Holly T. Ashley
Exposing abuse, confronting deception, and calling the Church back to biblical justice.
You Have What it Takes to Lead a BIBLE Study?
I am so sick of women’s ministry/discipleship/”Bible” study that centers around narcissistic navel-gazing, I could vomit. My hurts, my feelings, my opinions, my self image.
Newsflash- You’re not the only person on the planet who’s ever been hurt or had problems.
And wallowing in the hurt and your emotions has never been the way to heal and feel better. Healing from the hurt comes from taking your focus off yourself and placing it on Christ: studying the actual Bible, obeying His commands, walking in holiness, praying, worshiping, serving others.
These canned “Bible” studies that masquerade as teaching the Bible – maybe even have the name of a book of the Bible in the title – yet all the “study” questions are about you, your preferences, and how you feel, are doing you no favors, ladies. They are keeping you enslaved to your hurts and self idolatry so you’ll continue to buy more…
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Holly T. Ashley 
Awesome! Too much sense of entitlement in the world today. How many people with a sense of entitlement does it take to screw in a light bulb? Why just one of course. They stand still holding the bulb and the world revolves around them! 🙂
Michelle Leslie is one of my favs!
I recent saw two parents who wanted prayer for their daughter who had a job in another town. Her church needed a house for the housegroup so she offered hers. However the group spent nearly all the time talking about their sicknesses and didn’t get any better. Finally their daughter got sick and ended up being not able to walk without a frame. That really spoke to me on the need to look outwards as well as having personal prayer when needed.