Week 1: Introduction — The Truth About Lies

1.Nancy opens by observing that Satan's strategy in the Garden of Eden has never changed—he plants seeds of doubt about God's Word and God's goodness. In your own words, what is Satan's basic playbook, and why do you think it is still so effective thousands of years later?

2.The author argues that most of women's struggles—guilt, fear, emotional bondage, relational conflict—are rooted not in circumstances but in *believing lies*. Does that claim feel true to you, exaggerated, or uncomfortable? Why?

3.Nancy traces a progression: we listen to the lie, we dwell on it, we believe it, we act on it, and then we experience the consequences. Think of a recurring struggle in your life. Can you identify a lie underneath it using that progression?

4.Eve was not a spiritually immature or foolish woman—yet she was deceived. What does that tell us about our own vulnerability to deception, regardless of how long we have been Christians?

5.Nancy points out that many lies feel like 'just the way things are' or even like common sense. What makes a lie harder to detect when it is widely accepted by the culture around us—or even by the Christian community?

6.The antidote Nancy proposes throughout the book is not positive thinking or self-help but God's *truth*—specifically, the Word of God. How does John 8:31–32 (remaining in Christ's word as the path to freedom) challenge any shortcuts you might prefer to use when you are struggling?

7.As you begin this study, what area of your life—emotions, relationships, sense of identity, view of God—do you most hope to have examined and renewed? Share as honestly as you are able.