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More than 190,000 copies of Elizabeth George's Growth and Study Guides have been sold! Her newest one, based on her encouraging book Loving God with All Your Mind (more than 200,000 copies sold), provides insights and thoughtful questions to help womenfocus on God and His principles for lifeturn daily struggles over to Godapply God's truths to everyday liferecognize and live God's purpose for their livesfind peace in all circumstancesDrawing on biblical wisdom, Elizabeth helps women sort through their emotions and find inner strength and peace by focusing on what is true and godly. For group or personal study.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 janvier 1999
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736934138
Langue	English

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G ROWTH AND S TUDY G UIDE
Loving
God
with All
Your
Mind
Elizabeth George
HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS EUGENE , OREGON

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Verses marked TLB are taken from The Living Bible , Copyright 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. 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 )
Italicized text in Scripture quotations indicates author s emphasis.
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Acknowledgment
As always, thank you to my dear husband, Jim George, M.Div.,Th.M., for your able assistance, guidance, suggestions, and loving encouragement on this project.
LOVING GOD WITH ALL YOUR MIND GROWTH AND STUDY GUIDE
Copyright 2005 by Elizabeth George
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 0-7369-1383-1
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America
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C ONTENTS
Acknowledgment
An Invitation to Love God Even More!
1. Thinking on the Truth
2. Thinking the Truth About God and His Word
3. Thinking the Truth About Others
4. Thinking the Truth About the Future
5. Thinking the Truth About the Past and Present
6. Taking Every Thought Captive
7. Focusing on Today
8. Scaling the Mountain of Today
9. Living One Day at a Time
10. Living Out of God s Grace
11. Remembering to Forget
12. Finding the Gold
13. Going On and On and On
14. Focusing Forward and Sailing On!
15. Keep On Keeping On
16. Pressing Toward God s Purpose
17. Trusting the Lord
18. Knowing God s Promise
19. Becoming Faith Oriented
20. Navigating the Maze of Life
21. Enduring Difficult Times
22. Bearing Fruit During Difficult Times
23. Becoming God s Masterpiece
24. Living Out God s Promise
25. Responding to Life s Turning Points
26. Majoring on the Minors
27. Trusting God in the Dark
28. Accepting the Unacceptable
Leading a Bible Study Discussion Group
Books by Elizabeth George
About the Author
A Woman After God s Own Heart
A Woman After God s Own Heart Study Series
An Invitation to
L OVE G OD E VEN M ORE !

A Word of Welcome
Welcome to this helpful and practical handbook for you and others who yearn to love God-even more! I have revised the book Loving God with All Your Mind and updated and expanded the study questions to more effectively share six powerful promises from God that are truly life-changing! In fact, I ve been told they are life- saving!
A Word of Instruction
The exercises in this study guide are easy to follow and to do. You ll need your copy of the revised edition of the book Loving God with All Your Mind (2005), your Bible, a dictionary, and a heart ready to change. In each lesson you ll be asked to read the corresponding chapter from Loving God with All Your Mind and to answer the questions designed to guide you to a deeper understanding of what it means to love God. By focusing on God and the truths found in His Word, the Bible, you ll become better equipped to handle your personal life issues and challenges.
A Word for Your Group
Of course, you can grow as you work your way through the biblical principles presented in this study guide and apply them to your life. But I urge you to share the rich and life-changing journey with others-with your friends, your neighbors, your Sunday school class, or Bible study. In a group, no matter how small or large, there is personal care and interest. There is sharing. There are sisters-in-Christ to pray for you. There is a mutual exchange of experiences. There is accountability. And, yes, there is peer pressure which always helps us get our lessons done so that glorious growth occurs! There is sweet, sweet encouragement as you share God s Word with one another and stimulate one another to greater love and good works.
To aid the one who is guided by God to lead a group, I ve included a section in the back of this growth and study guide entitled Leading a Bible Study Discussion Group. You may also find this information and more on my website: www.elizabethgeorge.com .
A Word of Encouragement
If you will use the truths and the promises from God s Word that are spotlighted in the book Loving God with All Your Mind and in this exciting new study guide, by God s grace and with His help, you will begin to overcome the thoughts that overwhelm you with fear worry depression anxiety discouragement blaming bitterness hopelessness
You-yes, you!-can know the inner joy and peace that comes from focusing your mind on what is true and good. The truths shared in this book will indeed positively transform your life and the way you think, feel, and live!
In His everlasting love,
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T HINKING ON THE T RUTH

In Loving God with All Your Mind , read the chapter entitled Thinking on the Truth. What meant the most to you from this chapter or helped you think more accurately about God s character and the truth of His Word?
What offered you the greatest challenge or blessing, and why?
Overcoming Depression
I shared my struggles with depression and my dark days. Now it s your turn. What have you been struggling with in your personal life, either currently or at some time in the past?
God has the power to change us and the way we think. What remarkable progress have you made in gaining victory this week or at a previous time?
Turning to God s Word
I shared three practices God used to turn my life and daily struggles around. These disciplines centered around Philippians 4:8. Your problem is probably different from mine, but the methods for turning to and applying God s Word that follow on the next page can help you as well.
Memorizing God s Word -Write out Philippians 4:8 from your Bible here. Then write out your plan for memorizing it.
Meditating on God s Word -Meditating on Scripture involves asking questions about its meaning. For instance, think about how each of the eight virtues fits into the meaning of Philippians 4:8. Why is each one important? Which one is your favorite and why? Which do you admire most in others? Take a minute to answer any or all of these questions or ask and answer your own questions. The most important thing in meditation is to think -to ponder-on the verse and you can do that anywhere and at any time!
Applying God s Word -Regarding the application of God s Word, what is the message of James 1:22?
As you think about these three practices, what steps do you need to take?
Thinking on These Things
Look again at Philippians 4:8. What is the command in this verse? What boundaries does it place on your thoughts?
Breaking Through
Of the 10,000 thoughts that flow through your mind every day, how can thinking on the truth help with your thought life? What is a blessed result of following the advice of Philippians 4:8, according to verse 9?
Making Progress
Whatsoever things are true think on these things. Give an example from this past week of how the practice of these eight words corrected your unhealthy thinking.
Realizing Strength for Daily Life
Hopefully the benefits of thinking on what is true and/or real are beginning to be evident. Share one instance when you realized God s strength for your daily life or for a trial because you chose to think on the truth.
What does Philippians 4:6-7 also advise for handling any problems?
Loving God Even More
Read this section in your book again. As you consider the contents of this chapter and God s amazing love for you, what can you do this week, in obedience to Christ
to think on the truth?
to train your thoughts?
to love God with all your mind?
Think on these things .
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T HINKING THE T RUTH A BOUT G OD AND H IS W ORD

In Loving God with All Your Mind , read the chapter entitled Thinking the Truth About God and His Word. What meant the most to you from this chapter or helped you think more accurately about God s character and the truth of His Word?
What offered you the greatest challenge or blessing, and why?
Thinking the Truth about God
Which of the following ideas or feelings do you regularly entertain?
- I m not really forgiven.
- I must not be a Christian.
- God doesn t know what s going on.
- God doesn t see what s happening to me.
- God doesn t understand how I feel.
- God wouldn t do that for me.
- God doesn t care about me.
- Other feelings or thoughts:
What truths do the verses below teach that contradict the ideas and feelings you marked above? How will you begin to change your thoughts so you are thinking the truth about God?
Exodus 2:24-25-
Exodus 3:7-10-
Genesis 16:7-14-
Genesis 21:17-19-
1 Peter 5:7-
Thinking the Truth about God s Word
Read 2 Timothy 3:16. What does this verse say about the value of God s Word?
Now, write out 1 John 1:9 from your Bible. What does this verse say about forgiveness?
Read Colossians 1:14. How does this verse give you additional assistance in thinking forgiven ?
Think the Truth about Ourselves
Read the following verses in your Bible. How can the truths of these verses help you replace the inaccurate ideas you sometimes have about God and yourself?
Psalm 139:14-
1 Corinthians 12:7-11-
Romans 5:8-
Romans 8:35-
2 Timothy 1:9-
Sometimes God s Word says one thing, and we