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1.Moore opens by describing the moment she came face to face with Isaiah 43:10 — 'You are my witnesses,' declares the Lord, 'and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me.' How does she distinguish between believing *in* God and believing *God*? In your own words, what is the difference?
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Beth Moore's Believing God is built around one of the most searching questions a Christian can face: Is there a difference between believing in God and actually believing God? Moore draws a sharp and transforming distinction between the two. Believing in God — trusting in His existence and in the salvation He offers — is where most Christians live. But throughout Scripture, certain men and women went further. Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6). Moses believed God and led a nation through a wilderness. The heroes of Hebrews 11 believed God and received what was promised, endured what was impossible, and died with joy. Believing God is Moore's invitation to move from passive belief about God into active, radical, daily trust in what He says — to take Him at His word, no matter what the circumstances say.
This study guide is designed for six to nine weeks of individual journaling or small-group discussion, following the book chapter by chapter. The rhythm is simple: read the assigned chapter before your group meets (or before your personal study time), sit with the journaling questions on your own, then bring your honest answers into conversation with others. Moore's writing is personal and experiential, so the best discussions will be ones where people feel safe enough to be real — to name the places where they struggle to take God at His word, and to celebrate the places where they are beginning to.
By the end of this guide, you can expect to have a clearer map of where your faith actually lives — and a renewed hunger to move it forward. You will have spent time in key passages of Isaiah, Genesis, Hebrews, and Numbers, listening to the same words God spoke to people who dared to believe them. You will have identified the five specific statements of faith Moore anchors the book around, and you will have had the chance to begin speaking them for yourself. The goal is not information about faith. It is faith itself — living, active, and growing.
10-Week Schedule
- Week 1Introduction — Do You Believe God?7 questions
- Week 2Chapter 1 — Our Believing God7 questions
- Week 3Chapter 2 — A Faith Worth Passing On7 questions
- Week 4Chapter 3 — The Promised Land of Believing God7 questions
- Week 5Chapter 4 — God Is Who He Says He Is7 questions
- Week 6Chapter 5 — God Can Do What He Says He Can Do7 questions
- Week 7Chapter 6 — I Am Who God Says I Am7 questions
- Week 8Chapter 7 — I Can Do All Things Through Christ7 questions
- Week 9Chapter 8 — God's Word Is Alive and Active in Me7 questions
- Week 10Review & Reflection — Believing God: Where Do You Stand Now?8 questions
Week 1: Introduction — Do You Believe God?
Free sampleRead the Introduction of Believing God by Beth Moore. Primary Scripture: Isaiah 43:10; Genesis 15:6.
1.Moore opens by describing the moment she came face to face with Isaiah 43:10 — 'You are my witnesses,' declares the Lord, 'and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me.' How does she distinguish between believing *in* God and believing *God*? In your own words, what is the difference?
2.Be honest with yourself: up to this point in your life, which side of that distinction have you lived on more consistently? What evidence from your daily life points you to that answer?
3.Moore references Abraham as the paradigm case — a man of whom Scripture says he 'believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness' (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:3). What do you know about Abraham's story that makes that statement remarkable? What did he actually have to believe God *about*?
4.The introduction sets up Hebrews 11 as a gallery of people who took God at His word in specific, costly ways. Which figure in Hebrews 11 is most striking or puzzling to you personally, and why?
5.Moore suggests that many believers are living far below the level of faith that is available to them — that there is a 'fresh explosion of faith' waiting on the other side of actually believing God. Does that idea feel exciting, threatening, or both? What would have to change in your life for that explosion to happen?
a.What area of your life are you most aware of *not* taking God at His word right now?
b.What would it look like to believe God in that area specifically?
6.Moore previews five statements of faith that will run through the whole book. Write them out from memory or look them back up. Which one lands most heavily on you right now, and why?
7.How does the distinction Moore is making connect to the gospel itself — the call to 'repent and believe'? Is saving faith merely believing certain facts about Jesus, or does it include believing *God* the way Abraham did?
Week 2: Chapter 1 — Our Believing God
Read Chapter 1 of Believing God. Primary Scripture: Isaiah 43:10; Hebrews 11:1.
1.What does Moore establish about God's own character as the foundation for believing Him? Why does it matter *who* God is before we can trust *what* He says?
Week 3: Chapter 2 — A Faith Worth Passing On
Read Chapter 2 of Believing God. Primary Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4–9; Hebrews 11:1–2.
1.Moore argues that faith is not just a personal possession but something meant to be passed on. What does Deuteronomy 6 — the great Shema passage — suggest about how this transmission is supposed to happen?
Week 4: Chapter 3 — The Promised Land of Believing God
Read Chapter 3 of Believing God. Primary Scripture: Numbers 13–14; Hebrews 3:16–19.
1.What happened at Kadesh Barnea, and why does Moore use it as such a central image for the life of an unbelieving believer? What were the twelve spies sent to do, and what did ten of them do instead?
Week 5: Chapter 4 — God Is Who He Says He Is
Read Chapter 4 of Believing God. Primary Scripture: Exodus 3:14; Isaiah 43:10–13.
1.What is the first of Moore's five statements of faith, and why does she begin here? Why does our belief about *who God is* have to come before our belief about *what God can do*?
Week 6: Chapter 5 — God Can Do What He Says He Can Do
Read Chapter 5 of Believing God. Primary Scripture: Genesis 18:14; Luke 1:37; Romans 4:18–21.
1.What is the second faith statement, and how does it build on the first? Why isn't it enough to believe that God *is* great if we don't also believe He *acts* with power in our specific situations?
Week 7: Chapter 6 — I Am Who God Says I Am
Read Chapter 6 of Believing God. Primary Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 1:3–14; Galatians 2:20.
1.What is the third faith statement, and why does Moore say that many Christians find it harder to believe than the first two? What is it about believing things *about ourselves* that is so difficult?
Week 8: Chapter 7 — I Can Do All Things Through Christ
Read Chapter 7 of Believing God. Primary Scripture: Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10.
1.What is the fourth faith statement, and what is the context in which Paul originally wrote it (Philippians 4:13)? Moore insists the verse is not a sports slogan. What is it actually about when read in context?
Week 9: Chapter 8 — God's Word Is Alive and Active in Me
Read Chapter 8 of Believing God. Primary Scripture: Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 55:10–11; Romans 10:17.
1.What is the fifth faith statement, and why does Moore save it for last? How does it function as the practical engine that makes the other four statements actually work in everyday life?
Week 10: Review & Reflection — Believing God: Where Do You Stand Now?
Review your notes, journal entries, and any marked passages from the full text of Believing God by Beth Moore.
1.When you compare where you were at the beginning of this study with where you are now, what is the most significant shift — in your thinking, your praying, your daily life, or your understanding of God? Be as specific as you can.
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