Joshua - Women's Bible Study Leader Guide: Winning the Worry Battle
By Barb Roose
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Be Victorious Over Worry in Your Life!
Have you ever tried to fight worry with faith and felt you were losing the battle? Have comments like “God’s got this!” or “Just pray about it” only left you feeling more burdened? We know we shouldn’t worry, but the reality is that we all do at times. And whether it’s personal worries about loved ones and daily circumstances or broader concerns about what’s happening in the world, we long for something more than platitudes that will help us put real feet to our faith and win the worry battle.
In this six-week Bible study on the Book of Joshua, we will join God’s people as they arrive on the edge of the promised land only to find themselves in hostile territory, faced with fear and uncertainty. As we dig into the story of how Joshua and the Israelites claimed God’s promised victory, we’ll discover that winning the worry battle requires more than having faith; it requires learning to fight in faith! Following their bold, courageous footprints, we’ll learn how to fight in faith as we internalize God’s promises, draw strength from God’s faithfulness, act in obedience to God’s commands, and believe what our limitless God can do. Through in-depth study of how God gave the Israelites victory over their enemies and generously blessed them, too, we’ll be equipped with biblical wisdom, encouragement, and practical tools that will enable us to overcome our daily worry struggles as well as the bigger battles of fear that we face.
This comprehensive leader guide includes full session outlines featuring discussion questions, activities, prayers, leader helps, and more.
Other available components, each available separately, include a Participant Workbook with five days of lessons per week, and DVD with six 20-25 minute sessions (with closed captioning).
Barb Roose
Barb Roose is a popular speaker and author who enjoys teaching and encouraging women at conferences and events across the country, including the Aspire Women’s Events, She Speaks, and many more. She is the author of three books, Surrendered Devotional, Winning the Worry Battle, and Enough Already, and five Bible studies, Breakthrough, Surrendered, I’m Waiting, God, Joshua, and Beautiful Already. Barb blogs regularly at BarbRoose.com and hosts the “Better Together” Facebook Live events and podcast. Barb lives in Toledo, Ohio, is a proud empty nest mom of three adult children.
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Joshua - Women's Bible Study Leader Guide - Barb Roose
JOSHUA
LEADER GUIDE
Joshua
Winning the Worry Battle
Leader Guide
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CONTENTS
About the Author
Introduction
Leader Helps
Week 1: On the Edge of Uncertainty
Facing Our Fears (Joshua 1)
Week 2: God, Knock Down My Worry Walls!
Letting God Fight for Us (Joshua 2–6)
Week 3: Fighting Friends to Help Us
Getting into Position (Joshua 7–8)
Week 4: Defeating the Kings of Worry
Attacking the Roots of Our Worries (Joshua 9–11)
Week 5: Claiming Our Inheritance
Receiving Our Victory (Joshua 12–18)
Week 6: Amen!
Living in Victory (Joshua 18–24)
Video Viewer Guide Answers
Group Roster
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Barb Roose is a popular speaker and author who is passionate about connecting women to one another and to God, helping them apply the truths of God’s Word to the practical realities and challenges they face as women in today’s culture. Barb enjoys teaching and encouraging women at conferences and events across the country, as well as internationally. She is the author of the Joshua: Winning the Worry Battle and Beautiful Already: Reclaiming God’s Perspective on Beauty Bible studies and the books Winning the Worry Battle: Life Lessons from the Book of Joshua and Enough Already: Winning Your Ugly Struggle with Beauty. She also writes a regular blog at BarbRoose.com and hosts the Better Together
podcast. Previously Barb was Executive Director of Ministry at CedarCreek Church in Perrysburg, Ohio, where she served on staff for fourteen years and co-led the annual Fabulous Women’s Conference that reached more than ten thousand women over five years. Barb and her husband, Matt, live in Toledo, Ohio, and are the parents of three beautiful daughters.
INTRODUCTION
If you have you ever found yourself worrying about the bad things that could happen—whether they involve your family, your job, your finances, your health, your future, or our nation or world—then this study is for you. Let’s face it, it’s for all of us! As Christians, we know that we shouldn’t worry, but the reality is that we all do at times. And when we try to fight worry with faith, often we feel that we’re losing the battle. In those moments, well-intentioned comments like God’s got this!
or Just pray about it
can leave us feeling even more burdened. Whether it’s personal worries or broader concerns, we long for something more than clichés that will help us put real feet to our faith and win the worry battle.
There was a time in my life when I was losing the worry battle. In a fallen world filled with bad news, bad people, and bad decisions, worry felt like a handy strategy to keep me on my toes. I thought that if I could answer all of the what ifs,
then maybe I could prevent some unknown inconvenience, pain, or tragedy in the future. Those what if
questions popped up in every area of my life, and it seemed to make sense to try to find answers to them. Oh, the hours I spent thinking, rethinking, and overthinking all of the uncertainties in my life! What would happen if . . . But then something changed. I wish that I could tell you that I prayed for God to take away my worry and, suddenly, it disappeared and