Living Waters

Living Waters is an in-depth, Christ-centered program for people seeking healing in areas of sexual and relational brokenness. A healing, teaching and discipleship series, Living Waters addresses the reality that we are all broken in our ability to love others well. The goal of Living Waters is to lay a foundation for sexual and relational wholeness in our lives.

Through the worship, teaching, prayer, and small groups of Living Waters we learn about:
* God's powerful love for us and how Jesus is central to our hope for wholeness
* The depth of our brokenness and our profound need for Him
* The power of the Cross to restore our souls, sexuality, and relationships
* The process of walking out our healing
* Our place in the church and loving others honorably

Who is Living Waters for?
Living Waters applies to everyone, but is particularly relevant to those struggling with homosexuality, sexual promiscuity or addiction, the effects of sexual abuse, codependency, self-hatred, or the inability to love others well. Thankfully, Christ's capacity to touch and restore us at deep levels of shame and brokenness extends to all of us, regardless of the specifics of our issue.

How is Living Waters presented?
Living Waters is a 20-lesson program taught in a closed group format, usually over a 30-week period. The leaders have been trained and a confidentiality policy is in place to help ensure trust and safety in the group. Each meeting includes:

Foundational to Living Waters is the reality that God created us in His image as male and female. Therefore we value men and women working out their healing together. Great healing comes as men and women minister and receive alongside one another, thereby reflecting God's intention and character. (Although small groups are single-sex, both genders participate together in worship, teaching, and prayer in the large group.) Living Waters uses a detailed guidebook that includes teachings, questions and additional readings that help us move from brokenness to maturity.

What will I learn?
Some topics addressed include:


Is Living Waters for me?

If the following statements describe your heart for hope and healing, you may want to consider participating in Living Waters:


How is Living Waters established in churches?
Living Waters is available for implementation into the local church once the following conditions are in place: completion of a week-long on-site Living Waters Leadership Training and approval of the leadership team, endorsement and covering by a local church body, and completion of a pilot group at the local church level. If you would like more information about Living Waters and/or want to participate in leadership training, please contact the national Living Waters leader in your country.


Living Waters lesson listing
The following is a list of the lessons of Living Waters. There are 20 lessons to Living Waters although the Living Waters program usually takes between 25 and 30 weeks as some lessons consist of two parts.

Section 1: Love Revealed

Section 2: Understanding Sexual and Relational Brokenness

Section 3: Reconciliation

Section 4: Learning to Walk

Section 5: Learning to Love