Becoming Brighter

It’s one of our Pursuit Community Group core values: Pray Together. Be encouraged by this story of a group experiencing a miracle through prayer, and consider one idea for making prayer a priority in your group.

We did it! Four weeks of diving into the hope, peace, love and joy we find in Christ. This passage wraps all of these aspects of God’s character into a potent proclamation of how Jesus’ ultimate gift - His life, death, and resurrection - impacts our lives. Take a moment to celebrate what God hasn’t taught you by glancing through your old SOAP notes. And share with me what He’s been doing in your life; I’d love to celebrate with you! Email me at [email protected]

In this reading we get to discover the God of peace and the peace of God through simple to read but challenging to live out instructions about our thought life and the practices we put in place. Enjoy engaging with the God who teaches us through his Word today.

Merry Christmas!! What a day to celebrate Jesus, the Light of the World! (Yes, this is a slight departure from our printout - I’ve flipped the last two days of reading, so we will sit with Romans tomorrow). Enjoy celebrating these declarations of Jesus’ character as a gift from God to you today.

With humility, let’s go into the presence of Jesus who invites children to come sit in his lap, lean against him, and learn from him. This beautiful passage in Isaiah invites us to experience God‘s perfect peace and learn more about his character. Grab your Bible and journal and let’s see what God has to say to each of us today. Don’t forget to share your thoughts over in the Facebook group!

Christ Himself is our peace! Yesterday, we saw Jesus at peace in a storm, and then bringing peace to a storm. Today we discover another facet of the peace He brings: reconciliation to God and each other. Grab a Bible and journal and let’s dive in! (Day 19’s guided soap note can be found in the Facebook group, a video by Christine Main).

Advent SOAP Day 17: I Peter, I Thessalonians

Rejoice! Be joyful! It’s exclaimed all over today’s passage - both as an invitation to us and as a description of God’s response to us. Get ready for a real joy encounter! I’m reading from the Amplified version today.

Oh this is a fun one! Put your imagination to work as we place ourselves into these parables and revel in the fact that heaven celebrates over us.

Today we dive into another song of joy! Grab your Bible and journal and let’s lean in close to see where this beautiful description of a faith journey with a joyful response to God’s character and work intersects with our own lives.