5/14 Bible Study

Once again, we had a beautiful and uplifting study.  We used another Beth Moore book "Get Out of That Pit", which I had read while on 'vacation' a few years back.  We learned that a pit is that shadowy home of the heart, mind and soul, a place where we feel stuck.  We can get into the pit several ways:
    1.  You are thrown into it, without doing one thing to deserve it;  the death of a loved one, a husband walking out after years of marriage telling us he just doesn't love us anymore;  a circumstance that hurts us that is totally out of our control.
    2.  You slip into a pit, not meaning to, but we just weren't watching where we were going.  An innocent flirtation turns into something more; we 'borrow' money from work without asking, with every intention of paying it back, but somehow can't seem to.  Guilt and shame are beating us down, because we are the ones to blame.  The enemy uses this guilt to trap you into never getting out.
    3.  You jump into the pit;  knowing full well that it was wrong, even foolish, we jumped right in, because we like the trip.  You don't necessarily like the cost - but like all vacations - we think the trip is worth the expense.  It looks good, feels good, tasted good.
     The God News is THERE IS A WAY OUT of the pits.  
     Psalm 40:1-3 says "I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry,  He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet pon a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.  He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord."
     Psalm 94:18-19 says "If i should say "my foot has slipped", your loving kindness, O Lord, will hold me up.  When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul."
     Psalm 19:13 says :Keep your servant from willful sins; do not let them rule over me.  Then I will be innocent, and cleansed from blatant rebellion."
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Kim and Jean, if you would e-mail me copies of your lessons, I could post the document on out blog, so everyone can access them, even if they miss that week.  Or ya'll could post them, just let me know what you want to do.

Blessings to all my God's Girls Fridays, I love you all.
Pam