پلانی خوێندنەوەی بێبەرامبەر و بابەتی پەرستشی پەیوەست بە یونس 1:1

Leave the child's story behind and dig deeper into the spiritual depths of Jonah. Travel from Joppa through the belly of a fish to Nineveh and find shade under the shadow of God's grace. Only four chapters long, the story of this wayward prophet is packed with spiritual truths for the modern-day Jonah in all of us.

When you decide to trust and follow Jesus, He gives you a fresh life and a fresh heart with a fresh start. And then, life happens. You mess up. You fall back into old ways of living. How can you get fresh and stay fresh? This Bible Plan will teach you how to stay fresh and live free!

The land of the Bible teaches us so much about the context of our faith. Israel holds the mysteries of centuries of biblical history. From Abraham, to the Exodus, to the Judges and Kings, to the Messiah born in a stable, this land is the setting. Join us as we travel through six regions of the country to discover the ancient history and biblical significance.

Sometimes doing the right thing is the hardest thing. However, sometimes not doing the right thing can send us into a hard place. Whether it's forgiveness, letting go of damaging relationships or stepping into your calling - the peace comes when you say yes to God, even when you don’t want to.

There are countless numbers of people who walk away from God's best for them every day. Whether they know it or not, they've made excuses that have kept them from the risky, dangerous, powerful life that God has called them to. If you've settled for less than God's best, this devotional is a confrontation with your biggest excuses.

The life of Jonah, the four chapters, is a short and fantastic book that gives us truths and insights of what life is as a runaway. We all give Jonah a hard time for not doing the one thing that God asked him to do. The truth is that we all have run away at some point in our lives. In this first plan, we will discuss why we do this and recognize that the scandalous grace of God can redeem all of our stories. 

We’re not perfect. In fact, we mess up on a regular basis. How can we be certain of salvation or even pleasing God if we continue to fall short so often? This plan reminds us that we don’t have to FIND God... because He isn’t lost or hiding. Rather, He pursues us and is right there when we choose to look.

It's often easy for us to beat up on Jonah for his self-centered, foolish rebellion. But as we'll discover, there's a bit of Jonah in all of us. Overcome by self-centeredness and personal prejudices, we too sometimes resist God's call. Thankfully, when we act like Jonah, God acts like God—lovingly pursuing us with his unrelenting grace. It's a wild ride, but one you don't want to miss!

How do we follow Jesus when we’d rather run away? We are so glad you are jumping into the journey of studying Jonah with us! We have crafted a devotional that is designed to help you examine, apply, pray through, and share the story of Jonah.

In our personal relationship with Jesus, there is an upward dynamic from earth to heaven - prayers going UP, praises going UP, worship going UP that allow us to know Jesus more intimately. We are also called to have a horizontal axis to our faith - an OUTworking to our world. This is a seven-day reading plan designed to help you have an Up & Out faith this year.