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New Book – Rally: A Personal Growth Bible Study

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Do you ever wish you could escape your problems? Just jump on a ship and sail across the ocean?

Rally: A Personal Growth Bible Study

The Bible tells us to “count it all joy” when we encounter trials, but that’s hard to do when life is beating us down. It’s easier to face trials with a good attitude when we remember that they help us grow closer to God and more like Him.

Unfortunately, we’re often so busy stressing and obsessing that we miss out on both the growing and the intimacy with God.

In my new book, Rally: A Personal Growth Bible Study, we’ll slow down, take a deep breath, and spend some time visiting with God about our current struggles. He’ll help us to RALLY:

  1. Renew our minds.
  2. Ask Him for help and accept what we need to accept.
  3. Let go of our have-to-haves.
  4. Let go of “if only” and make a plan.
  5. Yay God! (Thank Him in all situations.)

As we develop the habit of going to God for help with the daily struggles of life, we’ll grow closer to Him, grow in maturity, and learn what it’s like to “count it all joy” when trials come.

Rally: A Personal Growth Bible Study

Book Giveaway – This just ended but please read update if you commented!

 

UPDATE –  Hi Everyone! I just drew the names for the free Rally Bible studies! Paula, Sue Stewart, and Maria Mays are the winners. I’ll be emailing all of you. If there’s more than one Paula, this Paula wrote a comment early on the first day about needing a rally in her life!

Also wanted to let you all know that I normally reply to all of the comments, but this time I was having some issues with one person not being able to turn their comments off. I’ve also noticed that all kinds of people are trying to unsubscribe from comments (the unsubscribe from comments page is listed as one of my most popular posts right now) so I’m wondering if others are having the same issue.

To be kind to any of you who are getting tons of comments filling up your email box, I won’t be replying to any comments this time as that would add another almost 200 comments to the email boxes! But I want to thank all of you SO MUCH for all of your encouraging comments. I really appreciate the encouragement!

I also felt sad to read about how many of you are going through difficult times. I’m praying God will help you through them and that this study can also be a help and that you’ll have friends and family and a church who will love you and help!

Kindle – One commenter asked if Rally is available on Kindle. The answer is yes but you may not be able to find it because it’s not connected to the paperback on Amazon yet. Here are links to both if you were looking for the Kindle:

It’s also available on Kobo and iBooks for ebooks.

Rally: A Personal Growth Bible Study

Here’s a little info about the study.

  • Introductory Video: Click here for a video about the study.
  • History: I first taught a one-day version of this study at my friend Tanya’s house to a bunch of teenagers. Tanya liked the questions from my I Deserve a Donut app but thought it would be nice to have one set of questions you could use to renew your mind about any situation. We brainstormed together and came up with a set of questions and an acronym to go with it: RALLY. The book I’m publishing is an expanded version of the study I taught years ago in Tanya’s living room.
  • Audience: In some ways, I’ve geared this study for the college age and beyond group. I have several examples of trials for that age group. But because we all go through similar struggles, the study can be used for all ages, beginning with older teens up into older adults.  It can be used as a group study or personal study.
  • Renewing of the Mind Opportunities: Beginning with chapter 4, I’ll provide room for you to RALLY each week about something that’s going on in your life. My hope is that by the end of the study you’ll be so familiar with the RALLY questions that you’ll be able to use them to renew your mind on the go about any situation.
  • Length: 170 pages, 8 lessons – I’ve made this book a little shorter than my other Bible studies because I wanted to have a study that would be suitable for church groups who wanted a less-intensive homework study. Each lesson should take about an hour (or a tad more) to complete, and there is only one lesson per week.
  • Leader’s guide and class videos: If you’d like to download a free leader’s guide or access the resources I mentioned in the book, click here.

That’s about it! I hope you enjoy the Rally study! If you could share this post on social media, I would appreciate it!

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Comments

  1. Barb I’m so excited about your book. I’ve been so blessed by your other bible studies. CAn’t wait!

    • I could really use this study. I read a lot of your post and need help studying. If I don’t win, I still want to buy the study book. Thank you Rhonda Lewis

  2. I would love to try out your new Bible study! I’m new to your work, (I just downloaded your app yesterday,) and I’m excited to see the difference it will help make to my life. Thank you for the following God’s calling!

  3. I’d love to be able to receive your new book! Always up for new and exciting ways to study the Word.

  4. This sounds so good! My 20 yo daughter and i are looking for something to work on together! For sure going to check this one out!

  5. God has used you in such a mighty way in my life, Miss Barb! I’m very much looking forward to your new study! ☺️

  6. My sister referred me to your site, as she’s worked through several of your books and Bible studies. I’ve been going through some “challenging” times over the past year and would love the opportunity to slow down and spend time in God’s word to help me through this time in my life!

  7. The ladies at my church used your book Renwing of the Mind and it was JUST AMAZING and so insightful. I can’t wait to tell them about this book. May God continue to bless you!

  8. I would love a copy of your new book. I was looking for a Bible study in relation to personal growth. This is God’s perfect timing. Thank you.

  9. Win or Lose I look forward to reading this book. I love how you’re able to apply God word to address issues that women face in their life.

  10. from one Barb to another…. So excited for this study! I am in the midst of one of the most stressful seasons of life.. something I didn’t expect at this age. I thought life slowed down and got easier! Wrong! I love your Renewing the Mind book and your Taste for Truth and I Deserve a Donut! All have been so encouraging and helpful to me. Barb C,

  12. This book sounds just as encouraging as your previous studies. I am continuing to learn how to renew my mind.

  14. Love how God speaks through your work. I’ve grown and learned so much through your other studies. Blessings to you!!

  16. Congratulations on your new book! I have grown from your other studies. Look forward to reading it. God has blessed you with a gift of communicating His truth. Thanks for sharing!

  22. Enjoying one of your other studies right now. Thanks so much for using your gifts to bless others!

  23. I would so appreciate your book. I have been struggling lately especially over this. I just want to run away, but I can’t. Thank you for speaking God’s truth into our lives!

  26. Very excited.Your other studies blessed me greatly.Your other books are available in South Africa and SO hope this one will also be available too.Gods greatest blessings to you.

  27. How exciting!!! I would enjoy a copy of your new book. My 25 yr old daughter and I live together and this would be a perfect study for us to do together.
    I have your “Renewing of the Mind”, “Taste for Truth” & “I Deserve a Donut” which have been so helpful.

    God bless you today & always.

  28. I ran across your book on Emotional Eating on Amazon and am so glad I purchased it. Great study. You share some spiritual insights that are wonder, thought provoking, and transforming.

  29. I just started listening to your podcast and purchased an ebook. Thank you for your godly encouragement and instruction!

  30. Im in, this sound luke a great study and timely for my life. Id like to win thr book. Thank you!!

  31. This Bible study would be a God-send. Our family is going through many trials right now. We know He is faithful! I need to get this for the reminders and encouragement!

  32. My personal theme for 2018 is Renewal. Personal growth and a closer walk with Jesus this is what I long for. Thank you for your work in writing and publishing so your fellow sisters in Christ can grow as well. Love to have a copy of your book.

  33. The book sounds amazing. I’m in a period of change where sometimes I’m not sure which way is up or down, I’m looking forward to reading the book.

  34. I was about to email my prayer partner and ask her to pray for me. I’m 75 and sickly and can’t even motivate myself to prepare breakfast. Maybe the Lord wanted me to find this? Thaks for your dedication to writing.

  36. So that explains while there have been no so many new podcasts in the last months (I was even going to write to ask for more) – as you were busy writing a book! Congratulations and well done on beating procrastination -this series of teachings was the reason I found you few months back and I keep going back to them very often!). I am so happy about this new book as everything you write is more than helpful! God bless you. (ps. sorry for not perfect English).

  37. I have been going through some rough patches the last couple of months and could really use this book as guidance to help me get back on track.

    I’m loving the idea Barb of this drawing.

    Thanks

  38. Sounds awesome and helpful! I like that it offers a way for one to be able to renew their mind in various situations.

  39. I look forward to reading this. I am going through a really hard time right now. Seeking God desperately.

  40. I am so excited about your new book! I just got your “Renewing Your Mind” for Christmas and recommended it to others. I have some friends going through hard times right now and this sounds like a great tool for me to be able to better encourage and equip them.

  43. Thanks for the opportunity to enter for a book. I so enjoy your studies and this would fit in well with my current situation and thought life. I need to rally!!!

  45. It’s 2018 and I thank God I made it!!! I have been in a season of desireing more of God. I want all that Jesus paid the price for me to have healing, deliverance, prosperity and so much more. Not just for me but so that I may be a conduit that he may flow through to be a help, an encourager, and a blessing to others. Also that my Father in heaven would be glorified. Renewing my mind with the word of God through your bible study is the start to a time of refreshing!!

  46. I have grown from all of your studies and am eagerly anticipating this one. Thanks so much for all that you do.

  48. I could really use this book. There is so much going on in my life that I feel like I just keep getting hit with one thing after another. My faith is struggling. My hope for a better tomorrow is dwindling. And the strength to fight is no longer coming from me.

  49. Your studies have been a blessing. I would love to win this study on renewing your mind. It would be really helpful with some things I am dealing with. I am ready to rally.

  52. I too would love to receive a copy of your new book, sounds wondefful, however I am in England and you probably won’t ship one all this way. Never the less look forward to your new book. Maybe a free e-book could come my way instead!!! Hahaha
    God bless you Barb

  54. I am very excited about your newest book, Barb! Thank you for using your God given gifts to bless others!

  55. Yay! I’m so excited to read this book. I think it will be very helpful as my family and I begin fostering this year.
    You’re a great writer and teacher. I look forward to reading your new book.
    So proud of you!!

  56. Thank you Barb, for walking with God and for being an example for me in receiving grace, in seeking him, and by his grace (through faith) to learn to obey him. I can’t wait to read your new book and do the study.

  57. This sounds amazingly timely for me. Have been so blessed by your other books and would really use this kind of book. This has been the hardest year of my life with husbands health issues and God has carried me but know I could have done a better job of walking through this.

  58. I know that your new book will be just as much of a blessing to many of us as your other books have been. Winning would be great, but I’m truly looking forward to the study because this is one of those times in life I would like to sail away!

  59. Congratulations on your new book. Thank you for writing, I’m grateful for the author’s that take the time to study God’s word and then turn around and disciple others.

  62. My aunt and I did Freedom From Overeating on the phone together. It took us a year! We really we’re blessed by it. She’s in Florida and I am in Connecticut – bible studies on the phone twice a week have kept us close.
    I look forward to this new book. It seems exactly what I need!

  66. You have such a gift for asking the questions that go right to the heart of the situation. I have done multiple times each of your books and given them as gifts. I have no doubt it will be the same with this one.

  67. We have enjoyed so much your book, “I Deserve a Dpnut” and used it in our God’s We3ight, God’s Way class. I look forward to your new book. What a great ministry God has given you. May you be abundantly blessed as you continue to serve Him with your gifts. Thank you.

  70. I have really enjoyed doing your study Th Renwing Of The Mind Project. It has helped and encouraged me. Looking forward to this next study.
    Thank you

  71. Great! Love your other books, your app and your podcast.
    Will there be a Kindle version of this book?
    Living in Europe, it is easier for me than having to get the hard copies shipped overseas.

    • Hi! Yes, it’s already on Kindle. You should also be able to order it through the Amazon stores in EU or IngramSpark. I know they both print different places overseas but not sure if there’s a printing place near where you live!

  72. Thanks for the giveaway and all the posts you contribute to help others in their struggle. Love ya.

  73. I just heard about you and I got the book Taste for Truth and I’m working it and I love it. I’m trusting God to help me. I got the app I deserve a donut and I’m using it also. Thanks for writing about our spiritual needs in trying to loose weight.

  77. My 15 year old daughter just confided in me that she has been depressed for quite some time, struggling with feeling worthless and insignificant. I think this is a study we could do together, maybe with some of her friends, to learn how to replace those destructive thoughts with God’s truth.

  81. As I am changing my life for the better with your weight loss bible study I would love to put some focus on personal growth. Thank you for your service.

  82. After reading Taste for Truth, Renewing Mind Project , using the I deserve a pp AND listening to your podcasts, I have so much more peace in my life. God has changed me. Thank you for generously sharing your insights and wisdom. Can’t wait for this next opportunity to grow! Kathleen

  84. I have been so challenged about renewing my mind. Your book is coming out at such a perfect time. I look forward to sitting down and working through this study.

  85. I am so excited about a new book, and it couldn’t come at a better time. Thank you for allowing God to use your talents in this special way. I’m looking forward to another amazing life-changing growth opportunity.

  86. I have been looking for a new bible study and this is exactly what I need!! Thank you Barb for hearing Him and sharing you inspiration!

  87. Wow, Barb, what a powerful tool! I have wanted to sail away from the problems in my life in a lot of different ways from eating to sleeping to procrastinating and just trying to ignore them. I am looking forward to learning how to rally and grow in my relationship with Jesus! Thank you! Thank you for all the ways you allow the Lord to work in and through you. Blessings!!!

  90. Thank you for the opportunity to win your new study, Barb! I was so inspired by your Freedom from Emotional Eating that I actually led the study at my church. You are so inspiring!

  92. This book sounds like it will be a good study to bring maturity in our lives. I would like to do this study.

  95. Oh, how exciting! I look forward to reading your new book. I use the I Deserve a Donut app all the time!

  96. Thanks for offering this. I have really gotten a change of heart through God’s help in doing your studies, especially the emotional eating one, which I am working through now. I would love your new study.

  97. Thanks for a chance to win. I’ve learned from your other studies. Will this be available in Kindle form?

  99. Th ank you Barb, Just reading Renewing of the mind..so helpful.Love the format of this book and your honest and personal approach. Going through the questions really changes my focus and exposes my many sins, the bible verses take on new meaning for me that I hadn’t previously understood. So thankful that God is using you in this way. Looking forward to reading your new book. God bless you.

  100. I’ve been blessed to listen to your podcasts on Taste for Truth Weight Loss at work. Thank you for your dedication to helping others. I look forward to this new study to get closer to Jesus. I’ve lived with many trials but the Bible Verse that stuck out is “through trials and tribulations you enter the Kingdom of God”
    Thank You for a chance to have a free book and who ever is blessed in getting it, I hope they do the study and there life is changed by getting closer to God and Jesus. Peace and Joy to you.

  101. I love all of your books and podcasts. I would love to win this new one – though I know I will buy it if I don’t! :)

  106. Hi Barb!
    Thank you for the giveaway! I like the RALLY acrostic which defines the study. I like your message and look forward to doing this new study-

  107. Your resources have been such a blessing in my life, and this Bible study sounds like just what I need! :) God Bless You Barb!!!

  108. I love your studies. I’m getting ready to teach Renewing of the Mind here in Japan! I’m so excited that your new study is out!

  110. Barb, thank you so much for your Bible studies. They have been the only thing that gives me willpower. I’m not in the best of health so really needed it. Thank you so much! God bless you!!!

  111. Thanks 🙏🏽 for all you have done ✅ for countless women all over the country & bonded us with a god filled desire to conquer our struggles with food & other issues. I love that your donut app has helped me with any temptation.

  112. Thank you for this opportunity. I enjoy your pod casts and app. I feel I learn so much from you.
    God bless!

  113. I’d love to receive this bible study! Blessings and Blessings to you for writing this new material!

  114. What great timing @ the start of a New Year! 2017 was a year filled with one tragedy after another, it became hard to be hopeful- this comes at a time to refresh & renew us to service Him better in 2018! Thank you

  115. Barb, you’ve been hard at work and what a joy to see your email today! All that you do serves to draw us closer to God and become more transparent with Him. I’m looking forward to RALLY and to a year of growth!

  117. Hello Barb, I am truly blessed by your ministry. I am growing closer to the Lord through your ministry , Knowing and sharing your love for God is so awesome. I truly appreciate your insight and wisdom. You are so practical about God and so easy to understand. Because of your ministry training my mind to think of God first is really growing in me. I thank God for you and your ministry.

  118. OOOOooooh! OOooooh! Pick me, pick me!!!

    Barb, God has used you to profoundly impact my life. As the leader of the Thin Within ministry, the things you have taught me about mind renewal have been making it into EVERYTHING we are doing to encourage the people we have the joy of ministering to! We have developed a HUMONGOUS Mind Renewal Tool Box…all inspired by you. Thank you for your tireless work and the sacrifices you have made time and again to supply more resources for us to grow through. :-) Love ya, my friend. I am so glad that God brought us together.

  120. who wouldn’t consider the winning of a book as a signal from the Lord? as lots/sticks/stones were drawn in the old testament (purim) & else where in history perhaps the ‘winners’ will continue to depend on God’s sovereign providence to complete & exemplify the biblical teachings offered in its pages. He has truly given us everything we need! 1Pt 2:3-7

  121. I am so excited about your new book. It is a topic I think everyone needs. God bless you and keep you. Numbers 6:24 -26
    Debby

  122. I am enjoying your blog posts. They are helping me so much in attaining the goals that I believe God is showing me for this year.

  123. Barb,
    If this book is anything like ” I Deserve a Donut” I hear the words Freedom and Victory coming my way.
    I have shared your works with many individuals, and they have found freedom and victory in their Christian Walk.
    God Bless you in your ongoing ministry to fellow Sojourners.

  124. Thank you very much for the opportunity to win a copy of your new bible study. I’m new to bible studying and this would be a perfect way to start the new year with.

  126. I believe I have read and reread every book you have written, so I am super excited to read this as well!! Hoping to be a blessed winner; if not, cannot wait to buy!

  127. I appreciate your books and bible studies so much! God has truly given us amazing minds. I would love to win your new bible study.

  128. I always learn so much from you so I’m excited about another opportunity to do that. Looking forward to your new book!

  129. Sounds like this is going to be another great book/study. Love your writing and would love to win a copy.

  130. I am actually completing the Freedom from Emotional Eating Bible Study now. This was my introduction to your work. I’m excited to report that I am finally conquering my food issues by finding forgiveness for myself and others and can’t wait to continue my journey. Thank you! Deo Gratias!

  131. Hello Barb, I can’t wait to read your new book. I appreciate your writing it’s very practical to me. I also love hearing your podcast.

  132. I would love to get to read this study! I have the renewing of the mind project and loved it!

  133. Thank you for all of your Bible Studies! I am so thankful that God has used you to reach some many people! For me personally I have struggle with food for over 30 years and through these studies I have examined myself and have gotten closer to God and have finally discovered that the reason I haven’t been successful is that I didn’t learn to renew my mind in the area of food!

  135. Barbara, I am 70 years old and in this flesh I continue to struggle. I accepted Jesus Christ 30 years ago and I have been blessed unspeakably. Your books speak to my heart and give meat to the word and give application to be doers of the word. I would be honored to receive your new book on problem solving which continues to be a roadblock in my life. Never too late to grow and nothing is impossible with God.

  136. I would be privileged to have one of your new books Barb! Trusting God will continue to use you and your gifts! Thank you for being obedient to His call. I am thankful for your godly example and influence. May God continue to bless the work of your hands…

  138. This study sounds awesome! Would love to win it but will consider myself a winner whether I win a copy of it, or I purchase a copy of it!! Praise God! Thank you for your generosity in your giveaway!

  139. Congratulations on your new book. I’m looking forward to readying. You are an inspiration! I so want to be close to God.

    • Merry name was spelt wrong in my message above .
      The message should read I am excited to buy the book.

  141. Wow! This sounds so practical, as the other works of yours I’ve enjoyed have been. I look forward to using this as a tool for myself and in Bible Study groups. Thanks for doing the giveaway!

  142. Happy New Year Barb,

    I appreciate your work and the way God is using you to touch so many lives while enriching their relationship with the Lord. He is using you in a mighty way. I look forward to reading your 2018 posts.

  143. Hey Barb. I am so excited for your new study. I know how hard you work on getting your writing done. You are an example to us because you practice what you teach us. Praise God for your ministry. You are a blessing. Renewing my mind has been a huge blessing.

  146. This looks like exactly what i have been looking for. I am feeling quite hopeless and desperate because of my patterns of significant weight loss and gain. I have been looking for a spiritual based weight loss program and came across your books on Amazon. Thought i would check out your site.

  147. Thank you Barb for a new book. I would love to do this Bible study, it looks to be what I was looking for. I love the Y part of Rally!! Being thankful in all situations lets God show us the beauty in the valley. I have now seen that beauty, and it is so awesome!! Have a blessed day!!

  148. Thank you Barb for your commitment to open our hearts and minds to what God is saying and wanting for us. My small group is using your Taste for Truth book for the 2nd time now. You have a gift to speak to the heart.

  149. Happy new year Barb.

    I really would like to win this book as I am in a quest to grow lots this year.

    God bless you and yours

  152. I love your books and have done your Bible studies some several times. This is the year I really want to work on personal growth. I am so excited to begin your new study. Thank you for this opportunity to get the book

  153. I would absolutely love to win this bible. A friend and I have recently found you on line. We are starting A Taste for Truth bible study. I love the encouraging information on your website.

  154. I believe this is what the Lord is teaching me at present. Not only to look back at struggles and count it all joy because hind sight is 20/20, but to count it all joy before seeing the way He uses it. Perspective.

  155. This looks like a great study to do with my young adult daughter. We love doing studies together! Thanks for all you do to pour into the body of Christ.

  156. This location is great! I so need big changes in my life in 2018. I have purchased the Taste for Truth and Emotional Eating and have joined the Facebook group. Thank you for offering a chance for a free book.

  158. This offer great! I so need big changes in my life in 2018. I have purchased the Taste for Truth and Emotional Eating and have joined the Facebook group. Thank you for offering a chance for a free book.

  160. I have benefited so much through God using you! Will get your new book one way or another.

  161. Thank you for all of the time you invest into writing these studies, and the generosity to give away three copies of your new book! You are such a blessing.

  162. I am looking forward to this book. I enjoy the others so much. I pray that God will continue to bless you in all that you lay your hands on.

  164. So excited about this study. I just finished Taste for Truth and I also own Renewing of the Mind.

  166. Your other books have been such an inspiration and a blessing in my life! “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind” has become my daily motto!!! Can’t wait to learn how to RALLY! 😀

  168. Barb, I always learn so much & grown closer to God thru your other Bible studies. I’m sure this one will be no exception. I’m excited to read it!

  173. This looks like a book that is speaking to my needs right now. Very stressful time in my life, and I know I need God to help me.

  178. You and your new book were referred by a friend. Looks like a great study. I can think of several friends who would love this book! Blessings on your new release!

  180. So so excited about the book!!! I am going through Taste For Truth a second time because it is so rich in content….life changing!!! May the Lord bless your new endeavor!

  188. I love your guidance on renewing our minds and I would love to read this new study. Keep them coming! Thank you and may God bless you abundantly!

  193. Oh Barb, this is so exciting.!!! I am so grateful the Lord is using you once again to set His children free!!!