Welcome to Soar

WELCOME to SOAR

What is SOAR? It is an acrostic for:
Seek God - Obtain Truth – Abide in Love- Reach Out

All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, NewInternational Version (NIV), other scripture references are from the Amplified Bible (AMP).

SEEK GOD
Know God personally and intimately.

You must love the Lord your God with ALL your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:27

O God, you are my God, EARNESTLY I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalms 63:1

OBTAIN TRUTH

Transform our minds through renewing with TRUTH from God’s Word.

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. Romans 10:17

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2

ABIDE IN LOVE
Abide in Him…Choose Love!

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, GOD LIVES IN US and HIS LOVE IS MADECOMPLETE in us. 1 John 4:7-12
Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 1 Cor. 8:1

REACH OUT
Reaching out with the Good News of Jesus Christ and fanning the flame of other believers with Truth!

"The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to SEND OUT workers into his field." Matthew 9:37

Then Jesus came to them and said, "ALL authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I AM WITH YOU always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20


A note from Amy’s heart

To the beloved in Christ,
Suffering, failure, frustration, weariness, worldliness, selfishness, and disappointment are all things we can relate to. Life can be so hard at times. Praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ, He is our Rock, Refuge and Comforter! Our Heavenly Father has told us to come to Him when we are weary and heavy-laden and He will give us rest. He wants us to learn to walk with Him and He’ll speak to us through His Word and His Spirit. He wants us to run with perseverance the race

He’s marked out before us. He wants us to be renewed and SOAR with Him!
The SOAR Study that you are about to begin was born out of a vision from God, a call to disciple and a LOVE for you. That’s right. My love, Sheri’s love, but INFINITELY greater, GOD’S LOVE for YOU!!! SOAR is an acrostic. It stands for Seek God, Obtain Truth, Abide in love and Reach out. Sheri and I believe that these four, eight week studies will take you to a deeper level with God. Our prayer is that you’ll be "on fire" and madly "in love" with your God. This study is simple. It is going to get you in the Word of God. The Holy Spirit will be the Main Teacher. If you give yourself to this journey, you will never be the same! We are honored to be a part of building you up to a fuller maturity in Christ Jesus.

The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Is. 40:28-31
Loving you and Loving HIM,
Amy Groeschel

A note from Sheri’s heart

Dear friends,
As an abused child, my desperate mission was to try to find my worth and value from anything - being great in school, working hard at my job, from friends, boys/men, from parents, family, college and from my career! It was like there was a hole in the bottom of my heart! All things fell short! Nothing – no job – no person– no possession – no amount of money or vindication can bring peace into your life!

The only peace that can make us free is that of the love of Christ Jesus spilled out into every cell of our bodies, every memory we want erased, and every painful thought. He is the ONLY FREEDOM in life’s trials. God IS in the redemption business! Today, I am healed in every way! I am FREE! I am alive! I get the opportunity to share the redemption story of CHRIST in me!
God is truly GOOD all the time. Every good and perfect gift is from Him. He wants you to be well, to prosper you, not to harm you in anyway.

Amy and I pray for you to know Him and His will for your life so intimately that you know His fingerprints in your life, live by the Spirit in everyway, and burn with passion for Him inside and out and SOAR with Him – all the days of your life. And, in return, CHANGE the world, one life at a time!
Love in Christ,
Sheri Yates

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Cor. 3:17

SEEK GOD STUDY OUTLINE
Seek God with your HEART

Week 1- Seeking to Know and Love God - Turn your burdens and wounds over to God and seek Him. Start to SOAR!

Seek God with your EYES and MIND

Week 2 - Seeking to know God’s Attributes through the Word
Week 3 - Seeking to know God’s Attributes and Names
Week 4 - Seeking to know God the Creator

Seek God with your LIPS

Week 5 - Seeking to know God in Prayer - Why pray?

Seek God with your EARS

Week 6 - Seeking to know God in Prayer – Rest and Delight in His presence – Listening

Seek God with your KNEES

Week 7 - Seeking to know God in Prayer - Intercession, Petitions, Faith; Powerful Prayer

Seek God with your HANDS and LIPS

Week 8 - Seeking to know God through worship

Seek God with ALL of YOU!

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30

Seek God with ALL of YOU!
ALL Your Heart
ALL Your Mind
ALL Your Eyes
ALL Your Lips
ALL Your Ears
ALL Your Knees
ALL Your Hands

SOAR STUDY OVERVIEW - 6 PARTS

1. Prep It! Leader Preparation!
2. GROUP IT! Lifegroup time!
3. Word it! Take the lesson home and "word" it!
4. Crave it! Extra Mile!
5. SERVE IT! Give it back out!
6. Mingle It! Fellowship!

PREP IT! Leader Preparation Time

Leaders – you were called for a time such as this! We want you to lead your group, build equity with them and become an even more sold out follower of Christ yourself just from spending time with HIM! We have built in notes and scriptures to help you prepare for each week. However, you will give so much more to your group if you are using examples, testimony, stories from your own life and revelation from the Lord.

To Prep: Pray ask God to give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation to know Him more and wisdom to lead your group. Go through the entire week of material and allow the Lord to give you insight and revelation.

GROUP IT! Lifegroup Time

LEADER: Pray and Share YOUR revelations for the week with the group. Remember, Ice Breakers are a great way to start the group time.
GROUP SEEK TIME: Generally, each week has an outline for the group to seek God together. Consider using this, but we want you to lead the group as the Lord directs you.

WORD IT! Take It Home

AFTER Lifegroup is over, the Word it! Take it Home section is for you to seek God and renew your mind DAILY with 5 days of lessons through God’s WORD! Just bite off what you can chew right now! Do not rush the lessons or feel the need to complete a "task". If you don’t complete it, don’t beat yourself up! This is a tool! It is your time to spend with "Daddy". Enjoy, delight and savor the Word!

After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Matthew 14:23
CRAVE IT! Extra Mile

After Lifegroup and after homework, are you still hungry to know more? This is the section for you. If you just want more of God’s truth poured into your mind and spirit, then go the Extra Mile!

SERVE IT! Give it back out

Keeping all the treasure that God has given us to ourselves would just be a shame. If God reveals to you a truth, share it! Don’t keep it to yourselves! Serve it is designed so that you as the leader can be thinking about ways your group can serve each other, the community, the church and well, just anyone. If someone you know needs prayer, take your lifegroup to pray with them. If someone has a family member at a nursing home, maybe take your LG there one week.

Allow God to add to your group. Take a look at Acts 2:47

MINGLE IT! Fellowship

Do life together! Spend time together just talking about the Lord and all the good things He has done. Share communion together – talk about His character and attributes – just bask in fellowshipping with others that hunger for Jesus!