It’s writing week again and there is not a moment to spare! But here’s a blurb from this morning’s study. I want you to be excited with me. Last weekend, I was in Branson, Missouri, with a group of God’s women at a retreat. There were 165 women there and there were very few of them who had ever heard of Digging Deep. There were about three who had ever heard of Polishing the Pulpit. This made me excited. Why? Because Digging Deep and PTP has not finished growing. 
At the end of the day, there were at least twenty new women in the group and lots of past studies had found their way into homes in Springfield, Missouri. Once more, let me emphasize: You do not have to do Digging Deep or attend Polishing the Pulpit to dig deep and attend heaven! But how exciting it is when we can put tools in hands and hearts for eternity. Here’s a tiny blurb:
Because God had made the covenant with Abraham in the previous chapter and because He knew He wanted to obey, God had a special sort of patience with the bargaining of Abraham in the next few verses. Do you think God already knew how many righteous people were in Sodom?___ Did he need to go and count?___ But God loves for His people to ask. Find a New Testament passage, parable, or admonition that shows us God’s pleasure in our asking, and note below. Let’s compile these in our groups. Think about it. Those people who can help us in small ways—school administrators, city councilmen, governors and legislators—are not generally fond of the stacks of requests and the lobbying for their favorable ears and answers. But the God of the universe, Who has the power to give me anything that is good for me, is desiring to hear me ask.
Sisters, this is profound. God must have been smiling as Abraham showed his reluctance to “take on himself to speak to the Lord,” and as he said “let not the Lord be angry and I will speak yet once more.” In addition, What an amazing thing it must have been to be on such intimate terms with the God of heaven!
I want us to be on close terms with God! I hope you can find a place for the next DD study. Its topic will be announced in July from the Branson PTP conference and, on the same day, to all of you who will be watching for it at home. I can’t wait!
