Live No Lies Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace
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The problem isn't so much that we tell lies but that we live them. You are at war against lies. . .but you can defeat them.
The Live No Lies Bible Study draws from biblical truth and the wisdom of past saints to help you see how each of our soul's enemies—the devil, the flesh, and the world—rob us of hope; sabotage our peace; and wreak havoc on our physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
You'll learn how to unmask these lies and develop a strategy to fight back against deception by standing firmly on the truth we believe.
This video study guide with bestselling author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry John Mark Comer has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:
- The study guide itself—with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and a leader's guide.
- An individual access code to stream all four video sessions online (you don't need to buy a DVD!).
Each session looks at specific ways lies infiltrate your life and how you can eradicate them with the living truth of God's Word and the ancient wisdom of the saints. Together, they will help you win the war so that the truth sets you free from the lies that have been holding you back.
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John Mark Comer
John Mark Comer is the New York Times bestselling author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, Live No Lies, Practicing the Way, and four previous books. He's also the founder and teacher of Practicing the Way, a simple, beautiful way to integrate spiritual formation into your life and community. Prior to starting Practicing the Way, he spent almost twenty years pastoring Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, and working out apprenticeship to Jesus in the post-Christian West. Most importantly, he is husband to T and father to Jude, Moses, and Sunday.
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Live No Lies Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video - John Mark Comer
INTRODUCTION
Life is a struggle. Whether you consider that an obvious understatement or an exaggerated generalization, the statement still reflects what is true. No matter how much you earn, achieve, accomplish, or create, you are not immune to cancer, divorce, car trouble, gossip, theft, bankruptcy, and betrayal. You might insulate yourself for a short while, but ultimately trouble catches up to you one way or another. Sometimes, it never seems to let go.
Jesus knew the ways of this world. He said as much during his ministry on earth: In this world you will have trouble
(John 16:33). This is not a pessimistic expectation or a likely possibility. It’s an observation of reality. Once we’re born into this world, we will experience trouble consistently throughout our lives.
Nevertheless, Jesus, along with various writers in the Bible’s New Testament, command us to rejoice and choose to be joyful regardless of our circumstances. So, the situation is clear: we will have trouble, but we can choose joy. But how, let alone why, can we choose joy in the midst of losing a loved one, losing a job, watching a child hurt, or seeing a business go under?
This dilemma manifests itself in the tension between pain and suffering. Pain is what happens. Suffering is how we feel about what happens and the meaning, if any, that we make from it. Pain is inevitable, but apparently suffering reflects the choices we make, which usually result from the beliefs we hold. And the beliefs we hold are not always true.
In fact, for many of us, most of what we believe is not true. Lies have infiltrated our thinking, our perceptions, our attitudes, and our actions. The problem isn’t so much that we tell lies but that we live them. We let them into our bodies, minds, and hearts—and they sabotage our peace and wreak havoc on our physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
You are actually in the middle of a war between lies and truth. This may sound harsh or militaristic, but your choice is not whether to fight or abstain from battle. Your choice is whether to win or to surrender: to build your life on lies and deception or to make truth your foundation.
Ancient followers of Jesus experienced this war and developed a paradigm for how to win it. They described three primary enemies of the soul: the devil, the flesh, and the world. The Live No Lies study will draw from this ancient wisdom gleaned from past saints and help you see how each of these three enemies manifest in our modern era—and how you can combat them. After all, you have to recognize the lies each of these foes perpetuates before you can resist them.
This study guide complements the message of hope in Live No Lies and will help you apply it directly to your life. Each session looks at specific ways lies infiltrate your life and how you can eradicate them with the living truth of God’s Word. Together, they will help you win the war so that the truth does indeed set you free from the lies that have been holding you back.
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY
The Live No Lies video study is designed to be experienced in a group setting (such as a Bible study, Sunday school class, or other small-group gathering) and also as an individual study. Each session begins with a welcome section, two questions to get you thinking about the topic, and a reading from the Bible. You will then watch a video with John Mark Comer, which can be accessed via the streaming code found on the inside front cover. If you are doing the study with a group, you will then engage in some directed discussion. If the gathering is large, your leader may split everyone into smaller groups of five or six people to make sure everyone has enough time to participate in discussions.
MATERIALS NEEDED
Everyone in your group will need his or her own copy of this study guide, which includes the opening questions you will discuss, notes for video segments, directions for activities and discussion questions, and personal studies in between sessions. You may also want a copy of the book Live No Lies, which provides further insights into the material you are covering in this study. To aid your study experience, you will be encouraged to make sure you’ve read specific chapters in the book to prepare for the group’s next meeting.
FACILITATION
Your group will need to appoint a person to serve as a facilitator. This person will be responsible for starting the video and keeping track of time