May 23, 2007
Week Fourteen
1. Read Chapter 14 “A Double Blessing”. What are some thoughts you had on this chapter?
2. Look at the story of the Queen of Sheba (1 Kings 1:1-10). What impressed her about King Solomon’s household? What do you notice?
3. Read Prov. 21:5. What evidence do you see in 1 Kings that Solomon lived according to this wisdom?
4. Read Ex. 35:25,26, and 29. What do these verse suggest about how important creative beauty is to God?
5. From this chapter and assignment, what is God’s message to your heart… and home?
May 16, 2007
Week Thirteen
1. Read Chapter 13, “A Helping Hand”. What is something that stood out to you from this chapter?
2. Read Prov 3:27 and make a list of the good things that you could do – things that you can do, but might choose not to do.
3. Choose one of the following women and briefly describe her gift of mercy:
- Abigail (1 Sam 25)
- The widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17)
- The Shunamite woman (2 Kings 4)
- Dorcas (Acts 9)
4. Based on the example of the women above and on the following verses, how would you define mercy? How would you recognize mercy? What does it look like? What would it look like in your life?
- Duet. 15:7,8 – Micah 6:8 – Prov 11:25, 19:17, 22:9
May 9, 2007
Week Twelve
1. Read chapter 12, “A Little Night Work” and write about something that you found encouraging or convicting.
2. How does Prov. 31:18 and 19 say the virtuous woman should spend her evening?
3. How can you plan to use your evenings more profitably? What are some projects that you can work on?
4. What motivation for evening work do you find in Prov. 10:4? Can you think of other motivating verses?
5. How do you use your mind in your free time (driving in the car, shower time, standing in line)? What are some things you can do to better improve your use of that time? How will you start disciplining your mind this week?
May 2, 2007
Week Eleven
1. Read chapter 11, “A Taste of Success”. What part of the chapter really stood out to you? What is something you found encouraging or convicting?
2. Read Proverbs 31:18 and Ps. 34:8. What are things that other people see you as being “good at”? Why do you think they say this? Do you have any tips for others in those areas?
3. Read Phil. 3:13,14 and Ecc. 9:10. What reasons for confidence do you find there?
4. What is an area that you can see yourself needing to improve your excellence in? How might you plan to do that?
April 26, 2007
Week Ten
1. Read chapter 10, “An Eager Attitude”. Was there something that stood out to you? Encouraged you? Convicted you?
2. What are some ways that you can grow more virtuous in your attitude towards your work (whether in the home, school, a job) in the following areas?
- Commitment
- Willingness
- Motivation
- Discipline
3. What are some activities that you do – or should do – on a daily basis? How will you fit them into your day: tomorrow/on a regular basis?
4. What do the following Proverbs teach you about your work? How do they motivate you to work harder?
- Prov. 14:1, 14:23, 19:15, 19:24
5. Think of some task that might be one of your least favorite to do. How will you apply what you’ve learned in this chapter to that particular task?
April 19, 2007
Week Nine
1. Read Chapter Nine “A Field of Dreams”. What is something you found encouraging or thought-provoking from the chapter?
2. Is there a specific area of your life that came to mind in which to apply this chapter?
3. List what the following passages say about goals. How can you apply them in your own life?
- Prov. 14:11
- Prov. 22:1
- Prov. 31:28
4. Of the list of P’s under the 1st step in “The How-to’s of Beauty”, what are two that you see needing to be applied in your life? How? How can you plan to grow in these areas?
April 11, 2007
Week Eight
I apologize for not paying the attention that is needed to this blog these past couple of weeks. I have been pretty sick since late in March and am now beginning to get back on my feet and tackle all that needs to be done. So, Lord willing, we will be back on schedule with the study this coming week.
1. Read Chapter 8, “A Pattern for the Household”. What is something that really jumped out at from the chapter? Something that either encouraged or convicted you?
2. Do you have a daily time in the Word? When have you found to be the best time to have your devotional time? What have you been reading lately and what has God been teaching you through it?
3. What does Prov. 21:5 say about the benefits of planning? What are some ways that you can improve your planning?
4. How can you plan to do each of the following?
- Tend the fire at home
- Tend the fire of your heart
- Tend the fire of others hearts
5. What do the following verses list as benefits of early rising? Gen. 19:27, Mark 1:35, Prov. 20:13, Prov. 16:3 What would an ideal yet reasonable early hour be for your life?
March 28, 2007
Week Seven
Hi, everyone! I apologize but I have had no time to do the study for this past week (week six)… We are moving this weekend and the hours this week have been spent packing and preparing the house to move into, etc.. Due to the lack of time that I have had for this study, I thought that we could do something a bit different for Week Seven’s lesson. There will only be three questions.
1. Read Chapter Seven in “Beautiful In God’s Eyes” and write about something that stood out to you about the lesson. Something that convicted you of an area you need to work on or something that encouraged you.
2. What is something that God is teaching you in your life right now? What is an area that you see Him growing you in? This doesn’t necessarily have to relate to the book but it can.
3. What is something that you have found encouraging lately (an event, something you read, something someone said, an answered prayer – whatever!)?
I hope that you each have a blessed week and look forward to hearing from you!
March 21, 2007
Week Six
1. Read Chapter 6, “A Fountain of Joy”. Tell about something that stood out to you from the chapter. Were you convicted by something? Encouraged by something? What did God teach you from this chapter?
2. Why do you think that the attitude with which you do a task is so important? Who is it important to? Why does God put such stress on HOW we do the things we do (Ecc. 9:10, Prov, 31:13, Col. 3:23, Phil. 2:14)?
3. We all have things that we have to do. Think of one that you struggle to do with the right attitude and tell of a way that you will work to cultivate a more joyful spirit about it.
4. God wants his children to be full of joy (John 15:11, John 16:24, 1 John 1:4,). What are some things about Him or things that He has given or done for us that we can meditate on to increase our joy?
5. List some things that might get in the way of us being joyful.
6. We are commanded in the Bible to rejoice on several occassions. What are the contexts of the following passages? How, when, and what about do they tell us to rejoice?
Matt. 5:12
Romans 5:1-5
Phil. 1:18
Phil 4:4
1 Pet 4:13
March 14, 2007
Week Five
1. Read chapter 5, “A Spring of Goodness”. What is something that stood out to you about this chapter? What is something new that you might not have considered before? Was there something particularly convicting?
2. Besides a husband, who is another person/or other people in our lives that we could do goodness and not evil to? (Read Prov. 3:27, Gal. 6:10) What are some practical good things that you might know to do for that person or those people?
3. Where there is a desire to do goodness, there is the temptation to do evil. Elzabeth lists three things in this chapter that can draw us to do evil – a tendency to compare, a growing root of bitterness, a sagging spiritual condition. How have these evils affected your quest to do good all the days of your life? How did you deal with them or how might you deal with them in the future?
4. Is there a relationship or circumstance in your life in which you can PLAN to do good? What is your plan for this week?
5. What are a couple of the ABC’s listed in this chapter that you would like to apply to your own life?
