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Here are 3 reasons why you can lead a small group Bible Study even if you’ve never done it before:
Reason #1: Do it by faith. We as Christians are to live every day by faith. Anything Jesus leads you to do, He enables you to do it by His Spirit living inside you. If you are being prompted by the Lord to lead a Bible Study lesson, just say yes — “I will do this, Lord. Please help me.” Jesus is with you every step of the way.
Reason #2: Do it without knowing all the answers. No one knows all the answers anyway! Just delete that insecurity from your mind. You don’t need a seminary degree to lead a Bible Study for others, just a teachable heart and mind. Ask Jesus to teach you what you need to know for your group. Being the leader presses you to grow and learn for yourself. Then, you share what are learning as you lead others to do the same. Win-win!
Reason #3. Do it even if you are scared: Actually, being scared is a good thing. It teaches you how to depend on Jesus Christ more. And, whatever leads you to rely on Him more than relying on yourself is a good thing for you. We are to live by faith in Him and let Him live His life through us. It is okay to say, “Lord, I can’t do this on my own, but you can in me and through me. I will trust you with this.”  

• Do the questions direct you to look at the biblical text for answers?
• How many days are required to do each lesson?
• Are the questions more about God and what he is doing or more about us and how we are feeling?
• Are the author’s core beliefs in line with what the Bible teaches?
• Will the study teach you how to study the Bible for yourself?
• Get more ideas to help you choose a Bible Study here.

• Choose a short and easy study designed for beginners.
• Recognize their feelings of insecurity.
• Work through the lesson together the first few times you meet.
• Look up and read each Bible verse together. 
• Provide the best tutoring for them to learn.
• Get more ideas for nurturing women new to the Bible here.

Lifestyle disciplemaking is growing in your faith while at the same time reaching new people for Christ, building them up in the faith, and helping them reach their peers. Not every Christian woman will become a director or small group leader. But every Christian woman has “The Call to Lifestyle Disciplemaking.” It is a lifestyle, not a church program. Disciplemaking can take place wherever women gather.
Lifestyle disciplemaking has three phases: 
• CONNECT with those who need to know Jesus, 
• ESTABLISH new and young believers in the truths of the faith, and 
• LAUNCH growing believers to connect with and establish their peers.