🕯️ 📖 HIDDEN WITH HIM (Week 1 – Strengthened in the Secret Place)

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It’s time to begin the 16th Annual Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study!

Join me for Week 1’s video as we discuss your hidden life and how What Happens in Your Hidden Life Shapes Everything You Do —then pull out your journals and begin!

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Week 1 – Hidden With Him

As we begin to slow down this week, may we experience a sort of reset — where our minds are reset on the things above rather than the things of this earth.

To be hidden with Christ is to find safety in His shadow, peace in His presence, and strength in the quiet places away from the noise of this world. As we enter our personal secret place, we discover that stillness is not emptiness—it is where God meets us, renews us, and becomes our steady refuge.

So let’s get started! I invite you to commit to giving the Lord 15 minutes a day to follow through on the scripture readings, prayers and challenges in this study. God’s Word is alive and active! He will transform you as you turn to his son Jesus, the one who laid his life down for you on the cross, so you can lay your life down and find rest in Him.

Week 1 – Challenge

Go buy an extra-large candle and light your candle every day in your home. Each time the glimmer of the candle catches your eye, slow down, pray and give thanks.

I will be starting mine in the morning but you can start yours at dinner time or whenever is convenient for you. I will be placing mine in the kitchen – the main hub of my home. Let’s make our homes feel like a warm hug and a sweet haven all month long!

When we do not take the time to tend to our own souls – we have nothing left to give to others.

So many times I have found myself busy and running on empty and then I snap – in a moment of frustration and weariness I say or do things that I would never do if I was more rested and connected with the Lord.

And so this month – let’s be intentional!

Here is this week’s Bible Reading Plan

This Week’s Verses of the Day:

(Leaders: You can use these images in your groups by using right click and “save as” or screen shot them.)

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Printable Bible Bookmark

Signature GMG SOAK Bible Study Method

Don’t Miss the Daily Check-Ins on Facebook

Join us EVERY weekday morning ANYTIME after 7:00amEST on Facebook
to discuss the day’s reading assignment.

***Unlike my other Bible Studies, this series will only have MONDAY blog posts. For daily encouragement during this challenge follow me out on –> facebook . I’ll be there every day cheering you on!

Begin your gratitude list now.

Open your journal – or pull out a pen and paper and begin. As you set your pen to the paper – wait on the Lord. Seek God and ask him to show you all the ways he has shown himself to you lately.

Give thanks to God for both the big and small blessings in your life.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
(Psalm 136:1)

It’s time to slow down and be strengthened in the secret place as you walk with the King,

Don’t miss this week’s NEW video below:

I’m so glad you are joining us!
You can use any notebook you have
or if you want the journal, it is available
exclusively on Amazon.

If you’d like to purchase a printable-digital copy
(so you have it right away) at half the price >> GO HERE

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⏳One Week Until We Begin!🍁🍂🧡

In less than one week we begin the
Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study titled:
Strengthened in the Secret Place

THIS Monday, October 20th we begin!

Here is everything you need to begin with us!

1. First – you’ll need your Bible and the study guide!

The Paperback version of Strengthened in the Secret Place can be found on Amazon.

If you want it right away – the Digital – Printable version is available on etsy at half price –> find my Etsy Store here.

2.) Second, Get Your Candles Ready!

It’s time to prepare for the first challenge by finding a large candle. Let’s NOT wait for company to come over to make our homes a haven. It’s okay to light that beautiful candle just for ourselves!

3.) Optional – Print this Printable Bookmark

This printable bookmark has the daily reading plan on it. Print it out and use it as a bookmark or just refer to it here online.

I’ll be kicking us off every Monday here on the blog and posting the reading plan for the week – so no worries if you can’t print this bookmark.

4.) Plan to join me every Monday here on the blog at WomenLivingWell.org

On Mondays, I’ll be posting the Bible reading plan for the week, along with a few reflection questions and a video to kick our study off for the week. I hope this is an added encouragement to you!

5.) Subscribe to the blog

I don’t want you to miss the weekly blog posts! So if you are not subscribed to the blog yet, I encourage you to do that now -> HERE!

7.) Optional – Follow me on my Good Morning Girls Facebook Page

If you are on facebook, I will be posting every weekday morning through out the 4 weeks of our study on the Good Morning Girls Facebook Page. I’ll post at 7am ET and then you can chime in anytime during the day! This community is wonderful! I REALLY hope you will join us.

PLEASE NOTE: I have two facebook pages – I will not be posting daily on the Women Living Well page. The discussions will take place on the GMG page just like when we do our Bible Studies.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: I will NOT be posting daily on my instagram page for discussions like I used to do. The only place for daily posts during this study will be the GMG Facebook Page.

Are there sign ups?

Nope. All you need is your Bible and a copy of Strengthened in the Secret Place and everything else will be provided here for you!

What if I can’t keep up?

No worries! If you fall behind, all the resources will remain available for you here on the blog at the end of this study.

Are you in? I can’t wait to begin this with you this Monday! . See you there!!!

Keep walking with the King,

COURTNEY

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⏱️ It’s Almost Time to Begin: Strengthened in the Secret Place (Bible Study Resources)

Get your candles ready!!!
It’s almost time to begin:
Strengthened in the Secret Place!

You don’t want to miss this!

We begin the ALL NEW
Making Your Home a Haven
Bible Study on Monday, October 20th!

To get your journal in time for the start of our study order the
Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study Journal NOW

The Strengthened in the Secret Place journal is available exclusively on Amazon.

If you’d like to purchase a PRINTABLE-DIGITAL COPY
(so you have it right away) at half the price >> GO HERE

Here’s a look at a few pages from inside the Bible Study Guide:

This study is a 4-Week Journey
to Steady Your Soul, Deepen Your Roots & Stand Firm with God
That’s the focus of this year’s
16th Annual Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study.

Each week, I will provide for you a practical challenge of something I do in my home that makes it more of a haven. I hope you will take the challenges. They do make a difference!
Each weekday, we will pause, give thanks, pray and meditate on God’s Word through SOAKing in the daily scripture reading for the day.
This journal gives you a daily devotional with a reflection question and space for journaling your thoughts on the verses of the day.
There is also space in the journal for your weekly gratitude list and prayer requests.
Also, you will find 4 videos, one per week (every Monday), that correspond with the scriptures we are studying.

Here’s the Bible Reading Plan
and Printable Bookmark

Blog and Social Media Schedule

Blog THIS IS WHERE THE WEEKLY VIDEOS WILL BE POSTED

Mondays – All of the Free Resources for the week including the printable Verses of the Day, Weekly Challenges AND the video for the week will be posted here. (I will not be posting on Fridays.)

Instagram

I’ll be sharing encouragement for your study on the Women Living Well Instagram.

Share pictures of your candles, flowers, playlists and favorite places to rest on Instagram by using the hashtags: #MakingYourHomeAHaven and #WomenLivingWell.

Facebook * THIS IS WHERE OUR DAILY DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE*

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, I’ll be posting the assigned reading of the day at 7:00amEST and an open discussion takes place there. Check it out! It’s wonderful! Go to Good Morning Girls Facebook Page here.

GMG LEADERS:

If you are leading a Facebook Group – right click and “copy – save as” this image below to use as your Facebook Header.

LEADERS: I will be posting the resources for the week every Sunday evening here on the blog – so you can grab all the images and discussion questions you need for the week.

The Good Morning Girls Leaders Manual is available as a digital download for free –> HERE.

Or you can find it out on Amazon in Paperback –> Here.

To access the FREE Leader’s Training Video Series go —–> HERE.

If you are leading a group and you have room for ladies to join you. Please leave a comment below with your Facebook link or your email address.

This study begins on Monday, October 20th!

Are you in?

If you are – it’s time to prepare for the first challenge by finding a large candle. Share in the comments what your favorite scent is!

Let’s NOT wait for company to come over to make our homes a haven.
It’s okay to light that beautiful candle just for ourselves!

Let’s take care of our souls by intentionally creating a physical environment, as well as a spiritual environment, in our homes that brings us closer to God. As a result, we will experience peace and a sense of calmness inside our souls, no matter what we are facing.

There are no sign-ups or enrollments.
Don’t forget to invite your friends!
I can’t wait to take this journey with you!

Keep walking with the King,
Courtney

The paperback journal is available
exclusively on Amazon.

If you’d like to purchase a printable-digital copy
(so you have it right away) at half the price >> GO HERE

{Special Note to GMG Leaders: If you have room in your group – please leave a link to your group in the comment section – thank you!!!}

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12 Ways to Change the Atmosphere of Your Home

In case you missed the first announcement, we are about to begin the ALL NEW Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study on Monday, October 20th.

Every year I get emails asking me if this is the same study from years before,
and the answer is –> NO. Every year I write an ALL NEW STUDY.

The challenges are always the same (lighting a candle daily in your home, keeping a gratitude list etc.) BUT the daily Bible reading, devotionals, and videos are ALL NEW.

This year’s theme is
Strengthened in the Secret Place

We will be learning how to create our own secret place to be Hidden with Him, Rooted and Unshaken, Standing Guard over our heart, mind, peace, gratitude and words, and Bringing Secrets into the Light – our secret thoughts, secret wounds, and secret sins so that we can live a life that shines out of the overflow of our secret place with God.

Seasons are changing outside our homes.
It’s time for a CHANGE INSIDE our homes.

Lighting a candle changes the atmosphere of your home.

During this study, you will be challenged to light a candle everyday in your home!

I will be starting my candle in the morning but you can start yours at dinnertime or whenever is convenient for you. I will be placing mine in the kitchen – the main hub of my home.

Each time the glimmer of the candle catches your eye, slow down, pray, remember God is with you and rest in his presence.

Do you want to change the atmosphere of your home?

Here’s a list of ways to take your home from cold to cozy!

12 Ways to Change the Atmosphere of Your Home

Light a candle.
Turn on soft music, or if you need an energy booster, turn on music with a fast beat.
Set a timer and go through the house de-cluttering for fifteen minutes straight. It’s amazing how much we can accomplish in just fifteen minutes!
Bake some brownies — the aroma is a sure crowd-pleaser.
Put flowers in a vase in the kitchen.
Choose to smile at your family. Use gentle and encouraging words.
Add soft blankets and pillows to make the room feel softer and more inviting.
Give a back rub, tickle, or a hug.
Read a book out loud or pull out a board game to play as a family.
Change the lighting in your home in the evening. Turn on lamps rather than overhead lights. If you have a fireplace, light a fire.
Put on a pot of hot tea, hot cocoa, or hot soup.
Pray.

I can’t wait to begin this study with you!

I hope you will join us on Monday, October 20th for the start of this study!

Every Monday, I will be here on the blog to kick off the week with a new video, the challenge for the week and the Bible Reading Plan for the week.

Every weekday, Monday through Friday, I’ll be posting on the Good Morning Girls Facebook Page the assigned reading of the day at 7:00amEST. Once I post, an open discussion takes place there. Check out our community and come join in! It’s wonderful!

This is my favorite time of the year! I can’t wait to take this journey with you!

Keep walking with the King,
Courtney

The paperback journal is available
exclusively on Amazon.

If you’d like to purchase a printable-digital copy
(so you have it right away) at half the price >> GO HERE

This post contains an affiliate link.

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☕️ 🤎 Introducing the 16th Annual Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study

This is our 16th Annual
Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study!
Each year we have a different focus.
This year we are focusing on being ->
Strengthened In the Secret Place

I want to invite you into a deeply personal, four-week journey designed to steady your soul, deepen your roots, and help you stand firm in your faith.

HERE’S THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
and what we will be covering together.

Together, we will pause daily to read Scripture, reflect, pray, and journal—practicing soul rhythms that help us slow down and listen closely to the Shepherd’s voice.

This journal is available exclusively on Amazon.
If you’d like to purchase a PRINTABLE-DIGITAL COPY
(so you have it right away) at half the price >> Go HERE

Let’s take care of our souls by intentionally creating a physical environment, as well as a spiritual environment, in our homes that brings us closer to God. As a result, we will experience peace and a sense of calmness inside our souls, no matter what we are facing.

Each week, I will provide for you a practical challenge of something I do in my home that makes it more of a haven. I hope you will take the challenges. They do make a difference!
Each weekday, we will pause, give thanks, pray and meditate on God’s Word through SOAKing in the daily scripture reading for the day.
This journal gives you a daily devotional, reflection question and space for journaling your thoughts on the verse of the day.
There is also space in the journal for your weekly gratitude list and prayer requests.
Also, you will find 4 videos, one per week (every Monday), that correspond with the scriptures we are studying.

This study begins on Monday, October 20th!

Here’s the Topic Schedule:

Week 1: Hidden With Him

Day 1 – Strength in Knowing God Psalm 46:10

Day 2 – Resting in the Shadow Psalm 91:1-2

Day 3 – The Secret Place Matthew 6:6

Day 4 – Be Silent Exodus 14:13-14

Day 5 – Wait Patiently Lamentations 3:25-26

Challenge for the Week: Start a daily gratitude list AND go buy an extra-large candle and light a candle everyday in your home. Each time the glimmer of the candle catches your eye, stop, pray and give thanks.

Week 2: Rooted and Unshaken

Day 1 – A Heart Established Psalm 112:7

Day 2 – Steadfast Immovable 1 Corinthians 15:58

Day 3 – Dressed to Stand Ephesians 6:13,18

Day 4 – When Strength Runs Low Proverbs 24:10

Day 5 – Yet I Will Rejoice Hubakkuk 3:17-18

Challenge for the Week: Keep your candle going and add to it soft music everyday in your home. Choose worship, classical or another form of peaceful music that helps you focus on the Lord.

Week 3: Standing Guard

Day 1 – Guard Your Heart Proverbs 4:23

Day 2 – Watch Your Mind Romans 12:2

Day 3 – Protect Your Peace John 14:27

Day 4 – Guard Your Gratitude 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Day 5 – Guard Your Words Proverbs 18:21

Challenge for the Week: Keep your candle burning, the music playing and purchase a small bouquet of flowers for yourself. Let that bouquet be a daily reminder of God’s love and presence with you.

Week 4: Bringing Secrets into the Light

Day 1 – Secret Thoughts Psalm 139:2

Day 2 – Secret Wounds Psalm 34:18

Day 3 – Secret Agreements John 8:31-32

Day 4 – Secret Sins 1 John 1:9

Day 5 – Secret Overflow Matthew 5:16

Challenge for the Week: Rest is a need not a want. Rest is not optional and it is a blessing from the Lord. So, seek out a place of solitude to rest and pray. Get alone with God outside or in your home. Be still with God and take a much needed bubble bath, nap or still time with the Lord.

Signature GMG SOAK Bible Study Method

Blog and Social Media Schedule

Blog THIS IS WHERE THE WEEKLY VIDEOS WILL BE POSTED

Instagram

I’ll be sharing encouragement for your study on the Women Living Well Instagram.

Share pictures of your candles, flowers, playlists and favorite places to rest on Instagram by using the hashtags: #MakingYourHomeAHaven and #WomenLivingWell.

Facebook * THIS IS WHERE OUR DAILY DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE*

Are you in?

It’s time to prepare for the first challenge by going out and purchasing a large candle. Share in the comments what your favorite scent is!

There are no sign-ups or enrollments.

Don’t forget to invite your friends!

I’m so grateful to walk this path with you. May this season in God’s secret place draw you closer, root you deeper, and strengthen you for all He has ahead. I can’t wait to take this journey with you!

Walk with the King,

Courtney

This study begins on Monday, October 20th!

The paperback journal is available
exclusively on Amazon.

If you’d like to purchase a printable-digital copy
(so you have it right away) at half the price >> GO HERE

This post contains an affiliate link.

The post ☕️ 🤎 Introducing the 16th Annual Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study appeared first on Women Living Well.

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{Cue the Confetti!!!}

Week 1 – Hidden With Him

Week 1 – Challenge

Here is this week’s Bible Reading Plan

This Week’s Verses of the Day:

Signature GMG SOAK Bible Study Method

Don’t Miss the Daily Check-Ins on Facebook

Begin your gratitude list now.

Comments

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In less than one week we begin the Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study titled: Strengthened in the Secret Place THIS Monday, October 20th we begin!

1. First – you’ll need your Bible and the study guide!

2.) Second, Get Your Candles Ready!

3.) Optional – Print this Printable Bookmark

4.) Plan to join me every Monday here on the blog at WomenLivingWell.org

5.) Subscribe to the blog

7.) Optional – Follow me on my Good Morning Girls Facebook Page

Are there sign ups?

What if I can’t keep up?

COURTNEY

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Get your candles ready!!!It’s almost time to begin: Strengthened in the Secret Place!

You don’t want to miss this! We begin the ALL NEW Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study on Monday, October 20th!

Here’s a look at a few pages from inside the Bible Study Guide:

Here’s the Bible Reading Plan and Printable Bookmark

Blog and Social Media Schedule

Blog ***THIS IS WHERE THE WEEKLY VIDEOS WILL BE POSTED***

Instagram

Facebook *** THIS IS WHERE OUR DAILY DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE***

GMG LEADERS:

***If you are leading a group and you have room for ladies to join you. Please leave a comment below with your Facebook link or your email address. ***

This study begins on Monday, October 20th!

Are you in?

Comments

Related Stories

Seasons are changing outside our homes. It’s time for a CHANGE INSIDE our homes.

Lighting a candle changes the atmosphere of your home.

Do you want to change the atmosphere of your home?

12 Ways to Change the Atmosphere of Your Home

I can’t wait to begin this study with you!

Comments

Related Stories

This is our 16th Annual Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study! Each year we have a different focus.This year we are focusing on being ->Strengthened In the Secret Place

HERE’S THE TABLE OF CONTENTSand what we will be covering together.

This study begins on Monday, October 20th!

Here’s the Topic Schedule:

Week 1: Hidden With Him

Week 2: Rooted and Unshaken

Week 3: Standing Guard

Week 4: Bringing Secrets into the Light

Signature GMG SOAK Bible Study Method

Blog and Social Media Schedule

Blog ***THIS IS WHERE THE WEEKLY VIDEOS WILL BE POSTED***

Instagram

Facebook *** THIS IS WHERE OUR DAILY DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE***

Are you in?

Courtney

This study begins on Monday, October 20th!

The paperback journal is availableexclusively on Amazon.

Comments

Related Stories

In less than one week we begin the
Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study titled:
Strengthened in the Secret Place

THIS Monday, October 20th we begin!

Get your candles ready!!!
It’s almost time to begin:
Strengthened in the Secret Place!

You don’t want to miss this!

We begin the ALL NEW
Making Your Home a Haven
Bible Study on Monday, October 20th!

Here’s the Bible Reading Plan
and Printable Bookmark

Blog THIS IS WHERE THE WEEKLY VIDEOS WILL BE POSTED

Facebook * THIS IS WHERE OUR DAILY DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE*

If you are leading a group and you have room for ladies to join you. Please leave a comment below with your Facebook link or your email address.

Seasons are changing outside our homes.
It’s time for a CHANGE INSIDE our homes.

This is our 16th Annual
Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study!
Each year we have a different focus.
This year we are focusing on being ->
Strengthened In the Secret Place

HERE’S THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
and what we will be covering together.

Blog THIS IS WHERE THE WEEKLY VIDEOS WILL BE POSTED

Facebook * THIS IS WHERE OUR DAILY DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE*

The paperback journal is available
exclusively on Amazon.