Hello! We are so excited to welcome you to session 1 of The Armor of God online Bible study! You are part of the thousands of people studying from around the world. We can’t wait to see how God uses such a mighty army!
We’ll have some instructions here. Please read carefully because we’ve tried to anticipate your questions!
Here’s how this will work
Each week, you’ll come here and watch the video with Priscilla Shirer. Each video will last about 10 minutes (give or take a few). Once you watch the video, we have some questions for you to answer in your group, or in the comments section of the post (or both!). We want this to be available to those studying together and those going solo. Some of the questions will ask you to get to know your fellow Bible study participants and we hope these interactions will be both challenging and encouraging. After the video, we will let you know the homework assignment for the next week. You can do the homework in theThe Armor of God Bible Study Book. That’s it! The study will be seven weeks long (including this little introduction week).
If you can’t participate right now, or if you miss a week, don’t worry. We will leave these posts up for you to do when you’re ready! You can find all the older ones using our Online Bible Studies tab at the top of the blog. Just click on it and then choose The Armor of God study.
A note about the videos
The Armor of God is a video-based Bible study, so there are videos available when you purchase a Leader Kit from LifeWay.com. Individual-use videos are also available to purchase for download from here. The videos for purchase are not the same as the free videos available here on the blog. The videos for purchase are longer (around 40 minutes each) and dive deeper into the topic of each session. These videos go with the viewer guides in the Bible study book (pgs. 8-9, for example). If you just want the answers to the viewer guides, you can download them here. We recommend them if you want to hear more of Priscilla’s teaching and learn even more about the armor of God.
We have over 30,000 people participating in this study! That is fantastic and we are so excited to learn alongside you! However, this does mean that it may take some time for us to answer your questions and reply to your comments. Please be patient with us. Also, you probably do not want to check the box under your comment that says, “Notify me of new comments by email.” You’ll get thousands of emails! Just check back here to see if someone has replied. 🙂
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Okay, now that all of that is out of the way, are you ready to suit up? Check out Session 1 below:
Questions to answer in the comments:
- What is your name?
- Where are you studying from? Who are you studying with?
- What drew you to this study?
Before watching next week’s video, complete Week 1: Sizing up the Enemy in your Bible study book. We’ll meet back here next week to discuss!
Ruby
I’m joining my friends study group. I know that I am going to blessed through this study.
Tren
Worshiping by self on military Orders away from home …. an excellent opportunity to spend well needed time w/ God and learning his word
Elizabeth Gohde San Antonio Texas I will be doing this study with MacArthur Park’s LBC.
Life seems to be drifting away. I have been struggling to stay continually in His word.
So I come eagerly to hear what God desires of me.
Elizabeth, you’ve got this! I’m so happy you’re here and in this study! I pray God will light a fire that keeps you close to Him.
I’m Elizabeth . I’m here because of Brook. My dad is at the end of his life, dying, and it scares me
Hi ELizabeth, I’m so glad you’re here despite the incredibly tough time you’re in. I’ll be reaching out to you via email. I’m already praying for you and your family.
Thank you very much!!
My name is Kassi
I’m studying with me God and Priscilla
From my car and home
Want to go deeper in the Lord from faith to faith
I want to know how to fight the devil for my self, community l, family, friends, neighbors in the world my heart cries out for people in human sex and slave trafficking
Nancy Chavez; in Seattle WA; studying in a workgroup on zoom; I thought this was a great study for what is going in in our world now.
LeKale
Studying from home with my daughter (using the teen edition) and my son (doing the older kids activity book).
I did this study a few years ago and as I have learned to go deeper in the Bible and looking at the circumstances that I am facing I thought that it would be best if my home did this study together.
what is your name Diana Ward
Where are you studying from? Home, Alone
What drew you to this study? My illness, My Marriage, and the desire to go deeper in the word of God.