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BIBLE STUDY FOR WOMEN 

Facing infertility or repeated loss can leave you feeling isolated, with grief, questions, and longings.

How can you connect with friends who have a different story? How can you grow closer to your husband when you’re both experiencing this so differently? How can you draw near to God when it seems He isn’t answering?

Through rich Bible study and personal stories, Treasures in the Waiting: Finding God’s Comfort, Counsel & Companionship invites you to draw near to God to find encouraging answers to these questions and to discover you’re not alone.

  • This 8-week Bible study will meet you where you are, encourage your heart, and provide practical tools for the journey. Some weekly topics include handling emotions, relating to others, prayer, marriage issues, decision-making, and God’s character. Through group or individual study, together we’ll find hope, strength, and comfort . . . and so many other treasures in the waiting.

  • The Leader Guide provides detailed steps to confidently host an introductory gathering and guide women through the discussion of each week’s session of the Treasures in the Waiting Bible study. The guide also includes sample schedules, leadership tips, a plan for hosting an optional Couples Panel Night, and more.

BIBLE STUDY FOR MEN 

Navigating Infertility and Loss with Strength and Hope is a companion study written for men. Through Bible study on topics such as handling emotions, marriage issues, decision-making, and God’s character, husbands find the strength and hope to lead well.

  • This 6-week study introduces men to others who have faced similar challenges, leading them to powerful truths about God’s ways, purposes, and character. Through this rich study, men have the opportunity to deepen their relationship with Christ and acquire biblical tools to connect with their wives, navigate complex decisions, and process their own grief.

    This curriculum is a companion study to Treasures in the Waiting.

  • The Men’s Leader Guide provides step-by-step guidance to discuss the 6-week Bible study in a group format with other men. With its comprehensive support, one can confidently host an introductory gathering and guide men through each week’s session. The guide also includes sample schedules, leadership tips, plans for hosting an optional Couples Panel Night and more.

LEADER SUPPORT

Would you like to host a group using the women’s or men’s study? Or would you like to start an infertility or miscarriage ministry at your church?

JFM offers virtual support gatherings to equip and encourage Bible study leaders as they walk alongside people in a season of infertility or loss. With over two decades of experience, let us help you figure out next steps to start a group or ministry that offers hope, practical tools, and connection.

Click below to opt-in to our monthly Leaders Support Zoom meeting.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“As someone who was a fellow sojourner through the barren wilderness of infertility, I am so grateful and eager to see Julie Fowler's important study, Treasures in the Waiting, come to fruition. For many years, I have walked alongside women struggling with infertility and have lacked good, biblically based resources to offer them. This much needed Bible study will bless couples walking through the waiting season of infertility by helping to provide the space to process honestly and hopefully. I pray this resource becomes a go-to study for churches.”

—Courtney Garrett, Author, teacher and founder of 101 Christianity

“For the last 18 years I’ve worked with couples in every stage of marriage—newlyweds, empty nesters, and every season of life in between. While couples face an overabundance of challenges, infertility rises to the top of the list of threats to healthy marriages. Julie Fowler is a trusted guide and expert, helping couples navigate the challenges of infertility and miscarriage, all while pointing couples towards Truth found in God’s Word and comfort in the Lord Himself. There’s no other person or resource I trust more to help couples navigate infertility and the associated loss, grief, and missed expectations.”

—Scott Kedersha, Marriage Pastor, Harris Creek Baptist Church, Waco, TX, author of Ready or Knot and The Ready or Knot Prayer Guide, host of the More Than Roommates Marriage Podcast

“This is a wonderful Bible Study for those facing infertility and pregnancy loss.  As an obstetrician who has dealt with infertility issues for 30 plus years, I’ve seen the struggles and grief as well as the difficult medical/ethical choices infertility creates.  Medical care can help solve many problems, but it does not necessarily help with emptiness, grief, and loss.  This study applies the eternal gifts that God gives us combined with years of personal experience of many who have gone through this difficult challenge.  It provides concrete, successful ways to deal with grief and also addresses the complex nature of the possible choices involved with medical treatment of fertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. I’ve recommended this study to many patients and have seen the comfort they received as well as the spiritual growth they experienced. Treasures In The Waiting is life affirming and I highly recommend it.”

—Steven A. Harris, MD, MPH, Obstetrician/Gynecologist at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, Medical Director of Thrive Women’s Clinic

WHAT WIVES ARE SAYING

  • “Going through the study gave him a higher appreciation and awareness for what I am going through.”

    Laine F.

  • “'Navigating Infertility and Loss with Strength and Hope' helped us to grow closer to each other in understanding and sympathy.”

    Crystal S.

  • “My husband did the study, and I feel like he really grew spiritually. That was such a blessing to watch. Our marriage was affected because we could communicate much better about the topic of infertility, and we finally understood each other.”

    Rachel W.

  • “My husband never really understood what I was going through, nor how he could help the situation or provide me encouragement. Our marriage was greatly strengthened going through the study—not only better understanding how to communicate but also both turning to God’s Word throughout the process. This brought us both closer to Him, and it has manifested itself in how we interact with each other.”

    Lexie B.

  • “It’s very effective to have a safe place where my husband can talk about the concerns of his heart and mind in regard to our infertility and loss. It opened up new channels of communication for us, sparking conversations that we have never had. We were able to talk about the topics that we covered in each session, the take-home message, and how to apply it to our own situation.”

    Christina K.

WHAT HUSBANDS ARE SAYING

  • “I have been so encouraged and strengthened through the rich, biblical truths delivered in this study in such a powerful and transparent way. This resource provides a much-needed structure to process grief and wrestle with God in the midst of immense pain—ultimately leading to a deeper level of intimacy with Him and reliance on His goodness and sovereignty.”

    Zach C.

  • “By doing the study with other guys, I no longer felt alone. I had the opportunity to get to know a great group of men whom I still stay connected with and my relationship with God, my wife, and even myself grew. With what I’ve learned and have experienced through this journey, I’ve been able to share with others outside of the group that also need guidance and perspective.”

    Paul T.

  • “Navigating Infertility and Loss with Strength and Hope helped me understand how to better support my wife through infertility. Having a place to share some of the most difficult struggles of infertility with people who get it was extremely valuable.”

    Logan D.

  • "When my wife and I first discovered that infertility would be a part of our story, I was the ever-optimist. I believed we'd eventually be able to have children—it was only a matter of time. When that didn't happen as expected, I began to realize that God didn't promise me (us) children and that was a tough reality. Through my time in this study, His Word, and prayer, He helped me see that His plans were different than mine. God slowly started to change my heart, and I began to understand that He was enough no matter the outcome—children or not."

    Zack G.

  • “Through the study I gained a better understanding of ‘why’ and growth in my relationship with God. Through the group I have experienced a lot of spiritual growth, both personally and in my marriage. It allowed me to see things from a new perspective and helped my wife and me communicate more.”

    Ben S.

  • “The study was phenomenal and fearlessly approached hard subjects.”

    Zachary I.

  • “This study was really helpful for me in understanding my wife's grief and how to lead her through it. It also helped me to process through my own feelings by teaching me how to lament. By the end of the study, I had a better understanding of prayer, God's goodness, God’s sovereignty, and God’s will for my life.”

    Doug J.

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