Chase the Lion Stepping Confidently Into the Unknown

Overview

Our current Christian culture doesn’t usually encourage sensible people to chase after risky opportunities and dreams. We want to believe that if it’s a good decision, it will always be and feel safe because that’s the way God wants life to be. But what if you discovered that the fulfilling life God wants for you is hiding behind a present problem, a past failure, or a lifelong fear?

Inspired by a fearless warrior named Benaiah (2 Sam. 23:20) who changed the course of his future by winning a battle with a real lion, this six-session Bible study expands the message of Mark Batterson’s best-selling book In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day.

By examining other biblical and modern-day examples of people who were willing to put everything on the line, young adults will be challenged to take risks, seize opportunities, face fears, reframe problems, embrace uncertainty, and look foolish when it comes to chasing after God-given opportunities.

Study Length: 6 Sessions

Samples

• View the Front Cover
• Read the Back Cover
• View the Table of Contents
• View the First Session

• Watch a preview (below) of Ty’s story from the documentary in the Leader Kit:

Playlist

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

* = Tracks provided in the Leader Kit for this study

Playlist

Name	Time	Artist	Album	Purchase
Mistake of My Life	3:51	Caedmon’s Call	Long Line of Leavers
Everybody’s Waiting For a Change	3:30	Holly Williams	The Ones We Never Knew
Moving On *	3:10	Jill Phillips	Nobody’s Got It All Together
Faith Enough *	5:24	Jars of Clay	Who We Are Instead
Wasted One	4:45	Cary Brothers	Waiting for Your Letter	Not Available on iTunes
Your Hand in Mine	8:17	Explosions In the Sky	The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
On Three	2:30	Brandtson	Death and Taxes
Everything *	2:13	Tim Hughes	Holding Nothing Back
The Day of Small Things *	4:30	Alli Rogers	The Day of Small Things
The Kingdom *	4:03	Bethany Dillon	Waking Up

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

Visit the iTunes Store and view the Chase the Lion iMix—a one-stop place to find all of the recommended music for Chase the Lion! 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.