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Lies Women Believe (DVD Study Outline)

Lies Women Believe…
And the Truth that Sets Them Free

By Nancy Leigh DeMoss

I. “…in the beginning…”

Creation (Genesis 1, 2) The Fall (Genesis 3)

Initiated by _____________ (1:1) Initiated by __________ (3:1)

_______________(1:22,28; 2:3) ___________________

Based on the ________________ Based on __________________(3:4)

Certainly of ________ ________ Question God’s Word: “Hath God

said?” (3:1)

Way of ______________ Way of _________________

God spoke first to the _______(2:16) Satan spoke first to the ________(3:1)

Outcome:

“It was ________ _______” (1:31) First mention of . . .

________________(3:10)

Curse (3:4)

Enmity (3:15)

__________________ (3:16)

__________________(3:18)

Sweat (3:19)

__________________ (4:6)

Murder (4:8)

Blame

Bitterness

________________, fellowship ________________, barriers

Between God and man

Between man and woman

God ___________ all man needed (1:29) Man had to “sweat” to get his needs

met (3:17-19)

“Not ashamed” (2:25) “________ themselves” (3:8)

________ -centered _________-centered

II. Deception

A. We can be deceived by:

1. ______________ (Gen 3:13; John 8:44)

2. ______________ (Eph. 5:6)—religious leaders

3. ______________ (James 1:22, 26; 1 John 1:8)

B. Deception in our culture

“…who changed the truth of God into a lie….
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections.” (Rom. 1:25, 26)

“…they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie.” (2 Thess. 2:10, 11)

C. Deception and women

“For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
And Adam was not deceived,
but the woman being deceived
was in the transgression.” (I Tim. 2:14)

III. Truth…or Consequences!

Steps to bondage:

Behavior is based on beliefs.

Listen to the lie-- Dwell on it-- ___________it-- ________ on it-- _________

                                                                                     Destruction Fear
                                                                                     Anger
                                                                                     Death

“They that observe lying vanities
forsake their own mercy” (Jonah 2:8).

2 Thess. 2:9-13

Steps to freedom:

Listen to the truth--Meditate on it-- ______on it-- _______ on it-- ________

Peace
Joy

Romans 12:2
“And ye shall know the truth,
And the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32)

Joy is not the absence of pain, but the presence of God.

     * Identify the area(s) of bondage/sinful behavior.
     *Identify the lie(s) at the root.
     *Counter/replace the lie(s) with the corresponding truth.

Psalm 120: 1-4

IV. Lies Women Believe:

About God

1. God is not really ________. If He were, He would…….
2. God doesn’t ________ me.
3. God is just like my ____________________.
4. God is not really _________________.
God’s Word is not really sufficient to deal with all my problems.
Someone/something else can make me happier than God can.
5. God’s ways are too _____________________.
6. God should fix my __________________.

About themselves

7. I’m not _______ _________.
8. I can’t help _______________________________.
9. I have my ___________.
10. Beauty is external and ________________.
11. Physical beauty matters more than inner ________________.
12. I should not have to live with unfulfilled _________________.
13. It’s OK to do whatever I need to do to get ____ ___________ ________.
14. This body (of believers) doesn’t really need me. I can just
_________________.

About Sin

15. God can’t _______________ what I have done.
16. My sins aren’t really _________ __________.
17. I can sin and get ________ ________ _______.
a. I won’t _______ what I _________.
b. The choices I make today will not have ____________________.
c. I can play with ________ and not get _____________.
18. I am not responsible for my sinful _______________ and
_______________.
19. I cannot walk in consistent _________________ over sin.

About Priorities

20. I can make it without consistent time in the ________ and prayer.
21. A career outside the home is more ______________ and ___________
than being a wife and mother.
22. I don’t have time to do everything I am supposed to do!

About Marriage

23. I have to have a husband to be ____________.
24. It’s my responsibility to ____________ my mate.
25. Marriage should be a ________________. Equal say. Equal rule.
26. My husband is supposed to serve me and make me ___________.
27. Both mates are responsible to _____________ for the family.
28. If I __________ to my husband, I will be miserable.
29. If my husband is ___________, then I’ve got to take the bull by the
     horns and do something.
30. My marriage is _____________. It can never change.
31. I’m better off getting a divorce than staying in an ___________
     marriage.
32. If my husband doesn’t _______ and ___________ me, I have the right to
      leave him.
33. If my husband isn’t faithful to me, I am ________ from my vows.
34. I should not have to put up with __________________ in my marriage.
35. If my husband were unfaithful to me, I could never _____________ him.
36. I would be ______________ if I left my husband and married another

man.

About children

37. We should determine the size of our family based on how many children
      we __________, how many we think we can handle and how many we
      think we can provide for.
38. Children are a _______________.
39. All children will go through a _______________ state.
40. If I weren’t tied down by children I could do more to _______________
     __________________________.
41. We are not _________________ for how our children turned out.
42. Children need to get ______________ to the real world so they can learn

to function in it.

About others

43. I just can’t ___________ so and so, or
44. I just can’t _______ so and so.
45. I can’t _________ so and so. She needs a professional counselor.

About emotions

46. I can’t help the way that I feel. I can’t control my _______________.
47. My emotions are a reflection of the __________. If I feel unloved, that
means I am unloved. If I feel alone, that means I am alone.
48. It’s ____________________ to act like a shrew at certain times.
49. My depression is probably caused by a chemical __________________.
50. I can’t do what’s right when my emotions are out of whack.

About circumstances

51. If my __________________ were different, I would be different.
52. I am a _______________. (past offences, upbringing, circumstances)
53. My circumstances will never _____________. This will go on forever.
54. I just can’t take ___________________.

V. The Truth

The Power of the Truth

1. Sets us __________ (John 3:32).

2. ________________ us (Psalm 91:4).

3. ________________ us (John 17:17,19).

The Truth That Sets Us Free

1. God is ______________ (Ps. 119:68; 136:1).

God is good and everything He does is good.
I may not see His hand, but I know His heart.

2. God ______________ me and wants me to have His best (Rom. 8:32, 38-39).

3. I am __________________ in Christ (Eph. 1:4-6).

4. God is ___________________ (Ps. 23:1).

5. God can be _________________ (Isa. 38:16).

6. God doesn’t make any _____________________ (Isa 46:10)!

Everything that comes into my life has been “filtered through His fingers of love.”

7. God’s __________ is sufficient for me (II Cor. 12:9).

8. The __________ of Christ is sufficient to cover all my sin (I John 1:7).

9. The __________ of Christ is sufficient to conquer my sinful _____________

(Rom. 6:6-7). I don’t have to ______________ (Rom. 6:14)!

10. My __________ does not have to plague me (I Cor. 6:9-11).

My past failures can become stepping stones to greater victory and
fruitfulness

If I will let Him, God will cause everything that has happened to me to work
together for my good and His Glory.

11. God’s _________ is sufficient to lead me, teach me, and heal me (Ps. 19:7;

107:20; 119:105).

12. Through the power of His Holy Spirit, God will ___________ me to do

anything He commands me to do (I Thess. 5:24; Phil. 2:13).

There is no one I cannot __________ (Mark 11:25).

There is no one I cannot _________ (Matt. 5:44).

I can ________ ______________ in all things (1 Thess. 5:18).

13. Forgiveness is a _______________.

14. __________________ is a choice.

15. I am ______________________ before God for my behavior, responses,

and choices (Ezek. 18:19-22).

16. I will ____________ whatever I _____________ (Gal. 6:7-8).

17. The pathway to true joy is to relinquish _____________ (Matt. 16:25; Luke

1:38; 1 Peter 5:7).

of my ___________
of my ___________________
of my _____________________________
of my circumstances

18. The greatest freedom I can experience is found through submission to God- ordained ____________________ (Eph. 5:21).

The husband is the ____________ of the wife (Eph. 5:23).

The wife is to ______________ and submit to her husband (Eph. 5:23, 33)

“The heart of the __________ is in the Lord’s hand…” (Pro. 21:1).

19. In the will of God, there is no higher, holier calling than to be a __________

and ______________ (Titus 2:4-5).

20. It is more important that I be _________________ than that I be happy

(Eph. 5:26-27).

Happiness is not a ________________. I have a responsibility and calling to

be holy.

21. God is more concerned about ______________ me and glorifying Himself

than about _________________ my problems (Rom. 8:29).

22. It is impossible to be holy without _________________. Suffering is the #1

tool in the hand of God to conform me to the image of Jesus (1 Peter 5:10).

23. My suffering will not last ______________ (2 Cor. 4:17-18).

24. “It’s not about ________; it’s all about ___________!” (Col. 1:16-18; Rev.

4:11).

VI. Redemption and Restoration

1. Through _________ , Who is the Truth (John 14:6).

2. Through _______________ to the Truth (Ps. 119:29; Eph. 4:15, 25;

Luke 1:38).

3. Paradise restored (Rev. 22:14-15).

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