A very Discerning giveaway

Sophie - April 1, 2009

For the last couple of months I've been working my way through Priscilla Shirer's Discerning The Voice of God with my Bible study group. We have enjoyed the study so much - it is convicting and incredibly encouraging to study Scripture and be reminded how deeply God treasures us, how lovingly He speaks to us. I had some serious a-ha moments as I worked through the homework, and I know I'll go back to the lessons again and again.

Tonight our group will watch our final DVD session, and then we're moving on to Anne Graham Lotz's Pursuing More of Jesus (the video sessions for Pursuing are available online, by the way - I think that is SNAZZY). Anyway, yesterday I started to think about wrapping up one study and beginning another one, and I had me a brainstorm, oh yes I did.

Here is the gist of my brainstorm:

1. We're about to finish the Discerning DVDs.
2. My Bible study group would love to pass along the DVDs.
3. Maybe someone who reads AllAccess would like to use the DVDs in their church or Bible study.

I never said my brainstorm was, you know, fancy.

So, if you'd like to win the DVDs that accompany Discerning The Voice of God, just leave a comment and tell me when and how you plan to use them. I'll draw a winner randomly and announce the winner next Thursday, April 8th.

This giveaway is now closed.

Category: Bible studies Give-aways

Comments (83)


Kari Decker:

I would love to use this study with my Wed night bible study group. I have always wanted to do a Priscilla Shirer study but haven’t yet. I am currently looking for our summer study so this would be awesome. I have been looking at Priscilla’s studys and the new Anne Graham Lotz one as well. Thanks for your willingness to do a give away!


TerriGI:

I would love to use them next fall! I’m starting a new bible study group at my church hopefully attracting some of the busy moms that are dropping their kids off in our church’s Mother’s Day Out program. This study would be a blessing for us!


Tara:

I’m a missionary and will use them on the mission field! Thanks so much for offering them up. :-)


Oh heck yeah! We have a women’s study group that meets on Tuesdays. They are about to finish a book study & need a summer study to do. We have all done the ones we have at church so a fresh study would be awesome!


I’m supposed to be at work right now. Okay, I digress. But here’s my point. My husband and I watched a church being built right down the road, and one day we finally went, and I joined the Women’s Bible Study that week. It was a leap of faith. A flying leap. And God shows up week after week in my heart, mind, and soul! My husband even wants to dress up like a girl and go with me — uuuhh, like no one would notice THAT! So, what would I do with these DVDs? I’d march right into my new church, with new friends, and announce that God has sent us a new bible study to start as soon as we’re done with this one! Did I mention I’m a “leap of faith” kind of gal? I do want to state, for the record, that I love your site (got here via Big Mamma, she rocks). Okay, I’m really going to work now. Nice to make your acquaintance, Allaccess. I’m Allears!


I would LOVE a copy of Priscilla’s study. We would use them for a women’s study at my church (we are starting Jennifer Rothschild’s ‘Me, Myself and Lies’ next week). This would be great for us!

Thanks for the giveaway!


Mary:

I would love to win the DVDs! I’m in a ladies bible study that is always looking for new things to read…we’ve done plenty of Beth but would like to try another DVD study. Except since the leader’s kits are so expensive we’re a little limited. So pick ME!


That would be an awesome Bible study to tackle with my group of girlfriends this summer (along with lots of snacks, of course!).


Steph:

My ladies bible study group at church would love this study. We just finished Esther this week, so we are shopping for a new study. Great giveaway!


I would definitely love to use this Bible Study with my ladies in our church. We have done many of Beth Moore’s. We are a small church so we buy one every other year and then trade them with another church in a nearby town that buys them every other year as well. When we finished with this one - we would pay if forward too!


Kelly:

I would love to use the DVD’s for our women’s Bible Study group. We have been in prayer because with the economy the way itis we cannot afford to purchase any new studies. We are planning to re-do an older study that we have, but I would love to surprise our group with a new study! Thanks for the opportunity!!!!


Linda Zeiler:

Our group just finished Beth Moore’s Esther study and would like to begin a new study. I would love to win the DVD’s you’re giving away. lz7780@cox.net


Kelly:

I saw Priscilla Shirer for the first time last year at Women of Joy in Branson, MO. She was awesome! I’m excited she’s going to be there again this year! I would use this study in my Tuesday morning bible study group. And then we would pass it along too. Thanks for the opportunity to win this. We are a small church and there’s not always room in the budget to purchase a new study that uses DVDs. Thanks!


mitzi:

I would most likely use them at the end of this year. My group just started Romans and you know how meaty that one is. We seem to be taking this one slower than usual.

I’ve noticed at my church a few people are always saying “God told me it should be done this way, etc……” if it’s something I don’t agree with how can I disagree with God!!?? This would be great for our group to discern how God speaks.


I would love to win these DVD’s. My Bible study group is a new one. We basically started meeting to study Beth’s Esther series, and I’m afraid that we won’t continue unless we have something in hand. It would be wonderful to present the ladies with this study!


For the last 4 years I’ve met with a group of girls for Bible study. We come from different denominations and different backgrounds, but we share a love for a good Word. We’ve done another of Priscilla’s studies and LOVED it, so I’m sure we would love this one just as much. If there’s one thing I need in my life right now, it’s some discernment.


I’ve just started reading Priscilla’s book “Discerning the Voice of God” and had no idea there was a DVD series to go with it! I think it would be a great Bible study for the ladies at my church. We are just finishing up Esther (2 weeks to go) and will be starting our next study in May, and this is one we are considering.

Adrienne


karla:

I have facilitated bible studies for years at my church. However, I desired a more intimate setting and started to open my home to a small group of ladies. So, I would use them in my home and then pass them on to my church for them to use as well.


angie wilkinson:

How fun! Thanks for doing this! I lead ladies Bible study at our church and have been wanting to do one of Priscilla’s for awhile now.—She’s an amazing lady and I know there is a group of ladies in Kansas that would love to hear from her!


Myriam Desrosiers:

I recently purchased the member book and would love to use the CD along with it.


Patty:

I’d love to use them in a small group study. And thank you for blessing others with these. The DVDs are always so expensive, especially in times like these.


I would love to win this DVD set to host a women’s Bible study at my church. Our church has a limited budget and purchasing items such as this is not always one of the things which can be done.


Lisa D.:

Hey there! What a great idea to pass along the study. I would use them with my small group Bible study, which just happens to be a wonderful group of lady friends in my neighborhood.


Karissa:

I would watch them and then give them to my church—possible bible study.

Karissa


Bethany:

I would love this study for my Bible study group! Lots of young women in our young church- so we need some discipleship tools! Thank you!


Our small group would certainly use this Bible Study. We would pass it on to other small groups in our church as well as our parent church for use.

I would love to do this study on my own as well,since one of my spiritual gifts is discernment. With all the distractions we have in the world today, this study would help me and others “hear” God.

Thank you for doing this giveaway!


I would so love to win.


I would use them this summer with my small Bible Study group. Thanks, Julie


I’m ALWAYS looking for new ways to GROW! Since I usually do any type of Bible Study solo (3 small kids, traveling husband, etc…) if I win this study, I’ll probably pass it along via giveaway when I’m finished. Sound good????


Phyllis Neal:

I heard Priscilla at Dallas Seminary women’s conference last fall and would love to have the women’s study at our church hear her via the DVD’s.

Thanks!


I’d love to win the DVDs… I already organize and facilitate a home based bible study….and we’d love to add this to our list of available options (we’d certainly share it with my church too….’cuz that’s how I roll) :)


Chris Johnson:

I would love to win this for our women’s Bible study group. We just finished Priscilla/Beth/Kay’s Deeper Still study on David, and are looking to find our next study…this sounds like it would be great!


I lead the women’s ministry at our church, and we are getting ready to wrap up our “Scarlet Letters” series. Don’t search for it on Amazon, because I wrote it. We also just wrapped up our spring retreat, which was titled “The Red Life.” Both the series and the retreat centered around focusing on the things of Jesus…reducing distractions by focusing on Jesus’ most powerful words “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. The second, like it, love your neighbor as yourself.” Why are the words so powerful? Because they are so simple, and He lived them incredibly well.

Anyway, the series is about over, and Satan has started an all-out war on my family. (My mother may have pancreatic cancer and is scheduled for a biopsy. My grandmother tried to commit suicide last night and is being transferred to a mental health facility tomorrow.) Right now, I need to hear the voice of God, and my deepest desire is for the women I love to learn to hear that voice, too.

Their number one question is always, “How do I know when or if God is speaking to me?” I know that God has gifted Priscilla Shirer with a heart and mind for Him, and I trust her to lead me and my sisters into His presence. I would love to start this study at the beginning of our next semester in a few weeks.

Thank you for being so willing to share, Sophie.


The women’s Bible study group at my church is currently doing the David study by Priscilla, Beth Moore, and Kay Arthur. This would be a great follow-up study for us to do! I would LOVE to win for my group!


Pam:

Last June, Priscilla spoke a very timely word to my heart at the Deeper Still event in Atlanta. I would love to share her message with the ladies in my Wednesday night small group! Thanks for being so generous!


fran:

AWESOME! Sign me up. I’d love to do this study with my girls!!!

Hugs… Fran


I’d love the CD set! My ladies love her. She’s one awesome teacher.


Pat S.:

My accountability group (three of us) just finished Esther and are planning to do this study next. It will be our first of Priscilla’s studies. We would love to borrow the DVDs. Thanks.


Melissa:

I would love to win these DVD’s! I am in a small group women’s Bible study and we will need something new to study soon.


Pam:

I’d love to do this study with my friends - maybe over the summer…


Laurie:

Oh, my goodness - my Biblestudy is really considering doing this study. We’ve never done one of her studies and my aunt recommended it to me. We’d be thrilled to have this passed along to us! Our small group Biblestudy meets every Thursday night. I help lead a group of about 10 young women - I’m the oldie mama in the group with teenagers and they’ve all got little youngins’. Anyway, we’ve just taken a little break from our “No Other Gods” study (which was awesome, I’ve done it twice now!) and so we’ll be ready to start up again this spring.


Hey there- I would love to have Priscilla’s DVD’s for a Bible study I do with teenage girls. I think they would really respond to her and get some good hearty Bible food while they’re at it.


Victoria:

I’m starting a study for young women who are new Christians — one of the areas they are so keen to explore is how to discern God’s voice for themselves. Their new faith has opened up a complete different world for them!


Shannon:

I’m a missionary in Japan and it’s very hard for me to get “fed” spiritually through the sermons on Sunday. (I’m studying Japanese but it’s definitely not fluent and not my heart language…yet!) The women in my mission group get together once a week for Bible study and prayer and would love to use this study! Thanks for having this giveaway!


My husband is the student minister at our church, and I would love to do the study with the teenage girls. Is it appropriate for that age group? If not, I have felt drawn toward doing a study with mothers of young children. There are many such women at my church who rarely make it to Sunday school or even church and usually can’t be part of Bible studies because of child-care issues. I would love to lead a study providing a nursery so that these young moms can recharge their spiritual batteries!


Dana Gilliam:

Oh, we would L-O-V-E to do Priscilla’s study, Discerning the Voice of God. We are finishing up The Patriarchs in two weeks and looking for a new study to do!!! That would be great timing….isn’t God just soooo cool like that!!!! Anyway, we have done TONS of Beth Moore studies but haven’t done a Priscilla study yet (although I L-O-V-E Priscilla and attended Going Beyond in Atlanta two months ago)! She totally ROCKS and so do you for offering this give-away =)!!! Thanks a gillion!!!!


Kay:

What a generous offer! I would love to have this study for my Atlanta neighborhood Bible Study group, and would pass it on to my daughter’s Va. group when we finish.


Jennifer:

Oh, this would be so fun to win! Our church does “fend for yourself” Bible Study summers for the women instead of the standard, planned big group Bible study. It would be great for our little group of 3-4 :) And to share with other groups!


Gail:

We would use the DVDs in our next round of small group studies, which would probably start in a couple of months. I’ve done the workbook portion of this study in another setting, but my church gals have never experienced the joy of Priscilla! Also, when we’re done, we could list it as a resource available in our association of churches, enabling us to share with others. A gift that gives and gives and gives!


Pam:

I would LOVE to win this to use at my church!


Jen:

I am trying to get a summer bible study started for a group of stay at home moms. This would be a great resource to use. -Or- my Friday morning bible study group is working through, Esther, right now and will be needing new material when we are through. Thanks for the entry!!!


So, here’s what I’d do. There’s this group of women I began meeting with weekly over 7 years ago. We did many a Beth Moore study with various other things thrown in in the midst, but our time was so sweet together as we shared the intimate details of our lives and prayed over them one by one then and through the week. We grew in faith and we grew to love one another. Anywho…as I began having children and my family grew and became more and more needful of me, especially in the evenings, it became necessary for me to quit the group, as it was negatively effecting family life. I was thinking I’d like to invite some of those ladies AND some new acquaintances to meet in my OWN home on a regular basis (so my babies can still have a family dinner with all of us present and then go to sleep on time in their own beds). And this would be the perfect study to start with.


Amy:

Sweet! I’d love to offer this study to our home bible study ladies. They would love it. We’re finishing up Living Beyond Yourself and it would be a great time to begin with some new material.


I did this study on the recommendation of one of my best friends. It was fabulous and as only the Holy Spirit can orchestrate, completely timely in my life. I would love for my Moms and More Leadership team and possibly even the moms to go through it as well and getting to hear Priscilla would certainly be a bonus!


I would love to have this study to share not only with my church, but with my girls.

Sallye


I would love to win this. My women’s ministry hasn’t purchased this one yet. It would be perfect for our next series.


My small town church recently started Lisa Whelchel’s This Is My Story biblestudy. It has been such a success that we would like to continue something for the fall. (Yes I’m already thinking of fall, isn’t that sad?) This study sounds like a wonderful one. Thanks.


Becky:

I have been wondering which study our Wednesday night group could work on over the summer. This would be great! Thanks for the opportunity to enter the drawing.


Denise:

I work in vocational ministry with female college athletes and would love to use this Bible study series to help these young ladies learn to listen to God’s voice over the pressures all around them each day on campus.


I would use this DVD with my PWOC group. We live at Andersen AFB, Guam. PWOC is Prodestest Women of the Chapel. We meet for Bible Study weekly as well as have a fellowship monthly. Several of us have talked about this study it’ll be great to have the DVD!!


Audrey:

I would love to use this in our Tuesday night Women’s Bible Study at our church. We just finished up Beth Moore’s Stepping Up and we are looking for something new to do!


Kristi S.:

Hey Sophie! My Ladies group has wanted to do this study for a long time now. We just got a ladies ministry started at our “Church of Christ ” witch is a big step for us! Because you know we are supposed to be seen not heard!! Just kidding, it’s not that bad! Any way we don’t have a very big budget for curriculum and we just bought Ester so winning this would be AWESOME!! I hope you randomly pick us!!


Our church would love to have these to begin our study this coming fall. We have just finished Esther and are taking a much needed break for the summer coming up. We have always wanted to do a Priscilla Shirer study and this would give me the time to prepare it!


Andrea:

I am the university counselor at a Christian university - Palm Beach Atlantic, and I’d love to win these DVDs to run a group with our students. I’m currently doing Esther with several students and it has been great!


Hi, I just came across this blog from Big Mama’s blog. I am really yearning for a closer walk with God. I attend a small lifegroup/bible study. And I have to admit, when I first attended, I DID NOT WANT TO BE THERE….I was dealing with ALOT of personal issues, and just didn’t feel like God was there for me…My pastor’s wife MADE me go, yes, she MADE me go! And it was the BEST thing she could have EVER done for me! This group of Women have become such an important part of my weekly, even daily life! We are just finishing up “The Jesus I never knew” by Phillip Yancy and are looking for what to do next.

Alot of the women in the group are on a very limited income, so it is not always easy to afford a new study. By winning this giveaway it would be such a blessing to ALL of us!


Since I facilitate many of our studies. I would LOVE to have these for our next study!!


Mandie Wright:

I would LOVE to have the DVD’s. I just started a Bible study with my sisters, mother, and Aunt in order to grow my family closer by growing closer to Him. This would be a great study for us!


Wendy:

This summer will be my daughter’s last one at home. She is a college student and will be spending next summer in Guatemala and then will be graduating. I treasure our time together and miss her so much during the school year. Last summer we did a mother/daughter study with some friends, and I think this study would be perfect for this summer. We sure could use it! Thanks for considering us.


Lori:

I would love to win them and use them with my church! I love her!


Wow! That is awesome! Whomever the Lord sends it to will be blessed. Not coincidentally, I have just been trying to decide on our next study for our 2 women’s groups. We have enjoyed a lot of Beth Moore. I have been interested in expanding our list of favorite teachers and have been taking up an interest in Priscilla Shirer. I had just been reviewing that very study last week and was quite excited about it. However, I wondered about the feesability of actually purchasing another study this year, since I think we already reached our budget. Should we be blessed to be picked, we will put it to good use here and pass it on to the next church that’s interested!


carla lee:

This study would be so helpful right now at our church ladies Bible study. Some are not able to attend at night or for long periods of time so I could help facilitate this one for those that are getting interested like never before. I’m trying to get the elderly ladies involved as much as possible so they don’t believe the lies that they are too old to learn anything. Thanks for opening your heart and considering us, Carla Lee


I’m currently without a small group and a girlfriend and I have been hoping to START one. We’ve been waiting on the Lord to nudge us! I have been wanting to do this study and read this book for months now! It would be a tremendous blessing!!!


Dorothy Reay:

I am a flight attendant who is starting a bible study for other flight attendants based in the Washington DC area.I felt led to do this after attending Living Proof Live in New Orleans this past weekend. This study would be very useful to us. Most of us cannot attend church with any regularity because of our flight schedules. We spend days away from home and either arrive in a city too late or leave too early to attend a church service. This study gives us a chance to fellowship with other believers and to study God’s word together. I have never led a study before so having the DVD’s would help immensely.


Leslie:

I would love to do this study with my daughters this summer and then with my Bible study group in the fall.


Heather L:

BooMama- I’m part of a WMU circle group and we’ve really struggled with the Bible study that we’re working on now. If you and your group enjoyed this one, I’m sure we would love it as well.

Heather


Jill:

I am doing a short Bible study right now with a small group of women and we were just talking about the different ways each of us hears the voice of God. If I won I would see if those women would want to do this study with me.


Jessica White :

I would like to start a new ladies bible study in my area. I haven’t been successful in finding a group to join…so I have decided to start my own.


Heather:

I would love to do this Bible Study! I have a small group of ladies that meets Tuesday mornings at our church and I just know that they would love it!


I would love to win this DVD set. My Bible study ladies have been asking if we could do Priscilla’s study this summer, but like so many others, our church budget has been cut and we cannot buy a new study for the summer class. Awesome idea to give it away! Thanks.


Lori:

I would start a Bible study for young moms from various churches in the area in the fall. New England is the mission field, let me tell you! God bless!


Bridgette Jencks:

I am brand-new to leading Bible studies (half-way through my 2nd). We are hoping to find one to carry us through the summer!!


Missy:

I’m currently doing the Esther study with a large group at a local church, but I’d love to start a smaller group that meets in somebody’s home. This would be a great kick-off!


This sounds like a very intriguing bible study. I am part of a small accountibility group and we are finishing up our current study on Simple Prayer next week. This sounds like it would be a great study for us to start up next. Thanks for the opportunity to win this!

Sweet blessings, Pamela