WORTHY Bible Studies

When God Changes Your Plans

When my husband Zack and I got married back in 2011, we had no idea what God had in store for us. We knew what he had planned, of course. We would have the ideal marriage. Date nights every week, no arguments, an everlasting honeymoon phase, and a house full of fun, rambunctious (but well-behaved) […]

BethSteffaniak

April 11, 2022

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How to Deal with Unwanted and Lingering ‘Grief’ this Christmas

Christmas time can be a time to make and remember sweet memories even as it also triggers grief because of those very memories or lost opportunities. Typically, this is because of the loss of loved ones either because they died near Christmas long ago or because it’s one of your first Christmases without them. Sometimes […]

BethSteffaniak

December 19, 2021

Acceptance, Anger, Avoidance, Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Christ-Centered, Depression, Discouragement, Emotions, Faith in God, Grief, Hope, Marriage, Pain, Peace, Perspective, Prayer, Redemption, Self-Reflection, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Stress, Trauma, Trials, Trust

Christ, Christmas, Christmas Vacation, Cousin Eddie, Encouragement, Grief, Healing, Loss, Mourning, Pain, Scripture, Trials
How to Make a Change for the Better that Lasts

Months ago, I introduced you to my Heart Healing Prayer method that allows you to prayer journal and process through a struggle in your life. It’s one of the most effective and transformative ways I know, as a biblical counselor and prayer warrior, to respond to a problem in life or marriage. Happen to have […]

BethSteffaniak

December 12, 2021

About Me, Acceptance, Accountability, Anger, Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Confession, Conflict, Control, Deception, Denial, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, Fear, Humility, Marriage, Pain, Perspective, Positive Focus, Prayer, Pride, Responsibility, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Reflection, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Support, Surrender, Surrender Series, Trials, Trust, Truth, Worry

Change, Confession, Journaling, Prayer, Processing, Repentance, Responsibility, Scripture, Surrender
10 Questions that Can Improve Connection on Thanksgiving

This is a seven years old post that I’m pulling out of my vault and defrosting just like you would a turkey! I hope it gives you something encouraging to focus on around the table rather than politics, the pandemic or other uncomfortable subjects. I know that many of you are busy shopping, cooking, cleaning, […]

BethSteffaniak

November 21, 2021

Bonding, Communication, Connection, Conversation, Priorities, Thankfulness, Wedded Wednesday

Connection, Conversation, Family, Priorities, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Unplugging
How to Accept it When God Says ‘No’ to Your Prayer

When we process through a problem or confusing decision with prayer, we do so to find answers. To find relief, right? But, like the Apostle Paul, God expects us to come at these prayer times with an open hand. With hands that are not so much waiting for a handout as much as being lifted […]

BethSteffaniak

November 14, 2021

Acceptance, Christ-Centered, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, Pain, Perseverance, Positive Focus, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Surrender, Surrender Series, Trials, Trust, Weakness, Worship

Acceptance, Faith in God, Prayer, Surrender, Trust God
Want to See My Recent Travels and Some Vintage MM Videos?

Over the past two weeks, my husband and I traveled to see several family members in Tennessee and North Carolina. My husband’s parents live in a cabin my father-in-law built at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in Dandridge, Tennessee. A very scenic spot to enjoy some R&R. We also visited with our youngest son […]

BethSteffaniak

October 31, 2021

About Me, Dates with Mates, Fun, Prayer, Priorities, Recreation, Rest, Sloppy Joe Time Video, Video

Autumn, Fall, Recreation, Refuel, Rest, Scenic, Travel, Vacation, Video
How to Rely on God in Troubles Like King David Did

Knowing how to rely on God can be a rather elusive issue, not to mention being hard to know how to do. So, as promised today, I will continue to unpack in my “Surrender Series” the final step in the Heart Healing Prayer method, “RELY.” As in Rely on God! One of the best […]

BethSteffaniak

October 17, 2021

Anger, Bible Study, Christ-Centered, Encouragement, Faith in God, Marriage, Pain, Persevere in the Lord, Positive Focus, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Surrender, Surrender Series, Trust, Truth, Worry

Faith in God, Healing, King David, Prayer, Psalms, Rely on God, Scripture, Surrender, Trust, Worship
How 5 Unfair Tasks Can Make Marriage Stronger

Sometimes we bristle at a task because it’s “unfair,” especially when it comes to our marriages. Oh sure, most of us accept this reality in the realm of parenting or even in our jobs. But when it comes to marriage, we’ve somehow bought the lie that there should never be anything “unfair” about it. I […]

BethSteffaniak

October 10, 2021

Acceptance, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Discouragement, False Beliefs, Marriage, Negative Self-Talk, Persevere in the Lord, Prayer, Realistic Expectations, Responsibility, Spiritual Growth

Boundaries, Insult, Marriage, Respect, Responsibility, Strength, Unfair
How Praying Scripture Guides You to God’s Best Plan

Several years ago, I allowed two of my sons (about 13 and 10 at the time) to walk home from an event at church without looking at a map or formulating a plan. They wanted to leave early from a picnic that was being held on our church grounds and thought that they could easily […]

BethSteffaniak

September 26, 2021

About Me, Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Choices, Christ-Centered, Marriage, Pain, Perspective, Positive Focus, Prayer, Proactive, Self-awareness, Self-Reflection, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Surrender, Surrender Series

Bible, Healing, Perspective, Plan, Prayer, Scripture, Surrender
6 Reasons Why It Helps to Examine Your Heart

Are you that person who avoids letting a doctor examine you? Maybe it’s just that you don’t like getting on that dreaded scale! Perhaps you fear that your doctor will diagnose a problem that you’d rather remain in denial about. Maybe the pandemic has you feeling a bit skittish about entering a doctor’s office—a potential […]

BethSteffaniak

September 12, 2021

Avoidance, Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Confession, Deception, Denial, Encouragement, Prayer, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Reflection, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Surrender, Surrender Series, Truth

Examine, Healing, Heart, Prayer, Surrender, Truth