Sarah continues Sept. 1

Ladies Bible Study Sept. 1

We opened with prayer

We continued in Bible connections pg. 20 question 3

Respond to the statement: no good has ever come from any violation of the “one-flesh” principle of monogamy.

We read:  Genesis 29:23-31; 2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Kings 11:1-4; Matthew 19:4-5; 1 Corinthians 7:2

No sin is ever good in the sight of God, but if our sins left us here in front of God as no good, we would be without hope.  It brings us to Romans 8:28. And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

But we need to look at the consequences of your sin and how they affect not only us but those in our lives. But, God is working with us through all our sinning.  My sins still have consequences today, but everything that we are working through as Christians is working toward the good.

Like a pipe cleaner that gets kinked and we cannot straighten, our sin messes with our lives and we are in bondage by the sins that have flowed through generations.  We need to turn to the one true God, who is the one that can straighten our lives.

We had a lot of discussion about the imperfectness that have happened in the world around us and how adultery and sex outside of marriage has caused problems.  We all had instances to relate and also how God has used the things in our lives to change us and turn us to Him.  WE have to be careful not to label others as no good.  God does as he directs.

Abraham was a weak link with Sarah, but he broke the marriage trust. We have to be constantly on guard to keep from sin.  Sin affects us and leaves us with scars. We need to be alert to the spirit and run from the sin and temptation around us.

Isaiah 61

61 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,

Because the Lord has anointed me

To bring good news to the afflicted;

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to captives

And freedom to prisoners;

2 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord

And the day of vengeance of our God;

To comfort all who mourn,

3 To grant those who mourn in Zion,

Giving them a garland instead of ashes,

The oil of gladness instead of mourning,

The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.

So they will be called oaks of righteousness,

The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

Ecclesiastes 7:13 
Consider the work of God,
For who is able to straighten what He has bent?
¹⁴ In the day of prosperity be happy,
But in the day of adversity consider—
God has made the one as well as the other
So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.

We remember where we came from and the grace that gets us through.

Zechariah 13:9

⁹ “And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Let us lift up our voices to proclaim “The Lord is my God” and to turn away from the sins that so easily beset us.