Hey, OBS friends, it’s wrap-up week! Now is the time to catch up, go through your study guides again and fill in any holes, rewatch videos, and pray about possibly leading an Unwavering OBS with friends this next season! (You can do it!) Joy is available no matter what our circumstances. ~ Stasi This study…
Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Week 6 — The Ultimate Victory
Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? — 1 Corinthians 15:55 We can bear a sadness that enriches the tapestry of our lives woven with its imperfections of beauty. ~ Stasi Welcome to our final week of the Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Online Bible Study! It’s all about love.…
Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Week 5 — Cultivating Joy
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice. — Philippians 4:4 Hard times come and in order to have joy you must be willing to be present to them and to feel the sorrow. Your capacity to feel the one is actually connected to your capacity to experience the other. The two are…
Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Week 4 — Expectant Hope
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her! — Luke 1:45 He has promised that we can have joy in the midst of everything that life is throwing at us. ~ Stasi OBS Friends, You’re half-way through the Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Online Bible Study! Last week…
Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Week 3 — Greener Grass
… to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. — Isaiah 61:3 God calls us to make divine exchanges: from mourning to dancing, from addiction to freedom, from death to life. ~ Stasi Can…
Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Week 2 — Godly Interference
Why are You interfering with me, Jesus? — Luke 8:28 Jesus stands in our way because He is the Way. ~ Stasi Eldredge Welcome to week two of the Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Online Bible Study! We would love to hear about your experience with week one! Come share with us in our private…
Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Week 1 — A Reason to Celebrate
Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. — Psalm 30:5 Because of Jesus, because of all that He has done and won for us, we can be unwaveringly, defiantly joyful. ~ Stasi Eldredge Welcome to the Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Online Bible Study with our teacher and friend, Stasi…
Six Hours One Friday — He is Risen!
He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you, while He was still with you in Galilee: “The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.” Then they remembered His words. — Luke 24:6-8 God is at His…
Six Hours One Friday Online Bible Study Week Five — Let’s Celebrate!
It is finished. ~ Jesus. God has been known to plan a celebration in a cemetery. ~ Max Welcome to our final week of the Six Hours One Friday Online Bible Study! Thank you for joining us on this journey as we’ve prepared our hearts for the Holy Week. Together, we’ve delved into the meaning…
Six Hours One Friday Online Bible Study Week Four — Your Death Is Not Final
Anchor Point 3: My Death Is Not Final O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? — 1 Corinthians 14:55 Don’t cry? Don’t cry? What kind of request is that?.. It’s a request only God can make. ~ Max Lucado Welcome back to another week of the Six Hours One Friday…