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For too many years I missed out on the life God had given me to liveto stewardbecause I was too busy trying to build a life that looked more...perfect. Shauna Niequistinvites you to leave behind perfection-seeking and embrace presence as a way of lifefree from illusions and soaked in grace.
In this five-session video Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist will take you on the same journey that changed her own lifeaway from frantic striving and toward a soulful thriving.
Maintaining an image of perfection is exhausting, and it isnt the way were meant to live. The Present Over Perfect Study Guide will help you and your group pull each other free from the constant pressure to perform faster, push harder, and produce more. Watch Shauna give a vulnerable account of what led her to begin this journey, and a compelling vision for an entirely new way to live: soaked in grace, rest, silence, simplicity, prayer, and connection with the people that matter most to us.
The study guide includes first thoughts, video notes, group discussion questions, practicing presence reflections, and solo work for you to complete between sessions.
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Designed for use with the Present Over Perfect Video Study 9780310816034 (sold separately).
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Present Over Perfect Study Guide
Copyright 2016 by Shauna Niequist
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Zondervan, 3900 Sparks Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
ePub Edition September 2016: ISBN 978-0-310-81604-1
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Message. Copyright by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
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Cover design: Curt Diepenhorst
Cover photography: Aaron Niequist
Interior design: Kait Lamphere
Interior image of chair: PhotoDisc
First Printing September 2016
In this ebook edition, please use your devices note-taking function to record your thoughts wherever you see the bracketed instructions [Your Notes] or [Your Response Here]. Use your devices highlighting function to record your response whenever you are asked to checkmark, circle, underline, or otherwise indicate your answer(s).
Think for a moment about the word perfect. For far too many years, thats all I did: I thought about perfect; I worked toward perfect; I held up perfect as my prized ideal. I wanted perfect holidays and perfect vacations, perfect dinner parties and perfect celebrations with friends. Professionally, I wanted a perfect track record as one who always got everything done. And so I strived for perfect, I sacrificed too much for perfect, I pushed and proved and hustled and competed and went as hard and as fast as I possibly couldall for the sake of perfect, all in the name of realizing my elusive perfect dream.
I did these things because something inside of me said, If you let up or slow down, you will lose.
Lose what, exactly? I wasnt sure, but I had my suspicions.
What if I lose my Most Dependable title?
Future job opportunities?
Admiration and praise?
In the end, what I lost was my soul, which is the very worst thing to lose.
I missed out on the life God had given me to liveto stewardbecause I was too busy building a different life, a life that looked more... perfect.
Along the way, I picked a different word to live by, a word that brought me back to that divinely gifted life. The word is present, and present is something perfect will never be. Present is living with your feet firmly grounded in reality, pale and uncertain as it may seem, I wrote on the heels of that wind-whipped season. Present is choosing to believe that your own life is worth investing deeply in, instead of waiting for some rare miracle or fairy tale. Present means we understand that the here and now is sacred, sacramental, threaded through with divinity even in its plainness. Especially in its plainness. Present, I foundand am still findingis rejecting all the climbing up and choosing to simply come down. To come down to the ground, and to God, to the soil, the vibrations of life. Present is settledness. Stillness. Rest. Present is no to chaos and yes to calm. It is a deep-seated sense of allrightness... it is acceptance and contentment and ease.
And so, the book (and this curriculum). It was four years in the making, and it is my invitation to you, to leave behind perfection-seeking and embrace presence as a way of life. Its better here, I promisefree from illusions, inspiring and good.
Welcome to the video-based curriculum for Present Over Perfect. As Shauna has already mentioned, her deep desire is for the same level of spiritual sanity and settledness that she has come to know after walking through four of the most challengingand rewardingyears of her life to be yours, fully and completely. To that end, she has put together a five-session experience aimed at helping you untangle whatever knots are keeping you from living the beautiful, orderly, God-centered life you were created to live.
To get the most out of Present Over Perfect, in addition to this study guide gather the following goods prior to diving in:
- The Present Over Perfect five-session video
- A copy of Shaunas book, Present Over Perfect: Leaving BehindFrantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living (Zondervan, 2016)
- Your favorite Bible (this guide looks to The Message, but any translation is fine)
- A pen, and extra paper or a journal, in case you need more space to log your thoughts
Consider rallying a few friends, family members, or colleagues to walk through this experience with you. Certainly, you can work through the content on your own, but the best growth happens in community, and while sharing your burdens aloud in the presence of other living, breathing human beings can feel a little scary at first, the support and strength youll feel as a result of sojourning with others who also are choosing candor will be worth it in the end.
Once you confirm who will be joining you for the journey, choose a time and date to kick things off, and also decide how frequently you will meet. This guide has been arranged according to five sessions; divide those across five weeks, if you wish, or another interval that makes sense for your group. Regarding facilitation, feel free to rotate leadership responsibilities, or else declare one member the point person for all five sessions. Facilitation cues appear in blue italic type at the beginning of each section. And speaking of sections, there are six to be aware of. Here they are, explained:
- This Session: An overview of the theme covered that session/week.
- First Thoughts: An opening icebreaker for group discussion.
- Video Notes: Space to capture memorable quotes from the video segment.
- Inviting Others In: Questions for your group to discuss and answer.
- Practicing Presence: A closing liturgy for your group to read and reflect on.
- Solo Work: Questions, exercises, and journal prompts for you to complete between sessions.
If Shaunas firsthand experience thus far declares anything, it is that despite the messes we have made in life, by Gods grace, we can remake something wonderful. Let the new edition begin!
It wasnt so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that.
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