I have a confession to make. I’m a little nervous about doing this particular Bible study. First, Hebrews is full of deep spiritual truth. I don’t want us to miss anything. I long to glorify God as I guide us into His Word and I want you to benefit! Second, this video thing is a little disconcerting. Talking to my laptop feels strange and when it comes to this techie stuff I’m all thumbs. I’d much prefer we could all sit down in a room together.
But I do believe God has prepared this journey for us. We can learn so much from Him as we study together – even virtually! So, start with the 7-minute video and then read below for a few instructions and to download this week’s lesson.
Intro Lesson PDF
- Download this week’s lesson as a PDF
- I’d love to know who is joining us. If you feel comfortable doing it, leave a comment to say hello and tell us what state you’re from!
- Prayerfully complete your lesson before next Friday
- Leave comments, ask questions, interact with me and other participants right here in the comment section of this blog post
- Then come back next Friday!
Hey Kathy!
I’m excited about this Hebrews study. I was looking for a new study and here you are! Thank you for allowing God to lead your life. I’m looking forward to this journey with you.
Blessings,
Janie
Have been looking for an online study. I think this is it. Thanks. (Julie Sanders sent me here)
Hey Janie! So glad you found the study and we can do this together!
Hi Susan! I hope the study will bless and encourage you. Thanks for giving it a try.
Hey Kathy, I’m here following along. I have been in Hebrews for a couple weeks, so thought your study would be an awesome way to learn and reinforce.
(I’m in Baton Rouge, Louisiana).
Hi Jennifer! Welcome. Louisiana is my home state. I was born and raised in Shreveport. Graduated from La Tech. I’m glad you’ve joined us. I pray God will encourage you in your study!
Great job Kathy on the intro video session. I can hardly wait until 4:00 PM when I can download the file to get to work on this week’s lesson.
Hi Miss Kathy!
I’m excited as well and love that you are doing this. I love to learn and soak up God’s word…anytime.
You’re doing an awesome thing.
Madison, Georgia.
I have done other studies of yours online so excited to dig into this one.
Hi Katie Lin! So glad you can join in from Georgia. I love that the fact that women from all over the country can study God’s Word together.
It’s a sweetly amazing thing.
I am in awe.
Hi im Karey from Texas and ill be joining in! Just downloaded the first weeks lesson and im excited…nice to meet everyone….
Hi Karey! Happy to have you join us! I’m so excited about what God’s going to teach all of us.
Hi Kathy! I am joining you from Charlotte, NC. I am so excited about this study! I have never done a study on Hebrews and I can’t wait to learn more about God! Thank you for doing this.
Welcome Tracy! I love Charlotte. It’s a beautiful city. So glad you decided to study Hebrews with us. This is an incredible piece of God’s Word.
Hi Kathy, I will be following from Tennessee.
Hi Kathy. So neat that you will be leading the study through Hebrews 🙂 – I live in Arizona now, but originally from Germany 🙂
Hi Iris! Glad you’ve joined us all the way from Germany – via Arizona! I’m looking forward to a great time studying God’s Word together.
Hi Peggy! Happy to have a Tennessee girl with us!
Hey Kathy,
I was so glad to find out that you would be doing a bible study online as I never had the opportunity to be involved in one that you were leading in Canada! Mike and I are living in Arizona planting a new church and I look forward with excitement as to what God will be teaching me through this study! Thank you for being willing to do this and the video was great!
Hi Kathy! My name is Shannon and I’m from California. Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity to study the book of Hebrews online. I am so grateful for this blessing and I am greatly looking forward to delving even further into God’s word.
I haven’t noticed any other participants mentioning experincing this difficulty, but for some reason I am unable to open either of the links to the Intro Lesson. If you could please help with this, I would greatly appreciate it…I can’t wait to start this Bible study! Thank you again for sharing this opportunity online.
Debbie! Glad you’re here! And I’m glad we can finally study God’s Word together.
Hi Shannon! So glad you’re joining us from California.
Ladies, a couple of you have had trouble with the links to the study. I did discover that they work from the main blog page but not from the page with the comments. Don’t know what the problem is but I will try to figure it out. In the meantime, if you are having trouble, just click on “blog” in the tool bar and click through from that page.
Doing your study with a friend, a FB friend and I have invited a few more to do it also! I’m excited to see what the Lord has in store for us. I did your Before His Throne study two summers ago and was challenged greatly. I thought the intro video was very natural, and I felt like we were doing the study together. 🙂 Joining you from Canton, Ohio!
Welcome Amber! “Before His Throne” challenged me greatly while writing it – and every time I teach it! God continues to teach me what it means to fear Him. Happy you are joining us from Ohio.
Hi Kathy,
Joining from Tenn. Looking forward to this study!
I just left an “I’m in” comment on your invitation post. I’m very excited to start this study on Hebrews online with you and the other ladies who read your blog! I’m going to start the introduction today! Thanks so much for doing this.
Living for Him, Joan
Hi Kathy! My name is Valerie from Alabama. Thank you so much for doing this Bible Study online! I am really looking forward to growing in God’s word!
Hi Joanna! Thanks for joining in from Tennessee. I love that we have ladies from all over the US – and even from other countries studying God’s Word together.
Welcome Valerie! I am thrilled that I could do this here on the site. It’s a blessing for me to get to study with all of you ladies from all over!
Ladies, let’s talk. As you read in the lesson, the original readers of Hebrews were feeling pressured by the culture around them to compromise or even leave their faith. Our culture today constantly pushes us to do the same. Where are you vulnerable? Something God has been showing me lately is in the area of finances. I’m tempted to hang on to too much and give away too little. I worry about the economy, the future, and our retirement. But I could meet more needs than I do if I trusted God more. What about you?
Hi Kathy!
My name is Rose and I am joining in from Northern California….very excited for this study.
We are going through the book of Hebrews in our church…I love the ‘coincidence’ of God’s timing…that and all our group studies are either full, don’t work with my schedule or I have done more than once….coincidence? Never 🙂
Bless you!
Rose
Hi Rose! Hebrews is so full of rich truths you can’t get too much of it. God must have something He wants you to really get! You can share your insights from church here with us.
Hi Kathy! Thanks for the invitation to join you (and others) on this journey. I’m a young woman w/ a strong desire to draw closer to God. I’m looking forward to this study. God’s peace.
Hi Leah! Glad you are joining us!
Hi Kathy,
I’ll be joining this study (my first ever!). I’m from Sweden and found you through a blog I read. It’ll be really interesting to do this study 🙂
Welcome Emmie! Excited that you are joining us all the way from Sweden! God bless you as you study His Word.
Hi Kathy, I am excited to be joining you from Zomora, Ecuador. Looking forward to what our Father has in store. Thanks for making this available.
God’Child
Dorothy
Whoops! I guess I need to learn to read instructions better! I didn’t mention where I was from in my comment (#27) above – I’m joing this study from Northern California!
Blessings!
Dorothy,welcome. So exciting to have you join us from Ecuador! God is good.
Thank you so much and God bless you for this study! Joining in and stumbling towards the Lord from the ‘desert of Christianity’ here in New England (Connecticut).
Hi Denise! I pray that God will use this study to water the dry places!
Hello, My name is Tammi Wentzel, I have been looking for a Bible Study to be involved in and am looking forward to stuyding with you all. I am from North Canton Ohio. Krist Stephens shared the link that led me here. Thank you.
Welcome Tammi! Glad you joined in!
Hi! I’m from Manitoba, Canada and look forward this relevant study and to the challenge and lessons we will surely get from it. I love the opportunity to connect with women around the world as we study together!
Hi Iris! So happy to have another Canadian with us. I love Canada. We lived in Alberta for 7 years.
Kathy –
LOVE this idea and am excited to join you on the Hebrews study. I read through the entire Bible last year and am so amazed at all I learned.
Ready to dig alongisde you!
Jeanette in McKinney, Texas
Hi Jeanette! Glad you’re joining us!
Hey, Kathy! This is Kerri from Katy, TX! It’s so good to get to hear your voice again through the videos! Miss you tons!!!! I got a late start on this, but I’m on board and spreading the word, or link I should say. I did an online study a couple of years ago through a lady’s blog and found it really beneficial and super convenient. It was cool to read the comments from so many folks, too. Great idea! Love ya!
Hey Kathy,
This is Tina from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, I believe this will be a great study and a good thing that it’s on line. I got a late start on this but I believe it will be beneficial and work along with my school schedule.
Hey Kathy I’m just now joining in! I’m always late but better late than never! Looking forward to it!
I’m sorry I forgot to say where I’m from also! I am from Andrews, TX
Hi Kathy… This is Jill from Searcy Arkansas. I’m not sure how you are wanting to “discuss” so I’m just going to assume that each week we all discuss our download from the previous Friday.
In our introduction you mentioned the question of conformity. Some of the examples around me (including me) of conforming to our culture are as our family likes to call “wretched excess.” We live in this country and are probably all in the top 1% of wealth in this world. I know that we have too much. I know that we don’t take care of the needy like we should. We don’t even “socialize” in circles of need. What are we going to be accountable for one day? Some of the most definite commands of the NT are to take care of those who can’t take care of themselves. I struggle with this everyday.
I personally think it’s tougher to be obedient in the culture we live in..(especially America) I know we are blessed…but at what cost? I’m not sure my FAITH is compromised…but my obedience sure is. Can you even have one without the other?
Hi Jill! So glad you’re here! You are so right, we have so much stuff here in the US. God has begun to convict me in some of those same areas.
I’m happy to be joining you from Northern IL!!
Hi Martha! Thanks for joining in!
Hi Kathy,
We’re still in Luanda, Angola. It’s great to get to study with you from around the world! Technology is amazing! God bless you as you lead us in this new format. Hi to everyone in Midland too!!
Marcia, hey!! So glad you are joining us from the other side of the world! I love technology too and all God can do with it.
Hi! I am starting a week late, but thrilled to be a part of this study! A friend (Valerie) posted this study on her facebook page, and I am so glad I saw it!
Hi Mindy, so glad you are joining us! Thanks to Valerie for passing it along!
Hi my name is Denise and as you can see I’m just starting this study hoping it will build my faith more and I am from Roswell NM and I see everyone did this study back in 2011 so now in 2016 I will start my study. God Bless
Hi Denise, I am so glad you found this material! Yes, I first posted this material 5 years ago and had ladies doing it together then. But others have found it and used it over the years. I love the book of Hebrews. May God bless your study of His Word!