Encouragement

God’s love hasn’t run out. Won’t run out. Will never change.

Slide 1: Pride will cost you more than you think. Slide 2: Pride looks like: “I don’t need God for this.” “I already know.” “I can handle it on my own.” Slide 3: Pride slowly hardens the heart, resists correction, and pushes God’s wisdom aside. Slide 4: But choosing humility will help you listen, grow, and depend on God. Slide 5: Before pride leads to a fall, choose humility. God can do more with a surrendered heart.

What's the Bible verse that calms you down when anxiety hits?

Slide 1: You are so valuable. Slide 2: God paid attention to every detail when He formed you. Slide 3. God gave his very best for you. Slide 4. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Slide 5: You were designed with a purpose in mind. Slide 6: You are so so so so valuable.

Slide 1: Fear is not from God. Slide 2: Scripture tells us: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. - 2 Timothy 1:7 Slide 3: So when fear tries to take over, remember what God has placed inside of you.

Slide 1: God doesn’t backtrack. Slide 2: He doesn’t contradict Himself. Slide 3: What He said, He meant. Slide 4: What He promised, He will do. Slide 5: You can build your life on that kind of truth.

Slide 1: There is power in the name of Jesus Slide 2: There is power in the name of Jesus Slide 3: There is power in the name of Jesus

Holiness isn’t a Sunday thing. It’s an everyday thing.

1. Signs you might be in a wilderness season… 2. You're doing everything right and nothing is moving. Praying. Reading. Showing up. And it feels like your prayers are hitting the ceiling and sliding down the wall. 3. You're not angry at God exactly. Just... confused. The silence isn't hostile. It's just very, very quiet. 4. The things that used to fill you up aren't filling you up the same way right now. Worship feels flat. Scripture feels familiar but distant. You're going through the motions and you know it. 5. You keep waiting for the thing that's supposed to happen next. And it keeps not happening. And you're running out of ways to be okay with that. 6. You're tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Not physically exhausted. Soul tired. 7. Here’s the thing: The wilderness is where God does some of his most important work. Israel. Moses. David. Jesus. All of them spent time there. None of them stayed forever. 8. The wilderness has an exit. You are not lost. You are in process. And the God who led you in is the same God who leads you out.

Nothing exposes how much growing you have left to do like being cut off in traffic on the way to church.

The Sunday you almost skipped is always the one you needed most.

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1. Signs you might be in a wilderness season… 2. You're doing everything right and nothing is moving. Praying. Reading. Showing up. And it feels like your prayers are hitting the ceiling and sliding down the wall. 3. You're not angry at God exactly. Just...confused. The silence isn't hostile. It's just very, very quiet. 4. The things that used to fill you up aren't filling you up the same way right now. Worship feels flat. Scripture feels familiar but distant. You're going through the motions and you know it. 5. You keep waiting for the thing that's supposed to happen next. And it keeps not happening. And you're running out of ways to be okay with that. 6. You're tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Not physically exhausted. Soul tired. 7. Here’s the thing: The wilderness is where God does some of his most important work. Israel. Moses. David. Jesus. All of them spent time there. None of them stayed forever. 8. The wilderness has an exit. You are not lost. You are in process. And the God who led you in is the same God who leads you out.

Attending is not the same as belonging.

This is what belonging looks like.

You weren't meant to figure this all out alone.

1. You think God sees every mistake you've ever made. 2. He sees the person He chose before you even existed. 3. You think God sees someone who keeps falling short. 4. He sees someone covered by a grace with no limits. 5. You think God sees your worst moment. 6. He sees His child. 7. You think God sees the version of you that you're ashamed of. 8. He sees the version of you He’s making you into.

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1. What does the Bible actually say about failure? More than you think. 2. 'Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again.' - Proverbs 24:16. The falling is assumed. The rising is the point. 3. 'For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.' - 1 Corinthians 15:9. Paul never stopped being amazed that God used him anyway. 4. 'The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.' - Psalm 34:18. He doesn't pull back when you fall apart. He moves closer. 5. 'If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.' - 1 John 1:9. Not maybe. Not eventually. He simply does it. 6. 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' - 2 Corinthians 12:9. He doesn't work despite your weakness. He works through it. 7. 'Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.' - Lamentations 3:22-23. Tomorrow morning is a fresh start. Every single time. 8. 'There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.' - Romans 8:1. Not less condemnation. Not condemnation with an asterisk. None. 9. 'He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.' - Philippians 1:6. Your failure did not cancel the work. He's still building. 10. Failure is not the final word. Save this for when you need the reminder.

Be brave.

The problem isn’t God’s distance. It’s our distraction. - AW Tozer