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    The Names of God - Women's Bible Study Leader Guide: His Character Revealed
    The Names of God - Women's Bible Study Leader Guide: His Character Revealed
    The Names of God - Women's Bible Study Leader Guide: His Character Revealed
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    The Names of God - Women's Bible Study Leader Guide: His Character Revealed

    By Melissa Spoelstra

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    Know God better through a study of His names.

    Today’s culture and others’ views, even those of other Christians, can present a distorted view of God. Some suggest God exudes qualities He does not possess such as being unloving or apathetic toward His creation. In a world where we find people creating God in their own image, studying God’s names can remind us that we are created in His. In fact, one of the best ways to know God’s true character and grow closer to Him is to study His names.

    In The Names of God, Melissa Spoelstra leads women on an exploration of the many names of our triune God—from El and Elohim to Yahweh and its many combinations to names such as Abba, Jesus, and Holy Spirit…and many others.

    As women study the names of God, their ideas about God will become more grounded in what His names tell them, and thus more personal, allowing a greater trust in Him to share the details of their lives. Whether having walked with God for many years or just starting out in a relationship with Him, by the end of this study women will not only know more about God but will know Him better—because through the discovery of God’s names, they will discover Him!

    The Leader Guide contains session plan outlines, complete with discussion points and questions, activities, prayers, and more—plus leader helps for facilitating a group.

    Components for this six-week Bible study, each available separately, include a Participant Workbook, a Leader Guide, DVD with six 25-minute segments (with closed captioning), and a boxed Leader Kit containing one of each component.

    - A six-week study of the names of God.
    - Inspires women to have a more personal and trusting relationship with God.
    - DVD features dynamic, engaging teaching in six 25-minute segments.
    - Strong, solid Bible study from popular Bible teacher and speaker Melissa Spoelstra.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateAug 4, 2020
    ISBN9781501878114
    The Names of God - Women's Bible Study Leader Guide: His Character Revealed
    Author

    Melissa Spoelstra

    Melissa Spoelstra is a popular women’s conference speaker (including the Aspire Women’s Events), Bible teacher, and author who is madly in love with Jesus and passionate about helping others to seek Christ and know Him more intimately. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Bible Theology and enjoys teaching God’s Word to diverse groups and churches within the body of Christ. She is a contributor to Girlfriends in God online devotional as well as Proverbs 31 ministries First Five app. She is the author of eight Bible studies (Acts, The Names of God, Romans, Elijah, Numbers, First Corinthians, Joseph, and Jeremiah) and four books (Total Family Makeover, Total Christmas Makeover, 30 Days of Prayer for Spiritual Stamina, and Dare to Hope). Melissa makes her home in Waxahachie, Texas, with her pastor husband and four kids.

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      The Names of God - Women's Bible Study Leader Guide - Melissa Spoelstra

      HIS CHARACTER REVEALED

      A BIBLE STUDY BY

      MELISSA SPOELSTRA

      LEADER GUIDE

      The Names of God

      His Character Revealed

      Leader Guide

      Copyright © 2020 Abingdon Press

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission can be addressed to Permissions, The United Methodist Publishing House, 2222 Rosa L. Parks Blvd., Nashville, TN 37228-1306 or emailed to permissions@umpublishing.org.

      ISBN 978-1-5018-7810-7

      All Scriptures are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

      20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29—10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      CONTENTS

      About the Author

      Introduction

      Getting Started

      Tips for Tackling Five Common Challenges

      Basic Leader Helps

      Introductory Session

      Week 1: El (Part 1)

      Hashem, Elohim, El Elyon, El Roi

      Week 2: El (Part 2)

      El Shaddai, El Olam, El-Elohe-Israel, El Chay

      Week 3: Yahweh (Part 1)

      Yahweh Elohim, Yahweh Yireh, Yahweh Rapha, Yahweh Nissi

      Week 4: Yahweh (Part 2)

      Yahweh Shalom, Yahweh Sabaoth, Yahweh Raah, Yahweh Tsidkenu, Yahweh Shammah

      Week 5: Adonai, Abba, Holy Spirit

      Adonai, Abba, Ruwach, Holy Spirit-Teacher, Holy Spirit-Comforter

      Week 6: Jesus

      Savior, Messiah, Redeemer, I AM, Name Above All Names

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      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Melissa Spoelstra is a popular women’s conference speaker (including the Aspire Women’s Events), Bible teacher, and author who is madly in love with Jesus and passionate about studying God’s Word and helping women of all ages to seek Christ and know Him more intimately through serious Bible study. Having a degree in Bible theology, she enjoys teaching God’s Word to the body of Christ, and traveling to diverse groups and churches across the nation and also to Nairobi, Kenya, for a women’s prayer conference. Melissa is the author of the Bible studies Romans: Good News That Changes Everything, Elijah: Spiritual Stamina in Every Season, Numbers: Learning Contentment in a Culture of More, First Corinthians: Living Love When We Disagree, Joseph: The Journey to Forgiveness, and Jeremiah: Daring to Hope in an Unstable World, and the books Dare to Hope, Total Family Makeover: 8 Practical Steps to Making Disciples at Home, and Total Christmas Makeover: 31 Devotions to Celebrate with Purpose. She is a regular contributor to the Proverbs 31 First Five App and the Girlfriends in God online daily devotional. She has published articles in ParentLife, Women’s Spectrum, and Just Between Us and writes her own regular blog in which she shares her musings about what God is teaching her on any given day. Melissa lives in Pickerington, Ohio, with her pastor husband, Sean, and their four kids: Zach, Abby, Sara, and Rachel.

      Follow Melissa:

      @MelSpoelstra

      @Daring2Hope

      @Author MelissaSpoelstra

      Her blog MelissaSpoelstra.com

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      INTRODUCTION

      It amazes me that we serve a God who has revealed Himself to us. He isn’t hiding in the shadows or maintaining His distance from us. In fact, He desires to be known. One of the amazing ways He shows us His character is through His names!

      God cannot be contained in just one identifier, so Scripture reveals His many names to help us draw nearer to Him. From the first words in the Bible to the final pages, we find God revealing His nature so we might know and trust Him more.

      As you lead your group, I pray that women will learn names they may have

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