A couple of Sundays ago my wife and I invited one of the “girls” from the youth group we led back in the ’80s to join us for church and lunch. We hadn’t seen Dawn in a while and it was great getting caught up and hearing about what the Lord is doing in her life. Dawn has told us in the past that our ministry to her as a teenager was one of the reasons she’s serving the Lord today. It’s a wonderful feeling to know the Lord used us to plant seeds of the Gospel that bore spiritual fruit.
I actually know a few similar stories of how our ministry helped people find and serve the Lord. But I doubt I know them all. Someday when I meet Jesus face-to-face, I’m looking forward to learning the other ones.
Also in heaven, it will be wonderful to hear the stories of how Focus on the Family’s various curricula has produced fruit. I’ve mentioned in the past The Truth Project curriculum. An estimated 3 million people have gone through The Truth Project. Imagine the collective fruit from that alone! In a few weeks I’ll be writing about our upcoming The Family Project curriculum (and the theatrical showing of Irreplaceable which will launch it). This week I want to highlight yet another Focus on the Family curriculum—a just-released one specifically geared toward women—called Kingdom Woman Group Video Experience. That’s a mouthful.
As you’ve probably already surmised, I’ve never gone through this study. Wrong gender. But I did watch the first 30-minute video and was pretty impressed. Now, I realize that hardly qualifies me as an expert on the Kingdom Woman project. But we’ve also heard from women who’ve been deeply moved by the study. One participant had this to say:
This is awesome!
The entire study has excited me more about God’s plan for my life.
I’m grateful for the women going through this study with me.
Sooo excited about growth.
So, what is it and why is so “awesome?” In a nutshell, the curriculum is a video-based small-group study based on the book Kingdom Woman by Dr. Tony Evans and his daughter, Chrystal Evans Hurst (the videos are led by them, too). The videos instruct every Christ-following woman on how to tap into the power of God as she finds and fulfills the purpose for which God has fashioned her. And it does so because it embraces a simple premise: Unless a Kingdom rests firmly under the authority of the ruler, anarchy reigns.
The application here is that a Kingdom Woman always seeks to align herself and operate under the authority of God—in every area of life. While this most likely is something you’re already aware of, Dr. Evans and Chrystal have a way of presenting this topic practically and insightfully, thereby making it something that can be truly life changing.
I know we at Focus will be hearing great things as this curriculum gets utilized more and more in women’s Bible study groups around the country and globally. But I also know a lot of those stories—maybe your story‑‑will remain untold. Until the other side.
[Editor’s Note: You can get more info at by clicking here, and check out the preview below:
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7whFw4IXZc&feature=youtu.be:550:0]
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