John 1-12
The Living Word of God
Part 1 of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
We all long for a full, rich, satisfying life. But how do we fill up the empty places in our souls? How can we quench our thirst for something deeper, more lasting, more meaningful? In this thirteen-session LifeGuide® Bible Study on the first half of John, Douglas Connelly urges you to take a fresh look at Jesus. Here is the opportunity to establish―or renew―your faith in the One who offers true meaning, true belonging and true life. LifeGuide Bible Studies feature questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection. Also included are leader's notes with information on study preparation, leading small group discussion, and additional insights into specific Bible passages. Presented in a convenient workbook format and featuring the inductive Bible study approach, LifeGuides are proven and popular guides for digging into Scripture on your own or with a group.
Prayer and Listening
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Most Christians have experienced the "laundry list" phase of spiritual life, in which praying means giving God an agenda of needs to handle.®
2 Corinthians
Finding Strength in Weakness
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Do you despise your weaknesses?
Do you hate hardships?
Do you beg God to remove obstacles from your life?
The apostle Paul delighted in his weaknesses, welcomed hardship as a friend, and thanked God for obstacles, that offered opportunities to experience God's power. Was he crazy?
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Sometimes we turn away from God. Or we fail to love those around us. We even follow the gods of the world. Despite everything, God remains faithful, loving us and waiting for us to return to him. This is the story of Israel told in the book of Judges. As Donald Baker leads you to examine it for yourself, you may discover that it is your story as well.
Elijah
Living Securely in an Insecure World
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Terrorism. Diseases. Hurricanes.
Every day the news reinforces what you want to forget you live in an insecure world. Elijah's times were no safer. He faced famine, murder, and corruption with both courage and fear. In this eight-session LifeGuide Bible Study on Elijah's life, Douglas Connelly helps you look beyond the insecurity of the world to our sovereign God who reigns forever.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Meeting God
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
His majesty will fill your thoughts.
His love will soften your heart.
His holiness will purify your life.
When you meet God, you will be changed.
Meet him now as J. I. Packer, author of the bestselling Christian classic, Knowing God, leads you through twelve session LifeGuide® Bible Study key passages from the Old and New Testaments. These inductive Bible studies will engage your heart and mind. And enlarge your vision of the God you worship and serve.
Now available in IVP's revised LifeGuide Bible Study format, Meeting God features questions for starting group discussions and for personal reflection, as well as a new "Now or Later" section following each session.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
The Lord's Prayer
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, he gave them what is now known as "the Lord's Prayer."
What is the Lord's Prayer to you? Is it a formal prayer that you repeat only during Sunday morning worship? Has it become so familiar that you hardly think about its meaning? If so, you are missing out on a rich resource for your spiritual life.
In this eight-session LifeGuide Bible Study Douglas Connelly unpacks the Lord's Prayer section by section with additional texts that help you dig deeper into Jesus' teaching about how to pray.
This LifeGuide Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Hope
Your Heart's Deepest Longings
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
®PDF download with a single-user license; available from InterVarsity Press and other resellers.
Exodus 1--19
Liberating God's People
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Trust God.
Sounds simple, right? Yet, you know it is often very, very difficult to trust God with the things that matter most to you- money, career, marriage, health. As you study the book of Exodus, you'll see that Israel faced similar struggles to trust God completely. In this story of hardship and hope, you'll discover along with Israel that God - and God alone - is worthy of our trust.
In this twelve-session LifeGuide Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection. Leader's notes are included with information on study preparation, leading the study and small group components as well as helps for specific Bible passages covered in the study. Presented in a convenient workbook format and featuring the inductive Bible study approach, LifeGuides are thoroughly field-tested prior to publication, they're proven and popular guides for digging into Scripture on your own or with a small group..
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
We all want a faith that won't let us down in times of trouble or loss, uncertainty or fear. A faith that can pull us through the worst--and best--times in our lives. This is the kind of faith that James writes about. It is a faith that we must practice day by day. These studies by Andrew and Phyllis Le Peau on the teaching of James will help us grow a steadfast faith that can carry us through all the ups and downs of life.
Luke 1-9
Part 1: Serving in Home Territory
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Good news!
It was good news not only of Jesus' birth but of what he offered to men, women and children throughout his ministry. To the sick he offered healing. To the hurting, comfort. To the outcast, acceptance. In this eleven session LifeGuide Bible Study Ada Lum leads you to discover that this message of hope and joy is for you as well!
This LifeGuide Bible Study in IVP's revised format features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a new "Now or Later" section following each session to help you act on what you learn..
Heaven
Finding Our True Home
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Heaven is hard for us to picture. We think of floating on clouds, singing praises and playing harps, or walking on streets of gold. While we know we want to go to heaven, we are a little nervous about what it will be like. In this eight-session LifeGuide Bible Study provide a biblical perspective on heaven--something richer and more exciting than we can imagine. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions―making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Ethnic Identity
Bringing Your Full Self to God
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Did you know that the Bible has a great deal to say about ethnicity?
Through the Bible, God shapes the way we engage with ethnicity. A biblical perspective on ethnicity gives us confidence to explore our own ethnic identities.
In this eight-session LifeGuide Bible Study, Steve Tamayo takes us through passages that open us up to difficult yet important conversations about race, culture, and ethnicity. If ethnicity is a gift from God, engaging this material may deeply transform the way we interact with family, friends, and enemies.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Anxiety
Finding Comfort and Reassurance from God
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Shallow breathing or even a feeling that you can't breathe. Constant negative thoughts. Inability to focus.
Nehemiah
The Courage to Face Opposition
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Nehemiah was a leader of Israel. He faced opposition and difficulty from every side-even from his own people. Yet he stood against all his enemies, trusting only in God.
As Don Fields leads you through twelve sessions LifeGuide Bible Study to dig into the Old Testament story of Nehemiah, you will discover how this leader's courage and faith can inspire you as you struggle to live a life pleasing to God.
This revised LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Do angels really have wings?
Do they protect people from harm?
Can people become angels after death?
Misconceptions about angels abound-in books, in movies and on talk shows.
In this eight-session LifeGuide Bible Study, Douglas Connelly explores with you what the Bible really says about angels, including their service to God and their ministry to people.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking question making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
God's Love
Knowing God Through the Psalms
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
God cares for you in many ways!
He offers help, calms your fears, guides you and strengthens you.
In this ten session LifeGuide Bible Study, Ruth Ann Ridley helps you explore the Psalms, showing how these songs of God's people reveal the character, love and care of God. By reading, studying, and praying Psalms-and by applying their teaching to your life-you will discover how God offers true salvation and deep satisfaction for you.
This revised LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Galatians
Why God Accepts Us
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
The human acceptance we long for often comes only if we are attractive, smart, wealthy or powerful. And, God's standards seem even higher. We think we must work harder, live better, pray longer and witness to more people to get on God's good side. In his letter to the Galatians, Paul shows us the true source of our acceptance-Jesus Christ. These eleven-session LifeGuide Bible studies on Galatians will help us know that we are worth much more to God than we can ever deserve or imagine!
Exodus 20-40
Part 2: Teaching God's People
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Trust God.
Sounds simple, right? Yet, you know it is often very, very difficult to trust God with the things that matter most to you- money, career, marriage, health. As you study the book of Exodus, you'll see that Israel faced similar struggles to trust God completely. In this story of hardship and hope, you'll discover along with Israel that God- and God alone- is worthy of our trust.
In this twelve-session LifeGuide Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection. Leader's notes are included with information on study preparation, leading the study and small group components as well as helps for specific Bible passages covered in the study. Presented in a convenient workbook format and featuring the inductive Bible study approach, LifeGuides are thoroughly field-tested prior to publication, they're proven and popular guides for digging into Scripture on your own or with a small group.
Never Beyond Hope
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Do you ever find it hard to hope? Many of us feel weighed down by our own failures, a sense of inferiority, guilt from the past, or emotionally exhausting circumstances. Yet when hope seems beyond us, the Bible offers encouragement from stories of those who have gone before.
In this six-session LifeGuide Bible Study, J. I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom explore how God works through imperfect characters such as Jonah, Martha, and Peter. God loves, redeems, and restores misfits, outsiders, and failures. And he can do the same for you. Through the goodness of the God of hope, you can discover the blessing of hope as a way of life.
For over three decades, LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-offering a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 145 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Heroes of Faith
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Abraham and Sarah. Noah. Rahab. Hebrews 11 gives us a list of role models: ordinary people who trusted God in radical ways. These eight-session LifeGuide Bible Study on the heroes of faith from Hebrews will encourage you, inspire you and help deepen your own trust in our great God who still keeps all his promises, so that you might live out your faith in radical ways today.
Meeting the Spirit
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Who is the Holy Spirit? How does he change our lives? How does he work in the world?
In ten sessions LifeGuide Bible Study, Douglas Connelly helps you examine these and other critical questions. You will see that the Spirit of God is eager to work in your life to draw you closer to God.
This revised LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.
For over three decades, LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups.
John 13-21
Part 2: The Way to True Life
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
®PDF download with a single-user license; available from InterVarsity Press and other resellers.
Ezekiel
Visions of God's Glory
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Ezekiel was a fascinating man who wrote a fascinating book filled with strange and powerful visions.
Worship
His Love Endures Forever
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Why do we worship? Do we do it simply because it's part of a church service, or does it spring from a heart of genuine praise? The Bible gives us a clear picture of what worship is―and isn't―about. Sundee Tucker Frazier helps you dig into the Bible, learning how to worship with your whole life and taking you to the heart of the matter―the character of the God who loves you. This eight-session LifeGuide Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions―making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
End Times
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
• when it will come?
• what it will be like?
• what will happen to you?
Esther
Character Under Pressure
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
"Who are you when no one's looking?"
When her people were threatened, Esther had to ask herself that question. She could risk her life to try to save her fellow Israelites. Or, she could "keep her head down" to wait out the threat in obscurity and safety.
In this nine-sessions LifeGuide Bible Study for individuals or groups, Patty Pell leads you to examine the story of Esther. You'll discover how godly character often develops under pressure. And, you'll discover ideas for living a godly life in the midst of contemporary pressures.
This revised LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.
Forgiveness
Making Peace with the Past
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Forgiveness is a door. It's the way to peace and joy. But, it's a small door, and it can't be entered without stooping, or kneeling. And sometimes, it is very hard to find.
When we hurt the people we love, how do we go about restoring the relationship?
When we suffer the pain of betrayal or injury or rejection from someone else, how do we deal with the anger and resentment we feel?
In this Bible Study, Douglas Connelly leads the way to help you discover, understand and practice what the Bible says about forgiveness.
1 Corinthians
The Challenges of Life Together
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Life among Christians can be great. But, it can also be exasperating!
The joys of fellowship in Christ too often give way to division and debate. You may find yourself drawn into arguments over such things as the correct form of worship or the proper role of charismatic gifts. Perhaps you wonder, Why don't we get along together as we should? Or, How can we recapture the unity of the early church?
Surprisingly, the first Christian believers didn't always live in harmony either! As Paul Stevens and Dan Williams lead you through this thirteen-session LifeGuide Bible Study on 1 Corinthians, you will see that the issues facing the Corinthian church are little different from the ones your church struggles with year after year. Here in 1 Corinthians is a portrait of Christian community not as it was meant to be, but as it often really is. But, here too is practical advice for overcoming the challenges of life together.
Service
Ministry with Heart and Hands
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
This LifeGuide Study includes ten sessions exploring service in a variety of contexts: family, the physical creation, society, the city, neighbors, relationships, the church and the workplace. Looking inside ministry specifically, R. Paul Stevens examines examples of service that were motivated by imagination, passion, faith, hope and love-from Genesis to Revelation. Out of these studies you will discover how to live and serve wholeheartedly. No matter what your profession, you are a full time minister of Jesus Christ.
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Why do faithful people suffer?
Job wanted to know. So he demanded an answer from God. His friends thought he was crazy, but Job persisted. And, finally, God answered.
As Paul Stevens leads you through twelve-session LifeGuide Bible Study, Job's questions and God's answers, you discover comfort, hope and meaning for the suffering in your own life.
This revised LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions���making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
PDF download with a single-user license; available from InterVarsity Press and other resellers.
Grandparenting
Loving Our Children's Children
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Written by grandparents and expert Bible study authors Phyllis and Andrew T. Le Peau, this Life Guide Bible study explores the biblical framework for being a godly grandparent. In nine sessions, this study guides you in how to be a loving and caring presence in not only the lives of your grandchildren, but also for your adult children as they parent.
The 23rd Psalm
The Lord, Our Shepherd
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Psalm 23 pictures life as deeply secure and richly blessed--life lived with awareness of God's intimate love for us. It speaks to our deepest longings and fears, which may be why we return to this psalm so often. Yet frequent exposure to it may result in overfamiliarity. These nine session LifeGuide Bible Study studies help us discover its wisdom by pulling in other texts that show the same attributes of God--who guides us, protects us, feeds us and much more. This LifeGuide Bible Study in IVP Connect's revised format features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a new "Now or Later" section following each session to help you act on what you learn. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions―making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Genesis 25-50
Part 2: Jacob & Joseph
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Do you struggle to know and follow God's call for you in the world? In this twelve session LifeGuide Bible Study on Genesis tells us that even the giants of faith- Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph- struggled to obey their Creator. But Genesis also reveals the amazing truth that the God who called a world and a nation into being also calls each of us to serve him.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions- making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups.
The Ten Commandments
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
God's rules do more than restrict-they give freedom.
They are words of prevention and protection.
They define identity-ours and God's.
Each of the studies in this guide by Rob Suggs looks at one of God's commandments and a Bible passage that will help you better understand how to apply God's law. As you study these laws, you will encounter God himself.
In this twelve session LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Mark 9-16
Part 2: Why Did Jesus Come?
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
In the New Testament Gospel of Mark, we meet Jesus, the man who is King. But, this king comes to serve-not to be served. He eats with sinners rather than royalty. His crown is made of thorns instead of gold. This twenty session LifeGuide Bible Study guide introduces you to the compassionate, suffering, astonishing king who calls us to follow him.
Advent of the Savior
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
On a seemingly ordinary day, in a manger in the middle of bustling, overcrowded Bethlehem, the promised Messiah slipped into the world as a tiny baby. Thousands had longed for his coming, few witnessed his entrance, but millions have been changed by his life. This six-session LifeGuide® Bible Study will introduce you to the circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus, remind you of God's faithfulness and power to fulfill his promises, and draw you more deeply into the love that brought Christ to earth. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions—making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Names of God
Glimpses of His Character
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
"God of glory."
"The God Who Provides."
"Holy One."
God is called by many names in Scripture-names that highlight specific aspects of his character. This eight-session LifeGuide Bible Study by Doug Connelly, focused on eight titles for God from the Old Testament, invites you to know and experience the Lord Almighty in deeper ways. As you do so, you will come to trust him more fully and worship him with fresh awe and reverence.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Joseph
How God Builds Character
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Joseph faced hard times-more than once.
He was sold into slavery by his brothers.
He spent years imprisoned because of a false accusation.
And yet Joseph was able to live in forgiveness and hope, and God did great things in his life every step of the way. Paul Borthwick invites you to explore Joseph's story as a way toward discovering how God's dreams might be fulfilled in and through you.
These nine session LifeGuide Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Gratitude
Giving Thanks in Life's Ups and Downs
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
In the busyness and challenges of daily life, it's easy to put showing gratitude low on our priority list. Yet Scripture continually reveals how important gratitude is for God's people- in good times and bad.
In this eight-session LifeGuide Bible study, Dale and Sandy Larsen help us explore how giving thanks reminds us of what God has done, reorients us around God's grace, and helps us enjoy good gifts instead of taking them for granted. Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments, Gratitude encourages us to grow in trust and joy as we hold tight to God's goodness in life's ups and downs..
Matthew 16-28
Part 2: The Rejection & Resurrection of the King
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
What would it be like to be discipled by Jesus himself? What would he teach you about relationships, priorities, wealth and his coming kingdom? What would you learn from his actions? Matthew's Gospel brings you face to face with Jesus as he calls, teaches and prepares his disciples. As you work through these eleven-session LifeGuide Bible Study on Matthew, you can become one of those chosen followers.
This LifeGuide Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection. Leader's notes are included with information on study preparation, leading the study and small group components as well as helps for specific Bible passages covered in the study. Presented in a convenient workbook format and featuring the inductive Bible study approach, LifeGuides are thoroughly field-tested prior to publication, they're proven and popular guides for digging into Scripture on your own or with a small group.
Acts 1–12
Part 1: God's Power in Jerusalem & Judea
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Do you ever feel powerless?
It was not always so for the people of the early church.
Jesus transformed their lives-and they changed the world!
Acts is the extraordinary record of what these early Christian disciples did. The power that you see in action in this book is the same power that can transform your life. As Phyllis J. Le Peau leads you through the pages of Acts in this twelve-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, you will begin to understand what the Holy Spirit can do in you and in the world.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
How to Lead a LifeGuide® Bible Study
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
• how to start a group
• how to decide what to study
• how to prepare to lead
• how to study the Bible
• how to use a study guide
• how to write your own questions
• how to lead the discussion
• how to evaluate the study
Spiritual Warfare
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
What is spiritual warfare? How can I recognize it? In what ways does it affect me? The Bible has much to say about the temptations and struggles you face day by day. In this nine session LifeGuide® Bible Study will deepen your understanding of spiritual warfare and direct you to God-given sources of power, assurance and hope. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Do you look around you and see nothing but trouble?
Or are you experiencing firsthand a time of suffering?
Do you wonder how any good can come out of the world you live in?
In the Old Testament book of Isaiah, you'll discover that trouble and suffering are nothing new to God's people. But, the prophet Isaiah raises a loud cry for revival in this midst of a rotting society. Isaiah firmly believes that God can triumph even in the worst of times.
As Howard Peskett guides you through these eleven session LifeGuide Bible Study on Isaiah, you'll dig deep into the prophet's revolutionary message of repentance, forgiveness and hope. And you'll find comfort for coping with your own troubled times.
This LifeGuide Bible Study in IVP's revised format features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a new "Now or Later" section following each session to help you act on what you learn.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions- making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups.
Jonah, Joel & Amos
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
In today's world, it's easy to wander away from God.
Hectic schedules and the quest for success often mean that time with God gets neglected.
But, if you slow down long enough to listen, the minor prophets can have a major impact on the quality of your life. These twelve session LifeGuide Bible Study in Jonah, Joel and Amos, written by Doug and Doris Haugen, will help you focus on your number one priority-to seek the Lord and live!
This revised LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader's notes and a "Now or Later" section in each study.
Luke 9-24
The Way to Jerusalem
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Good news!
It was good news not only of Jesus' birth, but of what he offered to men, women and children throughout his ministry. To the sick he offered healing. To the hurting, comfort. To the outcast, acceptance. In this fifteen session LifeGuide Bible Study Ada Lum leads you to discover that this message of hope and joy is for you as well!
This LifeGuide Bible Study in IVP's revised format features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a new "Now or Later" section following each session to help you act on what you learn.
Encountering Jesus
Part of the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series
Jesus can change you, no matter what your life situation.
He can give you peace, hope and joy in the most desperate circumstances.
But you need a life-changing encounter with him.
In this eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Douglas Connelly examines the stories of how eight people-among them a scholar, a failure, a blind man and an adulteress-found their lives changed forever when they met Jesus Christ. Looking at their lives can give you hope when you find yourself dealing failure or with an emptiness nothing in life seems to fill.
The good news is that Jesus is waiting to meet you and longing to offer you what you need most.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions-making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.