"In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men…."
The Widow and Judge is an emotionally powerful re-telling of Jesus' Parable of the Persistent Widow. Filmed in the style of To Kill a Mockingbird, the story follows the persistance of a woman in demanding justice from a judge who embodies the opposite of God's compassion and grace.
This is a bundle of two movies, a PDF discussion guide, and an announcement poster.
Improve your group's worship time with the music and lyrics of this famous hymn bundled together.
by The McMakens
Worship should be an essential part of most small groups. However, few group leaders are professional musicians, and many feel nervous or inadequate when it comes to leading other people in song. Fortunately, SmallGroups.com can help.
We've partnered with a band called The McMakens to bring you a collection of video worship songs that are easy to use. Each hymn has been recorded by the band in a contemporary ...
Discover the ways in which you can have an eternal impact on others and the world.
To have an eternal impact we need to understand what's important to God. As we catch his heart, we can be driven by God's mission: to live not in search of self-fulfillment but in a continual, dynamic, personal relationship with God and to help others do the same. This five-part course on the Book of Acts will help us see our need for an eternal mission, which includes joy in Christ, connecting with ...
Why God made us, how he forgives us, and how he enables us to handle difficulties and to love others.
Jill Briscoe has an active speaking ministry and has written over 40 books, including A Little Pot of Oil, Prayer That Works, and God's Front Door. She and her husband Stuart minister together at conferences and mission organizations around the world. In this four-session course, Jill instructs us in basics of the Christian life, such as why God made us, how he forgives us, and how he enables us to ...
Bill Hybels helps to bring you closer to the God who protects, listens, understands, and saves.
Bill Hybels, founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, is known for his relevant and insightful Bible-based teaching. In this five-session course, Hybels reveals essential truths about seemingly simple attributes of God. This course helps bring you closer to the God who protects, listens, understands, and saves.
Session One
A God to Protect YouGod is a refuge for his children in times ...
Write the following names of Jesus on index cards—one name per card. Put them in the middle of the floor or table where everyone is seated. Have each person decide who Jesus has been to them this past week. Have them pick that card and share why they chose that one particular name.
On a note card or a half sheet of paper print out the following descriptions of God. Ask the question and pass the five choices to each person allowing time to thumb through them and show their response to the group. They may want to share why they chose that description but that should be optional. Which of the following best describes how you pictured God when you were a child?
Lead a discussion and prayer time based on Revelation 4.
Tami Rudkin
LEADER: Read, or ask someone to read, the following passage of scripture from Revelation 4. After you have read the passage, ask the first question and have a brief discussion. Following the discussion, spend a minute in prayer based on the instruction for that particular question. Ask people to pray sentence prayers or to pray silently. Proceed to the next question and so on. You do not have ...
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 ...
What we can learn from the leading and prayer of Jesus
by Regi Campbell
Note: The following article has been excerpted from Mentor Like Jesus, by Regi Campbell.
Jesus must have been a fantastic pray-er. Imagine the intimacy, the love, the shared experiences, the common ground with the Father. He prayed often, going off by himself away from his followers and his mentorees.
On one key occasion, documented in Luke 11:1, Jesus had been praying. It seems that this time he had ...
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