Imagine this for a moment: It’s late Saturday night, and you’ve been out of the house all day. You’ve gone from place to place, striving to complete more than seemed possible from your calendar to-do list. You’ve just returned home and sat down for dinner. Suddenly you remember that tomorrow is Sunday. You quickly recall that you are scheduled...

This week, your group will be studying Unit 17, Session 2, A People Cleansed.

This week, your group will be studying Unit 17, Session 1, A People Returned.

Peace and security are words often heard in the whirlwind of our news cycles. They are used as ideas or desires that require work to achieve. They are used in the negative sense of not being a current reality. They are used as the aim, answer, or solution to the world’s problems.   Though the idea of peace and security...

God fulfills His promises and restores His people. Scripture: Ezra 1:1–2 Central Truth When God sent His people into exile, He promised He would one day lead them out of it—and He did. Whether the Israelites expected it or not, God used the Persian King, Cyrus, to fulfill His promise. Through Jesus, God fulfilled another part of this promise...

Rest. It’s a word that means something different to each one of us. For some, rest brings to mind a desire to momentarily break from the chaos of life to sleep, relax, and even recover. For others, rest is an unrealistic hope as they navigate a non-stop schedule of busyness. Yet for others, the word rest suggests an uneventful, quiet life...