Six-Week Study Guide
companion to
Do Life Different Inspiring Work-at-home Moms to Powerful
Living in Work, Family, and Faith
Jill Hart
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Contents
WEEK ONE: PURPOSE 4
WEEK TWO: CHARACTER 10
WEEK THREE: STEWARDSHIP 16
WEEK FOUR: BALANCE 22
WEEK FIVE: WORK 28
WEEK SIX: FAITH 34
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Week One: Purpose
Monday
Read –#13. Business as Ministry
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Tuesday
Read –#16. Don’t Hide from your Calling
#18.Fulfill your Calling
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Wednesday
Read –#30. God uses Nobodies
#31. What if God has Bigger Plans for You?
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Thursday
Read -- #36. Made for a Special Purpose
#42. How to Balance it all
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Friday
Read --#43. What’s your goal?
#52. Make your Life Count
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For Group Discussion:
What is your purpose?
In what ways does your business already line up
with your purpose?
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What steps can you take to bring your business
life more in line with your purpose for life?
How can you communicate your personal and
business purposes to your family?
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How did God design you to be uniquely qualified
to fulfill His purpose for you?
Considering purpose, what is your biggest
challenge or prayer need?
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Week Two: Character
Monday
Read -- #1. No More Excuses
#36. When we are Weak
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Tuesday
Read --#2. A Woman of Noble Character
#3. Full Confidence
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Wednesday
Read –#9. Seeking Wisdom #27. Better Late than Never
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Thursday
Read – #10. Striving to Please God
#11. Pursuing Excellence
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Friday
Read –#20. It’s a Choice, #21. Your Response
Counts,#28: What will you Choose?
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For Group Discussion:
Describe the Proverbs 31 woman.
What characteristics are important to a
businesswoman of God?
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How does working from home make those
character qualities difficult?
Why is it so important for the believer to pursue
excellence in work and personal character
qualities?
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In which areas of work, family, or faith do you
need to work harder to pursue excellence?
Write out a character-focused prayer asking God
to help you with the specific areas of need you’ve
identified. Share it with someone who will hold
you accountable and pray it with you.
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Week Three: Stewardship
Monday
Read –#4. Eager
#6. Making Wise Decisions
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Tuesday
Read –#7. God’s Economy
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Wednesday
Read –#38. Living in Abundance
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Thursday
Read – #32. Finding your Hidden Talents
#29 The God who Wastes Nothing
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Friday
Read –#33. Doing it God’s Way,#41. Is Success
Okay? #49. Are you using what God gave you?
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For Group Discussion:
How comfortable are you with your finances and
the way you manage them?
Other than finances, what other areas of life and
business require good stewardship?
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What steps can you take this week to make the
necessary changes in order to be a better steward
of your finances?
How can you be a good example of good
stewardship, to your family and others, through
your business practices?
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Can you think of a time that stewardship (good
or bad) had an effect on your business? Your
family?
What does the following verse mean to you?
“When someone has been given much, much will
be required in return; and when someone has
been entrusted with much, even more will be
required.” Luke 12:48, ESV
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Week Four: Balance
Monday
Read –#12. The Balancing Act
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Tuesday
Read –#17. I’ll Handle This
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Wednesday
Read -- #35. Feeling Restless
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Thursday Read --#46. All Talk
#47. Appearances
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Friday
Read -- #50. Success Without Pain
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For Group Discussion:
Describe what the word balance means to you as it
applies to work, family, and faith.
How can comparisons and inauthenticity lead to
problems with balance?
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Examine your schedule and lifestyle. What areas
are out of balance?
What are some practical steps you can take this
week to get things in better alignment?
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How can thoughts be out of balance?
What does the Bible say about dealing with the
effects your thoughts have on your life?
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Week Five: Work
Monday
Read – #13. Business as Ministry
#22. Serving God not People
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Tuesday
Read --#19. Do the Work
#23. Enjoy your Work
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Wednesday
Read -- #24. Does your Business Shout?
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Thursday Read – #40. Seeing the Leader Within
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Friday
Read –#44. Get off your Duff
#45. The Act of Starting
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For Group Discussion:
How have you stepped out of your comfort zone,
gotten off your duff, and went for it?
How did that turn out?
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Does your business shout? Brainstorm some ways
you could improve in that area?
What are some ways you are currently serving
people, or even yourself, and not God?
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Work ethic involves simple discipline. How do
those principles apply to your prayer life and Bible
study efforts?
How does your work ethic serve as an example to
others about serving God through business?
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Week Six: Faith
Monday
Read – #5. The Joy of the Morning
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Tuesday
Read –#8. Overcoming Fear and Worry
#14. Taking Steps of Faith
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Wednesday
Read –#15. Starting Fresh, #25. Sometimes you
Gotta go for It, #26. The Smallest Thing
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Thursday Read – #37. When we are Struggling, #39.
Working through the Impossible, #48.
Choosing Joy
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Friday
Read --#51. That Pesky Step of Faith
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For Group Discussion:
What kind of faith was involved in launching
your work-at-home career?
Can fear and faith share the same space?
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How does your business reveal the glory of God
though steps of faith and answered prayer?
What are some areas you are holding on to, afraid
to move forward in faith?
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But does having faith always require a blind leap?
When is caution necessary and when is it okay to
jump?
How have you grown as a believer through God’s
provision and your own personal growth?
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Jill Hart’s
entrepreneurial
career began in her
teens when she
spent a summer
helping her father
with his vending
business, stocking
pop and candy machines. When he put her in
charge of a Coke machine and let her keep the
profits, she saw the benefits of being her own boss.
That entrepreneurial spirit motivates her to
help other women build their own businesses
from home. Jill is the founder of the popular
Christian work-at-home website, CWAHM.com,
reaching thousands of women each month.
Jill writes, speaks, and coaches others about
finding a business niche and balance while
working from home. She also co-authored So You
Want To Be a Work-at-Home Mom. Jill presents
hope for moms who desire to be at home with
their children and encourages women to
experience our extraordinary God in everyday life.
Jill lives in Nebraska with her husband and two
kids and works in her pajamas as often as possible.
You can purchase copies of Do Life Different at
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Thank you! To access Jill Hart’s Do Life Different video page, follow this url: http://www.cwahm.com/dolifedifferent.htm
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