A Way Through the Wilderness Leader Guide: Growing in Faith When Life Is Hard

At one time or another everyone has a wilderness experience a time when life is barren and difficult and we feel alone and desperate not knowing where to turn. Whether its the loss of a loved one a financial or health crisis divorce or some other painful experience we see no end in sight and wonder how we can make it through another day.In the Scriptures we see that often Gods people went through a wilderness experience and these experiences changed them in profound ways. The truth is that its impossible to go through the wilderness without being changed. Theres a way through the wilderness that can leave us broken and bitter and far away from God. But theres another way throughGods waythat leaves us with a deeper faith and draws us closer to God than we ever imagined.With sensitivity and warmth Rob Renfroe explores the wilderness experiencewhat it is how we get there why God allows it and how we can get through it Gods way so that we learn the lessons that can be learned only in the desolate seasons of life when we are totally dependent on God.The Leader Guide contains six session plan outlines complete with discussion points and questions activities prayers and moreplus leader helps for facilitating a group.