What do you think about when you see a large bucket of ice water? In the past month or so social media has been flooded (pun intended) with the ALS ice bucket challenge. What makes us want to dump ice water on our heads, video it, then challenge our friends to do the same? Is …
Are You Ready?
Five more days! Tuesday Mornings start up again in just five more days! Are you as excited as I am? I can't wait to see your smiling faces again and hear the many things you have done over the summer break. For those of you who are new to Equip Her bible studies, we start our …
Fall Preview
If you listen real close, you can almost hear it—that last gasp of summer. Families are taking their final trips to the lake . . . to the pool . . . to the zoo . . . to the amusement parks. Moms are dragging their kids to the stores for back-to-school shopping. Kids are …
Our Guide Book
Personal Worship Lesson 11 [Final Lesson] By Claudine Lehman Every child of God has her own journey to travel. As we study the character of God, our walk will grow more intimate and joy-filled no matter where our journey takes us. That’s the very core of personal worship—getting intimately acquainted with God. Our guide book …
Precious Promises
Personal Worship Lesson 10 By Claudine Lehman We all like to receive promises, especially if they come from someone we trust. Promises can give hope in the midst of despair. Promises are the light at the end of a tunnel. Promises bring optimism to even the most pessimistic situation. Promises sustain us. As children of …
Divine Creativity
Personal Worship Lesson 9 By Claudine Lehman In order to have victory in our lives in the midst of trials and crisis—good times and bad—we must get our eyes off of others and onto the King of Kings. When we look around at each other and our circumstances, we find ourselves comparing, asking questions, being …
Absolute God
I’m not going to lie. The last two months have been rough. Seems as if each week has brought news of another tragedy affecting our community . . . our church family . . . our friends. I don’t know about you, but I’m beginning to feel a little shell-shocked, wondering when and where the …
Happy 4th!
We have just a few more lessons left in Claudine's Personal Worship class, so I thought we'd take time off to celebrate the 4th of July Weekend. In the meantime, here's another list of God's eternal attributes for those who'd like to continue with the homework. See you next Thursday! God is COMMUNICATIVE! Numbers 12:6-8; Psalm 19:1-2; …
Do You Trust Him?
Personal Worship Lesson 8 By Claudine Lehman God is Sovereign. What does that mean to you? Tom, a doctoral candidate in the field of physics, once gave this definition: “The sovereignty of God means that God can do anything He wants to do, any time He wants to do it, any way He wants to …
Coram Deo
Personal Worship Lesson 7 By Claudine Lehman Coram Deo is a Latin term loosely translated “in the presence of God” or “before the eyes of God.” This concept was a defining characteristic of the early church. Their lives were marked by awe for the holy, majestic God who called men and women to Himself. In Acts …