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If you are a child of God, do you know one of the most important things you can do is read your Bible? That's how you spend time with God and learn more about Him.And there are more reasons you want to get to know your Bibleit shows you how to live God's way. The Bible can help you...know how to find good friendsget along better with your parents and familymake right choices instead of wrong oneslearn how to use your time wellgrow and become a stronger ChristianThe Bible is God's message especially for you. Take your first steps now to discovering just how much He loves and cares for you!

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	01 avril 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736962575
Langue	English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version , NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Verses marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version . Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Verses marked NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible , 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. ( www.Lockman.org )
Verses marked TLB are taken from The Living Bible copyright 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Verses marked ASV are taken from the American Standard Version of the Bible.
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A GIRL S GUIDE TO DISCOVERING HER BIBLE
Copyright 2015 Elizabeth George
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
George, Elizabeth, 1944-
A girl s guide to discovering her Bible / Elizabeth George.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-7369-6256-8 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6257-5 (eBook)
1. Bible-Textbooks. 2. Girls-Religious life. I. Title.
BS605.3.G55 2015
220.6 1 dc23
2014040398
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Dedication
For my precious granddaughters,
Taylor Zaengle
Katie Seitz
Grace Seitz
Lily Seitz
May you
Study the Bible to be wise;
Believe it to be safe;
Practice it to be holy.
Study it through,
pray it in,
work it out,
note it down,
pass it on. 1
Contents
Dedication
1. Discovering Treasure
2. Putting First Things First
3. Being a Girl After God s Heart
4. Defining True Beauty
5. Finding a Role Model, Part 1
6. Finding a Role Model, Part 2
7. Finding a Role Model, Part 3
8. Walking by the Spirit, Part 1
9. Walking by the Spirit, Part 2
10. Growing More Like Jesus
Notes
You Are Invited
More Books by Elizabeth George
About the Publisher
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Discovering Treasure
O h, how I wish I could meet you and see your room or your place! Nothing is as special as your personal space. If you re like most girls, you ve probably got lots and lots of cool stuff in your space. And I m guessing that you have lots of colorful pens, pencils, and markers for drawing, making greeting cards, working on crafts, and writing in your journal.
Well, to this day, I still love and use colored pens and markers. And the M-O-S-T special way I use them is when I am reading my Bible. Here s how it all started.
When I was about your mom s age, I purchased my very first Bible. As I was paying for it, I noticed a glass bowl filled with brightly colored highlighter pens on the checkout counter. On a whim, I reached into that bowl and picked out a gold marker. And I prayed! Maybe it was because I had been a Christian for only three days before buying a Bible, but in my heart I prayed and talked to God:
God, I m a new Christian, and I don t know anything about You. I m going to start reading my brand-new Bible tomorrow and mark everything I learn about You, God, with this shiny gold highlighter.
And then I spotted a pink highlighter-my favorite color! So I picked it out of the bowl too, and I prayed again:
And God, I don t know anything about being a Christian woman, wife, or mom. When I start reading my new Bible tomorrow, I m going to mark everything I learn about women and being a woman with my super-special hot-pink highlighter.
And you know what? The next day, I opened up my crisp new Bible, laid out my two new marking pens, and-I discovered treasure! Without knowing it, I was living what the Bible says: If you look for wisdom and understanding and search for it as for hidden treasure, you will find it (Proverbs 2:4).
Discovering Treasure
See for yourself what I found on my first day of reading my Bible, on the first page, in the first book of the Bible, in the first verse in the Bible! It was my first marking with my gold pen. If your Bible is handy, open it up to Genesis 1:1.
With your pen or pencil or maybe a highlighter pen, mark what you learn about God in this one verse.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth .
What solid fact does this verse reveal about God?
I kept reading and then I found a verse that called for my pink highlighter pen.
Genesis 1:27-With your pen or pencil or highlighter pen (maybe pink?), mark in your Bible what you learn about yourself as a woman, as a female.
God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them .
What do you learn about God in this verse?
What do you learn about man and woman?
As a young woman, I m sure you hear a lot about self-image. But let s think about God-image instead. How does this verse help you with the way you can and should view yourself? Or, put another way, how would you complete this sentence?
I am created by
and in the image of
Got Problems?
Believe me, I know from my own years as a girl and from raising two daughters that the early years are challenging ones. Some days it seems like everything is new and you wonder, What happened while I was sleeping?! On other days, all you can think is, I m bored.
I ve heard the heart-cries of thousands of girls, and here are just a few of their questions and problems:
My brother and sister are driving me crazy!
Why do my parents set so many strict rules? I can t do anything fun.
Why is it so hard to find a friend? Is something wrong with me?
I wish Mom would let me choose my own clothes.
It seems like all my parents do is correct me and nag me about my chores and homework.
Well, here s some good news. No matter what your problem is, God has the help and answers you need. No matter how bad things seem or become, if you are faithful to look to God s Word each day, He has help and answers for your problems. Every time you open your Bible, God gives you:
- instructions on how to live and make right choices
- encouragement and comfort when your heart hurts
- guidelines and wisdom for handling your problems
- strength for dealing with stressful situations
- promises for whatever you worry about
And best of all, you have Him-all of Him-when you read God s Word!
What do you learn about God in the following verses?
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the L ORD your God will be with you wherever you go (Joshua 1:9).
Be
Do not
Do not
For/because
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me (Psalm 23:4).
When I
I will
For/because
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds (Psalm 147:3).
God
God
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10).
Do not
Do not
God will
God will
I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:38-39).
In a few words, what do these verses say about God s love for you?
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
The source of Scripture
The uses of Scripture
The end result- so that
A Few Facts About the Bible
I hope you are beginning to sense how excited I was when God s Word began to guide me. My Bible wasn t just another book on my shelf that was gathering dust. No, it was alive and real! And the same can be true for you as well.
Here are a few important facts about the Bible:
Fact #1: The Bible is supernatural. It is the Word of God. What does this verse tell you about the Bible?
All Scripture is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16).
Fact #2: The Bible is forever. You already know about fads. Clothing styles come and go. Music styles change-and so do hairstyles. Well, God Himself tells us that we can trust 100 percent of His Word. What does this verse tell you about the Bible?
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever (Isaiah 40:8).
Fact #3: The Bible is useful. In your Bible, read Psalm 19:7-11 and circle each claim the Bible makes for itself, and then underline how useful it can be to you. I have done the first part of verse 7 for you as an example.

The statutes of the L ORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the L ORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the L ORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the L ORD is pure,
enduring forever.
The decrees of the L ORD are firm,
and all of them are righteous.
10 They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the honeycomb.
11 By them your servan