Believe God's Promises

God's blessings are ours for the taking—if we are just willing to be believe Him.

This week in our book club we are reading about Achsah and Hannah. These two women have very different stories, but they both have one underlying theme...faithfulness.

Achsah was the daughter of Caleb, one of God's most faithful followers. She was pledged to be married to a champion. Her father wanted nothing less than that for his daughter. The right champion came along and they eventually got married, but when it came time for her inheritance, she not only got what was rightfully hers, she ended up with so much more by just asking for it and believing.

As for Hannah, she was already married, but what she was lacking was a child.  She had faith that one day she would become a mother. She was not longing to bring a child into this world just for the sake of having a little one to cuddle and love, she had an urgent feeling that she was called to raise a more faithful generation, and believed that one day God would make that calling come true.

These two women, as do a lot of the women in the bible, have a strong belief that God will answer their prayers and bestow great blessings upon them. We can have the same faithfulness, but we tend to believe otherwise.

The question is...why? We do we think we are not worthy of God's great blessings?

Whether the answer is past relationships with our fathers or the way the current day church views a woman's place, we have accepted the false idea that God only wants to bestow His glorious blessings upon men.

Through the chapters of this book so far, we have been shown that God LOVES lavishing His children with blessings. We have been shown examples of this not just in our chapters this week, but in previous chapters.

Grady gives us a 3-step process of walking in faith and finding our belief in God's promises.

1. First we need to get rid of all the negative voices and doubt.

2. We must welcome those who God sends to us.

3. Lastly, we must hold out for our promise.

What is the promise God has for you? What blessing are you holding out for?

Let's chat about this week's chapters...

1. How long have you been willing to believe that God will fulfill His promise to you? Have you ever given up on that promise?

2. Do you have any past thought processes that have made it hard to believe in God's promise of wondrous blessings?

3. How would you define prosperity? Is it only material possessions for you, or does it mean more?

4. Please share your thoughts about our chapters this week and what stood out to you the most.

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{Written by Bethany}

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