We had our community ladies Bible study again last night, but instead of meeting at the church like usual, everyone came over to our house for dinner!

the lovely and talented Kelly, our waitress 🙂

We had a salad, a pasta bar, garlic bread, and dessert. (Shout out to my sweet hubby for washing all the dishes!!)

We packed 13 of us around our dining room table!

It was such a sweet time of fellowship!  We looked at lies women believe about themselves, like…

The lie: I’m not worth anything.
The truth:  My value is not determined by what others think of me or what I think of myself. My value is determined by how God views me.
 
The lie: I need to learn to love myself.
The truth: I already love myself. By faith, I need to receive God’s love for me. I need to deny myself and let God love others through me.


The lie: I can’t help the way I am.
The truth: If I am a child of God, I can choose to obey God. I am responsible for my own choices.


The lie: I have my rights.
The truth: Claiming rights will put me in bondage. Yielding rights will set me free.


The lie: Physical beauty matters more than inner beauty.
The truth: At best, physical beauty is temporal and fleeting. The beauty that matters most to God is that of my inner spirit and character.


The lie: I should not have to live with unfulfilled longings.
The truth:I will always have unfulfilled longings this side of heaven. The deepest longings of my heart cannot be filled by any created person or thing. If I will accept them, unfulfilled longings will increase my longing for God and for heaven.

Starting in May, we are going to begin meeting twice a month instead of just once a month.  I love these girls so much and I enjoy getting to learn from them as we study Lies Women Believe together!