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    All In Bible Study Guide: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
    All In Bible Study Guide: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
    All In Bible Study Guide: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
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    All In Bible Study Guide: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life

    By Mark Batterson, Kevin G. Harney and Sherry Harney

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    When did we start believing that God wants to send us to safe places to do easy things? Jesus didn’t die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. The will of God is not an insurance plan; it’s a daring plan. It’s time to quit living as if the purpose of your life is to arrive safely at death.

    All In, a four-session video-based Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately) by New York Times bestselling author Mark Batterson, challenges participants to resolutely follow God wherever he leads by pointing out that if Jesus is not Lord of all, he is not Lord at all.

    Most people think they are following Jesus. They may think they are following Jesus, but the reality is, they’ve invited Jesus to follow them. They call him Savior, but they’ve never surrendered to him as Lord. Are you following Jesus? Or have you invited Jesus to follow you?

    Participants will find Batterson’s teaching filled with his customary vivid, contemporary stories as well as biblical characters like Shamgar, Elisha, Jonathan, and Judas. It’s time to go all in for God.

    Sessions include:

    1. Now or Never: Pack Your Coffin
    2. All In: Charge!
    3. All Out: Rim Huggers
    4. All in All: Burn the Ships

    Designed for use with All In Video Study 9780310333104 (sold separately).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateSep 23, 2013
    ISBN9780310820260
    All In Bible Study Guide: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
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    Mark Batterson

    Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. One church with multiple locations, NCC owns and operates Ebenezers Coffeehouse, the Miracle Theatre, and the DC Dream Center. NCC is currently developing a city block into the Capital Turnaround; the 100,000-square-foot space will include an event venue, a child development center, a mixed-use marketplace, and a coworking space. Mark holds a doctor of ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books including The Circle Maker, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, Play the Man, Whisper, and recently released Win the Day. Mark and his wife, Lora, have three children and live on Capitol Hill.

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      All In Bible Study Guide - Mark Batterson

      INTRODUCTION

      The book All In along with this study guide and video are an invitation to experience the kind of life God created you to live. You were designed for more than a life of following a few religious dos and don’ts. Your heart longs for more than an hour of worship each week and a few minutes of devotional reading in the morning.

      The Christian faith is not boring, mundane, or safe. It is the greatest adventure any human being can ever experience. It demands all you have and are, and then it demands more.

      Over these four sessions you will be challenged to take steps, engage in actions, and follow Jesus in ways you may have never dreamed before. If you are willing to try, God will show up and infuse you with the courage and power you need to begin a new chapter of life and faith.

      Below is a manifesto that will give you a picture of where God wants to take you. Read it slowly. Read it carefully. Read it with a heart that is willing to go all in and all out for God!

      Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.

      Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes.

      Keep seeking God.

      Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution.

      Stop repeating the past and start creating the future.

      Stop playing it safe and start taking risks.

      Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences.

      Enjoy the journey.

      Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can.

      Live like today is the first day and last day of your life.

      Don’t let what’s wrong with you keep you from worshiping what’s right with God.

      Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails.

      Don’t let fear dictate your decisions.

      Take a flying leap of faith.

      Quit holding out. Quit holding back.

      Push all of your chips to the middle of the table.

      It’s time to ante up all of your faith.

      It’s time to go all in.

      It’s time to go all out.

      SESSION 1

      NOW OR NEVER:

      PACK YOUR COFFIN

      The Christian faith was never meant to be an easy road, a painless journey, or a simple three-step adherence to a set of beliefs. To follow Jesus demands we give everything and invest all we have, and are, for the One who has laid down everything for us. He gave His life for us. The question is: Will we give our lives for Him?

      Introduction

      He was a pastor, theologian, and author. His book on discipleship, which has since become a classic, was published when he was about thirty years old.

      You might wonder: What does a thirty-year-old know about discipleship? What does he understand about the sacrifice involved in following Jesus? Why listen to a relatively young man writing from his ivory tower of the church and surrounded by his theological textbooks?

      Before we are too hard on this idealistic preacher, let’s hear a bit more of his story. Dietrich Bonhoeffer did not live to celebrate his fortieth birthday. He was arrested by the Gestapo in April 1943 and executed by hanging in a Nazi concentration camp in April 1945. His life ended only three weeks

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