To prepare for session 1, and to remind you of the whole purpose of this study, I want to share a pair of quotes:

Faith means acting on God’s Word. Faith is acting as if something is so even when it is not so in order for it to be so simply because God said so.

and

When you are in God’s presence, the Holy Spirit takes the Word of God and turns it into a word from God for you.

(God’s Unlikely Path to Success pp12 & 30, Tony Evans (ref))