Bible Study DVD Series: A Life That Matters
With theme verses from Romans, Ecclesiastes, John, Ephesians and Luke
When you take your small group Bible study to the movies with A LIFE THAT MATTERS. Each session will introduce a twelve-minute movie that will lead you to discover God’s truth. The entire sixty-minute lesson in the A LIFE THAT MATTERS DVD series is powerful and relevant. Learn more about each of the inspiring sessions by reading below. The DVD contains all six stories. You may purchase the materials by ordering online or visit the view products page for information about our study guides to enrich your group's learning experience.
Movies and Synopses
Week 1:
Breathe
When you can't feel the love of God.
Theme Verse: Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
KYUNG HO LEE is a young man with a secret. His wife doesn’t know. His angry and critical father doesn’t know. He hasn’t told anyone that he was fired from his job months ago. How will he pay the mounting medical bills for his newborn daughter? How will he overcome his life long feelings of failure? What will Oscar have to do to stop him from suicide?
Week 2:
Choice
Every moment has one.
Theme Verse: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV)
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
JOSE RODRIGUEZ doesn’t know his marriage needs to be saved, his son needs to be rescued, and his body needs to be healed, because those crises are still in his future. But their outcomes depend upon a seemingly insignificant choice Oscar gives him today. Will he make the right choice?
Week 3:
Abundance
Was it all a lie?
Theme Verse: John 10:10 (NIV)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
DR. CHANDRA SAHIR has the perfect life. She is a high paid plastic surgeon. She lives in a beautiful home with a handsome husband. But her business is in trouble, she loses her home, and her husband leaves her. She wants to know if this misery is the abundant life Jesus promised?
Week 4:
Stranger
At least his intentions were good.
Theme Verse: Ephesians 6:7-8 (NIV)
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
GEORGE is a tattooed-bearded-hulk who loves his Harley and cleans port-a-johns. He’s in search of a ministry. He “makes a joyful noise,” but can’t carry a tune. Babies love him, but he frightens their mothers. His journey to ministry is a comedic romp of personal adventure and self-discovery.
Week 5:
Birthday
Everyone needs their second one.
Theme Verse: John 4:35 (NIV)
Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
DANA has tried to change her life. She has kicked the drugs. She has moved into a house. She has done everything she needs to do to win her daughter back from the state system. All that remains is to be at the courthouse on time. But when George promises to pray for her that’s when her life really starts to fall apart.
Bonus Week:
Hide and Seek
You’re not supposed to give up. You’re supposed to keep looking.
THEME VERSE: Luke 11:9-10 (NIV)
So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.