Understanding the essence of God helps us to interact with and bring glory to him.
This five-session course is by John Piper, the pastor of preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has written numerous books including, Desiring God, Don't Waste Your Life, and Let the Nations Be Glad.
Week One
Does God Know Your Next Move? God's freedom, our freedom, and spiritual confidence in a changing world
Week Two
Has God Played Fair?Why did an omniscient God create humankind ...
This seven-session course on the Book of Psalms reassures us that God is always good, no matter what is happening in our lives.
This seven-session series on the Book of Psalms reassures us that God is always good, no matter what is happening in our lives. It also points out that God wants to be our Father, to shelter us, to give us peace, to help us avoid panic, to give us confidence, and to keep us near him.
Session One
The Father Heart of God based on the sermon by Jim NicodemDiscovering the privilege of being his child. Psalm ...
What could God say to let you know that he is pleased with you?
Tami Rudkin
One day God is sitting around visiting with the angels and He begins to speak highly of you. In a proud, fatherly way, what would He say that would show He was pleased with you?
Group members take turns discussing where they go for comfort.
Tami Rudkin
Bring a heating pad, or an old hot water bottle, or another item that implies "comfort." Use this item as an illustration of our need for comfort. Pass this item while each person answers this question: Where, or to whom (besides a spouse), do you turn for comfort?
Leader, say something like: To be quiet is to be in a state of gentle stillness. It is in this state that your mind can relax because there is not all kinds of sensory input. Your body can then follow suit and your muscles loosen up. When you fully enter into a state of quietness, it is there that you let go of those things that are weighing you down. You can give up the struggle for control. You ...
Group members go outside to look for evidence of God's presence.
Tami Rudkin
Take your group outside in the yard or street. Assign each of them a number from 1-10, and two people can have the same number. Have your group members stand in a small circle facing outward instead of toward the middle of the group. Tell them that on the word "go" they are to take as many steps as the number assigned to them. When they have taken their steps, ask them to look around them and find ...
Encourage your group members to connect experiences with God to physical objects as a memory tool.
Sue Skalicky
My Starbuck's card has become vintage. The young woman at the drive-thru window took my card to charge my grande chai hot tea with cream, my drink of choice every weekday morning on the way to work. She glanced at my card and stopped. The relaxing red and green illustration of a young man and woman leisurely driving through the country in a convertible made her pause and comment that she liked my ...
A creative way to identify God's good advice for each of us
Sue Skalicky
A couple of years ago, a good friend shared with me a letter her husband had written to their daughter. The letter, one of many in a compilation of love, advice, and prayers from friends and family for her thirteenth birthday, expressed the love every teenager longs to hear and experience. I cried as she read the letter to me over the phone. The words touched a part of my heart that had been untouched ...
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