You're Invited: You'll Get Through This OBS with Max Lucado Starts May 3rd

riend, if you're stuck in a pit, I get it. ~ Laurie McClure, editor

You're Invited: You'll Get Through This OBS with Max Lucado Starts May 3rd

Laurie McClure, editor at FaithGateway and OBS Leader

Everyone goes through hard times. But, sometimes, it’s more than hard. It’s overwhelming. Several years ago, I had $19.13 in my bank with a stack of unpaid bills and no clue how they would get paid. My three younger children and I were living with my parents. My car needed serious repairs (as in — it could become inoperable at any time) and there was not enough food in the fridge and pantry. I had been looking for more work for a long time, but we just kept falling further and further below the poverty line. I felt hopeless and terrified. Ashamed and frozen. Walking into walls disoriented and filled with grief. In a pit of despair and fear. Friend, if you’re stuck in a pit, I get it. [Jesus] weeps at the very sight of you. Not tears of shame but tears of joy. He calls for you. “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28 NLT). One foot of distance is too much. He wants us to come near. All of us… Come. Come. Come. ~ Max These are unprecedented times the world over. More people are struggling with staggering troubles and worries than ever before. And more than ever, we need the hope of Jesus. God is in the business of redeeming the broken. He was then. He is still. Do you crave some hope for these tough times? Then this is the message you need. ~ Max Lucado I want to personally invite you to join us for a very special study that will give you hope — You’ll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times by Max Lucado. In this six-week study, we’ll learn about Joseph. Joseph’s journey started in a pit, despised and sold by his brothers. He was a man who learned that pits have no easy exit. But, with God, we can get through them. God gets us through stuff. Through the Red Sea onto dry ground (Exodus 14:22), through the wilderness (Deuteronomy 29:5), through the valley of the shadow of death (Psalm 23:4), and through the deep sea (Psalm 77:19). ~ Max Lucado Joseph’s life and God’s Word teaches us: You’ll get through this. It won’t be painless. It won’t be quick. But God will use your mess for good. He is with us. He is with you. Right with you. Join us for a perfect study for what we’re going through right now. Dig into the Scriptures, spend time with the Lord, lean on His holy presence, and find hope and strength. You’ll Get Through This is for:  • Everyone • Those of us who are struggling with our circumstances • Anyone who feels hopeless in a lengthy hardship • Those who want to know if God sees and cares • All who want to hear from God about the problem of evil and His plan for good. As usual, there will be free resources! You’ll get access to all the videos for free and some Scripture printables and inspirational coloring pages from the Beautiful Word Bible. So, will you join us? You’ll Get Through This starts Sunday, May 3rd! Grab a friend or two, even if the plan is to Zoom through it together, and sign up today!    Learn more about the Study

Find Hope and Help for Turbulent Times  YOU'LL GET THROUGH THIS Online Bible Study by Max Lucado May 3- June 14 You can go through this study with our online community, or invite a few friends, co-workers, or family members and meet together online with them - either way, sign up right here to get all the information you need.    Learn more  About the Book + Study You fear you won't make it through. We all do. We fear that the depression will never lift, the yelling will never stop, the pain will never leave. In the pits, surrounded by steep walls and aching reminders, we wonder: Will this gray sky ever brighten? This load ever lighten? In You'll Get Through This, pastor and New York Times best-selling author, Max Lucado offers sweet assurance. "Deliverance is to the Bible what jazz music is to Mardi Gras: bold, brassy, and everywhere." Max reminds us that God doesn't promise that getting through trials will be quick or painless. It wasn't for Joseph — tossed in a pit by his brothers, sold into slavery, wrongfully imprisoned, forgotten and dismissed — but his Old Testament story is in the Bible for this reason: to teach us to trust God to trump evil.