the book. This visual helped me a lot! 

I hope you have a great week and I hope to see you soon.