Women's Ministry Study Notes

Vision Board Scriptures

*All scriptures from English Standard Version unless otherwise note

Habakkuk 2:2-3

The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith

² And the Lord answered me:

"Write the vision;
    make it plain on tablets,
    so he may run who reads it.
³ For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
    it will surely come; it will not delay.

Some areas you may want to put on your vision board: Your Identity , Your Identity in Christ, Marriage, Health, Finances, Spiritual Discipline, Ministry, Family, Finances, Travel, Prayer Concerns, Mental Health, Work

Start by writing your thoughts

Ask God to confirm your desires, ask questions of God. Lord, is this what you want for me?

Some of my Words for 2018:

Explosion

Laser Focus

Warrior Queen

Beautiful

Fruitful

My Identity is in Christ:

Psalm 139:1-4

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
² You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you discern my thoughts from afar.
³ You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.
⁴ Even before a word is on my tongue,
    behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.

Galatians 3:26

²⁶ for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

I am a desire to realize more fully who I am and to walk out with confidence my purpose as I understand it, with God's strength.

I want to be Bold

Acts 9:28

²⁸ So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.

Acts 14:3

³ So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

2 Corinthians 3:12

¹² Since we have such a hope, we are very bold

I want to be a student of God's Word and to Teach/Encourage Others

2 Timothy 2:15 

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Ezra 7:10

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

Nehemiah 8:13

[ Feast of Booths Celebrated ] On the second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.

I want to have fruit from my life and in my life

Psalm 105:24

²⁴ And the Lord made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.

Marriage

Webster's Dictionary

covenant

noun  cov·e·nant  \ 'k?-v?-n?nt \

: a usually formal, solemn,  or serious agreement or promise 

    the covenant of marriage

Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant

Covenant 

The word "covenant, " infrequently heard in conversation, is quite commonly used in legal, social (marriage), and religious and theological contexts.

The Idea of Covenant. The term "covenant" is of Latin origin (con venire), meaning a coming together. It presupposes two or more parties who come together to make a contract, agreeing on promises, stipulations, privileges, and responsibilities.

I want my marriage to be an example to others.  Why and How?

Better Together by God's Design

1 Peter 3:5-7

⁵ For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ⁶ as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

⁷ Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you  of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

I am a Prayer Warrior: Warrior Queen

Ephesians 3:14-20

Prayer for Spiritual Strength

¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, ¹⁵ from whom every family^[a] in heaven and on earth is named, ¹⁶ that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, ¹⁸ may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, ¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

²⁰ Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

I want to be Generous

Luke 6:38

³⁸ give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."

Romans 12:13

¹³ Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

Philippians 2:4

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Resist Temptations

1 Corinthians 10:13

¹³ No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

James 4:7 

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee fromyou.

John 14:15

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments."