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NATIONAL STUDY GUIDE Preparation for Admission Into The Order of the Daughters of the King® 2020 Edition TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE: TAKING THE FIRST STEP................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................2 THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY GUIDE .......................................................................................................................2 THE SERVICE OF PREPARATION FOR MEMBERSHIP ......................................................................................................3 BEGINNINGS .....................................................................................................................................................5 CLASS INFORMATION ..........................................................................................................................................6 PART TWO: DAUGHTERS ON A JOURNEY........................................................................................................7 STUDY ONE ....................................................................................................................................................8 WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?........................................................................................................................................8 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY ONE....................................................................................................................................... 9 STUDY TWO ................................................................................................................................................. 11 WHAT IS AN ORDER? ........................................................................................................................................ 11 WHO MAY BE CALLED TO THE ORDER? ................................................................................................................. 14 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY TWO.................................................................................................................................... 15 PART THREE: OUR COMMITMENT ................................................................................................................ 17 STUDY THREE ............................................................................................................................................... 18 WHAT DOES CHRIST EXPECT OF HIS DAUGHTERS?.................................................................................................... 18 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY THREE ................................................................................................................................. 20 FOR YOUR ENRICHMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 22 STUDY FOUR ................................................................................................................................................ 23 WHAT IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ORDER? .................................................................................................... 23 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY FOUR................................................................................................................................... 25 FOR YOUR ENRICHMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 27 STUDY FIVE .................................................................................................................................................. 28 WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A CHAPTER? ................................................................................................................. 28 HOW DO WE BECOME COMMUNITY? ................................................................................................................... 29 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY FIVE ..................................................................................................................................... 31 STUDY SIX .................................................................................................................................................... 33 THE FUNDS OF THE ORDER ................................................................................................................................. 33 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY SIX ....................................................................................................................................... 36 PART FOUR: WHO WE ARE MARTHAS AND MARYS...................................................................................... 38 STUDY SEVEN ............................................................................................................................................... 39 PRAYER AND STUDY .......................................................................................................................................... 39 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY SEVEN ................................................................................................................................. 44 FOR YOUR ENRICHMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 46 STUDY EIGHT ............................................................................................................................................... 47 SERVICE AND EVANGELISM ................................................................................................................................. 47 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY EIGHT .................................................................................................................................. 51 STUDY NINE ................................................................................................................................................. 53 WHAT IS A RULE OF LIFE? ................................................................................................................................... 53 SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING YOUR RULE OF LIFE..................................................................................................... 57 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY NINE.................................................................................................................................... 59 FOR YOUR ENRICHMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 61 PART FIVE: REACHING OUT TO SERVE .......................................................................................................... 62 STUDY TEN ................................................................................................................................................... 63 HOW DAUGHTERS ARE EMPOWERED TO SERVE ....................................................................................................... 63 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY TEN ..................................................................................................................................... 66 FOR YOUR ENRICHMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 67 STUDY ELEVEN ............................................................................................................................................. 68 CALLED TO HUMILITY ........................................................................................................................................ 68 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY ELEVEN ............................................................................................................................... 73 FOR YOUR ENRICHMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 75 PART SIX: ARE YOU CALLED TO THE ORDER? ................................................................................................ 77 STUDY TWELVE ............................................................................................................................................ 78 WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? .................................................................................................................................. 78 QUESTIONS FOR STUDY TWELVE .............................................................................................................................. 80 APPENDIX ...................................................................................................................................................