Day 1 – Women Who Love Truth in a World of Lies
Focus Passage: Romans 1:18–25; John 8:31–32

“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie…” (Romans 1:25)
“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)

Reflection
Women often carry the emotional and spiritual climate of homes, workplaces, and friendships. Many of us are “peacemakers,” and because of that, we can be tempted to soften, hide, or confuse the truth to keep relationships calm or to avoid conflict and rejection.

Romans 1 describes humanity’s basic move: we know something is true about God, and we push it down. We suppress truth:

About who God is (holy, just, sovereign)
About who we are (sinners in need of grace)
About what is right and wrong (especially in a world that prizes feelings over truth)
God’s wrath in this passage is not petty; it is the necessary response of a holy God to real evil and real lies. His wrath shows that truth matters deeply to Him. Jesus even calls Himself “the Truth.”

As women, we are often:

• The ones children ask hard questions of
• The ones friends confide in most honestly
• The ones who set emotional/spiritual tone in families, churches, teams

So how we handle truth—about God, about ourselves, about relationships—matters immensely. When we damage truth—by avoiding it, twisting it, silencing it, or approving lies—we not only hurt ourselves; we can influence whole circles of people away from God’s freedom.

Reflection Questions
About your relationship with truth:

Where do you most feel the pressure to soften, hide, or reshape truth—

In your marriage?
With your children or parents?
At work?
On social media?
In your friend group?
Think of a recent situation where you knew what was right or true, but felt tempted to ignore it or re-label it as “not a big deal.”

What were you afraid of losing—approval, peace, reputation, comfort?
Have you ever chosen a “comfortable lie” over a “painful truth” in a relationship?

What did that cost you spiritually or emotionally?
If you could go back, what might you do differently?
About truth and your identity as a woman:

What lies about womanhood or femininity do you sense pressing in on you today? For example:

“My worth is in my appearance.”
“I must be everything to everyone.”
“If I set boundaries, I’m selfish.”
“My voice doesn’t matter.”
“God is more pleased with my productivity than with my heart.”
Which of God’s truths about you as His daughter are hardest for you to believe consistently? (e.g., loved, forgiven, seen, delighted in, chosen, called, useful)

About truth in your home and relationships:

In what ways does your home currently honor truth?

Are hard things faced or swept under the rug?
Are apologies and repentance modeled?
Is Scripture opened and discussed honestly?
Is there a person in your life to whom God may be calling you to speak loving truth—with humility and gentleness?

What holds you back—fear, insecurity, lack of clarity, past conflict?
What would it look like to prayerfully prepare before speaking?

Prayer Prompt
Confess ways you’ve harmed truth: through silence, half-truths, flattery, gossip, or spin.
Ask the Holy Spirit to make you a woman who loves truth and speaks truth with tenderness and courage.
Pray:
“Lord, make me a woman who loves what is true, even when it hurts. Let the truth about You, about me, and about sin set me free, and then use me to bring freedom to others.”

Day 2 – Women Guarding Their Minds in a Noisy World
Focus Passage: Romans 1:21–22, 28; Jeremiah 17:9–10; 2 Corinthians 10:3–5; Philippians 4:8

“They became futile in their thoughts, and their senseless hearts were darkened… God gave them over to a depraved mind…” (Romans 1:21, 28)
“We take every thought captive to obey Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)

Reflection
Women often carry mental loads that few people see:

• Planning, scheduling, tracking, anticipating
• Emotionally processing other people’s needs
• Internal self-criticism and comparison
• Worries about children, aging parents, finances, health

Our minds are busy—and into that busyness the world, the flesh, and the devil pour messages all day long. Scripture says apart from God’s Spirit, our minds become futile, darkened, deceived. But in Christ, we are called to actively guard and guide our thinking.

The sermon described a kind of “mental jail”:

When a thought comes, we don’t automatically trust it
We hold it up to Christ: “Where did you come from? Are you aligned with God’s Word or not?”
If it agrees with Christ and His Word, we receive it. If not, we reject it.
This is deeply relevant for women who battle:

• Anxiety and “worst-case scenario” thinking
• Constant self-criticism and shame
• Comparison and jealousy
• Fantasy and emotional escape (including romantic daydreams)
• Resentful rehearsing of hurts and injustices

God is not indifferent to what runs in the background of your mind hour by hour. He calls you to love Him with all your mind.

Reflection Questions
About your current thought life:

If you recorded your thoughts for 24 hours, what three themes would show up the most?

Fear?
Control?
Self-hatred?
Resentment?
Comparison?
Gratitude and worship?
When you wake up in the night or first thing in the morning, what thoughts tend to dominate?

What do these thoughts reveal about where your heart is leaning for security or identity?
About lies your mind tends to believe:

Which of these statements resonate as familiar lies you fight:

“I’m failing as a wife/mom/friend/daughter.”
“If I don’t hold everything together, it will all fall apart.”
“God is disappointed in me most of the time.”
“My past disqualifies me from being used by God.”
“Other women have it together; I’m uniquely broken.”
Choose one recurring thought that seems powerful in your life.

Write it down as honestly as you can.
Now place it under the light of Scripture. Which verse confronts or corrects that thought?
About spiritual warfare and your mind:

Where do you sense spiritual warfare aimed particularly at your thinking? (e.g., in motherhood, sexuality, singleness, aging, body image, marriage, ministry)

What would it look like—practically—for you to “take every thought captive to obey Christ” this week?

A verse on your phone lock screen?
A truth posted on your bathroom mirror?
A friend you text when your mind spirals?
Intentionally stopping and praying when anxious thoughts erupt?
About filling your mind with what is good:

Read Philippians 4:8. Which category do you most neglect:

• True
• Honorable
• Just
• Pure
• Lovely
• Commendable
• Excellent
• Praiseworthy

Is there a habit, input, or environment (social media account, show, book, friendship, podcast, chat group) that regularly pulls your thoughts away from Christ?

Is God prompting you to limit or remove it?

Prayer Prompt
Confess to God specific thought patterns that are sinful, unhealthy, or untrue.
Ask Him to renew your mind and to awaken you when you begin to agree with lies.
Pray:
“Lord, my mind is not neutral. I surrender my thoughts to You. Expose lies. Replace them with Your truth. Teach me to take thoughts captive and to think on what is true, pure, and lovely.”

Day 3 – Women Free from Idols and Sexual Confusion
Focus Passage: Romans 1:23–27, 29–32; Exodus 20:3–5; Exodus 32:7–10; Matthew 22:37

“They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images…” (Romans 1:23)
“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator…” (Romans 1:25)

Reflection
Women can be some of the most wholehearted lovers and worshipers on earth. The question is not if we worship, but what we worship.

Romans 1 shows that humans exchange:
The true God for lesser “gods”
His design for sexuality for self-defined desires
His glory for created things

The sermon named common modern “idols”:
Family (spouse, children, or even the dream of having them)
Reputation (what others think of you as a woman)
Money / security

For women, idols can also look like:

• Romantic relationships (or the idea of one)
• Children’s success or spiritual performance
• Control over the home or over people’s choices
• Body image, youthfulness, “staying desirable”
• Ministry or service that becomes identity

These can all be good gifts—until they sit in the God-place in our hearts.

Sexuality is one of the most idolized and distorted gifts in our culture. The sermon made this simple but biblically clear summary:

God’s good design for sex = 1 man + 1 woman in covenant marriage.
Everything else is sexual sin.

That includes:

• Sex before marriage
• Affairs
• Pornography (for women too—romance novels/movies can function as “emotional porn”)
• Same-sex sexual activity
• Fantasizing about people who are not your spouse

Yet, attraction itself isn’t the sin; acting on desires outside God’s design is. Many women struggle quietly with unwanted desires—heterosexual or homosexual—layered with shame, confusion, or trauma from past experiences or abuse.

The church must be welcoming but not affirming—embracing sinners, including sexual sinners of all kinds, without blessing or normalizing what God calls sin. That includes our own hearts. Christ calls us not just to manage sin but to turn from it, trusting that His ways are good, even when they feel costly.

Reflection Questions
About idols in your heart:

If God said to you, “If I took this away, would you still worship Me with joy?”—what is the “this” that would terrify you to lose?

A person?
A dream?
A life role (wife, mom, leader, caregiver)?
A level of comfort or security?
Think of a time when you were devastated or undone because something was threatened or lost.

What did that experience expose about what you may have been worshiping?
How do you see idolatry play out specifically in women’s lives around you—through comparison, “perfect mom/wife” pressure, career identity, or even “Christian woman” expectations?

About sexual brokenness and desire:

When you hear “sexual sin,” where does your heart go first?

Past regrets?
Present struggle with temptation?
Deep fear of being found out?
Painful memories of others’ sins against you?
Have you ever minimized some forms of sexual sin because they seem “less serious” (emotional affairs, online chatting, romantic fantasies, “harmless” shows/books), while condemning other forms more harshly?

How has our culture’s message about sex (follow your heart, your body is your own, love is love, personal happiness is ultimate) influenced you—even subtly—in your views of sexuality, gender, or marriage?

If you experience same-sex attraction, or attraction outside God’s design in any way:

Have you ever spoken it aloud to a trusted, mature Christian woman or mentor?
What would it take for you to bring that struggle into the light before God and a safe sister, not for shame but for help?
About the gap and the grace of Jesus:

Looking honestly at your idols and your sexual history (including your thought life), how big does the “gap” feel between you and God’s holiness?

How does knowing that Jesus absorbed the wrath you deserved change how you approach your past and your present struggles?

Does it give you courage to repent more deeply?
Does it soften your heart toward other women’s sins?
What would it look like, in your actual life, to put Jesus first above everything—

Above husband or future husband
Above children or the desire for children
Above your image, ministry, productivity, or comfort?

Prayer Prompt
Confess any idols the Spirit has revealed—name them specifically.
Confess sexual sin: past or present, external or in your thoughts. Speak it honestly to God; He already knows.
Pray:
“Lord, I have exchanged Your glory for lesser things. I have misused Your gifts, including my body and my desires. I lay my idols and my sexual brokenness at Your feet. Thank You, Jesus, for absorbing the wrath I deserved. Cleanse me. Reorder my loves. Be first in my heart, above every relationship, dream, and desire.”

Optional: Next Steps for Ongoing Growth
If God has stirred things deeply over these three days, consider:

• Talking with a trusted mature Christian woman, mentor, or counselor about what came up.
• Memorizing one key verse about truth, one about your mind, and one about purity.
• Journaling a personal “psalm” of repentance and gratitude.
• Joining a women’s group that takes sin seriously but clings fiercely to grace.

The goal is not merely to feel convicted for three days, but to become a woman who:

• Loves truth
• Guards her mind
• Rejects idols
• Honors God’s design for her body and sexuality
• Marvels at the enormous grace of Jesus who bridged the infinite gap.