Esther: Daring Faith for Such a Time as This

By: Kelly Minter

A beautiful queen, her courageous cousin, a foreign land, and a murderous adversary—the book of Esther has all the elements of an epic drama. The story unfolds at a time when the people of God are split between nations with an uncertain future. While the name of God may not be mentioned in the book of Esther, its pages highlight His work among His people and foreshadow Jesus’s very ministry to us—darkness to light, mourning to celebration, death to life.

In this 7-session study, Kelly Minter invites you into the daring faith modeled by Esther and her cousin Mordecai—a faith developed over time, rooted in the goodness of God, lived out through extraordinary circumstances, and used to change the world. Although our time looks different from Esther’s, our God is just as active and faithful today, and He has called you for such a time as this.  

Luke: Gut-Level Compassion

By: Lisa Harper

Many of us believe that we aren't good enough to meet other people's expectations. Maybe you can't wrap words around why, but lurking beneath the surface of the carefully curated façade you present in public, it's there. Being missed and marginalized by others moves us to assume we're not quite good enough for God either. 

The great news woven throughout the Gospel according to Luke is that perfection is not a prerequisite for a deep and personal relationship with Jesus. In fact, this riveting account reveals that Jesus is especially fond of ragamuffins in need of a safe place to lean in and linger! Join Lisa Harper in this Bible Study of a literary masterpiece that doesn't celebrate the elite, but embraces the outliers, outcasts, and overlooked!

Attending the Bride of Christ: Preparing for His Return

By: Martha Lawley

Discover history's greatest love story and marvel at your role in it! 

Explore ancient Jewish culture as you experience the special covenant relationship between Christ and His bride: the church. Throughout Scripture God uses the marriage relationship to teach us about Himself, His purposes, and His ways. By learning more about the three phases of an ancient Jewish wedding, you can enrich your understanding of God's plan for the church and your role in preparing for Christ's return. 

Attending the Bride of Christ will encourage you to grow in spiritual maturity and to see the church as Christ sees her. You'll feel the Bible come alive as you grasp how it points to the climax of history - the marriage feast of the Lamb!

The Daniel Prayer: Prayer That Moves Heaven and Changes Nations

By: Anne Graham Lotz

Do you ever feel your prayers are anemic? Hollow? Then this six-session video-based Bible study is for you! Bestselling author Anne Graham Lotz looks at the life of Daniel and unpacks the prayer he prayed in Daniel 9. Unlike the everyday now-I-lay-me-down-to-sleep kind of prayer, this was a prayer birthed under heartache...grief...desperation. It was a plea for Heaven to move and change his nation.

For an entire generation, Daniel's people has been held in captivity and separated from their homeland - and thus separated from God. But when Daniel read a prophecy in which God said He would restore His people to Jerusalem after seventy years, he claimed that promise and cried out to the Lord to bring it to pass. Daniel's example of praying God's Word back to Him is what Anne calls "reversed thunder."

In this study, Anne explains how we, too, can reverse the thunder until Heaven is moved and our own worlds change. Following the pattern of Daniel's original prayer, she helps us develop a more meaningful and powerful prayer life. As we learn how to storm the gates of Heaven and refuse to let go, we will see real change in the lives of not only those we are praying for, but also our own. Our prayers will become more effective as our faith is deepened and our personal relationship with God is strengthened.