Restless Bible Study Leader's Guide: Because You Were Made for More

By Jennie Allen

Do you feel like you're just waiting to find your purpose? Do you want to live like you were made for more?

Many of us feel restless, and that might not be a bad thing. . . When our restlessness awakens our longing to be woven into God's story, it can launch us into living the life of purpose God designed for us.  

In this video-based small group Bible study (DVD/video streaming sold separately), Bible study teacher and author of Get Out of Your Head Jennie Allen helps you discover a practical plan to identify the loose threads of your life and how to weave them together for God's glory and purposes.

Jennie uses the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis to explain how his suffering, gifts, story, and relationships fit into the greater tapestry of God’s narrative—and how our story can do the same. In this study you will: 

• Explore practical ways to identify the threads of your life.
• Learn how to intentionally weave those threads together.
• Discover how your gifts, passions, places, and relationships aren’t random; they’re deliberate and meaningful.
• Speak the truth about your suffering: it’s possible it has produced the very thing you want to give back to the world.

The Restless Leader's Guide serves as a tool to prepare you in leading this study and to encourage you along the way. It helps you as the leader to effectively point your group to the overarching theme of each lesson.  

This guide includes: 

• The vision for Restless. 
• Session-by-session helps to guide your group through the study, addressing the needs of the various types of learners in your group.  
• Walk-through for using each piece of the study: Study Guide, Videos, and the Conversation Cards. 
• Tips for leading a group, and much more. 

Designed for use with the following items, each sold separately:  

• Restless Study Guide (9780849922367) 
• Restless Video Study (9780879922374) 
• Restless Conversation Card Deck (9780879922824)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Jan 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9780529118042

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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© 2013 Jennie Allen

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ePub Edition January 2014: ISBN 978-0-5291-1804-2

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

WHAT’S IN THE BOX

THE VISION

PREPARING YOURSELF TO LEAD A GROUP

THE STUDY: SESSION TOOLS AND FORMAT

LEADING YOUR GROUP: TIPS AND THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR

TYPES OF LEARNERS

GETTING STARTED :: RESTLESS

LESSON ONE :: GOD’S STORY

LESSON TWO :: GIFTS

LESSON THREE :: SUFFERING

LESSON FOUR :: PLACES

LESSON FIVE :: PEOPLE

LESSON SIX :: PASSIONS

LESSON SEVEN :: MYSTERY

HOW TO FIND GOD

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE IF:GATHERING

INTRODUCTION

LEADERS,

I am excited to partner with you in your efforts to pour into the lives of women! I pray that these few short pages will help to equip and prepare you to lead this study. Many of you may have led plenty of groups in the past, or perhaps this is the first you’ve led. Whichever the case, this is a spiritual calling and you are entering spiritual places with these women—and spiritual callings and places need spiritual power.

My husband, Zac, always says, Changed lives, change lives. If you are not first aware of your own need for life change, the women around you won’t see their need. If you allow God into the inner struggles of your heart, the women following you will be much more likely to let him into theirs. These women do not need to see bright