This workbook is a vital resource for everyone who partipates in 40 Days of Community. Features include: 40 days of devotional readings based on the "One Anothers" of the Bible; 40 days of journaling pages for you to record your thoughts and prayers in response to your devotional reading; The complete study guide for 40 Days of Community small group video lessons taught by Pastor Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life. - Back cover.

In each session you will learn how to fulfill God's five purposes for your life within the context of community.

In this six-session small group Bible study 40 Days of Community, pastor Rick Warren illustrates God's plan for us to fulfill his purposes in the context of community rather than in isolation. Designed for use with the corresponding DVD and Devotional Journal (both sold separately).

Get ready to experience the best 40 days of your life! 40 Days to Discovering the Real You: Learning to Live Authentically is an eight-week study of the life of the soul, the practice of fasting, and the process of living more authentically. It is a transformational expedition that will lead you on an inward journey to greater health, happiness, and success as you learn to live from the inside out—as we are told by Jesus in the book of Matthew: “Ignite the kingdom life within you, a fire within you . . . changing you from the inside out . . . make a clean sweep of your lives” (Matthew 3:11). When all is well with the souls of humanity, all will be well in the world. When you have peace in your soul, you will bring that peace to bear on the world around you—you will become the change you are hoping to see. Churches, organizations, small groups, and families are encouraged to travel together on this 40-day journey to greater mental, emotional, and spiritual health. If everyone who picks up this book takes it upon him or herself to encourage others to participate, we would create an unstoppable movement! You may think that one healed soul cannot heal the world, but it can.Join the Soul Fast Movement by going to www.soulfast.com. There you will find soul-empowering resources and tools to not only transform your life, but the world! 40 Days to Discovering the Real You promises to bring the best out of you so that you can impact your world for good. Have the courage to follow your heart! Step out and engage with your authentic self—it will be the best 40 days of your life!

You are about to embark on a journey of discovery. Throughout this six-session video-based study taught by Rick Warren you are going to discover the answer to life+s fundamental question: "What on earth am I here for?"And here's a clue to the answer: "It's not about you ... You were created by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.-The Purpose Driven Life DVD Study Guide is designed to be used with The Purpose Driven Life DVD. Whether you are going to experience this adventure with a small group or on your own, this six-session video-based study will change your life.This study has been used by over four million people during the 40 Days of Purpose Campaigns in churches all over the world. When combined with the reading of The Purpose Driven Life, the book Publishers Weekly declared the "bestselling nonfiction hardback in history- this study will give your small group the opportunity to discuss the implications and applications of living the life God created you to live.

Contemporary society is in crisis, its structures broken and fragmented, and its people overstimulated, overstressed, and thirsty for true communion with the sacred and with one another. Yet although more than eighty-five percent of congregations in the United States conduct small-group ministry, too many of these groups begin with no clear sense of purpose, structure, or spiritual focus and end by veering away from Christian tradition and unknowingly settling for shallow versions of popular Christianity. In The Church and the Crisis of Community Theresa Latini lays out both a theoretical groundwork and a practical guideline for successful small-group ministry. Examining the latest sociological research and the real-life practices of small groups in six congregations, she shows how well-developed groups those with mission statements, leadership training, and solid organizational structure can be a truly effective tool in the church s work of transforming broken and shallow forms of community into life-giving, life-sustaining relationships with God and others.