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Week One Teaching
Designed as a supplement to the Bible study workbook, Significant: Six Ordinary Women, One Extraordinary God (find out more here), this video covers the topic of why a woman of true beauty can trust in God. Watch this video after completing week one of study, before beginning week two. Small group discussion guide follows.
Discussion Guide – Week One
Week Two Teaching
Her life was a struggle: she was unlovely and unloved, but God had big things in store for Leah. Join us for the Significant Bible Study, Session 2 to see how she went from pining for romance to praising the Lord. Learn how you too can proclaim no matter what, “This time, I will praise the Lord” (Genesis 29:35).
Ever get tired of keeping up with the Joneses? In this video, designed to supplement the Significant–Six Ordinary Women, One Extraordinary God workbook, Rachel Risner explains three reasons why God is worthy of our praise, and what happens when we choose to worship Him instead of compete with one another. Small group discussion guide is posted below.
Discussion Guide – Week Two
Week Three Teaching
She was a woman without a future—forgotten and forsaken. Join us for the Significant Bible Study, Session 3, to see how Tamar’s loyalty and bold actions moved her from the margins to the main page of God’s redemptive story. See how you too can choose right living so that others say of you, as they did of Tamar, “she is more righteous than I” (Genesis 38:26).
In a culture where revenge is expected and forgiveness is foreign, how is a woman to respond when she’s wronged? In this video, designed to supplement the Bible study, Significant: Six Ordinary Women, One Extraordinary God, Rachel Risner teaches women about the unexpected power found in showing mercy. Small group study guide in the comments.
Discussion Guide – Week Three
Week Four Teaching
She was a woman with a reputation, her life stained by sin. Join us for the Significant Bible Study, Session 4, and learn how Rahab’s faith in a merciful God gave her life an extreme makeover. No matter your past, like Rahab you can be “shown to be right with God” (James 2:25).
We all need hope to endure through trials and challenges that come our way. But real, courageous hope is so much more than wishing on a star. Listen to Rachel Risner’s teaching and learn what the Bible teaches about courageous hope.
Discussion Guide – Week Four
Week Five
She was an impoverished foreigner, a widow without the prospect of remarriage. Join us for the Significant Bible Study, Session 5, and discover how with faithfulness and courage Ruth went from childless pauper to great-grandmother of royalty. Learn so that people say of you, like Ruth, “you are a virtuous woman” (Ruth 3:11).
What’s a woman to do when she feels like giving up? Pull up herself up by her bootstraps, or cling tenaciously to God? Listen in as Rachel Risner teaches about why we can cling to God when we feel like giving up.
Discussion Guide – Week Five
Week Six
She was a woman whose circumstances made for huge heartache. Join us this week for the final session of the Significant Bible Study to find out how God brought beauty from ashes in Bathsheba’ family and took her from grieving mother to Queen Mother. And in the same way, see how God can bring your relationships restoration and “the joy of (His) salvation,” (Psalm 51:12).
Ever feel like you need to have 30,000 followers, be the CEO of a big company or the star of the latest hit show to have influence? Tune in to this lesson and learn from Rachel Risner what the Bible says about being an influencer. You might be surprised!