General Theme for the Week: A Picture of God's Patience

Today's Lesson: The Plagues as Acts of Mercy?

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Dylan Wilkin discuss the following questions:

So many outsiders to Christianity point at God's judgment as evidence that He is cruel and unfair. How does our perspective of God change when we see His acts of judgment through the lens of mercy and opportunities for repentance?

Why do non-Christians want a God of love, but not a God of wrath? Are God's judgments always actions of mercy and love?

The reading for the day is Exodus 9.

General Theme for the Week: Practical Principles for Dealing with Fear, Hurt, and Betrayal

Today's Lesson: How to Shift from Fear to Trust

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions:

Why is it so hard to convince us to pray about a situation first rather than last?

Can you describe a time when you were afraid but you witnessed prayer actively change your fear into faith?

The reading for the day is Psalm 56: 8-13.

General Theme for the Week: Practical Principles for Dealing with Fear, Hurt, and Betrayal

Today's Lesson: Trust in the Midst of Fear

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions:

When you feel afraid about something, it certainly feels like the opposite of trusting God. Do you think it is possible to shift our feelings from fear to trust? Can we control our emotions?

Trusting only counts if what you are trusting in is true and faithful. How have the promises of God kept you during times of attack, slander, and being "hounded"?

The reading for the day is Psalm 56:1-7.

General Theme for the Week: Practical Principles for Dealing with Fear, Hurt, and Betrayal

Today's Lesson: Hot Potato - Giving Our Hurt to God

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions:

How do we throw our betrayals and hurts onto God? What are the actions suggested by this very psalm that accomplish that?

Why do people hold on to their "hot potatoes"?

The reading for the day is Psalm 55:19b-23 .

General Theme for the Week: Practical Principles for Dealing with Fear, Hurt, and Betrayal

Today's Lesson: Hope in the Midst of Betrayal

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions:

David's description of the devastation caused by betrayal is very vivid. Why does betrayal create such devastation in our "safe places"?

During times of betrayal, how does it help to know that God rescues, hears our prayer, keeps us safe, and that he is still in charge in these times?

The reading for the day is Psalm 55:9-19.

General Theme for the Week: Practical Principles For Dealing With Fear, Hurt, And Betrayal

Today's Lesson: Rest in the Middle of the Wilderness

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions:

Have you ever found yourself glad that you had come through a particularly troubled time, but longing for the closeness you felt with God during that season?

How might it change our perspective during trouble times when we focus on how close God's presence is during those seasons of life?

The reading for the day is Psalm 55:1-8.

General Theme for the Week: Freedom From Performance-Based Living

Today's Lesson: The New People of God

The cross is a Roman instrument of execution, much like the electric chair is in America. How would it change your perspective if you were to read the phrase: "May I never boast about anything except in the electric chair of Jesus"?

How difficult do you think it was to for the people back then to understand such a radical concept as "boasting in the cross"?

How do we boast in the cross of Jesus today?

The reading for the day is Galatians 6.

General Theme for the Week: Freedom From Performance-Based Living

Today's Lesson: The Flesh and the Spirit

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions:

Christians often struggle with perfectionism, performance, and rule-keeping, thinking these works of the flesh make them a Christian. How do you think it changes this perspective when we recognize what sort of works the flesh actually produces?

Do you see any similarities between the sins of the flesh that Paul listed and performance-based living in the life of a Christian?

The reading for the day is Galatians 5.

General Theme for the Week: Freedom From Performance-Based Living.

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions:

Why do you think trying to be a Christian by performance is like slavery?

How does this principle set us free from perfectionism and condemnation?

The reading for the day is Galatians 4.

General Theme for the Week: Freedom From Performance-Based Living

Today's Lesson: Access to the Covenant Promises

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions:

How does it change a Christians daily life once they realize that trusting Jesus is the access into God's promises rather than thinking their performance is the access into God's promises?

Are there bad Christians? Are they in or out?

The reading for the day is Galatians 3.