Week 3: Prayer – November 18th

Take time to have deeper and more meaningful times of prayer this week.

Keep your candle burning, the music playing and purchase a small bouquet of flowers for yourself.  Let that bouquet be a daily reminder of God’s love  and presence with you.

The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
(James 5:16)

Week 4: Fasting – November 25th 

You can choose to do a 24 hour fast or fast one meal a day for 7 days in a row or fast for a period of time from something like social media, screen time, shopping or whatever you choose.

Seek out a place of solitude to pray. Get alone with God outside or in your home.  Be still with God and fervently pray.

¹⁶ “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ¹⁷ But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,¹⁸ that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
(Matthew 6:16-18)

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Here’s the Daily Bible Reading Plan

Printable Bible Bookmark

Printable Bible Coloring Bookmark

Signature GMG SOAK Bible Study Method

Video explaining the Bible Coloring and SOAK Methods of Study

 

Here are the highlighters, pens and pencils I mentioned in the video:

Highlighters – Acid Free – Bible Hi-Glider
Fine Line Non-bleeding Pens – Micron Archival Ink and Multi-Colored Gel Pens
Colored Pencils – Crayola Twistables and Crayola Colored Pencils
I use the ESV Inductive Study Bible as my personal study Bible.

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Blog and Social Media Schedule

Blog 

Mondays –  All of the Free Resources for the week including the Daily Reflections Questions, printable Verses of the Day, Weekly Challenges AND the video for the week will be posted here. (I will not be posting on Fridays.)

Instagram 

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, the verses of the day along with encouragement for your study will be posted on the Women Living Well Instagram.

Share pictures of your candles, flowers, playlists and favorite places to rest on Instagram by using the hashtags: #MakingYourHomeAHaven and #WomenLivingWell.

Facebook 

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, I’ll be posting the assigned reading of the day at 7:00amEST and an open discussion takes place there. Check it out! It’s wonderful! Go to Good Morning Girls Facebook Page here.

Printable SOAK Pages

This is for those who are not purchasing the Bible Study Guide.  This is not the same as the Study Guide on Amazon – these pages have been created for low-cost printing on a home printer and do not include the Introduction, Weekly Challenges, Space for your Gratitude Lists, Prayer Requests, or Verses of the Day.

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GMG International

We are once again, being joined by our sister’s in Christ from around the world!!!  To see the pictures, read the biographies and find the links to each one of these special ladies – visit our International page!

Here are some of the Countries joining us!

GMG Bulgaria – Elena

http://dobroutrodami.wixsite.com/blog

BG Facebook.

GMG Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia – Rosilind, Vojka and Mary

Dobro Jutro Djevojke

www.facebook.com/dobrojutrodjevojke

Serbian Facebook Group

English Speaking Facebook Group – GMG In the Word

GMG Kenya – Stellar

https://sisterwithvision.wordpress.com/

facebook.com/Good-Morning-Girls-Kenya

GMG Mexico – Mayra

Facebook.com/GoodMorningGirlsMexico

GMG Novi, Sad and Serbia – Mary

https://www.facebook.com/groups/232484867086468/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/goodmorninggirlsintheword – English

GMG Slovenian – Vesna

https://dobrojutrodekleta.weebly.com/

https://www.facebook.com/dobrojutrodekleta.si/

GMG Spanish – Hazel

https://www.facebook.com/buenosdiaschicasespanol/

GMG UK – Daisy 

facebook.com/gmgunitedkingdom

walkingwithmysaviourchrist.wordpress.com

GMG UK – Marion

facebook.com/groups/RiverValleyandBeyond

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Our souls desperately need a deeper connection with God.

This Bible Study is going to help you slow down.

It is going to force you to pause every day and enter into the presence of our Almighty God through the 4 Spiritual Disciplines of gratitude, meditation, prayer and fasting.

God’s pace is much slower than this world’s pace.

We must slow down to catch up with God.

So, let’s take care of our souls by intentionally creating a physical environment, as well as a spiritual environment, in our homes that brings us closer to God.  As a result, we will experience peace and a sense of calmness inside our souls, no matter what we are facing.

• Each week, I will provide for you a practical challenge of something I do in my home that makes it more of a haven.  I hope you will take the challenges.  They do make a difference!
• Each weekday, we will pause, give thanks, pray and meditate on God’s Word through SOAKing in the daily scripture reading for the day.
• Also, you will find 4 videos, one per week, that correspond with the scriptures we are studying.

I encourage you to give yourself permission to not have your to-do list all checked off in order for you to slow down and catch up with God.

David writes in Psalm 42:1, 2:

“As the deer pants for streams of water,
    so my soul pants for you, my God.
² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
    When can I go and meet with God?”

I pray that your time spent in God’s Word will bless your soul and quench your thirst and that you will live well, as you drink from the living well, the living words of God.  (John 4:13-14) .

I can’t wait to take this journey with you!

There are no sign-ups or enrollments.

Don’t forget to invite your friends!

I’ll see you back here on November 4th as we begin!

Walk with the King,

Courtney

{Special Note to GMG Leaders: If you have room in your group – please leave a link to your group in the comment section – thank you!!!}

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