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    Transformed by God's Word (Women of the Word Bible Study Series)
    Transformed by God's Word (Women of the Word Bible Study Series)
    Transformed by God's Word (Women of the Word Bible Study Series)
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    Transformed by God's Word (Women of the Word Bible Study Series)

    By Sharon A. Steele and Jane Hoyt

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    Change is inevitable, but changing in the right way--in the way God desires for His children--is a choice. Transformed by God's Word, an interactive study ideal for individuals or small groups, is a practical, insightful guide that will help women discover the Bible's strategies for overcoming rejection, guilt, fear, worry, and discouragement. Readers will also learn how to allow the Holy Spirit, working through Scripture, to renew them from the inside out, giving them power to make better choices in their thoughts, actions, and feelings. Transformed by God's Word features eight topical studies. Topics include "The Problem and the Potential," "Draw Near to God," "Think on Good Things," "Get Rid of Wrong Thoughts," and more. Each week's study examines a reality about change, digs into Scripture to find out what God's Word has to say about it, offers readers the opportunity to reflect on their personal struggles with change, and suggests practical action steps to help readers apply what they have learned.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateAug 31, 2011
    ISBN9781441269263
    Transformed by God's Word (Women of the Word Bible Study Series)
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    Sharon A. Steele

    SHARON A. STEELE's deep love of teaching finds expression in preparing and leading an adult Bible study in her church. She and her husband have three adult children and four grandchildren. Sharon works at the Aglow International offices as well as for MOPS ministry.

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      Transformed by God's Word (Women of the Word Bible Study Series) - Sharon A. Steele

      © 2010 Aglow International

      Published by Chosen Books

      11400 Hampshire Avenue South

      Bloomington, Minnesota 55438

      chosenbooks.com

      Chosen Books is a division of

      Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

      www.bakerpublishinggroup.com

      Chosen edition published 2014

      ISBN 978-1-4412-6926-3

      Previously published by Gospel Light

      Originally published in 1998 in the Aglow Bible Study series as Choosing to Change.

      Ebook edition originally created 2011

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

      Other version used is: NKJV—From the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Aglow International is an interdenominational organization of Christian women. Our mission is to lead women to Jesus Christ and provide opportunity for Christian women to grow in their faith and minister to others. Our publications are used to help women find a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, to enhance growth in their Christian experience, and to help them recognize their roles and relationships according to Scripture. For more information about our organization, please write to Aglow International, P.O. Box 1749, Edmonds, WA 98020-1749, U.S.A., or call (425) 775-7282. For ordering or information about the Aglow studies and other resources, visit the Aglow E-store at www.aglow.org.

      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      Introduction

      How to Start and Lead a Small Group

      1. Renew Your Mind

      2. Draw Near to God

      3. Use God’s Word

      4. Think on Good Things

      5. Eliminate Wrong Thoughts

      6. Overcome Rejection and Guilt

      7. Overcome Fear and Worry

      8. Overcome Discouragement and Disobedience

      Transformed by God’s Word Leader’s Guide

      FOREWORD

      When the apostle Paul poured out his heart in letters to the young churches in Asia, he was responding to his apostolic call to shepherd those tender flocks. They needed encouragement in their new life in Jesus. They needed solid doctrine. They needed truth from someone who had an intimate relationship with God and with them.

      Did Paul know as he was writing that these simple letters would form the bulk of the New Testament? We can be confident that the Holy Spirit did! How like God to use Paul’s relationship with these churches to cement His plan and purpose in their lives, and, generations later, in ours.

      We in Aglow can relate to Paul’s desire to bond those young churches together in the faith. After 1967, when Aglow fellowships began bubbling up across the United States and in other countries, they needed encouragement. They needed to know the fullness of who they were in Christ. They needed relationship. Like Paul, our desire to reach out and nurture from far away birthed a series of Bible studies that have fed thousands since 1973 when our first study, Genesis, was published. Our studies share heart to heart, giving Christians new insights about themselves and their relationship with and in God.

      In 1998, God’s generous nature provided us a rewarding new relationship with Gospel Light. Together we published our Aglow classics as well as a selection of exciting new studies. Gospel Light began as a publishing ministry much in the same way Aglow began publishing Bible studies. Henrietta Mears formed Gospel Light in response to requests from churches across America for the Sunday School materials she had written. Gospel Light remains a strong ministry-minded witness for the gospel around the world.

      Our heart’s desire is that these studies will continue to kindle the minds of women and men, touch their hearts, and refresh their spirits with the light and life a loving Savior abundantly supplies.

      This study, Transformed by God’s Word by Sharon A. Steele, shows you how to allow the Holy Spirit to renew your mind by building the attitudes of Christ into your thinking and thus transforming your life. I know its contents will reward you richly.

      Jane Hansen Hoyt

      International President

      Aglow International

      INTRODUCTION

      A woman sits across the table from you. I really want to see Christ’s character reproduced in my life, she confides, but I don’t know how to do it.

      Her eyes fill with tears. Every day it’s the same old story, ‘Lord, I’ve failed again.’ Over and over, day after day. Can God really change my thoughts and transform my life? And if He can, what is my responsibility? I’d really like to know.

      If you can identify at all with this woman, this Bible study is for you. Even though you are given a new nature when you become a child of God, change is not automatic. You have to choose to let God change you into His likeness. Just as people have learned to use computers as tools to accomplish tasks quickly and efficiently, so too can we learn to control our thoughts by allowing God to renew our minds. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can find the power to live godly lives.

      When we do not allow God to transform our thought patterns, we experience confusion and frustration. Faulty thinking produces undesirable results in every area. Just as computers with defective programs must be reprogrammed before they can function effectively, so too must we allow God to reprogram our thinking and bring our thoughts under His control.

      This study will show how you can allow the Holy Spirit to renew your mind, build the attitudes of Christ into your thinking and thus transform your life.

      AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY

      This Bible study is divided into four sections:

      1. A Closer Look at the Problem defines the problem and the goal of the study.

      2. A Closer Look at God’s Truth gets you into God’s Word. What does God have to say about what you are facing? How can you begin to apply His Word as you work through each lesson?

      3. A Closer Look at My Own Heart will help you clarify and further apply Bible truth in your own life. It will also give guidance as you work toward change.

      4. Action Steps I Can Take Today is designed to help you focus on immediate steps of action.

      WHAT YOU WILL NEED

      A Bible—The main Bible version used in this study is the New International Version, but you can use whatever Bible translation you are used to reading.

      A Notebook—During this study you will want to keep a journal to record what God shows you personally. You may also want to journal additional thoughts or feelings that come up as you go through the lessons. Some questions may require more space than is given in this study book.

      Time to Meditate—Only through meditation on what you’re learning will you hear God’s Word and begin to experience a heart knowledge, as well as

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