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Bill Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., and chairman of the board for the Willow Creek Association. The bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Leadership Axioms, Holy Discontent, Just Walk Across the Room, The Volunteer Revolution, and Courageous Leadership, and classics such as Too Busy Not to Pray and Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels is known worldwide as an expert in training Christian leaders to transform individuals and their communities through the local church. He and his wife, Lynne, have two adult children and two grandsons, Henry and Mac.Kevin G. Harney (kevingharney.com) serves at Shoreline Community Church in Monterey, California. He is the author of many books and studies, including Organic Outreach for Ordinary People, Seismic Shifts, and Reckless Faith.Sherry Harney (sherryharney.com) has served as a children’s ministry director and a women’s ministry director, and is the author of more than sixty small-group Bible studies. One of her greatest passions is investing in the next generation of women in the church.

• CONTENTSNew Community Bible Study Series 6Introduction 11Session 1Developing Perseverance---James 1:1–4 13Session 2Overcoming Destructive Desires---James 1:13–18 21Session 3How Good Is Good Enough?---James 2:8–13 29Session 4Developing Christian Confidence---James 2:14–26 39Session 5The Power of Words---James 3:1–12 49Session 6The Power of Prayer---James 5:13–20 57Leader’s Notes 65