Get Out of Your Head Bible Study Guide: Six-Session Bible Study in Philippians
By Jennie Allen
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Stopping the spiral of toxic thoughts by learning how to become imitators of Christ.
Are your thoughts holding you captive? Jennie Allen--the visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering--knows what it's like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, and she knows that from those thoughts, beliefs begin to form: "I'll never be good enough." "Other people have better lives than I do." "God couldn't really love me."
We spiral down and down. Changing the way we think seems nearly impossible. And yet the apostle Paul tells us in his letter to the Philippians that conforming our minds to Christ is possible, and it's the ultimate goal for every follower of Christ.
In Get Out of Your Head, a six-session video Bible study (DVD/streaming video sold separately), Jennie gives us tools from the book of Philippians to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances, by taking control of our minds. We can find freedom from the downward spiral by:
- Taking every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ
- Shifting the focus of our minds from our circumstances to God
- Fighting toxic thoughts with weapons of humility, silence, and delight
- Escaping our comfort zones with weapons of connection, intentionality and gratitude
- Learning to forget what's behind so we can move ahead
- Defeating anxiety with a mind like Christ's
Our enemy is determined to get in our heads to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for the kingdom of God. But when we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways.
The Get Out of Your Head Study Guide uses projects, stories, and Bible study in the book of Philippians to engage the mind and heart.
Sessions include:
- Introduction: Spiraling Out
- Make the Shift
- Weapons We Use, Part I
- Weapons We Use, Part II
- A New Way to Live
- A Mind Like Christ
Designed for use with the Get Out of Your Head Video Study available on DVD or streaming video, sold separately.
Jennie Allen
Jennie Allen is the founder and visionary of IF:Gathering as well as the New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head, Made for This, Anything, and Nothing to Prove. A frequent speaker at national events and conferences, she is a passionate leader, following God's call on her life to catalyze a generation to live what they believe. Jennie earned a master's in biblical studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. She and her husband, Zac, have four children.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We did this study with some other women and we found it Biblical as well as practical. I would do the study again if I had the opportunity.
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Get Out of Your Head Bible Study Guide - Jennie Allen
INSTRUCTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO GET OUT OF THIS STUDY?
[Your Response Here]
GET HONEST
This is going to get personal, but it will be worth it. We will be dealing with the very things that make you, you. God wants to do something with those things. But until we recognize that we are made to run a race all our own, we will miss what He has for us. Be honest with yourself and honest with God. He knows all of it anyway.
ENGAGE WITH YOUR SMALL GROUP
An important part of personal growth is community. We are going to deal with the way we view God and how we are to spend our lives individually for Him. You may even need time outside of this small group to process with others your passions and gifts and purpose. Be intentional to pursue deeper conversations with others through this process.
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free
(John 8:32 NKJV).
COMMIT TO BEING CONSISTENT AND PRESENT
Commit to being present at your group meetings, barring an emergency, and arrange your schedule so you do not miss any part in this journey. Have your lesson and projects finished when you come to the group meeting (except for this first one, of course).
GROUND RULES FOR GROUP DISCUSSION
BE CONCISE.
Share your answers to the questions while protecting others’ time for sharing. Be thoughtful. Don’t be afraid to share with the group, but try not to dominate the conversation.
Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak
(James 1:19 ESV).
KEEP GROUP MEMBERS’ STORIES CONFIDENTIAL.
Many things your group members share are things they are choosing to share with you, not with your husband or other friends. Protect each other by not allowing anything shared in the group to leave the group.
RELY ON SCRIPTURE FOR TRUTH.
We are prone to use conventional, worldly wisdom as truth. While there is value in that, this is not the place. If you feel led to respond, please only respond with God’s truth and Word, not advice.
NO COUNSELING.
Protect the group by not directing all attention on solving one person’s problem. This is the place for confessing and discovery and applying truth together as a group. Your group leader will be able to direct you to more help outside the group time if you need it. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
STUDY DESIGN
In the first meeting, your groups’ study guides will be passed out and you will work through the Getting Started lesson together. After that, each lesson in the study guide is meant to be completed on your own during the week before coming to the group meeting. These lessons may feel different from studies you have done in the past. They are very interactive. The beginning of each lesson will involve you, your Bible, and a pen, working through Scripture and listening to God’s voice. Each lesson will conclude with four projects you can do to help you further process how to live God’s Word.
Don’t feel as if each lesson has to be finished in one sitting; take a few blocks of time throughout the week if you need to. The goal of this study is to dig deeply into Scripture and uncover how it applies to your life, to deeply engage the mind and the heart. Projects, stories, and Bible study all play a role in it. You may be drawing or journaling or interacting with the homeless. At each group meeting you will discuss your experience in working through that week’s lesson.
TERRIFIC RESOURCES FOR FURTHER PERSONAL STUDY
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SESSION 1 • INTRODUCTION
SPIRALING OUT
The first time I taught the study you’re about to dive into, I gathered a room full of women in my local church to talk about what’s going on in our heads. We met for six weeks, and lives were changed. The first night those women streamed into the chapel where we were meeting, they were greeted by a giant whiteboard on which was written the question, What are you thinking about?
Attached to that board were dozens of brightly colored sticky notes with topics that might be taking up space in their thoughts, things like these:
► others’ opinions
► finances
► plans
► the holidays
► the weekend
► the news
Before the women in the Bible study took their seats, they were asked to identify a few of the thoughts that were true for them and peel off those sticky notes. It was a challenging task.
Following that evening’s exercise, my team and I assessed which thoughts had been taken and by how many women and which thoughts were still left on the board.
Despite dozens of positive options available on those sticky notes, guess which options got picked?
► stress at work
► stress over finances
► Am I good enough?
► Am I worthy?
► failures
► rejection
► pain
Guess which stickies remained untouched?
► choosing joy
► strength
► good memories
► my heart
Hiking
did get three takers, so at least there’s that.
Now, I’ve