The women in the Bible asked the same three questions we all still ask today: How does everyone else see me? How do I see myself? How does God see me? The Known By Name Bible study series for women-taught by seasoned Bible teachers Jada Edwards, Kasey Van Norman, and Nicole Johnson-will take you and your group through the lives of biblical women to learn more about God and how to answer these essential questions. Rahab's story, found in the book of Joshua, is a story of a girl boss, an assertive, confident woman who did what she had to do to provide for her family. Her identity was shaped by her upbringing. With no Bible study to join or podcast to download, Rahab learned her beliefs and behaviors in a culture that believed in gods, not God. But when opportunity knocked, she boldly trusted in the God she had never known, and became something she never imagined-a woman who brought freedom to generations. Follow Rahab in this 4-session Bible study (DVD/video streaming sold separately) as she trusts God's final word about her worth above society's words. You will learn how to shed unhelpful labels and fears, and instead revel in God's unconditional love and acceptance of you-just as you are. You can be free from shame and doubt. This study guide features video notes, group discussion questions, and between-session activities like reflecting on the drama and teachings, studying the character story in Scripture, memory verses, and journaling. Sessions include: Your Past Has a Purpose Liking Your Reflection What's in a Reputation You Have a Choice Designed for use with Known By Name: Rahab Video Study (9780310096344), sold separately.

The women in the Bible asked the same three questions we all still ask today: How does everyone else see me? How do I see myself? How does God see me? The Known By Name Bible study series for women-taught by seasoned Bible teachers Jada Edwards, Kasey Van Norman, and Nicole Johnson-will take you and your group through the lives of biblical women to learn more about God and how to answer these essential questions. Hagar's story, found in Genesis 16, is a story of cultural victimization. She was betrayed, abandoned, and scorned. Her response? She did what most of us would do when deeply hurt by someone we trust-she ran away. She got defensive. She retreated to a place where she felt safe. She felt justified in her anger and hurt. But deep in her core was a woman who longed to be seen and hoped for redemption. Follow Hagar in this 4-session Bible study (DVD/video streaming sold separately) as she learns from hurt and heartache that what is unresolved is not unseen by God. The lack of finality in Hagar's story teaches us to trust God with the ending-believing that he sees us and knows. This study guide features video notes, group discussion questions, and between-session activities like reflecting on the drama and teachings, studying the character story in Scripture, memory verses, and journaling. Sessions include: Exposing the Lie of Shame Rejected to Accepted Trusting after Betrayal Transformed and Seen Designed for use with Known By Name: Hagar Video Study (9780310096498), sold separately.

God's promise to us is that no part of our life has been wasted. Do you ever wonder what God could do with your regrets, sorrows, failures, or broken past? Have you ever been confused about why God would allow something to happen? Perhaps you feel your story is either too scandalous or too boring to be used by God in a powerful way. In this video Bible study (DVD/video streaming sold separately), bestselling author and passionate speaker Kasey Van Norman presents God as a mixed-media artist who knows exactly how to use all the unlovely pieces, gracefully gathering the broken bits and scraps of our lives to create a masterpiece of redemption. Through personal stories from Kasey and other women, as well as biblical insight and wisdom, you and your group will be drawn into a new understanding of just how capable and willing God is to resurrect us from sin and redeem us from all shame. Kasey takes the pressure off of outing our past, instead revealing God as the perfecter of everything that brings us shame or pain. God does not care if we are the reason for or the recipient of our messes-he wants us to understand the magnitude of receiving his grace and trust him to transform our pain into something glorious! With God, nothing is wasted. The Nothing Wasted Bible Study Guide includes video notes, group discussion questions, and five personal Bible study activities to complete between sessions. Sessions include: God Doesn't Waste Your Life God Doesn't Waste Your Relationship God Doesn't Waste Your Regret God Doesn't Waste Your Pain God Doesn't Waste Your Nature God Doesn't Waste Your Confession Designed for use with Nothing Wasted Video Study (9780310104469), sold separately.

We all have past experiences we wish we could redo, undo, or hide altogether. In Nothing Wasted, counselor and teacher Kasey Van Norman shares how God revealed his specific plan for her life through the most unlikely, embarrassing, and painful seasons of her past. Her vulnerability invites you to discover God's personal and purposeful design for your future, not in spite of your story, but through it. What if the pain and mistakes of your past are exactly what God wants to use to redeem your future? A difficult childhood, abuse, addiction, public infidelity, and a fight with cancer - Kasey Van Norman has walked a rocky road of regret and loss. Shockingly, God would take her back to move her forward; uprooting her undealt with wounds, secret shame, and intimacy-sabotaging patterns of behavior. No longer running from her past, but instead, allowing herself to be defined by it, Kasey discovered a God more intentional and loving than she'd ever believed him to be. Today, she shares the truth that no part of our life story is wasted. But purposefully designed and used by God to shape who we are meant to be. With vulnerability, sound doctrine, and humor, Kasey unfolds the brokenness in her own life; reminding us that a holy, sovereign God lovingly works, not in spite of our past, but through it. In this book, Kasey invites you to look at the most unlikely, shocking, and painful experiences of your past in order to embrace them as the necessary setup for your future. No experience or relationship has been a mistake. You are no mere byproduct of random events, and you do not need a do-over! Join Kasey, and take God up on his offer to weave together every confusing, disjointed scrap of your past in to his beautiful story of redemption. Because with God, nothing is wasted.