Encouraging resources for your family

Bellevue has resources available to encourage you forward in prayer, discipleship, spiritual warfare, and more. May our church be a body of believers who use the gifts God has given them and live life beyond themselves. Use the resources below or pick them up in the Encourage Forward centers in the East and West lobbies.

Bible Resources

How to read the Bible and get the most out of it

Daily Devotionals

Spending time with God each day

Discipleship

Becoming more like Jesus in a community

Leadership

Discover the tools you need to lead

My Next Steps

Show me how to grow in my faith

Prayer

How to communicate with God

Spiritual Warfare

Gather the weapons you need to fight back

Love Does

Take action by loving others

How To Forgive

Embracing forgiveness even when it hurts

How To Build a Deeper Marriage

Loving and understanding your spouse in a biblical way

Walking Through a Hard Season

Verses and resources to give you strength

Scripture Cards

Life is hard. You may need encouragement, or you may know someone else who does. Stop by one of the Encourage Forward centers and pick up packets of Scripture cards. Use them to pray God’s Word over yourself or a loved one. Or take a set to give away and encourage forward. 

Check out the examples below!

Verses on Healing

Pray these verses back to the Lord and rest in the truth of their words.

Jeremiah 17:14

“Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for You are my praise.”

Isaiah 41:10

“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”

Psalm 119:50

“This is my comfort in my affliction, that Your Word has revived me.”

Verses for Your Family

Pick up physical cards with these and other encouraging prayers at our Encourage Forward centers.

Prayer for your family

Holy Spirit, help us to be more intentional in living out mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, love, and peace. Grow Your fruit in us so that when the world sees us, they see more of Jesus.

Verses

“So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.” Colossians 3:12–14

Prayer for your family

Father, thank You for guiding my family. Even when we fall or take a wrong turn, remind us You are still holding us close.

Verses

“The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way. When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.” Psalm 37:23–24

Prayer for your family

Father, give my family the desire to seek You first, before everything else. Help us put You before our schedules, our jobs, our to-do lists, our worries, and our dreams.

Verse

“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33

Let’s do this!

Taking inspiration from the legacy of Tim Shelton, Bellevue’s late Pastor of Groups Leadership and Family Life, we want to empower our church to do the things God has called them to do in 2024. Click the link below to learn more.

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