Do You Know Who I Am? Online Study - Week 1

Welcome and thanks for visiting! This week we begin our study of Angela Thomas' Do You Know Who I Am? and Other Brave Questions Women Ask. 

Below is the suggested reading schedule; keep in mind the beauty of an online study is flexibility. Feel free to work at your own pace. 

Have a wonderful week!

In Christ,
Laura

Week 1 – April 29—May 5

Monday—Read the Foreword and Introduction.

Tuesday/Wednesday—Read the first half of Chapter 1”Do You Know I Am Afraid to Dream Big?....He Is Worthy.” Visit my blog at www.laurarath.blogspot.com.

Thursday/Friday—Read the second half of Chapter 1.

Questions to Ponder—

• How does it make you feel to know that God already knows everything there is to know about you? (pg. 4)

• How do you feel about this statement? (found on pg. 10)

“With this one lifetime, I am called to follow Jesus. No hesitation. No holding back. I am called to follow Him with everything my personality and mind can give to Him. To be a passionate woman who runs hard after god.”                

• On page 13, there is a list of God’s gifts to us. Does one grab you more than the others? Do any surprise you?

• What are your thoughts regarding the Parable of the Talents (pgs. 14-16)

• Are you afraid to dream big? God is calling. Are you ready to follow?

Psalm 138:8 {Something to Think About}

The Lord will work out his plans for my life—

for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me.
(Psalm 138:8 NLT)

God Bless,

Laura

Linking up with Jumping Tandem, Fresh Brewed Sunday, and Sharing His Beauty.
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Blessings of an Online Community

Welcome! Today is Five Minute Friday where Lisa-Jo offers a writing prompt and we write for 5 minutes. No editing and no over thinking. Today’s writing prompt: Community.

There is a community that I never knew existed. It’s not found on my block or the city where I live. It’s the online blogging community.

Supportive.

Encouraging.

Honest.

Transparent.

It’s a community that has encouraged my writing, but more than that, has encouraged friendship. Friendship that doesn’t require face-to-face meetings. We meet together on each other’s blogs, Twitter, and Facebook.

It’s a community that I didn’t want to belong to a year ago…when I didn’t know it was a community. I thought social media was individuals saying, “look at me.” But that’s not the ladies I have found. No, I have found friends.

I thought God had a sense of humor when He took me into the world of social media, but He knew. God knew what I needed and when. He knew what I would experience and where it would take me.

So, to my new encouraging friends, I say “I’m so glad to have met you and shared with you!”

To my Heavenly Father, I say, “Thank you Dad, I love you!”

For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. (Matthew 18:20 NIV)

In Christ,

Laura

Linking up with Five Minute Friday, Grace Cafe, and Spiritual Sundays.

God’s Character…Do You Know Who I AM?

On April 29, we begin our study of Angela Thomas’ book Do You Know Who I Am? And Other Brave Questions Women Ask. I’ve begun preparing for this study and I’m so excited about this book! I thought it would be good (or I wouldn’t have chosen it for the study) but I didn’t anticipate the emotion I would feel in each chapter.

Having said that, I’d like to share with you just a tiny glimpse into the book.

In each chapter, author Angela Thomas asks God a question most women can relate to. “Do you know I am…invisible…a sinner…lonely?” In answer to each question, we learn more about God—about His character—as He asks us, “Do you know who I AM?

We can never know enough about God’s character. There is always more for Him to reveal to us, both through the study of His Word and the trials we go through in life. God wants to spend time with us. And as we spend time with Him, we will grow to know Him better.

Angela writes, “These chapters are just a beginning—a human effort to know the eternal God of the universe, a God who is not too big to know you and me.” -Do You Know Who I Am, Angela Thomas pg. 3

…a God who is not too big to know you and me.

Think about that for a moment…our God—the God of all creation—is not too big to know you and me. He’s not too busy to spend time with us. And he’s not too big to want to walk through each and every day with us. I find that incredible!

And what’s more—He already knows everything about me. And about you. We don’t have to fear that God will learn something about us that will change His mind in wanting to spend time with us. It won’t happen. God knows each of us better than we know ourselves. He knows us and loves us so much He sent His Son Jesus to the cross. For us.

There is nothing that will change His love for us. Nothing. (Romans 8:38-39)

In Christ,

Laura

For more information on the study, click here: Do You Know Who I Am? by Angela Thomas. To sign up for the study, email me at laurajrath@gmail.com.

Linking up with On Your Heart Tuesday and Women Living Well Wednesday, Winsome Wednesday, and Word Filled Wednesday and Thought Provoking Thursday.