The Grace Course, Participant's Guide

by Steve Goss

The Grace Course is a straight forward, effective way for churches to help Christians understand God's grace and be motivated by God's love alone, so that they go on to bear 'much fruit'. It provides powerful, practical ways to submit to God, identify faulty thinking and renew the mind. - Live a fruitful Christian life simply by being the person God made you to be. - Don't 'perform' any longer for God or other people but learn to serve out of love. - Hold your head up high no matter what's in your past. - Get rid of condemning thoughts and that 'low grade fever' of guilt. - Stop returning to the same old sins again and again. - Fear nothing and no one except God Himself. - Learn to serve out of genuine rest. - Work together with others to reach the world for Christ. The Grace Course is brought to you by Freedom in Christ Ministries, creators of the bestselling Freedom In Christ Discipleship Course. With 6 sessions plus a practical, life transforming ministry tool - The Steps to Experiencing God's Grace - it is ideal for both small groups and Sunday teaching. It works well as a 40-day church-wide campaign or a 6-week course during Lent. Either present it yourself using the PowerPoint presentations included with The Grace Course Leader's Guide or alternatively, use The Grace Course DVD. The Grace Course Participant's Guide is designed to accompany the user through the course.

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2012

Reviews

[Katrina Douglas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Study!

[Ryan Hillis · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great Bible study.

[Patsy Costner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was written from the book, Breaking the Bondage of Legalism. Steve Goss, and Rich Miller do a wonderful job of communicating to believers their identity in Christ. Chapter 1 deals with our relationship with our Heavenly Father. The next four chapters deals with the false motivators that drive our behavior unless we understand that it is not our emotions but the love of God that motivates us. The last chapter deals with becoming productive in our Christian lives.

They pointed out that shame, guilt, fear, and pride will rob a person of the relationship that God wants us to have with him. As a believer understands the grace and mercy of God they will be able to extend that same grace and mercy to others. This is a wonderful self-help tool but is also excellent for small discipleship groups when accompanied by the Leader Book.

I taught this book as a small group study (Monday Night Women's Group) (Wednesday Evening Men and Women). There are DVD's to accompany the book but we did not use them. I will follow this book with Victory over Darkness and Bondage Breaker, both by Dr. Neil Anderson.