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Children of the Day
Journey to the shores of Thessalonica with Beth Moore in this 9-session study on 1 & 2 Thessalonians. (bible study workbook)
240 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2014
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Beth Moore
373 books2,614 followersBeth Moore has written many best–selling books and is a dynamic teacher and a prolific Bible–study author whose public speaking engagements take her across the United States to challenge tens of thousands. Beth is focused on teaching women all over the world and is known and respected wherever she goes. She is a dedicated wife and mother of two adult daughters and lives in Houston, Texas, where she leads Living Proof Ministries and teaches an adult Sunday school class. Beth is one of the best known women in the evangelical Christian market.
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November 16, 2014
I'm sorry to step on the toes of those who love Beth Moore but she is leading people astray in this one. She crosses the line when it comes to Biblical accuracy in her lesson/interpretation of 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5.
The other lessons prior to this one seemed "okay" other than her major theme for each week seemed to have little or nothing to do with the theme of the chapter we were studying.
As for the last two lessons in this book, I can't say. I finished the study of 2 Thessalonians using an online Bible commentary and a concordance.
Proceed with caution in any Bible Study. In 2 Timothy we are told "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of God"
There is shame connected in accepting false doctrines as Truth. We must carefully examine what we are presented as "truth" regardless of who presents the information to us. Whether it be the minister of a church we have attended all our lives, a friend who seems to know what they are talking about, material published by what seems to be a trusted organization or a delightfully enthusiastic woman who definitely has a passion for the Lord. We can't blame parents, teachers or friends for what we accept as Truth; we are individually accountable for what we choose to believe.
May God richly bless you as you grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The other lessons prior to this one seemed "okay" other than her major theme for each week seemed to have little or nothing to do with the theme of the chapter we were studying.
As for the last two lessons in this book, I can't say. I finished the study of 2 Thessalonians using an online Bible commentary and a concordance.
Proceed with caution in any Bible Study. In 2 Timothy we are told "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of God"
There is shame connected in accepting false doctrines as Truth. We must carefully examine what we are presented as "truth" regardless of who presents the information to us. Whether it be the minister of a church we have attended all our lives, a friend who seems to know what they are talking about, material published by what seems to be a trusted organization or a delightfully enthusiastic woman who definitely has a passion for the Lord. We can't blame parents, teachers or friends for what we accept as Truth; we are individually accountable for what we choose to believe.
May God richly bless you as you grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
August 17, 2015
Good study. Beth Moore always sees things I don't in the Scriptures. Very wordy and lengthy lessons, lots of stories, but good. I especially like week 3 and the lesson on overcoming hindrances and serving in the Lord's strength and week 7 when she talks about end-time events. This study isn't as in-depth as others; more stories than expository teachings. Not as good as other Beth Moore studies.
October 31, 2014
I enjoyed Beth Moore's Children of the DAY Bible study on I and II Thessalonians very much. I learned some new things and love how she applies the scripture to modern times. I also like how she brings in scripture from other books related to the same topic. This study seemed a bit less time consuming than some of her other ones because there are fewer fill-ins and questions to answer. Much is just reading her commentary about the book. I loved it!
I highly recommend that you also get the DVD that goes along with the study. I did this with a group at church and the DVD enhances the experience--she's pretty funny at times.
I highly recommend that you also get the DVD that goes along with the study. I did this with a group at church and the DVD enhances the experience--she's pretty funny at times.
November 16, 2014
I just can't seem to get behind this bible study. I have read 1 and 2 Thessalonians many times, but Beth Moore's content seems stretched out and more commentary oriented than a true bible study. I have done James and Revalation by her, and enjoyed them immensely, but this seems like much more than what is needed for the study. I take away two main points from Thessalonians: Christ will come again, and do not be idle. Of course there is more, but those are the main take-aways for me. This could easily be a 6 week course instead of a 5-6 month course that we are doing.
I wish blessings and goodness to all my Christ Sisters and I hope that all of you enjoy the goodness of our Lord.
I wish blessings and goodness to all my Christ Sisters and I hope that all of you enjoy the goodness of our Lord.
March 31, 2015
Excellent Bible study! Best if done in a group & are able to watch the videos, but still a great study if you just go through the book.
November 4, 2017
I love Beth Moore's workbooks, ever since my first one 15 or maybe even 20 years ago, A Woman's Heart. I've also done these workbooks: Believing God, Living Beyond Yourself: the Fruit of the Spirit, When Godly People Do Ungodly Things, Jesus the One and Only and James: Mercy Triumphs. I think I may try to all of her studies eventually.
I know Beth has come under some criticism for her bible study methods not being spot on with the historical grammatical hermenuetics method, but she does comb through many commentaries and digs frequently into the original Greek and Hebrew. She digs deep into the Word because she loves it, because it's God's word and she loves God. Examples that I have seen where she has been accused of being in error are taken out of context or she has fallen in love with a verse and interpreted it in light of her own personal journey - which I think is excusable once in a while, especially since it's plain from her context that she's telling a personal story.
I love some of her homespun Southern analogies and I love the touch of romanticism in her writing, because it shows her love of God spilling over. I think she does a great job with the questions she asks (and she's getting better at these questions over time, too) and challenging us to remember personal situations of our own and view them in light of the Scripture.
This study on 1 and 2 Thessalonians starts with this great quote: "I thought of the wonder of God's Word: the marvel of Scripture etched by the breath of God on the page with every earnest reader in all of human history in mind."
Beth is insightful, romantic, funny, both serious and lighthearted, and also refreshingly transparent. The famous ending of 1 Corinthians 13: "now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is love" is mirrored in 1 Thessalonians 1:3: "your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." Beth, always honest, seems to sigh as she writes: "When I'm in a particularly negative mood, three thoughts come to me with those phrases: Faith can be work, love can be a labor, and hope can get long." A page later she writes something that took my breath away:
"Grief and grace rose up within me like two giant wrestlers stopping long enough to shake hands. Pain and beauty tangled in a big knot called hope."
Apart from Beth's writing, God Himself jumps out at me from these studies as Beth gently pushes me into a deeper study of the Word than I usually do on my own. I tend to skip over the gospel of Mark in favor of the more detailed gospels, but Mark 4:41 stunned me with something I'd never noticed before, the disciples crying out, "Teacher, don't you care?" Is this not a universal cry from suffering humans? God, don't you care? It made me feel a little better that the disciples felt this way once upon a time, too. Sometimes we may feel like God doesn't answer us, but I realized his answer to the disciples is actually his same answer to us. "Why are you so afraid? (or lonely, or discouraged). Do you still have no faith?"
A classic Beth saying: "Scripture isn't meant to stay thumbtacked to a delicate page. God made it hardy for tossing around and testing."
It's hard to pick favorite sections of this study but I really like "A Theology of Walking" based on 1 Thess. 2:12 "walk worthy of God" where Beth pulled in tons of scriptural examples of walking with (and not walking with God), including some interesting points from Revelation 1:20 and 2:1 and the two famous walkers along the road to Emmaus.
The section on 1 Thess. 2:18 "but Satan hindered us" was also a powerful exploration of the ways Satan hinders us - sometimes through legalism, legalism's "socialite sister, perfectionism", and the other extreme, abusing liberty. And this was poignant: "If Satan had a motivational poster in his staff room, picture this right up there in his 10 ten rallying point: "Keep people apart who together would service great kingdom purposes."
Very sobering: "A hindrance is not always something sinful... these can be the hardest hindrances to let go of because they're more subjective and easier to rationalize. They're not wrong. They're just wrong right now."
And then there was her point about what if instead of "taking the hurt out of our hindrances, we prayed for God to take the hindrance out of our hurt?" Such as "Heartbreak minus hindrance = depth. Breakup minus hindrance = breakthrough. Trauma minus hindrance = testimony. Disappointment minus hindrance = faith. Handicap minus hindrance = hero. What happened minus what hindered = an overcomer. And then she challenged us to come up with some of our own examples! I managed this: Why me God? minus hindrance = peace.
So if that chapter wasn't challenging enough, then a little later, on I Thess. 3:4, she hits us with "Today's lesson poses this question: what if we weren't surprised? [by affliction]. What if we really did come to expect fiery ordeals, not as pessimists but as the prepared? What if we did come to expect that life was going to push us with pressure to compress us? What if we were ready in advance for things like peer pressure, cultural compression, and religious oppression? If we're not prepared when they push, we are moved. But if we are prepared, we plant our feet, bend our knees, and hold tight with all our might."
I was going to stop there but instead I flipped another few pages and remembered the powerful lesson on 1 Thess 4:1, "you received from us how you must walk and please God - as you are doing - do so even more." Beth found a staggering number of "even mores" - both negatives and positives, like Romans 5:30, "But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more." I loved all the examples she dug up.
"Something is going to grow. Something will get more of us. Will it be hatred? Coldness? Addiction? ... Affection? Belief? Ask yourself this question as I do the same: knowing the propensity of things to grow, which way do I want to go? We get to decide which we want to feed, and which we want to starve."
"As we are more and more aware of His love, we fear less and less."
I know Beth has come under some criticism for her bible study methods not being spot on with the historical grammatical hermenuetics method, but she does comb through many commentaries and digs frequently into the original Greek and Hebrew. She digs deep into the Word because she loves it, because it's God's word and she loves God. Examples that I have seen where she has been accused of being in error are taken out of context or she has fallen in love with a verse and interpreted it in light of her own personal journey - which I think is excusable once in a while, especially since it's plain from her context that she's telling a personal story.
I love some of her homespun Southern analogies and I love the touch of romanticism in her writing, because it shows her love of God spilling over. I think she does a great job with the questions she asks (and she's getting better at these questions over time, too) and challenging us to remember personal situations of our own and view them in light of the Scripture.
This study on 1 and 2 Thessalonians starts with this great quote: "I thought of the wonder of God's Word: the marvel of Scripture etched by the breath of God on the page with every earnest reader in all of human history in mind."
Beth is insightful, romantic, funny, both serious and lighthearted, and also refreshingly transparent. The famous ending of 1 Corinthians 13: "now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is love" is mirrored in 1 Thessalonians 1:3: "your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." Beth, always honest, seems to sigh as she writes: "When I'm in a particularly negative mood, three thoughts come to me with those phrases: Faith can be work, love can be a labor, and hope can get long." A page later she writes something that took my breath away:
"Grief and grace rose up within me like two giant wrestlers stopping long enough to shake hands. Pain and beauty tangled in a big knot called hope."
Apart from Beth's writing, God Himself jumps out at me from these studies as Beth gently pushes me into a deeper study of the Word than I usually do on my own. I tend to skip over the gospel of Mark in favor of the more detailed gospels, but Mark 4:41 stunned me with something I'd never noticed before, the disciples crying out, "Teacher, don't you care?" Is this not a universal cry from suffering humans? God, don't you care? It made me feel a little better that the disciples felt this way once upon a time, too. Sometimes we may feel like God doesn't answer us, but I realized his answer to the disciples is actually his same answer to us. "Why are you so afraid? (or lonely, or discouraged). Do you still have no faith?"
A classic Beth saying: "Scripture isn't meant to stay thumbtacked to a delicate page. God made it hardy for tossing around and testing."
It's hard to pick favorite sections of this study but I really like "A Theology of Walking" based on 1 Thess. 2:12 "walk worthy of God" where Beth pulled in tons of scriptural examples of walking with (and not walking with God), including some interesting points from Revelation 1:20 and 2:1 and the two famous walkers along the road to Emmaus.
The section on 1 Thess. 2:18 "but Satan hindered us" was also a powerful exploration of the ways Satan hinders us - sometimes through legalism, legalism's "socialite sister, perfectionism", and the other extreme, abusing liberty. And this was poignant: "If Satan had a motivational poster in his staff room, picture this right up there in his 10 ten rallying point: "Keep people apart who together would service great kingdom purposes."
Very sobering: "A hindrance is not always something sinful... these can be the hardest hindrances to let go of because they're more subjective and easier to rationalize. They're not wrong. They're just wrong right now."
And then there was her point about what if instead of "taking the hurt out of our hindrances, we prayed for God to take the hindrance out of our hurt?" Such as "Heartbreak minus hindrance = depth. Breakup minus hindrance = breakthrough. Trauma minus hindrance = testimony. Disappointment minus hindrance = faith. Handicap minus hindrance = hero. What happened minus what hindered = an overcomer. And then she challenged us to come up with some of our own examples! I managed this: Why me God? minus hindrance = peace.
So if that chapter wasn't challenging enough, then a little later, on I Thess. 3:4, she hits us with "Today's lesson poses this question: what if we weren't surprised? [by affliction]. What if we really did come to expect fiery ordeals, not as pessimists but as the prepared? What if we did come to expect that life was going to push us with pressure to compress us? What if we were ready in advance for things like peer pressure, cultural compression, and religious oppression? If we're not prepared when they push, we are moved. But if we are prepared, we plant our feet, bend our knees, and hold tight with all our might."
I was going to stop there but instead I flipped another few pages and remembered the powerful lesson on 1 Thess 4:1, "you received from us how you must walk and please God - as you are doing - do so even more." Beth found a staggering number of "even mores" - both negatives and positives, like Romans 5:30, "But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more." I loved all the examples she dug up.
"Something is going to grow. Something will get more of us. Will it be hatred? Coldness? Addiction? ... Affection? Belief? Ask yourself this question as I do the same: knowing the propensity of things to grow, which way do I want to go? We get to decide which we want to feed, and which we want to starve."
"As we are more and more aware of His love, we fear less and less."
September 11, 2020
This was a well-timed study for me and might best be summed up in the author's thoughts near the end: "We've been called to a hard world. If we turn our backs on it, we forfeit our assignments. Face out, Beloved. Be brave. Be bold. Love big. We won't be here long. Take the torch of the gospel to a land of souls and shadows."
June 4, 2016
As always, Beth Moore is entertaining and educational.
I was having difficulty though because I would head down one path with the material and she would take me to a completely different place; maybe because of what was going on in my own life during the study.
Still not sure if I recommend this one or not but this is the only Thessalonians study I'm aware of.
No study of God's word will be unproductive.
I was having difficulty though because I would head down one path with the material and she would take me to a completely different place; maybe because of what was going on in my own life during the study.
Still not sure if I recommend this one or not but this is the only Thessalonians study I'm aware of.
No study of God's word will be unproductive.
November 12, 2014
I really don't know how I feel about this Bible Study by Beth. It seemed different to me and I didn't connect as well.
December 7, 2014
Read for a women's Bible study. I highly recommend simply reading 1 and 2 Thessalonians and studying that.
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October 16, 2019We're only on week 4 of this bible study and I'm bored to tears with the daily lessons. It seems like what a school teacher would call "busy work".
August 26, 2015
This was another amazing study by Beth Moore.
May 16, 2022
You know, honestly, of all the books I've ever read, NONE of them ever touch my heart and my mind and my soul as much as God's Word itself does. I'm so thankful I completed this 9 week study of 1&2 Thessalonians, and while this curriculum provided an excellent resource to walk me along through it, it's the legit WORD OF GOD itself where the real magic comes from. If you seek a little structure to your Bible study habits or if you're particularly interested in what the Bible has to say about team dynamics, spiritual engiftments, responsibilities of believers, or the character often referred to as the antichrist, I'd say you could give this study a go! I didn't have a group to do the video sessions with, but you can rent them online at Lifeway and watch them solo, like I did, if you want to! I thought they were incredibly impactful.
July 25, 2023
I love Beth Moore studies. But I think because this took me quite a long time to get through since I wasn’t doing it with a group and just the season of life I am in, I struggled with motivation to complete this study. Not because it’s a bad study, it is just not as good or as in-depth as other studies that she has written. I’m not gonna quit doing her studies. Absolutely love Beth Moore and pray that God continues to bless her and her family and her ministry.
January 10, 2024
I really can not recommend this study enough!! I always learn a ton from the scriptures when I do one of Beth's workbooks. This particular book has scripture writing included. I found that to be beneficial for memorization. One of my favorite things about Beth's teaching is that I am always learning new ways to pray from her. She teaches me to focus on praying for myself in ways that I would not otherwise think to do or say. I find it very beneficial for my walk. Highly recommend.
abandoned
May 13, 2021This seemed more of a study based on guessing what the scripture might have been intended to mean. Normally, I love material created by Beth Moore as she researches everything and backs it up with facts, cross references, and other research material. I made it through week 2 before it seemed to start to go off track into the realm of possibility.
August 18, 2021
I was a little skeptical because I feel like doing a Beth Moore study puts me squarely in the “middle aged” category but I thought it was pretty good. It felt a little all over the place at times but I guess 1&2 Thessalonians jumps around a little too. I think I would not have gotten as much out of it if I hadn’t done it with a group and watched the videos. Maybe a barely four star book or 3.5.
April 1, 2024
I didn’t read the this cover-to-cover or do the workbook questions. I used it as a reference for the I and II Thessalonians class I was teaching teen girls. Beth is a dedicated Bible student and gave me some helpful ideas. Her cross references were also helpful.
We don’t land in all the same places, but I was thankful to have her along on the journey as I wrote my own lesson plans.
We don’t land in all the same places, but I was thankful to have her along on the journey as I wrote my own lesson plans.
July 24, 2019
This wasn't my favorite Beth Moore study. It jumped around quite a bit, but any study of scripture is valuable!
October 17, 2020
Loved this Bible Study!
March 25, 2015
This study is absolutely what you make of it. I love the space to write out the entire passage of scripture in the study, the lectures always left me encouraged and excited to apply what I learned, and her personal stories were funny, easy to relate to, yet packed with application. Obviously, there are potentially controversial interpretations of some verses, but I think she handled them with wisdom and presented information in a way that we could come up with our own conclusions ourselves rather than being indoctrinated with one person's belief on what the Lord meant when he inspired those words. With any Bible study, it's up to us to be mindful of what God teaches us through the words we read and the time we spend in prayer and it would be foolish to read this book without doing any digging deeper for ourselves. I highly recommend this one because it encourages that personal time of reflection and listening to what God has to say.
January 23, 2016
I did this Bible study with some women from my church and other churches, and I loved the richness and the depth of 1 & 2 Thessalonians. It was an interesting, rewarding experience for me to participate without leading and I loved our leader - a good-hearted woman.
Beth Moore had me at theodidaktoi in the 1st session: taught by God. We also talked about thanking God for others, living in community, conflict, sexual immorality, Jesus' 2nd coming and the role of the Holy Spirit.
Although she didn't mention it all that much, one common theme that stood out to me in the books of the Thessalonians is persecution. I also loved the verse, "As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children..."
We had a steady group of women who came faithfully until the end and a good set of discussions.
Another book reviewer recommended to see the DVDs that goes with this, that Beth can be pretty funny. Yes, she can.
Beth Moore had me at theodidaktoi in the 1st session: taught by God. We also talked about thanking God for others, living in community, conflict, sexual immorality, Jesus' 2nd coming and the role of the Holy Spirit.
Although she didn't mention it all that much, one common theme that stood out to me in the books of the Thessalonians is persecution. I also loved the verse, "As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children..."
We had a steady group of women who came faithfully until the end and a good set of discussions.
Another book reviewer recommended to see the DVDs that goes with this, that Beth can be pretty funny. Yes, she can.
November 16, 2014
Per my limited experience (this was my 2nd) with Beth Moore Bible studies, this was a wonderful study. Again, she has you searching all over the Bible with different examples and really getting into the word. I loved that she gave you the option to further your studies by either just doing the study, doing it and writing out the books, or doing it and writing and memorizing the books. It was nice to be able to enhance your study at the level that you felt comfortable with. After this study, I really would like to go and do her Daniel study since she dabbles a little bit in Revelation.
I give this study 2 thumbs up!
I give this study 2 thumbs up!
December 31, 2015
This was my second Bible study of Beth Moore's. I had high hopes for this study, but I just didn't like it as well as the previous one I completed with my small group - the one on James. I had a bit more trouble personally relating to this one. It was still very informative and I still learned quite a bit as my Bible knowledge is not expansive, but it wasn't earth-shatteringly great for me. I felt like it was kinda jumpy. 2 or 3 weeks in the middle were really kinda off for me and left a little to be desired, and she seemed to be all over the board as far as topics went. Was it still worth doing? Yes. Would I recommend it before others? No.
December 29, 2015
I enjoyed Beth Moore's Children of the DAY Bible study on I and II Thessalonians very much. My CPCC small group was amazing (Michelle S, Pam K., Lori D., Judy G., Karen H., Kimberly H., Angie M., Lorrie S., Vonna W.) I learned some new things and love how she applies the scripture to modern times. I also like how she brings in scripture from other books related to the same topic. This study seemed a bit less time consuming than some of her other ones because there are fewer fill-ins and questions to answer. Much is just reading her commentary about the book. I loved it!
October 19, 2014
I loved this study! This was my first time doing a Beth Moore Bible study and it was an awesome one! I appreciated her challenge to write out the whole book passage by passage as that helped me internalize the scripture. Beth's videos that go along with this are great but I loved doing the lessons at home and feeling like I was delving into this book of the Bible, but doing it with a wise friend in tow. This study inspired me to seek my God given purpose and to live more fully for Him.
June 24, 2015
I loved this study. While it seemed a bit disconnected and a little hard to relate to at times, the points that I related to and took with me, especially about Christ's return, were wonderful and encouraging. I enjoyed having the accountability to continue on in my homework. This one was not as intense as other Beth Moore Bible studies I have done in the past, but it was perfect for what I needed right now.
November 24, 2014
Ok, I read half of this book - or less. First Beth Moore study I've done. Watched most of the video segments. Skipped the end times stuff that I don't think is accurate. She is very earnest and sincere, but I really just didn't connect with this study. Often times, I felt like she would pull a verse or phrase and turn it into a tangentially-related lesson. I did learn some really good stuff in the first lesson that I may have never put together on my own.
August 21, 2016
Did this as a class with the ladies in church. Absolutely fantastic study of I and II Thessalonians. It is amazing these two short bible books have so much meat and so much to learn but Beth Moore does a fantastic job with the material and I learned sooo much! Plus a great opportunity to fellowship with the ladies of the church!
July 21, 2014
Children of the Day is a great resource to have for personal Bible study efforts. It would be an excellent tool to use as a group-based study feature. The content is rich and relevant. Moore provided much in the way of Scriptural references and supports. I will definitely refer back to this study.
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