A Personal Bible Study on the book of Phillipians
Most Christian teens want to grow closer to Christ but don't know how. They often don't have the material, discipline, or knowledge to establish an intimate, growing relationship with the Creator of the universe. Many students have become loyal to their youth groups and in love with worship... but after fellowship and music, they still feel empty for an intimate relationship with their Savior. Unfortunately, many Christian teens have settled for a casual, lukewarm relationship with God when they could have so much more! popular girls' magazine; and host of a top-rated call-in radio show for young students -- has a solution: Let's provide teen girls with exciting Bible study material that will challenge, provide spiritual-growth how-to material, and guide them into a fun yet disciplined time with the Lord. After completing these Bible studies, Susie says, readers will have ownership of a deepening growth with the Master. The Secret Power Bible Studies for Girls series, and its first release, Secret Power to Joy, Becoming a Star, and Great Hair Days -- Your own study on the book of Philippians is the next release in Youth Specialties StudentWare's Secret Power for Girls line... and the first release in Susie Shellenberger-authored Bible studies for young female students. Secret Power for Girls is the StudentWare line that offers young women innovative means to discover the secrets embedded in God's word -- rules for life, God's provisions as revealed in His word and His people -- and the many powers that the Lord makes available through the Holy Spirit. sorely lacks substantial Bible-study material for students. This series will fill that need, not only by form but in substance. expectations. They will be designed with fun graphics to keep readers' eyes moving through the material. Each chapter's study is packaged in a fun style, but will also contain the spiritual meat and depth for which young female Christians are searching. Amid the fast-paced 20-second sound-and-sight-bites that dominate a teen's world, it's necessary that these books compete in form and format. throughout the books: * Grab a Friend! (building accountability.) * Memorize It! (Scripture to memorize from the chapter just studied -- by innovative encouragement.) * Journal! (An ownership section for the reader to record her prayer requests and God's answers... charting the highlights of the chapter studied... and verses she wants to ask her parents or youth leader about.) Secret Power to Joy, Becoming a Star, and Great Hair Days -- the study on the book of Philippians -- begins with a girl-to-girl chat that is steeped is friendship, wisdom, and encouragement: a first-person talk by Susie with her readers. with brilliant explanations, challenges, lists, reality-checks and memory-processing, encouragements, dialogs and fiction, all in teen talk happily accessible to readers who need this material so much! me has really served to advance the gospel. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. Because of my chains, most of the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly. (Philippians 1:12-14). about God. Paraphrase the above verse (rewrite it in your own words), and pretend as you're writing, you can smell the dampness and feel the cold of the dungeon jail cell in which you're held prisoner.