Chase the Goose Reclaiming the Adventure of Living a Spirit-Led Life

Overview

What if God wants something more than a safe and predictable life for those who love Him? In his second Bible study from Threads, author Mark Batterson furthers the themes of his book Wild Goose Chase by exploring the idea of reclaiming the adventurous spiritual life God intended for His followers. Maybe life with Christ should be a little more like a wild goose chase … mysterious, unpredictable, and even dangerous.

Ideal for small groups, Chase the Goose is a six-session study that encourages young adults to take hold of the passions God has put in all of our hearts, while learning about the very nature of God Himself in the process. True goose-chasers will glean wisdom from studying the lives of Nehemiah, Moses, Abraham, Peter, Paul, and Jonathan as they are challenged to leave behind the cages of responsibility, routine, guilt, failure, assumptions, and fear that have held us back in the past. Join the journey of never knowing where you’ll end up, who you’ll meet, or what you can do as you follow the Holy Spirit into the spiritual adventure God has planned for all Christ-followers.

Chapter Topics Include:

• The Cage of Responsibility—Practicing responsible irresponsibility with Nehemiah
• The Cage of Routine—Learning the danger of empty ritual with Moses
• The Cage of Assumptions—Breaking out of the eight-foot ceiling with Abraham
• The Cage of Guilt—Reconditioning our conditioned responses with Peter
• The Cage of Failure—Experiencing shipwrecks and snakebites with Paul
• The Cage of Fear—Climbing the cliff with Jonathan

Study Length: 6 Sessions

Samples

• Chase the Goose Sample

Playlist

Check out these recommended tracks to accompany your study of Chase the Goose. Each of the songs below relate to one of the conversations discussed within Chase the Goose. Make these your “soundtrack” for this study.

* = Tracks provided on the Leader Kit for this study

Playlist

Name	Time	Artist	Album	Purchase
Live *	4:11	Nichole Nordeman	Brave
Pony (It’s OK)	3:26	Erin McCarley	Love, Save the Empty
Echoes of Eden	6:40	Matthew Perryman Jones	Throwing Punches in the Dark
The Time Has Come *	4:40	Hillsong United	United We Stand
Revolutionaries *	4:17	Bethany Dillon	Bethany Dillon
Unafraid	3:35	Joy Williams	Genesis
Eat, Sleep, Repeat	5:00	Copeland	Eat, Sleep, Repeat
Let It Go *	3:16	Tenth Avenue North	Over and Underneath
Set the World On Fire	3:36	Britt Nicole	Say It
Break Hard the Wishbone	5:02	Sarah Masen	Sarah Masen
But for You Who Fear My Name *	3:20	The Welcome Wagon	Welcome to the Welcome Wagon
Daylight *	5:10	Jeremy Casella	Recovery

Need an easy way to find all of the songs for this study’s playlist?

Visit the iTunes Store and view the Chase the Goose iMix—a one-stop place to find all of the recommended music for Chase the Goose! Find more information on the artists/albums/songs, listen to samples, pick & choose which of the songs (or all of them) that you’d like to purchase, & then click to buy!

Mark Batterson

Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. Targeting emerging generations, 73 percent of NCCers are single 20-somethings who live or work on Capitol Hill. Currently one church with three locations, the vision of NCC is to meet in movie theaters at metro stops throughout the D.C. area. A daily blogger at evotional.com, Mark lives on Capitol Hill with his wife, Lora, and three children. Mark is the author of the Threads studies, Chase the Lion and Chase the Goose.