“Encounter: Experiencing God in the Everyday” is more than a Bible study program. It is a life-changing experience that speaks directly to the hearts and minds of middle school-aged students. Encounter uses a Bible Timeline learning system led by Mark Hart to reveal the story of our faith and God’s plan for our lives. As your students are drawn into this story they will come to a new understanding of who God is. Most importantly they will see God not as a distant doctrinal concept, but as a loving Father who desires a meaningful and lasting encounter with them.
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The Word of God is living and true, which gives it extra importance for your life! As you are introduced to the Holy Bible in this session, an invitation awaits to encounter the love, truth, and plan of God.
All creation points back to the creator. This session enters into the history of creation as found in the first eleven chapters of the Book of Genesis. These holy verses tell of the beautiful truth that God looks at you and sees his own beautiful creation.
Ancient ancestors make family stories interesting and infatuating. This session explains the covenants with the patriarchs of old, and displays the courage of our fathers in faith. It covers the rest of the Book of Genesis and enters into Egypt with the Book of Exodus.
Never forget the fervent fidelity of God for his chosen people, as you continue to uncover four important books in the Bible that span over three different time periods. This session shows the hand of God in the midst of trial, exile, and even conquest.
God can make anything happen if you put your total trust in him! This session draws you into the drama that is saturated throughout 1&2 Samuel and 1&2 Kings. It is empowering to experience the capacity of God in the daily moments of life.
God never forgets about his children, even when they turn away from him through sin. This session reveals what it means to be faithful, and the treasure of good friendship. It integrates exile, return, and fidelity into order amidst the Maccabean revolt.
Rejoice as you learn about the Redeemer, who comes to fulfill all the covenants throughout the early centuries. Everything in this session centers around the messianic fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who desperately wants to fill you with grace and new life.
Finish off this Bible study by learning about God's plan for a joy-filled life! This session ends by recalling the spread of the gospel throughout the entire world. You see clearly that the Lord wants to lead you on a mission to help others encounter him!