Move On Study Guide: When Mercy Meets Your Mess

by Vicki Courtney

Most people will live their entire lives attempting to clean up their messes on their own or will hide their messes under a multitude of modern-day fig leaves. Are you weary of hiding and pretending? If so, it’s time to find the courage to come clean about the mess you are. It’s time to lay your heart and soul bare before the Lord and say, “I’m not okay, and I need your help.” Once you face your messes, God—in his sweet mercy—will help you get real, deal, and truly move on. So say goodbye to that person you’ve been pretending to be and celebrate the person God created you to a gloriously imperfect mess who is loved by a perfect and holy God. In this six-session small-group Bible study, speaker and bestselling author Vicki Courtney shows how we can acknowledge the messes in our lives, accept God's mercy for them, and then get real, deal, and move on. Sessions Designed for use with the Move On DVD 9780849960161 (sold separately).

144 pages, Paperback

First published August 5, 2014

About the author

Vicki Courtney is the best-selling author of numerous books for women, tweens, and teen girls including, Motherhood Is Not Your Highest Calling, Rest Assured, Move On, 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter, 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Son, and Between Us. She is the recipient of a Mom's Choice award and two ECPA Christian Book Awards. She and her husband, Keith reside in the Texas hill country and are the proud parents of three grown children and grandparents to ten grandchildren.

Reviews

[Cindi]

After watching the first video and doing the lesson that goes with it, I wasn't sure how I felt. It was good but didn't grab me.
HOWEVER, from that point on, it was amazing. Very impressive study that really digs into the bible and provides some great discussion questions.

If you are looking for a study for your small group of women, I highly recommend this one. I learned a lot about myself and found scripture to help me become the person the Lord wants me to be.

[Jo Yee]

This is a great book for everyone. There are personal stories, excerpts from books and relevant Bible verses to showcase the message of mercy in every day life.

Whether we accept it or not, all of us are broken messed-up people. But (1) God's plans and purposes are higher than our capacity to understand and (2) He never promised His children a life free from struggles. Every struggle has a purpose.

[STEPHANI KARGES]

This small group study with video series was transformational because it opened my eyes to understanding the greatness of God's mercy, how He alone can redeem situations, and bring us to lives of freedom.