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Lydia: Faith in the Marketplace
The businesswoman whose heart the Lord opened. Faith, work, household, and generosity for women who work, sell, and serve.
Acts 16 · Colossians 3:23 · Philippians 1
Bible studies for working women
Called to the work. Capable through Him.
Short, doctrinally sound Bible studies written for the work week. About twelve minutes a day, printable or on your tablet, in the ESV.
Why Called & Capable
Built on three convictions
Every study we write is shaped by these. Read our story.
Your work matters
Work is a calling
The Reformers called it vocation. Ordinary work done in faith is service to God and love for your neighbor, whether you run a business, teach a classroom, or work a hospital shift.
Scripture first
Short, not shallow
Twelve minutes is enough to read a passage carefully, think about it, and carry it into your day. We keep studies brief so you finish them, and grounded so they matter.
Grace, not hustle
Rest in what Christ has done
Your standing with God was never a performance review. Every study points you back to the finished work of Christ and the God who keeps His promises.
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5 days · 12 minutes a day · Acts 16
Lydia: Faith in the Marketplace
She was a businesswoman far from home, the head of her household, and the first person in Europe the Bible records coming to faith in Christ. Spend a work week with Lydia and learn how God meets working women right where they are.
How each day works
Twelve minutes, four steps
Read
Read the passage slowly in the ESV.
Reflect
A short devotional connecting the text to your work and life.
Respond
Two or three questions with room to write.
Carry
One verse and one small action for your workday.
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.”Colossians 3:23 (ESV)
For the woman in the middle of it
You love the Lord. You also have a job, a household, and a calendar that does not let up. You have tried Bible studies that assumed an hour of free time and a quiet morning every day. Then you fell behind, felt guilty, and set them down.
Called & Capable exists for you. Studies that fit the time you actually have, teach you the Bible faithfully, and send you back into your work week reminded that you belong to Christ.
Coming January 2027
The Called & Capable Monthly
A new 4-week study in your inbox on the first of every month, with a Monday email to start each week and Going Deeper pages for when you want more.
The studies
Built for the work week
Each study shows exactly how long it takes, so you can choose one that fits the season you are in. All studies use the ESV and are delivered as a printable PDF.
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December 1–25. One short reading a day through the promises of the coming King, to keep Christ at the center of the busiest month of the year.
Isaiah 9 · Micah 5 · Luke 1–2
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Fruitful: Planning Your Year in God’s Word
Choose a word for the year and set faithful goals with open hands. Learn to abide in Christ, plan with wisdom, and trust the Gardener with the results. Includes planning pages and quarterly check-ins.
John 15 · Psalm 1 · Proverbs 16 · James 4
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Ruth: Faithful in the Field
A widow, a field, and a hard day’s work. See God’s quiet providence in ordinary labor, and the Redeemer He was preparing all along.
Ruth 1–4 · Romans 8:28
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How our 4-week studies work
Monday through Friday, a 12-minute study day. Saturday, a short catch-up or review day for anything you missed. Sunday, no assigned reading, just a simple page for sermon notes and one question, so the study points you to worship with your church rather than competing with it.
If cost is a barrier
We want these studies to be within reach for every woman. If you can’t afford a study right now, email us at hello@calledandcapableco.com and we’ll send it to you free. No questions asked.
Studies / Lydia
Lydia: Faith in the Marketplace
Length5 days
Daily12 minutes
Format14-page PDF
TranslationESV
Lydia gets only a few verses in Scripture, but they are full. She sold luxury purple goods hundreds of miles from her hometown. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to the gospel. Her household was baptized with her, and her home became a gathering place for the first church in Europe.
This study walks through her story one workday at a time, with a short passage, a devotional rooted in Reformed teaching, questions with room to write, and one verse to carry into your day.
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What’s inside
- She Had a Job
- An Opened Heart
- She and Her Household
- “Come to My House”
- A Church in Her Living Room
- Four printable desk cards
“The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.”Acts 16:14 (ESV)
A look at Day 2
Lydia was at the river, sitting under the preaching of God’s Word. But Luke is careful to tell us who did the real work. She did not open her own heart. The Lord did. Saving faith is not something we produce. It is a gift God gives, by His Spirit, through His Word.
This is good news on a busy week. Your standing with God rests on Christ’s finished work, not your performance.
Membership · Launching January 2027
The Called & Capable Monthly
One new 4-week Bible study every month, delivered to your inbox, with weekly encouragement and extra pages for going deeper. A steady rhythm in God’s Word for the whole year.
What’s included
Everything in one membership
Each month builds on the same simple format as our studies, with more support along the way.
On the 1st
A new 4-week study
Twenty weekday study days of about twelve minutes, a Saturday catch-up day each week, and a Sunday page for sermon notes. Printable PDF, ESV.
Every Monday
A weekly email
A short note to start the week together: this week’s theme, a word of encouragement, and a reminder of where you are in the study.
Every week
Going Deeper pages
For the days you have a little more time: a key word study, cross-references to read in your Bible, a Westminster Catechism connection, and questions to talk through with a friend.
Member perks
More for members
Seasonal studies like Advent included at no extra cost, early access to new releases, and Lydia free when you join.
How a month works
A rhythm you can keep
- Your study arrives
Download the PDF, print it or open it on your tablet, and look over the four weeks ahead.
- Study days
About twelve minutes each: read, reflect, respond, and carry one verse into your workday.
- Catch up or go deeper
Finish a missed day, or open that week’s Going Deeper pages.
- Worship with your church
No assigned reading. A simple page for sermon notes and one question to carry into the week.
- Weekly email
A fresh start for the new week, wherever you are in the study.
Pricing
Simple and affordable
A single 4-week study is $10. Membership adds the weekly emails, Going Deeper pages, and member perks.
Monthly
$12 / month
- New 4-week study every month
- Weekly Monday emails
- Going Deeper pages
- Cancel anytime
Annual · Best value
$99 / year
- Everything in monthly
- About two months free
- Advent and seasonal studies included
- Lydia free when you join
If cost is a barrier, email us at hello@calledandcapableco.com. We never want price to keep a woman out of God’s Word.
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Join the waitlist and we’ll email you when membership opens, along with the first month’s study topic. In the meantime, grab Monday Reset free.
The waitlist opens soon. Until then, start with our free 3-day study.
Get Monday Reset freeOur story
Why Called & Capable exists
It started with a working mom, a full calendar, and a stack of Bible studies she never finished.
Called & Capable was started by a working mother of two who runs her own businesses. She loves the Lord and loves her work. For years she felt like she had to choose between them.
The Bible studies she picked up assumed an hour of quiet every morning. Real life looked different: an early meeting, a sick kid, a client emergency, a full inbox before 8 AM. She would fall behind by Wednesday, feel guilty by Friday, and put the study on the shelf.
What she found underneath the guilt was a quieter lie: that her job was the thing keeping her from God, and that she would be more spiritual if she simply worked less.
What Scripture actually says about work
The Bible tells a different story. God put Adam in the garden “to work it and keep it” before sin ever entered the world. Work is part of how we bear God’s image. The Reformers recovered this truth and called it vocation: whether you are a pastor or a bookkeeper, a nurse or a shop owner, ordinary work done in faith is a way of serving God and loving your neighbor.
Scripture is also full of working women. The woman of Proverbs 31 considers a field and buys it. Ruth gleans in the fields of Boaz. Lydia sells purple goods in Philippi. Priscilla works alongside her husband as a tentmaker. None of them were asked to leave their work behind to follow the Lord. God met them in it.
What we set out to make
So we started writing the studies we wished we had. Short enough to finish on a real workday. Faithful to the text and to historic Reformed teaching. Honest about the pressures working women carry. And always pointing back to the gospel: you are not saved by how much you get done, but by what Christ has already done for you.
We call it Called & Capable because both words matter. You are called to the work in front of you, at home and in the marketplace. And you are capable, not because you are strong enough on your own, but because the God who began a good work in you will bring it to completion (Philippians 1:6).
Who we write for
We write for women: corporate professionals and small business owners, teachers and nurses, women working full time or part time, women working outside the home and women working for the household. If you are a Christian woman with a full life and a desire to know God’s Word better, these studies are for you.
One more thing we believe deeply: no study can replace your local church. We hope these studies send you back to the Lord’s Day, to faithful preaching, and to the care of your pastor and elders, better prepared and more hungry for God’s Word.
What we believe
Rooted in the Reformed faith
Our studies are written from a confessionally Reformed perspective. We hold to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms as faithful summaries of what Scripture teaches.
Scripture
The Bible, Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, infallible, and inerrant Word of God. It is the only rule of faith and life, and it is sufficient for everything we need for godliness.
God
There is one God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is sovereign over all things, including our salvation, our work, and every ordinary day.
Salvation
We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Salvation is God’s work from beginning to end. He opens hearts, as He opened Lydia’s, and He keeps those He saves.
Christ
Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. He lived the perfect life we could not live, died in our place for our sins, rose bodily from the dead, and will return in glory.
The church
God grows His people through the ordinary means of grace: the preaching of the Word, the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and prayer, within the fellowship and oversight of the local church.
Vocation
All honest work can be done to the glory of God. Ordinary labor in the home and in the marketplace is a calling, a place to serve God and love our neighbors.
Men and women
God created men and women equally in His image, with equal dignity and worth. He has also given them distinct and complementary callings in the home and in the church, where the offices of pastor and elder are given to qualified men.
Translation
All studies quote the English Standard Version (ESV), a faithful, word-for-word translation widely used in Reformed churches.
A note on how to use these studies
Called & Capable studies are personal devotional resources written by and for women. They are not a substitute for the preaching of the Word, the sacraments, or the shepherding of your local church. If a study raises a question, take it to your pastor or elders. We would love for these studies to make you a more engaged member of your congregation.
Free study
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Three short readings to start your work week in God’s Word before the inbox opens. Download it free, right now.
- Day 1 · Worked into His design (Genesis 2:15)
- Day 2 · Not by your strength (Psalm 127:1–2)
- Day 3 · Work as unto the Lord (Colossians 3:23–24)
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The studies
Is this a physical book?
No. Every study is a digital PDF you download right after purchase. Print it at home or at an office supply store, or use it in a PDF app on a tablet.
How long are the studies?
Our core studies run four weeks: twenty weekday study days, a Saturday catch-up day each week, and a Sunday page for sermon notes. We also offer a few shorter studies, like Lydia, and a seasonal Advent study.
How long does each day really take?
Most days take about twelve minutes: three to read, five to reflect, three to answer questions, and one to choose a verse and an action for your day. Take longer if you have it.
What if I miss a day?
Pick up where you left off. The studies are numbered by day, not by date, so there is no falling behind.
Which Bible translation do you use?
The English Standard Version (ESV). You can follow along in any translation, but the printed passages are ESV.
Theology and church
What is your theological perspective?
Our studies are written from a confessionally Reformed perspective, consistent with the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms. You can read our full statement on the What we believe page.
Can I use these with my women’s Bible study?
Yes. Each purchase covers one person, so buy one copy per participant. We recommend checking with your church’s leadership before using any outside material in a church ministry.
Are these a replacement for church?
No. These are personal devotional resources. They are meant to support, never replace, the preaching of the Word and the life of your local church.
Membership
When does membership start?
Membership opens in January 2027. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you as soon as it opens.
What’s the difference between membership and buying a study?
A single 4-week study is $10 and includes the study PDF. Membership is $12 a month or $99 a year and includes each month’s new study, a weekly Monday email, Going Deeper pages, and member perks like seasonal studies.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel whenever you like, and you keep every study you’ve already received.
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Reply to your order email and we’ll send a fresh link the same day.
What if I can’t afford a study?
Email us and we’ll send it to you free, no questions asked. We never want cost to keep a woman out of God’s Word.
Do you offer refunds?
Because studies are instant digital downloads, all sales are final. If something is wrong with your file, contact us and we’ll make it right.
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We’d love to hear from you
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