February 8, 2012
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HAPPY VALINTINES
From Lady Loretta Wilson
Praise the Lord my Sisters' and Brothers' in the Lord, this month is recognized as the month of love. As well as Black History month, this also is about love. Therefore let’s take a look at the word love, these four letters have many different meanings such as, affection, adoration, friendship, tenderness, feeling, fondness, devotion, passion, ardor, amity. Depending on whom you are and or who you talk to one of these words would describe as to what any given individual would say love is. However for me I would say that LOVE is I Cor. 13:4; where it says that love is patient, love is kind, does not envy, does not boast, is not proud, does not dis-honor, is not self-seeking, is not easily angered, keeps no record, does not take joy in evil but takes joy in the truth. Love protects, tells the truth, has hope, always perseveres, love never fails. Many other things will pass away but faith, hope, and LOVE will always be around, and the greatest of the three is LOVE. We as a people of color have to love ourselves in order to truly appreciate who we are and where we come from. Many have given time, blood, sweat, tears, and life to make sure that we have the opportunities and freedoms that we do. And in all that the greatest gift of love was the gift of a Sons' life, now that is love. I appreciate those that died for my freedom and would not ever be able to express in word how they have really done us a great justice. However I have to make it know that as much as I relish in my freedom, I even the more rest in my eternal life. There is only one LOVE that offers that and that is the LOVE of Christ and his death on the cross and the shedding of his blood.
Thank you Lord for your amazing LOVE!!!
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January 21, 2012
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
ARTICLE NO. XXI
Welcome to our study please send you response though e-mail by 1/28/12 which is a Saturday or join us for our next fellowship 1/27/12 from 7 to 9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers via e-mail. However I would much rather see your face, check out the other sites, and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site.
This month’s study will be on our relationship with the God. The scripture is Romans 1:19 and 3:20, 21
He has made it abundantly clear throughout the NT and especially in the book of Romans. This theme of relationship with God is clearly spoken out. We were once justly condemned sinners. That’s Romans 1:18-3:20, but we are now justified sinners through the blood of Christ, that’s 3:21 through the rest of the book. We were once enemies, but we are now friends. Once lost, but now found, as it were.
God cares—as Romans 8:28-30 makes it plain. Again, we know that in all things, not just some, as if God were almost God. That He works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose. And, His purpose is to conform us to the image of his son. In other words suffering will bring in a lot of good changes.
A. In Romans 8: 31 a question is asked what is it?
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Would you answer that question, think about it deep within and answer.
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B. In Romans 8:35 it asked another question what is it?
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How would you answer that question, think about it deep within and answer.
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C. In Romans 2:5-9 it makes a statement what do you think about this statement explain it is you own words.
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October 28, 2011
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Strong Holds
In history strongholds played a vital role, no army could successfully defeat an opponent and let their stronghold stand within conquered territory. One of the main objectives of armies were to remove strongholds within conquered territory. We as the Lord’s army need to take notice, of the objective to remove strongholds. Like conquerors of old, we need to target the spiritual strongholds of our enemy, Satan.
A city with strong walls and secure location, usually a hilltop or mountain would be able grow in stature and power enriching its inhabitants. Nonetheless, the picture of the walled city or fortress was known as a stronghold. Spiritually speaking, Paul defines strongholds as an “argument or high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God”. A stronghold is a point of operation from where Satan can keep the unbeliever captive or the believer incapacitated. See 2nd Corinthians below.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
We must prepare for battle, in the spiritual war; our objective should always be victory through the Lord’s strength, not our own power. Look in verse 10 and 11 of Ephesians, what is the key to success?
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:10-12
The key to Joshua, Caleb and David was their reliance on the Lord’s ability, His power and might. They were strong in the Lord. In verses 10 and 11, our part is to make a conscious effort. Verse 10 tells us, be strong, verse 11, says put on. Are you willing to move forward in battle trusting the Lord?
Using Israel as our example, what was their first action before they entered the promise land? Moses told them to spy out the land, to survey it, locate the stronghold. We need to do the same; we need to locate places where the enemy has strongholds in our life. Remember our battle is not physical but spiritual. In Ephesians 6:10-18, only two pieces of the armor are offensive in nature, what are they? They are the sword (vs. 17) and prayer. In describing the armor, many times people stop at verse 17, but verse 18 is just as much a part of the armor. 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints Ephesians 6:18 The sword of the Lord, the word of God and Prayer are offensive weapons against the strongholds, which allows Satan to keep people captive. With these two weapons, we can take the offensive, rather then being defensive.
We can pursue our strongholds, to pull them down. We need to enter the battle wearing our armor, prepared to assault the stronghold with our sword and prayer.
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July 11, 2011
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Columnist: Elder Elect L. L. Wilson
e-mail theladyretta@verizon.net
"Gomer"
Hosea 1-3
ARTICLE NO. XX
Welcome to the study of Gomer, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 7/23/11 which is a Saturday or join us for our next fellowship from 2-5pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that week end via e-mail. However I would much rather see your face, check out the other sites, and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Questions
1. In what way does Hosea 2:2-7 reflect Hosea’s feeling about Gomer?
2. In what ways do these verses reflect God’s feelings about his people?
3. Why is adultery a fitting symbol for the way humans treat God?
4. Put God’s promises for his people in Hosea 1:10, 2:1 into 100-125 words?
5. How did Gomer get herself into this situation?
6. In Hosea 3:2, Hosea had to pay money and goods to buy Gomer back, what would it take for a man to do this in this day and age what Hosea did in 3:1-3?
7. How are you like Gomer, how has God pursued you and brought you back?
8. What were the names of Hosea’s three children, and what did their names mean?
9. How did Hosea get his wife back, give chapter and verse?
10. Which children names did God change, and what do they mean now?
Don not forget you will be doing a Peer Review Sheet
Our host for this month will be Sister Carolyn Baxter
Words of Wisdom
W O W!
Lord how can I begin to understand how faithfully you’ve loved me? Draw me into your presence and hold me close. Quiet my noisy heart and speak to me AMEN!
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June 16, 2011
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
“The Shunammite Woman”
2 Kings 4:8-37, 8:1-6
ARTICLE NO. XVIV
Welcome to the study of The Shunammite Woman, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 6/24/11 or join us for our next fellowship from 7-9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that week end via e-mail. However I would much rather see your face, check out the other sites, and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Questions
1. Why do you think stopping at this woman’s house became a habit for Elisha?
2. Why do you think the woman responded to the promise of a son as she did in verse 16? Compare verse 28.
3. Why did she tell her husband and Gehazi that everything was “all right” when it wasn’t? What was her goal?
4. Hundreds of mothers lost sons during this period when god saved one boy through Elijah and now the one through Elisha. What do you make of these stories?
5. What do they tell you about God?
6. What do you admire about the Shunammite Woman that you would like to imitate?
7. Did Elisha trust the Shunammite woman?
8. What question did Elisha ask Gehazi about the Shunammite Woman, and what did Gehazi say?
9. What did Elisha tell the woman would happen, and what was her response?
10. What did Elisha do to the boy?
Type or write neatly an essay with 100-125 words about four other women in the Bible that had the same issue as the Shunammite Woman. This must be turned at the session. You will receive a review sheet with instruction at the fellowship, God Bless.
Words of Wisdom
W O W!
Father, show me someone’s need today. Then help me break out of my own small world and find a way to show your love to that person. AMEN!
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Happy Anniversary RIB, this month is our second year of enbracing the beauty of being a WOMAN
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May 22, 2011
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
“The Widow of Zarephant”
1 Kings 17:8-24, Luke 4:25,26
ARTICLE NO. XVIII
Welcome to the study of The widow of Zarephant, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 5/27/11 or join us for our next fellowship from 7-9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that week end via e-mail. However I would much rather see your face, check out the other sites, and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Questions
1. Why did God send the prophet of Israel to get help from a pagan widow?
2. The woman is searingly honest with Elijah in I Kings 17:12, what is she telling him there/?
3. Why did she do what Elijah asked?
4. Who or on what does she place the blame for her son’s death?
5. Does her reaction surprise you?
6. What did you take away from this story, write a 8 – 10 sentence paragraph/
7. What was she asked to bring to the Prophet?
8. What happened with her son later?
9. Give at least two scriptures about widows?
Words of Wisdom
W O W!
Father how easy it is to let anxiety snuff out my gratitude. Help me to linger thankfully in your presence rather than simply rushing on to my next desperate request. Use my weakness and need as a showcase for your strength. AMEN!
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April 22, 2011
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
“ Jezebel ”
1 Kings 16:29-33, 18:1-19, 21:1-25, 2 Kings 9
ARTICLE NO. XVII
Welcome to the study of Jezebel, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 4/30/11 or join us for our next fellowship from 1 - 4pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail. However I would much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Background Information:
Jezebel was a Phoenician princess, daughter of the priest-king of Sidon. Married to King Ahab, she reigned as queen in northern Israel one-hundred years after David’s death and sixty years after Israel split into northern and southern kingdoms.
Questions
1. What was the name of the prophet that escaped Jezebel?
2. What does his name mean?
3. How many prophets did she replace Israel’s prophet with?
4. How did she relate to her husband?
5. Why did she paint her face and arrange her hair, 2Kings 9:30?
6. Did Jezebel get what she deserved?
7. In general do you like to see people get what they deserve?
8. Imagine yourself as strong as Jezebel and as evil, and then as a good person?
9. How did she die?
Scripture = Jonah 2:8
Reflections
Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures.
Tuesday – That he does not allow evil to be unpunished.
Wednesday – For justice to prevail even when it seems delayed.
Thursday – Pray against any tendency to take God’s mercy for granted.
Friday – To give you a healthy fear of offending God.
Saturday - To minister to others about good strength and bad strength.
Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you
Words of Wisdom
W O W!
Gracious God, let me never make light of your justice or your power. AMEN!
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January 6, 2011
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
“The Queen of Sheba”
1 King 10:1-13, Matthew 12:42
ARTICLE NO. XVI
Welcome to the study of The Queen of Sheba, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 1/28/11 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail. However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Background Information:
Sheba was a fragrant land, famous for its perfumes and spices. It was located in the southwestern tip of Arabia, bordering the Red Sea. The queen heard stories of Solomon the son of Bathsheba and David; Israel’s third King. The queen was determined to see if he measured up to half the tales told of him.
Questions
1. What did Solomon’s name mean?
2. What did it mean that Solomon was famous because of “his relationship to the name of the Lord”?
3. What questions did she ask Solomon?
4. How would you describe the queen?
5. What is wisdom?
6. Do you know a truly wise person, Who?
7. How important is wisdom?
8. Research - memory verse: Psalms 17:15
Scripture = Psalms 90:12, 14
Reflections
Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures
Tuesday – Thank God for his generosity
Wednesday – Thank God for his wisdom working through others.
Thursday – Ask God to help with the tendency to trust and not seek God’s wisdom first.
Friday – To pour out wisdom on our leaders.
Saturday - To minister wisdom from God to others.
Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you
Words of Wisdom
W O W!
This month you are required to write you own words of wisdom. Use the lesson as a guide, and be ready to share it with the other women. AMEN!
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December 11, 2010
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
“Rizpah”
2 Samuel 21:8-14
ARTICLE NO. XV
Welcome to the study of Rizpah, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 12/18/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail. However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Background Information:
One day a woman named Rizpah was standing on a hill in Israel watching the execution of seven men. Her grief was sharp, for among them were her own two sons. Executed for their father’s crime, their bodies were left to rot on the hillside in the hot sun.
1. This almost wiped out Saul’s male descendants why did David order a wholesale execution?
2. Rizpah’s vigil probably lasted several month, what did she go through, what deep her going?
3. What do you think induced David to gather the bones and bury them?
4. What hard or risky thing could or have you done?
5. How is God’s love like Rizpah?
6. What was the law for burials?
7. Research - memory verse: Proverbs 3:18
Scripture = Psalms 37:28
Reflections
Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures
Tuesday – Praise God for giving mothers the power to love their children so fiercely.
Wednesday – Thank God for the way other women have stood by you in times of difficulty.
Thursday – Pray about any tendency to back off rather than confront important moral issues with love and courage.
Friday – To stretch your love beyond your own family circle.
Saturday - To minister to another mother that may be seeking wisdom and understanding.
Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you
Words of Wisdom
W O W!
Go out of your way to make a neglected child feel welcome in your home. Speak out against, and lend your voice to those that clamor for peace in our world. Let your love be fierce and strong. Don’t back up. AMEN!
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November 16, 2010
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
“The Wise Woman of Abel”
2 Samuel 20: 14 - 22
ARTICLE NO. XIV
Welcome to the study of The Wise Woman of Abel, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 11/19/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail. However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Background Information: Teddy Roosevelt once said that “nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time” After the dust settles, the storm clears, the action stops, it’s often too late for wisdom to work its marvels. Many women in scripture stand out for their wisdom. One woman who lived in a town at Israel’s northern border, is identified solely as “a wise woman” (2Samuel 20:16), acting quickly to save her city.
1. What do you think it was like for mothers with small children in Abel when Joab’s army surrounded it?
2. Why do you suppose a woman rather than a one of the leading men of the city, called out for Joab, what does this say about her?
3. What do Joab’s terse words in verse 17 tell you about his reaction to the woman?
4. What do you think about what the town of Abel did to Sheba?
5. Was the bargain they stuck with Joab a good one?
6. The facts of this story are brutal and disturbing, but the facts of life for many today are just as brutal. War, abuse, poverty, illness, or death can besiege families or towns.
7. How can you be a wise woman in your corner of the world?
8. Research - memory verse: Proverbs 3:18
Scripture = Isaiah 1:16, 17
Reflections
Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures
Tuesday – thank him for his wisdom
Wednesday - understand that true wisdom has nothing to with intellectual ability but everything to with humble dependence on God
Thursday - pray about any laziness that keeps you from searching out God’s wisdom for your own life
Friday – treasure his wisdom, look up some scriptures
Saturday - to minister to another woman that may be seeking wisdom and understanding.
Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you
Words of Wisdom
W O W!
Wisdom has nothing to do with the cell you possess; you can be smart as a whip but still full of foolishness. Take a few moments to read Proverb 3:13-18, here are a few vital suggestions for cultivating wisdom in your life. 1. Pray for it, 2. Remember it is a gift, 3. Read and meditate, 4. Surround yourself with wise friends 5. Make quick obedient hallmarks it leads to wisdom. AMEN!
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October 9, 2010
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
“Tamar”
“Her name means Date Tree or Palm Tree”
2 Samuel 13: 1-22
ARTICLE NO. XIII
Welcome to the study of our Sister Tamar, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 10/22/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail. However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Background Information: David’s daughter Tamar was a knockout. No doubt she was destined for a marriage that would strengthen the Kings political alliances. Though not under lock and key she probably lived a rather protected life. But all the precaution in the world couldn’t save her from the danger that threatened her from David’s inner circle.
1. Do you think Amnon truly loved Tamar, why or why not ?
2. Describe your feelings as a woman when you read Tamar’s plea 2 Sam 13: 9-14 ?
3. Why did Tamar say that sending her away was “a greater wrong” than rape ?
4. What did she mean, put it in your words ?
5. What should David have done to Amnon ?
6. What could have been done for Tamar ?
7. Have you ever been betrayed by someone you trusted ?
8. How has it affected your life, and where is God in your story ?
9. Research - memory verse 2 Chronicles 7:14 ? Last month
Scripture = Psalm 27: 7-10
Reflections
Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures
Tuesday - thank him for giving us hope.
Wednesday - know that God has the power to restore us.
Thursday - confess any hopelessness about the way our life has turned out.
Friday - to show that he really does care about you by opening up a way on Sat.
Saturday - to minister to another woman that has been touch by great hurt and pain.
Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you
Words of Wisdom
WOW!
Father plant something new in my life, a spring of hope that will set me on a new course. Help me to live in the present spending my emotional energies on this moment rather than squandering them on regrets about the past. AMEN!
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September 18, 2010
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
“Bathsheba”
“Her name means the seventh daughter or the daughter of an Oath”
2 Samuel 11: 1 - 12:25
ARTICLE NO. XIII
Welcome to the study of our Sister Bathsheba, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 9/25/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail. However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Background Information: Bathsheba squeezed the sponge, moving it rhythmically across her body as though to calm the restless cadence of her thoughts. Normally, she looked forward to the ritual bath marking the end of her monthly period, but tonight the water soothed her skin without refreshing her spirit. She should be glad for cool breeze. For flowers, for a lush harvest. But spring could also yield its crops of sorrow, as she well knew. Spring was the season for armies and battles. Once the rains had ceased and the harvest had been gathered, men marched off to was, leaving their women behind.
1. What part do you think Bathsheba played in the events of 2Sam. 11:2 - 4 ?
2. How do you think Bathsheba felt when she realized she was pregnant with David‘s child ?
3. Do you think she knew that David had Uriah killed ?
4. Why did she immediately tell him she was pregnant ?
5. God called David a “man after my own heart“Acts 13:22 - 1Sam. 13: 14 How could god say this ?
6. What do you think Bathsheba felt when her son died ?
7. Why do you think the Bible focuses on David‘s response ?
8. Solomon’s name from the Lord was actually Jedidiah 2Sam. 12: 24 which means “loved by God” what sense of God’s restoration for Bathsheba and David does this name give you ?
9. What does this story say to you about your own experience as a sinner and or a victim of others sin?
10. Research - memory verse 2Chronicles 7:14 ?
Scripture = Hebrews 8: 12
Reflections
Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures
Tuesday - that he is quick to to note our suffering
Wednesday - that God calls the powerful to abide by the same moral standards as the weak
Thursday - confess any unforgiveness you may have toward another
Friday - ask God to restore your confidence and to free you from any tendency to take on the mind-set of a victim
Saturday - pray for those that have been abused in any way
Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you
Words of Wisdom
WOW!
Determine that you will not let someone else‘s sin ruin your life. Learn the skills of a survivor, even if you‘ve never been abused you probably know someone that has.. AMEN!
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August 10, 2010
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON, theladyretta@verizon.net
( Abigail )
“ Her Name Means = My Father Is Joy”
I Samuel 25: 2 - 43
ARTICLE NO. XI and XII
Welcome to the study of our Sister Abigail, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. This is only a recap of her story the lesson for this month is The Woman of Endor. Please send you answers though e-mail by 8/20/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail. However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Background Information: Abigail; Blockhead, numskull, nincompoop, the words strike us as both harsh and humorous. But any woman married to a man worthy of such labels would have little to laugh about. Abigail must have felt suffocated married to her husband, her father may have thought the wealth Nabal had would be a catch for his daughter little did he know that one day this man would endanger her life. For some time Abigail had heard about David, recently he was her neighbor in the Desert of Maon west of the Dead Sea taken refuge from Saul. Abigail saved two men with quick thinking and anointed words.
1. What do you imagine it was like for Abigail to be married to Nabal on a day-to-day basis?
2. How would you have dealt with a husband like Nabal?
3. What kind of person would you have become?
4. How did Abigail deal with an arrogant man (Nabal) and a angry man (David)?
5. How do you react when someone in authority over you makes a bad choice?
6. If the choice effects you what should you do?
7. How would you like to grow in the way you relate to men?
( The Woman of Endor )
I Samuel 28: 3 - 25
There was no other information on her
Questions
1. The woman of Endor enters this story fearfully, why was she afraid ?
2. Who do you think appears in I Sam. ?
3. Is it really Samuel or a spirit impersonating Samuel ?
4. What do you learn about occult practices from this story ?
5. How if ever, have you consulted spirits ( horoscopes, cards, books, fortune-tellers, Ouija boards) to plan your future or just for fun ?
6. Why do you think the Bible says that nothing like this should be done, even for him ?
7. Consider how kind the woman is to Saul, if someone who practices the occuot can also be kind how do you think that should affect your views in occult practice and practitioners ?
8. Research - Find other scriptures that speak about the occult ?
Scripture = Isaiah 30: 19 -21
Reflections
Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures
Tuesday - that he protects us against evil
Wednesday - that God doesn’t hide himself from
Thursday - any occult dealings to be confessed and stopped
Friday - to be cleansed and freed from any affects of our dealings
Saturday - pray and remove all occult item from your home and life
Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you
Words of Wisdom
WOW!
Father forgive me for my involvement in the occult. I want nothing whatever to do with the realm of evil. Draw me out of the darkness and into the light of your presence. Free me from any lingering effects of my involvement and help me and my family to trust you completely for our future. AMEN!
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May 6, 2010
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COLUMNIST: CO-LABORER LADY LORETTA WILSON , theladyretta@verizon.net
( Michal )
“ Her Name Means Who Is Like God?”
I Samuel 18:20 -29, 19:11 -17, 2 Samuel 6:16-23
ARTICLE NO. X
Welcome to the study of our Sister Michal, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 5/25/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail. However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Background Information: Michal stretched herself across the window’s edge. Leaning out as far as she dared, she could see her husband running through the night shadows his movements swift and lithe, like a young stag evading it’s predators. Even if her father, the king, pursued with an army, she was confident he would not catch her husband. She had loved him since the day he calmed the soul of a troubled king.
Questions
1. How would you describe Michal in 1Sam 18 and 19 ?
2. After Michal helped her husband escape, she didn’t see him for over nine years, how did this affect her ?
3. Why do you think Michal responded to this scene of worship as she did ?
4. What was David trying to tell Michal in 2 Sam. ?
5. How did she feel having to choose between her father and her husband?
6. What did Saul think about Michal and David in ! Sam 18 ?
7. What was Michal sister and brother’s name ?
8. Research - What dowry or exchange was given for Michal ?
9. How did Michal help her husband escape, what did she do ?
10. Do you have bitterness, what is your barrier to true worship, has suffering made you tough and shattered you helpless ?
Scripture = Psalm 100: 4
Reflections
Monday - Read all the lesson Scriptures
Tuesday - thank God for being the same today, yesterday, tomorrow.
Wednesday - God gives us the freedom to choose Him.
Thursday - How we allow skepticism to infiltrate our faith.
Friday - Increasing in your awe of Him.
Saturday - Think about your praise time with God, do you have any?
Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you
Words of Wisdom
WOW!
You may not quite be ready to take your joy to the streets, but you can loosen up a bit by raising your hands in prayer. Come out of your comfort zone, go ahead enjoy yourself in God’s presence! If he’s not worth getting excited about them what is?
What are your thoughts on this
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April 10, 2010
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( Hannah )
“ Her Name Means Gracefulness or Favor ”
I Samuel 1:1,2&11, 2:19-21
ARTICLE NO. IX
Welcome to the study of our Sister Hannah, if you read the above scriptures you will understand her story. Please send you answers though e-mail by 4/23/10 or join us for our next fellowship on that night from 7 - 9pm. If you reply through e-mail I will respond to your answers that weekend via e-mail. However I much rather see your face, check out the other sites and please make sure you leave a comment on the RIB Ministry Site
Background Information: It was fifteen miles, but every year the journey from Ramah, to worship at the tabernacle of Shiloh seemed longer. At home, Hannah found ways to avoid her husband’s second wife, but once in Shiloh there was no escaping her taunts. Hannah felt like a leaky tent in driving rain, unable to defend herself against the harsh weather of the other woman’s heart.
Questions
1. What response does Hannah’s childlessness cause in each of the people involved ? Hannah herself, Peninah, and Elkanah
2. What caused the change in Hannah in I Sam. 1:18 ?
3. Was she assured of getting what she wanted ?
4. If so, how? If not, why was she comforted ?
5. Describe what it might have been like for Hannah to fulfill her vow God.
6. What does she say about God, and how is it relevant to her life ?
7. What does Hannah’s song of praise to the Lord in I Sam. 2:1 -10 have to do with the events of the story ?
8. Research - in the Old Testament, what affect did infertility have on women and how were they viewed ?
9. Has God meet you in a stressful situation ? Describe =
10. What would your infertility be today?
Scripture = Romans 5: 2 -5
Reflections
Monday - I Samuel 2: 1-10
Tuesday - praise God that he knows our heart.
Wednesday - offer thanks for answered prayer.
Thursday - confess your tendency to pour out your heart to everyone but God.
Friday - ask God to give you strength to trust Him.
Saturday - set aside some time to pray for others that you know who may have issues.
Sunday - Attend church and fellowship, share what God has revealed to you
Words of Wisdom
WOW!
May my own prayer be shaped according to your faithfulness becoming less selfish and frantic and more calm and trusting with each day.
What are your thoughts on this
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