What is a stronghold?

Well, a stronghold is a place of safety, fortified to protect inhabitants against attack. It's a place where people can feel secure, surrounded by high, sturdy walls. It's a place to rest and be restored. It's a place to plan the way forward.

It's a place.

Throughout the Bible, we're told that God is the Stronghold for those who follow Jesus, that He's our refuge in hard times and that in His presence our resources can be renewed.

But sometimes we resist running to Jesus. Like the crowds on that first Palm Sunday, we vacillate between declaring Him Hosanna ("the One who saves") and forfeiting the very safety and security He graciously provides.

In The Stronghold of the Chosen, the season 5 Bible study, we'll learn that Jesus is our safe place, along with all the reasons we should run to and remain in Him when hard times come.