Experience Jesus. Really. Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video: Finding Refuge, Strength, and Wonder through Everyday Encounters with God

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InExperience Jesus, Really,New York Timesbestselling author John Eldredge invites groups to find their refuge in Christ and experience deep, lasting,realcommunion with him. In this present age, we are all becoming disciples of theinternet. We are addicted to distraction. We idolize our instant access to a never-ending avalanche of information. We think we're finally holding the keys to a better life. But if thats true, then why are we all wrestling with ever-increasing levels of anxiety, dissatisfaction, and despair

The truth is, we live in a world of weary, skeptical pragmatism. This is not only keeping us from experiencing the God we are dying without but also keeping us from experiencing the power we cant live withouta power that only comes through intimate communion with our Creator. However, thereisan alternative to the soulless and disenchanted world we find ourselves living in today. It is a path that leads where our hearts are yearning to go: back to Eden... to a state of unbroken communion with the God who created us for adventure and intimacy.

We must awaken to the truth that God is still present with us, each and every day of our lives. Wecanexperience the refuge of his powerful, healing presencebut only if we learn to open our hearts to him.

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John Eldredge is an author, a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recovering their own hearts in God's love, and learning to live in God's Kingdom. He lives near Colorado Springs, CO.