A Fresh Look at the Nativity
The Nativity of Christ is the most powerful and uniquely heavy scene of humility in all of history. Each Christmas season, our family reads the account of Jesus’ birth. We read of the tension of Joseph and Mary having no place to stay in the inn. We see Jesus coming...
A Fresh Look at the Nativity
The Nativity of Christ is the most powerful and uniquely heavy scene of humility in all of history. Each Christmas season, our family reads the account of Jesus’ birth. We read of the tension of Joseph and Mary having no place to stay in the inn. We see Jesus coming...
God’s Got You
I recently oversaw a school assignment with a certain independent child in this house, and here's pretty much how it went down: Me: "Hey, I'm pretty sure the instructions said to underline the words in those sentences instead of circling them." Child: No they didn't....
It’s Okay To Enjoy Our Lives
It's Okay To Enjoy Our Lives “Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom...
Week 4: Rash Words and Rash Promises
Rash Words and Rash Promises “When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.” Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 I remember one Sunday...
God’s Good Purpose
God's Good Purpose I was in a hurry. It was Sunday. We had made arrangements to attend a woman’s basketball game after church and my husband was waiting for me to get home from church so we could leave. As an assistant to the church’s Deacon Ministry, I was...
Pride, Popularity, and the Pursuit of Ourselves
Pride, Popularity and the Pursuit of Ourselves "Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice. For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor. I saw all the living who move...
God Sees It All: Living A Well-Balanced Life
God Sees It All: Living A Well-Balanced Life “Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort...
Week 3: Eternity in Their Hearts
Week 3: Eternity in Their Hearts “What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he...
The Restorative Love of God
The Restorative Love of God My name is Sunu Philip, and I am from India. I was born into a religious family but never really knew Jesus intimately. I grew up following the motions of spirituality, but never experienced the true joy of a relationship with God. ...
What Makes Life Worth Living?
What Makes Life Worth Living? “There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?” Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 What...
We Need Not Despair
We Need Not Despair "So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun, because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for...
Week 2: When God Is Left Out
When God Is Left Out The Bible never disguises how dark things are when God is left out. - Alistair Begg "Then I turned myself to consider wisdom and madness and folly; For what can the man do who succeeds the king?— only what he has already done. Then I saw that...
His Perfect Providence
His Perfect Providence I had been looking for a Bible study option for quite some time. As a stay at home mom to three young children, the typical mid-week studies at our church were not feasible for me. A friend and I had been getting together to do some studies,...
Living The Abundant Life
Living The Abundant Life “So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and...
Earthly Wisdom Vs. Godly Wisdom
Earthly Wisdom vs. Godly Wisdom Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind. We all have a desire to be wise. We like to understand how things work, to be able to answer...
Week 1: Life Without God Is Vanity
Week 1 Video (Click here to see the video) Over the summer I read an article about Markus Persson, the developer of the popular video game, Minecraft. In the article it stated that Persson had sold his video game company in the last year to Microsoft and amassed a...
An Intro to Ecclesiastes
It seems as though many Christians today spend a lot more time reading the New Testament than the Old Testament. But only reading one half of the Bible is sort of like only eating from one food group. Nothing but meat will lead to some trouble. Nothing but grains will...
EIGHTEEN Ecclesiastes Translations NOW AVAILABLE!!!
One of our greatest joys at Love God Greatly is to connect with women from all over the world {ah, internet, you are a beautiful thing!}. And my, oh my, has God done some major connecting! Did you know that Love God Greatly Online Bible Studies are in over seventy...
Join a Group for our Ecclesiastes Study!
If you've been around Love God Greatly for long, you know that we're really passionate about a couple of things: inspiring women get into God's Word, and encouraging them that they don't have to do it alone! In today’s fast-paced technology driven world, it is easy...
Ecclesiastes *NEW* Facilitator Enrollment & Materials NOW Available!
Get excited girls... the start of our Ecclesiastes study is just ONE WEEK AWAY, and YOU are invited!! We want you to know that we've been planning, preparing, and praying for YOU! Take your Bible study to a deeper level by using our Ecclesiastes Study...
From Faith To Fellowship
From Faith To Fellowship My name is Viola Bolbas. I live in Budapest, Hungary, with my husband and two children. When I found Love God Greatly in 2010, I was a school teacher at home on summer break expecting my first child. Entering a new phase in my...
Refined By Fire
Refined By Fire It was the year that changed everything. My husband and I were both dealing with personal issues that became overwhelming. We separated and were living apart. My heart was broken as I considered my future as a single parent. I thought about...
From Sorrow To Service
My name is Ebosereme Aifuobhokhan. But for ease of pronunciation just call me Ebos. I am 25 years old, and I am single. I am a Nigerian, and I live in the southern part of Nigeria in one of the states called Delta State. I am the first of four children, and...
Destined For Deliverance
Destined For Deliverance I finally admitted I was powerless. My life had become unmanageable. I had been in denial for well over two years not wanting to accept reality. On that day, I knew that only a power greater than I could restore my life to...
From Brokenness To Freedom
It’s called postpartum depression. It’s a depression that occurs after childbirth. I struggled with it for a while but didn’t know what to call it. It’s not the kind of thing that new mother’s like to talk about. There’s something about it that makes...