SNEAK PEEK: Seven-Mile Participant’s Guide by Steven Furtick
Experience the power and meaning of the last words of Christ with your family, your small group, or in your personal devotions.
Click here to download chapter one of Seven-Mile Participant’s Guide.
Filmed in the Holy Land! In this seven-session, video-based study, pastor Steven Furtick explores the last words of Christ from the very Holy Land locations at which they were spoken. Standing on the Mount of Olives, in the Garden of Gethsemane, at Golgotha, Furtick unpacks the drama, power, and deeper meaning of Jesus final hours before his Crucifixion.
Click here to download chapter one of Seven-Mile Participant’s Guide.
Be Not Afraid: I Go Before You Always
“In Hebrews 13:5 God says to us, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” That verse is a powerful reminder to me of the value my Creator places on his relationship with me. God chooses to be all there for me no matter what I go through in life. God is never too busy. God is never preoccupied with something more important. He is always present and available.”
Excerpted from One Month to Love by Chris and Kerry Shook
Daily Reflection:
How has God shown you the value of your relationship with Him?
SNEAK PEEK: Girls With Swords by Lisa Bevere
If there ever was a time for women to be armed, its now.
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Yet the Word of God is a sword we often are more comfortable studying than wielding. Its time we give girls swords and watch them connect heaven to earth. Worldwide, women are the targets of prejudice, sex trafficking, abuse, and even gendercide. Lisa Bevere writes that these attacks say more about who women might be in the future than who they have been in the past. In Girls with Swords she explains a spiritual enemy is seeking to disarm women on every level. Its time women become the heroes God created them to [ … ]
The Magi
God is in control of the heavens and the earth. And He always has a plan. He even had a plan to provide the necessary finances for Mary and Joseph who would have to escape King Herods wrath. The star of Bethlehem reminds me of the fire by night and the cloud by day that went before Moses and the Hebrew children on their way to the Promise Land.
In the gospel of Matthew, he tells us about astrologers who followed the star to Jerusalem. They asked about the one who was born king of the Jews. For years they had searched the heavens for a sign of a coming messiah. When they saw the star of Bethlehem, they were ready to move. The wise men followed the star until it stood over the place where the young child [ … ]
Edens Downfall: Our Salvation
“But let’s not dwell on Adam and Eve. It doesn’t take a magnifying glass to find the same temptation lurking within you and me. You’d think we’d learn from Eden’s folly, but instead we seem more determined than ever to prove we’re the exception to the rule, impervious to the current. We constantly thrust ourselves onto center stage, acting like life is ours to do with as we pleasea drama that is all about me and mine.
We’re not the only ones. It’s been that way in every generation.”
Excerpted from I Am Not But I Know I Am by Louie Giglio
Daily Reflection: How can you focus on being the supporting role in God’s plan this Christmas?
He Who Calmed the Sea
“We all long for an inner calmespecially when we’re in the valleys of life. We all want, pray for, and pursue peace. At the point of desperation, some people pursue peace by numbing their pain with alcohol, drugs, sex, food, success The list is endless. Remember the old country song that says we are looking for love in all the wrong places and in too many faces? The same can be said about peace.
Some people tend to believe that peace is simply the absence of problems, valleys, and trials. Not so! Peace is a calm confidence that the Lord of the mountains is still on the throneno matter how deep the valley may be. Peace recognizes Jesus walking on the water as He calms the crashing waves and stills the howling winds in your life. Trials become opportunities to [ … ]
Release and Follow Him
“Do you ever find yourself clinging to the pencil, refusing to let God write on the pages of your life? I’ve discovered that the Lord is infinitely kind and patient in His dealings with us. He will show us how to relinquish our rights for His best. If you’re struggling in this area, maybe these steps will help you:
1. Ask God to make you willing. Sometimes this is the necessary first step. If you just can’t muster up the willingness to surrender control to God, then pray first for a change of attitude, asking for a willingness to be willing.
2. Recognize you have an adversary. The last thing Satan wants is for you to totally surrender your life to God. Pray for the wisdom and strength not to listen to his lies. Then pick up “the sword of [ … ]