We believe God has a plan and dedicated assignments for your and your spouse—that, together, he has designed you to reflect His glory in a way that is unique and powerful. However, we have an enemy. He is the father of lies, and he will attempt to erode your foundation of faith as much as possible to distract you from God’s plans for your lives.
We have worked together in marriage ministry for most of our marriage, which means we’ve gotten to use a lot of different materials and resources (and we love a lot of them!), but we began to realize something: there’s a gap. Time and again—even in our own marriage—we saw couples who had all the right tools in their tool belts and were using them diligently, but they were still having some of the same fights. WE were still having the same fights.
Then, we finally discovered the underlying issue: we were believing lies about God and ourselves, and those lies were causing cracks in our foundation and causing our home to crumble.
Knowledge is great, but the ability to apply knowledge appropriately is wisdom. However, sometimes, we find a vast chasm between the truth we know from the Word of God and the way we choose to behave. For example, we know God is our provider, but we still worry about provision and think it’s all up to us. Sound familiar? We, call that chasm between knowledge and wisdom “belief.” But how do we build a bridge of belief between knowledge and wisdom? We ask God. Sounds simple doesn’t it? But often, the best solutions are.
Through our own trials and spiritual growth, we were prompted to create the Fundamentally Us Workshop and 6-Week Small Group Study. Throughout both, we invite participants to take questions about their thoughts, beliefs, and marriage relationship straight to God. Let’s face it, if we could fix things on our own, we would. However, only God is big enough to fix God-sized problems, so with the guidance of the Holy Spirit in us and the wisdom of His Word ever before us, we invite Him in to shore up our foundations and show us how He wants us to build our hearts, homes, and lives. That’s how we become Fundamentally Us.
Whether it’s major foundation repair or just some minor touch-ups, every marriage needs work. We designed this weekend workshop to help couples begin this life-long renovation process.
For the workshop, Josiah and Alissa will come to your church/organization’s event and teach the Fundamentally Us material. Throughout your time together, you will hear pieces of their story, encounter the truth of God’s Word, and be given time in prayer to process the changes God wants you to make. Whether it’s a weekend-long retreat or a one-day workshop, we want to help couples at your church or organization thrive!
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your identities probably won’t be shored up that quickly either. Often, it takes time for the Holy Spirit to reveal lies to us AND to renew our minds and transform us by the truth of God’s Word. That’s why we’ve developed a new Bible Study to go along with the workshop!
Through the Fundamentally Us Workshops and this Small Group Study, you are invited to take time out with God to ask Him about the lies you’re believing about who He is, who you are in Christ, who he’s created you to be, and how those lies are wreaking havoc in your marriage. After that, you’ll study the framework of your marital role through God’s word and ask Him how you and your spouse fit together as one. Finally, you’re invited to discover how God wants to use you together to build up His kingdom for His glory!
