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  1. Carol
    August 4, 2008 @ 4:29 pm

    This was great Carmen. What a lot to chew on. You’ve done an excellent job with this. I look forward to the rest of it. Keep up the good work! 🙂

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  2. ElRoi4me
    August 4, 2008 @ 6:29 pm

    This is coming at a perfect time in my life. How wonderful God is for directing me to this study! I admit I have trouble disciplining myself in the study of His word. Please pray for me as I try and overcome all my excuses for not studying and pray I just get into the word daily. Thanks for a great beginning to what looks to be a wonderful Bible study Carmen! Thank you too in advance for your prayers and for anyone else who would be willing to pray for me too. I will pray for you all as well.

    God bless you!

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  3. Tina
    August 5, 2008 @ 12:09 pm

    Carmen, I am planning to use this study in my morning quiet time each day and I plan to read and re-read the scripture. I am finding even today, as I have read it for the second time, that God is allowing me to see it with new eyes. I believe He has much to show us through this study and His Word is new every day. I am anxious to explore, learn and apply to my walk what it means to prepare by heart to seek the Lord. No doubt seeking without proper preparation cannot be as fruitful. Blessings on you and your ministry.

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  4. Tina
    August 5, 2008 @ 12:12 pm

    The study has inspired a new devotional entry on my blg, follow me http://www.rainbowsandmustardseeds.blogspot.com/

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  5. Roanne LeRaine
    August 5, 2008 @ 5:06 pm

    This week our church has started it's annual "prayer and fasting" month. I was searching for a new bible study to keep me focused on my fasting days and I found this. I am also doing another study with a friend about removing the not-so-obvious "other gods" in our lives and I am already seeing parallels between both studies. TWO things stood out to me this morning as I read through the passages and questions. 1) in verses 7 & 12 the phrases, "… I will grant them SOME deliverance," & "…the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy him ENTIRELY…"
    God allowed some destruction, what I liken to going "through the fire" AND 2)What does 'prepare our hearts to seek Him' actually entail? This is where the 'no other gods' part comes in. We prepare ourselves by removing our earthly idols–or the weeds (as in the garden)— those things we KNOW hinder us from hearing the Holy Spirit…. FOLLOW ME to my blog for more at http://www.mydevotedlife.blogspot.com

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  6. Mercury, unique properties and wonderous but also can be fatal if not handled with care.
    August 6, 2008 @ 12:29 am

    i have only been Christian for 10 years. i know it is less than some and more than some but in that 10 years i have never found anyone who could sufficiently explain why the grain offering was good but the sacrifice was not. people have said things like God must have told them something that he didn’t tell us, and that didn’t ever sit well with me. thank you for helping me understand the lesson of discipline behind it.
    merrin

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  7. Leah
    August 11, 2008 @ 1:41 pm

    Carmen,

    I am hardly into the first week of your study and am already loving it. You might want to go check out my friend, Mariel’s blog. She did an awesome study on the Proverbs 31 woman which you can find on her blog. She is now doing a study on Psalm 23 which is amazing. She is an anointed writer and I think you would enjoy her teaching.

    http://www.growingingodliness.blogspot.com

    Leah

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  8. Leslie
    August 17, 2008 @ 10:06 pm

    Ps 10:17
    LORD, You have heard the desire of the HUMBLE; You will PREPARE their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,

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  9. Leslie
    August 18, 2008 @ 11:36 am

    Ps 10:17
    LORD, You have heard the desire of the HUMBLE; You will PREPARE their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,

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  10. Charli and me
    August 18, 2008 @ 5:07 pm

    Carmen,
    This was very interesting to read. It is coming at a perfect time in my life too. I have always wanted to be in a Bible study group.

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  11. jcdisciple
    December 20, 2008 @ 3:36 pm

    So much truth and wisdom here and in such an orderly fashion. Thanks for this.

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  12. karen
    December 23, 2008 @ 1:44 am

    I am struggling with seeking God with my whole heart it seems so half hearted. My spirit is not stable with the Lord as it should be. God has blessed me with a wonderful husband and God has given me the privilege of homeschooling two of our children. I have a lot to lose if I don’t surrender.
    Father,my prayer for these other ladies that we seek You God ,just seek Your face with all our hearts and give ourselves entirely to You Father, in Jesus name amen.
    Carmen, God bless your obedience in writing this study. God bless you abundantly.

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  13. A Gracious Home
    February 2, 2009 @ 3:38 pm

    I’m enjoying this study so much. I enjoy being able to read the Jewish Bible along with the study. I am working hard this year on self discipline. This study is helping. Thanks, Doylene

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  14. Sweet Magnolia
    February 12, 2009 @ 11:43 am

    Carmen ..I want to Thnk You for devoting your time and eneergy to share the wisdom the Lord has instilled in you. I have been Christian Great many years …and am in a Place where wandering fits me to a tee. I am a single woman ..and Have trouble finding women to connect with my age that are single ..and it seems every study I have run into up till now always has something to do about being a mother or wife and there is where I feel derailed. I wanted so much to just find a study that taught me the Bible and how it applied to me and how I applied it to myself. Well I have found it..and my is it an eye opener ..I have just finished study one and I have a lump in my throat and a sadness in my heart …My Personal answers staring me in the face ..this is definitely soul touching,and eye opening, Please God let it all sink in ..Change me, change my heart , and create in me a new spirit ..! Thank You I needed this !

    Sara

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  15. Rich
    December 10, 2011 @ 9:45 pm

    It is sad that there are so many following the way of Cain today. They walk in anger, hatred, and strife, not realizing that without faith, it is impossible to please God. There are so many that walk in hate, and the bible teaches us that when we walk in hate, we are murderers in heart, as was Cain.

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