I Give Up Study Guide: The Secret Joy of a Surrendered Life

by Laura Story

But I don’t want to surrender!

Have you ever felt those words bubbling up so deep inside you want to shout?

It’s normal. It’s natural. It’s human to want to be in control.

But when your need for peace surpasses your desire for control, God–who truly uses all things for our good–demonstrates how much we can trust him. The very act of completely surrendering our will to his can become the one act that will change your life forever.

In this five-session video Bible study, recording artist and bestselling author Laura Story demonstrates the ironic joy found when we surrender it all to God and simply give up. Surrendering expectations and power is not a step-by-step process but a willful, daily decision worth every single ounce of effort.

Though surrender sometimes flies in the face of our instincts, hopes, and dreams, it’s never without benefit. A surrendered life includes the surprise of a truly full and satisfying existence where trust is reasonable, reconciliation is possible, and relationships can heal.

The I Give Up Study Guide includes video notes, discussion questions, and between-session exercises.

Sessions include:

What Is Surrender Anyway? God’s Character Matters Giving In and Up Being Transformed The Ripple Effect of Surrender

Designed for use with the I Give Up Video Study (9780310103899) sold separately. Streaming video is also available.

97 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 30, 2019

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Laura Story is a Bible teacher, worship leader, Grammy Award–winning singer/songwriter, and bestselling author. “Blessings” was certified gold in 2011 and inspired her first book, What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops. Laura’s music and writing show God’s love and grace intersecting with real life and serve as a reminder that despite questions or circumstances, he is the ultimate author of our story, as told in her second book, When God Doesn’t Fix It. She has a graduate degree from Covenant Theological Seminary and has served as a worship leader at Perimeter Church in Atlanta since 2005, but her greatest joy is being a wife to Martin and the mother to Josie, Ben, Griffin, and Timothy.

Reviews

[Jennifer Jessop · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used the I Give Up Study Guide: The Secret Joy of a Surrendered Life while doing a FaithGateway Bible Study of the book of the same title. The study included videos which feature Laura Story teaching and performing.

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Did this as a book study with some people from my prayer group. I felt the study started out slow but the further I got into reading the book along with doing the study guide helped me begin to learn how to surrender things in my life to God.

[PollyAnna Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful study to go along with the book. I only wish I had completed it with a group instead of by myself.

[Debra Wills · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this study, it fits so well with the challenges I am facing through this pandemic.