Life's Circumstances · Small Groups · Scripture Trove

Drawing from the stories of biblical characters, this series explores circumstances many of us face in life: illness, loss, unemployment, debt, deception, betrayal, displacement, and failure — as well as seasons of prosperity and promotion. In each lesson we walk alongside one person through a stretch of their story, watching how they came to know God and how they responded through truth and the Holy Spirit.

• A Sudden Serious Diagnosis (2 Kgs 20:1-11)
• A Long Illness That Won't Heal (Mark 5:25-34)
• Living with a Disability (2 Sam 9)
• Losing a Loved One (Luke 7:11-17)
• Growing Older, the Body Weakening (Josh 14:6-15)
• Facing Death (2 Tim 4:6-18)
• Losing Your Job, Losing Your Income (1 Kgs 17:8-16)
• Crushed by Debt (2 Kgs 4:1-7)
• Years of Work, Gone in an Instant (Luke 5:1-11)
• After Being Deceived (Josh 9:3-27)
• When Everything Is Going Well (2 Chr 26:1-21)
• Longing for a Child, Year After Year (1 Sam 1:1-20)
• Left Behind, Raising Children Alone (Gen 21:8-21)
• Betrayed by Your Own Family (Gen 37:12-36)
• When Children Turn Against Us (2 Sam 18:24-33)
• Fighting Over the Family Inheritance (Gen 13)
• Caring for Aging Parents (Gen 47:1-12)
• Far from Home (Gen 28:10-22)
• Middle Age, Years of Being Overlooked (Exod 2:11-25)
• Set Up and Framed (Dan 6)
• When You Have the Chance to Get Even (1 Sam 24)
• Rock Bottom, Abandoned by Everyone (1 Sam 22:1-5)
• Disaster Strikes Without Warning (Acts 27:13-44)
• After Making a Terrible Mistake (2 Chr 33:1-20)
• Suddenly Promoted, Carrying Heavy Responsibility (1 Kgs 3:5-15)
• A Promise Long Delayed (Gen 15:1-6)