So Long Insecurity Book Study

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Comment by Emily Dimitris on April 20, 2010 at 2:44pm

Loved being with you girls last night! What a solid and secure group of women we are! :) It's sad to think our last weekly meeting is this Monday. I've loved our time together and are excited for the future with you. If you missed, the reading assignment is below. If you are interested in going to the Simulcast Event this Saturday, please let me know. I'll be attending the one at North Asheville Baptist. It's from 9am-3pm. $20 includes lunch. If you haven't heard Beth Moore live, you're in for a treat. She's even funnier and more powerful in person.

Reading Assignment: Read Chapters 17 & 18.

1. Based on Chapter 17, on a scale of 1 to 10 (one-almost none, ten-over the top), how big a part has fear played in your life? After responding with your approximation, please share what, if anything, in the chapter resonated with you.

2. Reflect over the journey as a whole. What (again, if anything) lasting and of God will you take away from it?

Comment by Emily Dimitris on April 19, 2010 at 11:00am

Hey Girls!

Last Monday night was awesome! So sweet and intimate. See you tonight for another amazing night with the girls!

Home work...

Read Chapters 14,15,16

1) As you surely noticed, Chapter 14 is more of a testimony than a teaching but it concludes with a charge to deal with our female insecurities for the sake of young girls coming up behind us. Briefly describe someone who is worth doing what it takes to you to live abundantly and effectively in Christ.



2) Name a couple of ways pertinent to your sphere of life and influence that you could look out for your own gender in our battle with insecurities. In other words, how can you (not others but you in particular) start becoming part of the solution in your female relationships rather than default into part of the problem. Our challenge is to learn to be deliberate. How are you prepared to do that?



3) Based on Chapter 16 and the challenge to look past ourselves, what is your passion? If you don’t have one presently, don’t feel pressured or unnerved. You might be too deep in toddlers or school work to think past the urgent. Those things are priority and need to be your passion right now. If, however, you long for something that makes you feel fully alive and part of something specific God is doing for the greater good, ask Him to nurture that vision in you. It will be ultimately be the key to life on the outskirts of self-absorption. Keep in mind, your passion may not be anything you’re currently engaged in. Maybe you don’t have the opportunity to participate right now. Maybe it’s just in dream-form. Or maybe it’s just a place God has tendered your heart. Try to give it a name. What is something outside of yourself that you feel passionate about?

Comment by Emily Dimitris on April 4, 2010 at 9:39pm

Hey Ladies! Here's the questions for anyone who missed last week or didn't get a copy. Yes, we are meeting tomorrow night at 6:30pm! Come expecting God to move.

Reading Assignment: Read Chapters Ten and Eleven.

1. Based on Chapter 10, in all truthfulness, has your historical tendency been to view men (generally speaking) as gods? Or devils?

2. Based on Chapter 10 and your own day-to-day observances, what differences do you see between men’s insecurities and women’s?

3. On p.208 in Chapter 11, I suggest that women who struggle with insecurity tend to be particularly taken with 2 divine attributes: omnipotence and omniscience. Did either of these resonate with you? If so, how?

Comment by Emily Dimitris on March 25, 2010 at 12:44pm

Missed everyone this past Monday night! No homework this week. Get caught up on your reading or review. Next meeting is going to be powerful! Pray and ask God to prepare your heart for an amazing encounter with Him.
Love to you all,
Emily

Comment by Emily Dimitris on March 16, 2010 at 11:27am

Great night last night! There is power in women coming together to pray and encourage one another along in our book study. Thanks for being the amazing women you are!

Below is this weeks homework.

So Long Insecurity Week 3

Reading Assignment: Read Chapters Seven and Eight.
Chapter Seven isn’t to discourage or depress you but make you mad enough to change. Once you have decided to be deliberate about changing and cling to Christ for security, read Chapter 8.

1. What part of Chapter 7 hit home with you most and why?

2. Based on your journey so far in chapters 1-8, list your own personal top three reasons why it's time to deal with your insecurity. (We're not looking for right answers. We're looking for YOUR answers.)

3. Based on Chapter 8, briefly describe a recent trigger of insecurity and whether or not it got a rise out of you.

4. Also based on Chapter 8, what does dignity mean to you?

Comment by Emily Dimitris on March 12, 2010 at 5:07pm

Hey Girls! Writing from the Unafraid Women's Conference in C3 Atlanta. It's been amazing! Can't wait to share with you on Monday! I'm fired up!

Below is the homework for anyone who missed this past Monday.

So Long Insecurity Week 2

Reading Assignment: Read Chapter Four, Five and Six.

Looking back: Reread the last paragraph of Chapter three.
Write out the challenge in your journal in the form of a prayer.

1. Based on Chapter Four, what Biblical figure (or statement about him/her) resonated with you most and why?

2. After reading chapter five and six, what do you believe to be the TWO primary roots of your struggle with insecurity? Keep in mind that more may apply but try to lock in on two that you believe to be most impactful.

3. What, if any, insight did you gain about the roots of insecurity and did you sense that God was trying to speak to you in any specific way through it? (This answer does not need to be limited to the two roots you identified in the previous response.)

Comment by Emily Dimitris on March 2, 2010 at 10:58am

What an amazing time we had last night! 38 women and girls and growing! It's not to late to join. Pick up a book at Lifeway or Books a Million, check out this weeks homework below and join us Monday, March 8th.

So Long Insecurity Week 1
Reading Assignment: Read the Introduction, Chapter One, Two and Three.
Questions to answer:
1. Chapter One: When was the last time you came face-to-face with our gender’s massive struggle with insecurity? Describe the setting.
2. Chapter Two: What part of the definition or description of insecurity resonated most with you and why?
3. Chapter Three: What tends to be your own "Prominent False Positive"?

Comment by Ann Best on February 26, 2010 at 9:29am

Will have to check out a little early each week but sounds like a GREAT study!