As we’ve studied 1 Samuel 25, many of you may have learned some new Bible study skills. Now you have a chance to put those to work on your own! Below are some suggestions for continued study. Some of these ideas continue to look at themes and topics from 1 Samuel 25. Others relate to the Christmas season, and some move on to new chapters to study. We’ll never run […]
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Share in the Blessing!
We’ve finished our study of 1 Samuel 25! This was the thirteenth free, thirty-day Bible study we’ve offered over the past four years. All those studies continue to be available free in the archives of this blog. What a privilege and delight it is to study along with you! Preparing and leading each study pretty much consumes my life for the whole month — from dawn until I can’t see straight at […]
Read More →30 Days in 1 Samuel 25, Day 30: Reflect
We’ve reached the last day of our study! It’s time to review and reflect, but first we’ll take a quick look at the last few verses of the chapter. Assignment: Pray for the Holy Spirit to move in your heart, bringing about change in your thoughts, attitudes, and actions as a result of spending this past few weeks in 1 Samuel 25. Then read 1 Samuel 25:39-45. As you read, watch […]
Read More →30 Days in 1 Samuel 25, Day 1: Background
I’m excited to be digging into an Old Testament narrative for the first time in our Busy Mamas Bible studies! We’re going to study a real story about real people with real problems and temptations, and we’re going to see how our real God worked in and through those lives and circumstances. I believe we will be encouraged and strengthened through our study of 1 Samuel 25! As we study, we will be marking the text of […]
Read More →Finding Women to Follow, Plus a New Busy Mamas Bible Study!
I remember when our children were little. I longed for an older woman to come alongside to encourage and counsel me. But we were a young church full of young families. (Now I, and a whole bunch more of us, are the older women.) In the absence of women that I could actually sit down and chat with over a cup of tea, I made my tea and sat down with […]
Read More →How to Find Time to Reach Their Hearts
Does the problem this mother describes sound familiar to any other mamas out there? “My first concern is about leading children to repentance over a specific sin. How do you find the time? With a large family, I barely start with one child before another child sins and a line begins to form. More like a crowd of crying, fussing, accusing children. At that point, I feel overwhelmed and usually […]
Read More →Facing the Unknown
I read them while I stood at the counter, paying my bill… I had been awake since 3:30 that morning, in the semi-conscious state that leaves you awake enough to rehearse everything that might ever go wrong, but not awake enough to pray and remember God’s faithfulness. In the dark I’d reviewed it all. How we’ve been out of our house for a whole year now, and still haven’t run […]
Read More →New Things Happening!
I need to show you what I’ve been focusing on instead of writing blog posts the last few days. Our eleventh grandchild, Samson, made his appearance last Tuesday, and I’ve had the privilege of helping out his incredible parents for the past week! Before I show you his pictures — my grandmotherly duty and honor — I also want to invite you to join us in a new part of our […]
Read More →The Winner of Our Bible Study Giveaway!
Congratulations, Emily, winner of our Bible Study giveaway! Emily says, I love Pam’s 30 Day studies. Really soaking for a long time in one passage is a delight, as I learn to appreciate many insights and applications of God’s Word through the month. I always finish the studies feeling that I have grown in my knowledge of and love for Christ and His work for me. Emily wins copies of all eight Busy […]
Read More →Children in the Worship Service
When our children were young, we made the decision to keep them in the worship service with us on Sundays. We wanted them to learn how to worship alongside us. We wanted them to hear the singing and learn to sing with us. We wanted them to be in the presence of the saints while we prayed, while we heard the Word preached, while we read the Word responsively, while […]
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