Renewed

photo by Andrea, stolen from facebook 🙂

Last night at our ladies Bible study, I felt so renewed to delve into the Word of God with a group of other women.  As we all shared our struggles and our hearts, there was such a sense of unity and openness.

In our struggles, spiritual and otherwise, we sometimes have a tendency to think we are alone or that we are the only ones struggling in that way.  It is wonderful when we, as Christian sisters, take time to be vulnerable with one another and share deeply from our hearts! 

We discussed lies we believe about God.  Like…

The Lie: God is not really good. 
The Truth: God is good, and everything He does is good. God never makes mistakes. 

The Lie: God doesn’t really love me. 
The Truth: God’s love for me is infinite and unconditional. I don’t have to perform to earn God’s love or favor. God always has my best interests at heart. 

The Lie: God is not really enough. 
The Truth: God is enough. If I have Him, I have all I need. 

The Lie: God should fix my problems. 
The Truth: Life is hard. God is more concerned about glorifying Himself and changing me than about solving all my problems. God has an eternal purpose He is fulfilling in the midst of my problems. God wants to use my problems as part of His sanctifying process in my life. No matter what problem I am facing, God’s grace is sufficient for me. 

(lies/truths excerpted from Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss)

I feel so blessed to be a part of this study.  I hope everyone else was enriched last night too!