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What does it mean to live with a settled soul?This world...what a chaotic place to live. It seems like every year-even every day-things get more complex and unsettling.If you've ever thought, This is all too much, and I am not enough, you're not alone. In this devotional study, Jodi Detrick explores, not formulas, but simple practices leading to the only safe, restful place for our world-weary hearts. She invites you to take a deep dive into John 15:1-17 and experience what it means to tenaciously abide with Jesus. Enjoy six weeks of four daily devotions (plus an optional fifth day), and features like: Discovery questions for deeper study Suggested journal prompts for reflection and life application Interesting historical and biblical context passagesLife shakes us up-abiding settles us down. Perfect for individual or group study, The Settled Soul will help you cultivate a soul that lives from the place of peace and purpose Jesus has reserved just for you!

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Publié par	Gospel Publishing House
Date de parution	10 novembre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781607316350
Langue	English

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THE SETTLED SOUL

T ENACIOUSLY A BIDING WITH A T ENDER G OD
JODI DETRICK
Copyright © 2020 by Jodi Detrick
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published by Gospel Publishing House
1445 N. Boonville Ave.
Springfield, Missouri 65802
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Names have been changed in instances where it has been necessary to protect the privacy of the individuals mentioned.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation. © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Publishers, a Division of Tyndale House Ministries, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com . The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.®
Scripture quotations marked (MSG) are taken from THE MESSAGE, copyright ©1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved. Used by permission of NavPress. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, a Division of Tyndale House Ministries. KJV refers to the King James Version which is in the public domain.
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To Joanna Weaver, my dear heart-friend, writing mentor, and beloved sister-in-soul:
The deep conversations we’ve shared, our times of wrestling with theological concepts and what they mean in the real world, and especially those honest, from-the-gut prayers we’ve prayed together … these have watered the soil in which this book has grown.
Thank you, sweet friend, for showing me what it looks like to have a settled soul through your steadfast example of tenaciously abiding with our tender God. In knowing you, I’ve learned to love Him more.
To Kay Burnett Through your wise, loving leadership, women everywhere can see the beauty and sweetness of the abiding life. This book is just one small crop of fruit, among so many, from your godly influence sewn into the lives of others. Thank you, kind friend.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
WEEK 1: My Father Is the Gardener
WEEK 2: Settling In
WEEK 3: Full Access
WEEK 4: Living Loved
WEEK 5: Friended by Jesus
WEEK 6: Out on a Limb
NOTES
INTRODUCTION
I’ll admit it. There are days when writing about the truly important things, matters that affect the deepest parts of our spirits and carry a heavy freight of God weight, seems a bit presumptuous. I’m an ordinary woman who lives in a world of waiting laundry and too many emails in my inbox—of the simple joys of sharing coffee and conversation with a friend, texting with my grandgirls, and listening to an audiobook while I fold sweet-smelling laundry that finally had its meetup with my faithful, old washer-dryer twins.
Then I remember a God who came to be with us. A God settled into folds of human skin—who blinked His eyes awake each morning and raised a calloused hand to shade His face from the glare of the afternoon Judean sun. I remember how Jesus walked on common, dusty roads and had to stop, no doubt, to shake out a pebble from His worn sandals now and then. I remember how He talked of ordinary things—seeds and soil, pearls and pigs, feasts and farmers—all with the breath of eternal truth forming each word.
I recall how He came to be with me , a wisp of a girl (oh, for those days of wispiness again), often scared of her own shadow but with so many dreams and longings—how He welcomed my ordinary, often restless life to permanently settle within the strangely beautiful walls of His abiding presence. I look back and see how, even when I distanced myself, He is a God who came to stay.
Settled . Ah, this simple, almost-homey word carries a world of meaning when it comes to knowing and growing in God. It shifts my endless, wearisome striving to make my life count by my own efforts to a peaceful, growing intimacy with Jesus where fruitful significance is the natural (or should I say, supernatural ) outcome. Instead of just doing things for God, I get to do life with God—living, loving, and serving out of the limitless resources of His nature, character, and power.
So, that settled-soul life sounds compelling, right? But what does it look like to be tenaciously abiding 24/7/365 with the God who came to stay? How would my life look different if I lived it out of a settled-in-Jesus soul? What would change? What would deepen? What would need new definition and recalibration?
In John chapter 15, Jesus uses a metaphor we can all understand to talk about things we might not: what it means to abide, remain with, settle in with Him. In the process, He offers a magnificent invitation to experience breathtaking intimacy and enduring fruitfulness, even for ordinary lives like mine.
I get it. There are lots of ways you could spend the next six weeks of your life, and yeah, that to-do list seems to be on automatic reload just when you think you’re finally getting down to the last few items. But I can’t think of a better way to make these transitory moments of earth life count than to invest a few days in cultivating a soul that settles into the God who came to live within us.
So welcome, friend. I’m pretty sure our ordinary lives are in for some true God adventures in the weeks and pages ahead! I’m with you and Jesus is with us. Let’s get started—the laundry can wait.
This Might Help
1. In the next six weeks, we will be deep diving into John 15:1–17. Reading that short passage all the way through at least once a week, perhaps in different translations of the Bible, will help imbed its truths into your heart and “till the soil” for what God wants to plant there.
2. Journaling is a great way to process what you’re learning in this study and to interact with what God is saying to you through His Word. Just keep it simple and for your eyes only so you can be completely honest. Here’s an easy format to use (but feel free to journal in a way that fits you ). Pick one or more of these to respond to throughout your week:
• An “aha” moment I’ve had is:
• This word or phrase stands out to me:
• This confuses me—I have questions:
• I’m learning this about God:
• I’m learning this about myself:
• I think God wants me to do this:
• This is one thing I’ll do:
• This is one thing I’m thankful for:
• Here is my prayer for today:
3. For the best outcome (both as a learner and one who lives out what you’re learning), commit to faithfully showing up with an open, hungry heart (which God loves to give us when we ask, by the way!) and doing the work part of this study. The discovery questions are designed to deepen your thinking and to help you personalize what you’re learning. If you’re doing the study with a group, be there each week—your study sisters need your input and you will benefit from theirs. Plus, it’s so much fun to learn and grow with others !
4. Each week’s study offers a “So, this is interesting …” section that provides historical and/or biblical context and maybe a fun fact or two.
5. Each week provides a guide for four days of personal study, plus a Bonus Day Five study as an option.
Okay. Are you ready to settle in and explore what a tenaciously abiding life is all about? Me too. Let’s do this!
WEEK 1
MY FATHER IS THE GARDENER
I come from a long line of gardeners. Wherever they lived, my maternal grandparents (whom we affectionately called PaPa and MaMa) always filled a large patch of yard with a wide variety of plants in mostly weed-free rows. PaPa Lankford’s face would light up as he offered any unwary visitor who stopped by a mandatory tour of his fruit and vegetable paradise.
“Just look at how the tomatoes are coming on this year. Gonna be a bumper crop, for sure!” he’d enthuse as he gently pushed back thick foliage to show greenish-pink orbs hiding in clusters among the leaves. “Won’t be long now till we’ll be slicing these for dinner. And you’ve gotta see the peppers,” he’d say, already walking to a different part of the garden. “With all the sunshine we’ve had lately, they’re growing like crazy!”
Even today, the tangy fragrance of freshly picked, homegrown tomatoes transports me back to my grandparents’ garden where the air smelled green and alive. As a young girl breathing in the aroma of all that growing goodness, I knew an even greater delight awaited my senses. In time my sweet, feisty grandmother would gather the ripened fruit and vegetables in her metal bucket. She would cook up heaping plates of fried summer squash, perfectly simmered green beans with bacon (of course), and delectable corn on the cob along with mounded bowls of tender new potatoes for our boisterous family dinners. And, oh yeah … there were almost always thick slices of those glistening red, fresh-from-the-vine tomatoes. MaMa Lankford did “farm to table” before it was cool!
Throughout the long days of summer and into early autumn, MaMa spent countless hours freezing and canning the harvested bounty to enjoy during the long winter months when that patch of ground lay frozen, waiting for spring and PaPa’s tiller to signal a new season of growth. On rainy fall mornings, she pried open the colorful jars of jams and jellies made from the boysenberry bushes, little grape arbor, and plum trees growing in the backyard and spread the jam or jelly onto butter-slathered biscuits for a sumptuous breakfast treat. (Is your mouth watering yet?)
Though it’s grueling, dirty work, gardening produces good things: beauty, sustenance, health, flavor, color, life. As we step in