Based on the book What the Bible Says to the Believer: The Believer’s Personal Handbook, this course is designed to help Christians understand and fulfill their life’s purpose based on God’s word. The book, and this course, is dedicated, “To all the believers of the world who need and want a closer walk with the Lord day by day.”

This book does have academic value; it can inform you about Christ.
But, primarily, it has great practical value; it can transform you into the image of Christ. (Romans 8:29)

CAUTION
The goal of this course
is not to be informed,
but to be transformed.
Don’t rush to get through the course.
Take time to get changed by the course.
Consider the following:

A guy bought a small tree and planted it in his front yard. The instructions that came with the tree said the tree needed five gallons of water every week. So every Monday he filled a five-gallon bucket with water and poured it on the ground around the tree.

When he did this, he saw that most of the water ran off across the yard. Over the next few weeks, he noticed that the tree was not growing as it should. Instead of growing, it was wilting. Suspecting the tree wasn’t getting all the water it needed, he started pouring one gallon of water around the tree each weekday. He saw that most of the water soaked into the ground around the tree and very little water was lost to the yard. Over the next few weeks, the tree transformed into a strong, healthy, growing tree, all because he let the water soak into the ground around the tree.

In the same way, don’t rush or shortcut the process of this course. Like the man’s tree in his front yard, you need to let the message of each article soak into your heart. It is recommended that you complete the following process with one article a day. Give each article enough time to soak in before the next gallon of wisdom is poured into your heart.

NOTE: There are 10 teaching chapters in this book.
(Chapter 11 is an appendix of topics citing Bible verses related to that topic.) ►Chapters 1-10 are the focus of this course.◄
Chapters 1-10 contain numbered (1, 2, 3, …) articles. In some of the chapters, the articles are grouped by lettered (A, B, C, …) topics.
Each numbered article is one lesson, no matter how short or long it is.

To Get Started

Read the course description above.

If that’s acceptable to you:

• Purchase the book: [Amazon] [Kindle] [Logos]
• Read the “Dear Friend” introductory information and look over the table of contents so you understand the scope of this course.

If you are still willing to pursue this course:

• For Self-Study, pursue the course as described below.
• For Peer Group study (with 1 or 2 study partners), find others who have reviewed the information above and are also willing to pursue this course with you, then pursue the course together as described below.

For either of the above study options, you may want to find a tutor
who doesn’t teach you the course, but can help you on an as-needed basis.
(The tutor needs to agree with the course description above
and be familiar with and in agreement with the concepts taught in the book.)

• For Personal Discipleship participants, coordinate your studies with your mentor. Your mentor may also have additional assignments for you.

Pursue the Course

1. Read one article a day, preferably in the morning. Look up and read every Bible verse/passage that is referenced but not quoted in the book.
2. Throughout the day, meditate on (think about) the article and write a one-paragraph summary of what it taught.
3. Towards the end of the day, think about the article and your mid-day summary, then write a one-paragraph summary describing how you will respond to the article.