{"id":4140,"date":"2012-11-18T00:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T06:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2013-01-24T23:33:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T04:33:52","slug":"lady-in-waiting-contentment-reading-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/18\/lady-in-waiting-contentment-reading-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady in Waiting: Contentment (Reading Assignment)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Precious girlfriends, how are you doing?\u00a0 I hope you are allowing the truths that we are learning in this Bible study transform your life to the glory of the Lord.\u00a0 I am so blessed to hear from some of you how the study is making you grow into the women that God wants you to be.\u00a0 I can also testify that this book is life changing and I am learning so many new things from each chapter.<\/p>\n<p>This week we are going to learn how to become a Lady of Contentment.\u00a0 This chapter will help us answer questions like &#8211; How does one become content as a single woman in a world full of couples?\u00a0 How do you help a friend who starts planning a wedding just after a first date?\u00a0 Have you been defrauded by yourself or a boyfriend?\u00a0 Do you know what the Eleventh Commandment is?<\/p>\n<p>The Apostle Paul in Philippians 4:11-13 teaches us the Secret to Contentment.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u201cI am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.\u00a0 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty.\u00a0 I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.\u00a0 I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">__________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Here is our reading assignment for Week 8<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>November 19: <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Lady of Contentment \/ Torture of Desire \/ Capacity to Wait \u2013 Michelle<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><br \/>\nNovember 20: <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Wait \/ Ditches of Discontentment \u2013 Jackie<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><br \/>\nNovember 21: <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>11th Commandment \/ Prenuptial Fantasies \u2013 Tonya<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><br \/>\nNovember 22: <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Spiritual Monitor &#8211;\u00a0Tonya<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><br \/>\nNovember 23: <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Mystery of Contentment \/ Stop Arguing with the Umpire \u2013 Diane<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">__________________________<\/p>\n<p><b>LET\u2019S PRAY<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Our Heavenly Father, we thank You each day for leading us to this Bible Study.\u00a0 Thank You for teaching us new truths that are helping us become the women You desire us to be.\u00a0 As we continue in this study, we ask You to continue to transform our minds so that we can be content with our lives as the Apostle Paul was.\u00a0 We ask all this in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Be Blessed<\/p>\n<p>Jackie<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>For the &#8220;Lady in Waiting&#8221; Bible Study, you will need the book, your Bible, pen or pencil, a highlighter and a quiet place. 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