―Allison Allen, Speaker and Author of Shine and Thirsty for Discovering God’s Unexpected Blessings in a Desert Season Her teaching and insight caused the words to leap off the page, leaving me more deeply enthralled with this important book of God’s great narrative. In a bad-news world, how deeply we need to bathe our hearts afresh in the good news of the Gospel! Melissa’s beautiful study on Romans makes room for an invigorating encounter. Getting beyond the surface of reading God’s Word for feel-good feelings, Melissa helps us read to know God better and, as a result, build godly confidence that will stand no matter what may come in our lives." ―Lynn Cowell, Author of Make Your Move and Brave Beauty, and Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and writer In this study Melissa helps us take in the truths of Romans in a way that makes a difference in our lives today. "All too often, God's Word can seem intimidating and hard to understand even, especially with books like Romans. Strong, solid Scripture study from popular Bible teacher Melissa Spoelstra. Study offers different levels of commitment for women in every season of life. Women will be inspired with a spiritual renewal that spreads to those around them. Encourages women with the good news of the gospel, regardless of what bad news they are facing. A six-week study of the Book of Romans. Let’s ask God to do a mighty work in and through us as we study so that we might be inspired with a spiritual renewal that spreads to those around us! Join Melissa in taking a posture of listening and learning as we approach this powerful book packed with good news. Whatever bad news we may receive, in Romans we will find good news to encourage and transform us. In this six-week study of the Book of Romans, we will be highlighting significant concepts regarding the good news about faith, grace, daily life, God’s plan, relationships, and eternity. The gospel truths shared with the early church at Rome echo into our day, reminding us that we still have good news to embrace personally and to share with others. He stepped out of eternity and into time to send us His one and only Son. It reminds us that God loves us and longs to redeem our suffering. In the midst of all this heartbreak, we can’t lose sight of the fact that God has given us good news. The media recounts stories of natural disasters, violence, and conflict. Individual components also available separately.Find the good news that brings hope and spiritual renewal. The kit includes a Participant Workbook, Leader Guide, and a DVD with six approximately 20-25 minute sessions (with closed captioning). The Leader Kit is an all-inclusive box containing one copy of each of the Bible study's components. Only God can fill that ache inside and help us focus on his provision and purpose in the midst of life's joys and pains. Together we will learn contentment as we discover more of our incredible God who truly is more than enough. By exploring Numbers we can come to identify the reasons for our complaining, learn contentment while being authentic about the difficulties of life, accept short-term hardship in light of the greater good of God's ultimate deliverance, recognize the relationship between complaining and worry, and discover how to realign with God's character and promises. God sent his only Son to die to buy our freedom from the sin that leads to discontentment, and we find our own promised land of peace and contentment in the life he gives us. The New Testament tells us that their story was written to warn us (1 Corinthians 10:6) so that we would not make the same mistakes and suffer the same consequences. In this study of the Book of Numbers, we'll find a group of people that wandered in the desert for forty years, unable to enter the Promised Land because of their complaining, grumbling, and lack of faith. Before long complaining and comparing accompany our desire for more, yet we're not any closer to filling the ache inside. All around us people are dancing to the steps of bigger, better, and faster, and we can easily join in without even realizing it. Something in us aches for more-more hope, more joy, more freedom.
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