Overcoming When You Feel Overwhelmed Study Guide: 5 Steps to Surviving the Chaos of Life

By Jentezen Franklin

It Is Time to Tackle the Things Trying to Overrun Your Life

Do you feel stuck in a mess? Are you wondering how you got to this place and trying to make sense of it all? Don't give up!

In this companion guide to his book Overcoming When You Feel Overwhelmed, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Jentezen Franklin offers five life-giving steps to help you get up, get out and get free--and walk into the destiny God has prepared for you.

Perfect for going deeper on your own or with a small group, Bible study or church class, this study guide offers
· group discussion questions
· personal reflection prompts and action points
· section for notes while watching the companion videos
· and more!

If you find that every battle you're fighting has gotten more difficult, or if you're paralyzed and don't know which way to go, remember God doesn't call you just a survivor. He calls you an overcomer.

"Yes, these are perilous, fierce times. Things that seem out of our control are still in God's control. You have not escaped His gaze. He's going to watch over and take care of you and your family. You're a chosen vessel for such a time as this. Are you ready?"--from Overcoming When You Feel Overwhelmed

• Language: English
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
• Release date: Jun 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781493435821

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© 2022 by Jentezen Franklin

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Contents

Cover

Half Title Page    1

Title Page    3

Copyright Page    4

A Note from Pastor Jentezen    7

SESSION 1  You Are on a Prophetic Journey    11

SESSION 2  The 5 Steps for Overcomers: Steps 1 and 2    24

SESSION 3  The 5 Steps for Overcomers: Steps 3, 4 and 5    37

SESSION 4  Overcome Fear with Faith    51

SESSION 5  Dismantle Discouragement and Depression    67

SESSION 6  Keep Watch and Endure    81

About the Author    95

Back Cover    96

A Note from Pastor Jentezen

Thank you so much for joining me on this journey of Overcoming When You Feel Overwhelmed.

Are you facing a hard situation? Have your circumstances changed unexpectedly? Has something happened that you never dreamed would? If we’re honest with ourselves, many of us would reply with a resounding Yes!

We’re living on the edge of eternity, close to the coming return of Jesus Christ. Because of this, the enemy is digging his heels in our lives, determined to get us and keep us dispirited, diverted from what’s most important, and dependent on things other than God. It’s no coincidence that your depression has felt darker or that your temptations have been hurled at you with greater strength and at higher speed.

I know the giants you face may be bigger than you are. But don’t measure your problems against yourself. Measure them against your God. It’s been rightly said that we tend to talk to God about our problems when we should be talking to our problems about our mighty, faithful God.

Jeremiah 29:13 gives us this wonderful promise: And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

No matter what you’re going through, no matter what you face, God promises you the reward of His presence when you seek after Him. King David, the psalmist, continually encouraged himself not in the seeming stability of his circumstances or in his military might, but in his relationship with God. He valued it above anything else. And rightly so. No, David wasn’t perfect, but his pursuit of God was continual and intentional. It’s the reason God called him a man after My own heart (Acts 13:22). And I believe the same can be true of you and me.

It’s time to face down those frightening voices and step into your destiny, a destiny that God has ordained for you in what may feel like troubling times in these last days.

Let’s get started and find out how!

How to Use This Guide

You can work through this study guide in a group setting or on your own. It’s formatted to work together with my book Overcoming When You Feel Overwhelmed and the accompanying video segments. If you haven’t read the book or won’t get a chance to watch the video segments, don’t worry. There’s plenty of content here that will help you begin, today, to activate growth in your life.

This study guide is divided into six sessions. Each session includes the following:

Big Idea—a big main idea to introduce the session

Review—a quick look back at the previous session (included in sessions 2–6)

Get Started—a segment that sets the stage for the video session and the group discussions to follow

Think about This—a deeply thought-provoking question or idea related to the session

Video Session—space to make a few notes as you watch the video

Go Deeper—a set of in-depth group discussion questions drawn from the Bible, the book and real-life examples

Wrap It Up—a segment of closing thoughts and a closing prayer

Personal Application and Reflection—four days of personal study outside your small group to reflect on what you’ve learned, deepen your relationship with God and encourage you to endure in the fight of faith (this part is best done between sessions)

What You’ll Need

Unless otherwise marked, all the Scripture references