Christine Caine - Undaunted Study Guide: Daring to Do What God Calls You to Do

M y wake-up moment came on a Wednesday afternoon in March 2010. Until that day I had been unaware of the evil lurking closer than I possibly could have known. I was blind. I was ignorant. But when the light was turned on and I saw things as they really were, I would never be the same.

I sat in a safe house in Greece, face-to-face with fourteen young women who had recently been rescued from unimaginable lives as sex slaves. Each of them, from various parts of the world, had been lied to, enticed, deceived, and tricked into leaving their homes and families for a better life. Each had been brutally beaten, repeatedly raped, crushed in spirit, and then forced to work in a brothel, performing unthinkable acts every day.

These were broken women with shattered dreams and hearts. Though rescued from the sex-trafficking industry, they were still imprisoned behind bars of fear and pain.

One of the women, Sonja, looked straight at me and asked, Why are you here?

I did my best to tell her about the One who had rescued me from my pain, torment, and broken past. I communicated the amazing story of Gods love and explained that Jesus was the One who could bring forgiveness, peace, joy, kindness, and grace to the darkest of places and most broken of hearts. I explained that he wants to set us free from physical, emotional, and spiritual dungeons. I tried to help her and the other women understand that God is so good he not only offers us a new beginning, but wants to use us to be his agents of hope, forgiveness, and grace to others who need to be rescued.

Thats why Im here. That is why I have come, I explained.

Sonjas eyes filled with tears as she looked intently at me and asked a question that still haunts me to this day.

Then why didnt you come sooner?

I did my best to answer a question that cant be adequately answered. More importantly, I explained to Sonja and the thirteen others that I would do everything I could to help women like them. I promised that I would tell their story to anyone who would listen.

That moment shaped the future of my life as I knew it. I was already passionate about building Gods church and seeing people come to Christ, but I became even more aware of a different aspect of Gods heart for justice and his passion to use his church in order to see the outworking of it. This is why my husband and I started The A21 Campaign, and it played a large role in why I wrote the book, Undaunted. God has placed a call on my life and I will be relentless to follow that call as long as I have breath.

In the five sessions of this study, you will be invited and challenged to listen for and hear the voice of God in your life. None of us can do everything, but all of us can do something. My something is to build Gods church as well as to help mobilize his bride to be part of the fight to eradicate human trafficking. Your call might be different. But each one of us can do our part to overcome the pain and injustices of this world. My prayer is that you will hear the voice of God speaking to you and that you will respond with an undaunted commitment and spirit.

Together, as we each do our part, the world can change as the love and grace of God flow through us to the broken and hurting next door and at the ends of the earth.

Christine Caine

The quotes interspersed through this study guide are either excerpts from the book Undaunted by Christine Caine or from the video curriculum of the same name. All other resourcesincluding the small group questions, activities, introductions, and between-sessions materials have been written by Sherry Harney in collaboration with Christine Caine.