Stop spiraling thoughts and use your God-given power to think differently with this 100-day motivational resource inspired by the New York Times bestseller Get Out of Your Head, from the visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering.
Are your thoughts holding you captive? Are you worn out from getting stuck in patterns of anxiety, distraction, or cynicism? If so, do you know that God built a way for us to escape that downward spiral?
Stop the Spiral Devotional, inspired by the New York Times bestseller Get Out of Your Head, is your invitation to begin noticing negative spirals-every day. In this book, you'll find one hundred days of devotions to inspire you to stop toxic thinking patterns and remind you of God's power to set you free. Each day's reading includes:
• verses for meditating on God's Word
• a "Rewire the Spiral" statement to repeat throughout your day
• a personal prayer for sparking deeper intimacy with God
Let this hundred-day devotional guide you in refusing to be a victim to your thoughts and in realizing that you have already been equipped with God's power to live free.
What do we do when we can't interrupt a feeling?
When we are sad day after day with no real reason why?
When we are consumed with anger toward someone who wronged us as a child?
When we are anxious about what will happen as our career hangs in the balance?
When we are withdrawn after an argument with our spouse?
As I tackle the huge topic of our emotional life, the rules have changed. Do we have control over feeling sad? Feeling angry? Feeling happy? If we can just stop thinking a thought, can we just stop feeling a feeling?
In this Bible study, I would like to take a closer look at individual moments when Jesus and Father God and the Spirit all feel emotions. Because we were created by a God who feels, let's learn from Him … what is His response to sadness, anger, fear, or joy? Seeing God emote throughout Scripture will give us a new path forward. In each of these moments, I will cast a theological vision for our emotions and present scientific research that confirms what Scripture says is true.
I believe there are steps we can take to experience our emotions more clearly and walk in greater awareness of our need for God. Together, we will learn to take these five steps in the face of overwhelming emotions:
Notice them.
Name them.
Feel them.
Share them.
Resource them.
The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, this audio Bible study includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately.
The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embracing a healthy relationship with your emotions, one that leads to life-giving connection with God and others as well as to a richer understanding of yourself.
How often have you heard, "Don't let your emotions get the best of you"? But what if instead of ignoring our feelings, we noticed them, named them, and let God use them to draw us closer to Himself and others?
Many of us need to unlearn damaging messages about our emotions. We've been taught, for example, that emotions are untrustworthy, when, in fact, God can use them to help us see where we need His healing.
In Untangle Your Emotions, Jennie Allen uses scientific research, biblical insight, and her own story to help you
● exchange stuffing, dismissing, or minimizing your emotions for a five-step process to know what you feel and what to do about it
● debunk the myth that feelings are sinful by learning how emotional maturity leads to deeper connection with God and others
● live emotionally healthy by applying biblical wisdom and therapeutic research that works whether you self-identify as "emotional" or not
● sit with feelings that are confusing and painful by discovering the depth of God's love and compassion for you
Feelings aren't something to fix; they are something to feel. As we discover how to name and navigate our emotions, we'll learn how they can draw us closer to the God who built us-soul, mind, and heart.
Do you feel stuck?
So many of us live stuck. Stuck in trying to seem perfect. Stuck in sadness. Stuck feeling numb. Stuck pursuing more stuff to make us happy. Stuck in something we can't even name. These stuck places often go unattended inside of us and they are shaping our lives more than we would like to think.
In Stuck, Bible teacher Jennie Allen shows us where we are stuck and why:
- We are stuck in anger because we aren't trusting God to defend us.
- We are stuck in discontentment because we are looking to the wrong things for fulfillment.
- We are stuck in worry because we have made something other than God our idol.
- We are stuck doing too much because we don't know our real purpose.
- We are stuck in sadness because we have wrong expectations.
Through deep Bible study and practical exercises, Jennie shows us how we've been trying to fix this stuck feeling with everything but God. He has a plan for these spaces inside of us, the places we feel broken, but we have to go to Him. Stuck is a journey to take an honest look at the fight going on inside, leading us to the God who has a plan to restore us. Our stuck places are the very places that make us ache for God, and we find Him waiting there for us with hope and freedom.
Sessions include:
- stuck (8:00)
- broken (7:00)
- mad (5:30)
- discontent (8:00)
- scared (9:00)
- overwhelmed (8:00)
- sad (8:30)
- unstuck (7:30)
Coordinating study guide available separately.
The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, this audio Bible study includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately.
La autora bestseller del New York Times y autora del libro Controla tu mente/Get Out of Your Head, ofrece en esta nueva obra soluciones prácticas para crear una verdadera comunidad; soluciones que son cruciales para nuestra salud mental y espiritual.
Estamos viviendo una epidemia de soledad. Sin embargo, estamos predestinados a ser vistos y amados. En un mundo cada vez más conectado y, paradójicamente, a la vez más aislado, a menudo sentimos la necesidad de estar solos, ya sea porque estamos muy ocupados o porque las relaciones pueden llegar a sentirse complicadas y difíciles. Pero la ciencia confirma que tener una conexión constante y significativa con los demás brinda un impacto poderoso a nuestro bienestar.
En Encuentra a tu gente, la autora de bestsellers Jennie Allen se basa en detalles fascinantes de la ciencia y de la historia, en datos bíblicos atemporal y en historiasvulnerables de su propia vida para ayudarte a:
• Superar las barreras que nos impiden hacer nuevos amigos y aprender a iniciar conversaciones con pasos fáciles de seguir
• Encontrar formas sencillas de sobrepasar los momentos incómodos y llegar a la autenticidad en esas conversaciones
• Comprender cómo el conflicto puede fortalecer las relaciones en lugar de destruirlas
• Identificar el tipo de amigo que eres y los tipos de amigos que necesitas tener
• Entender los cinco ingredientes prácticos que necesitas para tener el tipo de amistades que siempre has deseado
Tú fuiste creado para jugar, participar, aventurarte y explorar con otros. En Encuentra a tu gente, descubrirás cómo sumergirte profundamente y sentir toda la maravilla que es tener una comunidad. Porque si bien el dolor de la soledad es real, no tiene por qué ser tu realidad.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of Get Out of Your Head offers practical solutions for creating true community, the kind that's crucial to our mental and spiritual health.
"My dear friend Jennie Allen shows us how to make true emotional connections with the right people so that our authentic relationships can be healthy for all."-Lysa TerKeurst, author of It's Not Supposed to Be This Way
In a world that's both more connected and more isolating than ever before, we're often tempted to do life alone, whether because we're so busy or because relationships feel risky and hard. But science confirms that consistent, meaningful connection with others has a powerful impact on our well-being. We are meant to live known and loved. But so many are hiding behind emotional walls that we're experiencing an epidemic of loneliness.
In Find Your People, bestselling author Jennie Allen draws on fascinating insights from science and history, timeless biblical truth, and vulnerable stories from her own life to help you:
• overcome the barriers to making new friends and learn to initiate with easy-to-follow steps
• find simple ways to press through awkward to get to authentic in conversations
• understand how conflict can strengthen relationships rather than destroy them
• identify the type of friend you are and the types of friends you need
• learn the five practical ingredients you need to have the type of friends you've always longed for
You were created to play, engage, adventure, and explore-with others. In Find Your People, you'll discover exactly how to dive into the deep end and experience the full wonder of community. Because while the ache of loneliness is real, it doesn't have to be your reality.
Never in the history of civilization have we been more connected and felt more alone. We are all so lonely. What if fundamentally the ways we have set up our lives is broken? We've withdrawn rather than moved through it. We want supper clubs and friends, instead of war partners. We have a wrong view of community.
This seven-session video Bible study begins with a look at the original community in Genesis, the Trinity, and the creation of people to see what God had planned for us all along. We will also discover throughout the study the five life patterns required to build deep, connected relationships:
- Proximity
- Shared Mission
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Consistency
The seven sessions include:
- Week 1: Introduction It is not good for man to be alone. (Creation)
- Week 2: The Disruption of Community Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. (Shame)
- Week 3: Proximity I will make My dwelling among you. (God's Presence)
- Week 4: Transparency And all who believed were together and had all things in common. (Acts)
- Week 5: Accountability Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (The Church Grows)
- Week 6: Shared Mission Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others. (Jesus and the Disciples)
- Week 7: Consistency Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. (The Kingdom of God / New Heavens)
The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Find Your People includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately.
What are you chasing?
Are you doing everything right but still feel empty? Are you so busy doing things for God and everyone else that you altogether miss him? Do you ever, in your busy life, stop and see him, really see him?
Jennie Allen felt paralyzed in her relationship with God. It occurred to her that maybe she was chasing the wrong things. Maybe God was after something else. When she stumbled across the phrase in 1 Samuel 13, 'David was a man after God's own heart,' she was intrigued. She knew David was both completely broken, and completely sold out for God.
David's life shatters our ideas of what God wants from us. In Chase, Jennie shows us a man who spent his life chasing after God, which points to several things we shouldn't be chasing:
- Don't chase self-worth by achieving more
- Don't chase freedom by protecting yourself
- Don't chase approval by being moral
- Don't chase love by running away from guilt
- Don't chase answers by rejecting God
- Don't chase satisfaction by rebelling
- Don't chase fulfillment. Chase God!
Through deep Bible study and practical exercises, discover that God has carved out a space in each of us that only he can fill. So, whether you are running from God or working your tail off to please him, David’s journey will challenge your view of God. He is the only thing we can chase that won’t leave us feeling more empty.
Sessions include:
- chase (7:35)
- identity (9:00)
- courage (11:00)
- obedience (6:35)
- belief (10:00)
- repentance (11:00)
- surrender (10:00)
- chased down (11:00)
Designed for use with the Chase Study Guide (9781418549350), sold separately.
The Audio Bible Study series provides a unique learning experience. Instead of sitting down to watch a video teaching for Bible study, listen to the same quality Bible study content on the go! Whether you listen on your commute, while walking outside, or over a lunch break, you can access high-quality audio Bible studies wherever you are. Get the most out of the teaching by diving into the accompanying study guide (sold separately) to walk through reflection questions and individual Bible study to go deeper.
You don't have anything to prove.
Too many of us walk through life feeling as if we don't measure up. We always seem to thirst for more. We think if we could only work harder or be better, we could be enough. But the truth is, we will never be enough. And thankfully, we don't have to be.
In this 8-session study (study guide sold separately), Jennie Allen walks through key passages in the Gospel of John to demonstrate how only Jesus is enough. We don't have to prove anything because Jesus has already proven everything. Discover how our thirsty hearts can only be quenched by the living water.
- Learn to take hold of what has already been given to you in Christ
- Stop trying to prove yourself because Jesus has already proven everything
- Look to Jesus for your satisfaction
- Overflow with Christ's abundance, and bring life to others
- Remind yourself of who you are in Christ with Scripture
- Grow in biblical literacy with this exploration of the Gospel of John
The Audio Bible Study series provides a unique learning experience. Instead of sitting down to watch a video teaching for Bible study, listen to the same quality Bible study content on the go! Whether you listen on your commute, while walking outside, or over a lunch break, you can access high-quality audio Bible studies wherever you are. Get the most out of the teaching by diving into the accompanying study guide (sold separately) to walk through reflection questions and individual Bible study to go deeper.
In Restless, an 8-session small group Bible study, Bible study teacher and author Jennie Allen helps you discover a practical plan to identify the threads of your life and how to intentionally weave them together for God's glory and purposes.
Restless explores this important question: "Do I matter?" And Jennie asks, 'We live with lots of things, lots of people…but do we live for something?"
Using the story of Joseph, Jennie explains how his suffering, gifts, story, and relationships fit into the greater story of God-and how our stories can do the same. Then she also introduces Threads-a tool to help you see your own personal story and to uncover and understand the raw materials God has given you to use for his glory and purpose while on this planet.
The Audio Bible Study series provides a unique learning experience. Instead of sitting down to watch a video teaching for Bible study, listen to the same quality Bible study content on the go! Whether you listen on your commute, while walking outside, or over a lunch break, you can access high-quality audio Bible studies wherever you are. Get the most out of the teaching by diving into the accompanying study guide (sold separately) to walk through reflection questions and individual Bible study to go deeper.
En la lista de los MÁS VENDIDOS de NEW YORK TIMES y USA TODAY
La visionaria detrás de IF: Gathering, con un millón de personas, desafía a las mujeres cristianas a transformar sus perspectivas y sus vidas al interrumpir sus pensamientos en espiral y darse cuenta del poder que les da Dios para pensar de manera diferente.
La oradora y profesora de la Biblia Jennie Allen escucha todo el tiempo a mujeres que se sienten atrapadas en patrones de frustración y derrota. En su búsqueda de una solución, ha aprendido que la mayor batalla espiritual de nuestra generación se está llevando a cabo entre nuestros oídos. Cómo pensamos da forma a cómo vivimos. Por lo tanto, es crucial que aprendamos a detener nuestros pensamientos obsesivos y rechacemos ser víctimas de patrones tóxicos como la victimización, la ansiedad y la distracción. En este libro, Jennie se basa en la verdad bíblica y los descubrimientos recientes de la neurociencia para mostrar exactamente cómo podemos luchar contra los enemigos de la mente con la verdad de quién es Dios y de quién nos llama a ser.
¿Tus pensamientos te mantienen cautiva? Nunca voy a ser lo suficientemente bueno. Otras personas tienen mejores vidas que yo. Dios realmente no podría amarme. Jennie Allen sabe lo que es girar en una espiral de pensamientos destructivos, pero también sabe que no tenemos que quedarnos atrapadas en ellos.
Como descubrió por experiencia propia, Dios creó una vía de escape para ese espiral descendente. La libertad llega cuando nos negamos a ser víctimas de nuestros pensamientos y nos damos cuenta de que ya hemos sido equipados con el poder de Dios para luchar y ganar la guerra de nuestras mentes.
En Controla tu mente, Jennie nos inspira y nos equipa para transformar nuestras emociones, nuestra perspectiva e incluso nuestras circunstancias al tomar el control de nuestros pensamientos. Nuestro enemigoestá decidido a meterse en nuestras cabezas para hacernos sentir impotentes, abrumadas e incapaces de hacer una diferencia para el reino de Dios. Pero cuando sometemos nuestras mentes a Cristo, las promesas y la bondad de Dios inundan nuestras vidas de maneras increíbles.
Comienza en tu mente. Y a partir de ahí, las posibilidades son infinitas.
Stop the spiral of toxic thoughts.
Are your thoughts holding you captive? Jennie Allen knows what it's like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, such as I'll never be good enough. Other people have better lives than I do. God couldn't really love me. But Jennie also knows we don't have to stay stuck in toxic thinking patterns.
As she discovered in her own life, God built a way for us to escape that downward spiral. Freedom comes when we refuse to be victims to our thoughts and realize we have already been equipped with power from God to fight and win the war for our minds.
In Get Out of Your Head, a six-session Bible study, Jennie inspires and equips us to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking control of our thoughts. Our enemy is determined to get in our heads to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for the kingdom of God. But when we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways.
It starts in your head. And from there, the possibilities are endless.
The Audio Bible Study series provides a unique learning experience. Instead of sitting down to watch a video teaching for Bible study, listen to the same quality Bible study content on the go! Whether you listen on your commute, while walking outside, or over a lunch break, you can access high-quality audio Bible studies wherever you are. Get the most out of the teaching by diving into the accompanying study guide (sold separately) to walk through reflection questions and individual Bible study to go deeper.
