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John 11:14–16 John 14:5–6 John 20:19–29

How to stand back up if your evangelism has been sitting down

1. Longevity is not an excuse for passivity. Proximity isn’t true proximity unless it’s getting others proximate.
2. You cannot be inwardly formed and not outwardly facing. You cannot be inwardly formed and outwardly silent. Holy moments birth holy sacrifice, holy sacrifice brings holy life, and holy life brings a holy voice—a voice that brings others to the Holy One.
3. Loving God and not loving neighbors is apostasy.
4. Most of Jesus’ ministry was seeing the needs of others, meeting the needs of others, and reframing what they think they need (food/water, relationships, health, wealth) into what they actually need (him). We meet the needs of the world while also acknowledging the greatest need is wholeness, contentment, and peace that Jesus brings through his Holy Spirit.

2 Chronicles 20:1-25, 30

Philippians 4:6-9, 11-13

How to Walk in the Power of Thanksgiving:

1. Lay down your expectations of what He needs to do and how He’s supposed to respond. This is where we give Him permission to do and reveal something even greater. 


2. Look back on How He’s taken care of you, provided for you, comforted you, blessed you, protected you, and saved you. This is where we begin to remember what He has done for us and promised to us.


3. Take the gratitude from your heart and let it flow freely from your lips. This is where the power of thanksgiving begins to impact your reality, declaring that His goodness and faithfulness did not stop where you were, but are waiting to be revealed right where you are.


4. If you believe the message that is coming from your heart and flowing from your lips you will not be able to contain your praise. This is where we move from offering thanks for what He’s done for us and step into the glorification and worship of Who He’s become to us.

5. The byproduct is a constant awareness of His presence around you and a renewed contentment of His peace and joy in you. It is in this transformed reality, with eyes locked on Him, that you’ll walk in the confidence that you have what you need yesterday, today, and forever.

Matthew 7:24-27 NLT

Proverbs 17:3 NLT

1. With God, Nothing is ever wasted

2. The promises from Gods word must be taken personally to Bring stability.

3. God is still speaking but in order to hear Him, I must get quiet.

4. Remember what God has said and do it.

5. My choices will make my situation better or worse.( prolong or promote)

6. It will always require Trust ( Faith ).

7. Have Seasonally experienced people in my life.

8. Don’t quit!! It’s the way to maturity.

John 13: 36-38 ESV

Matthew 16:13-19 ESV

Luke 22: 54-62 ESV

Mark 8: 35-38 ESV

John 21:2-3 ESV

1. After Peter denied Jesus three times, he didn’t know where else to go, so he went back to fishing. Not because it fulfilled him, but because shame always drives us back to what feels familiar. “I’m going fishing,” he said and all night long they caught nothing. The place he ran to couldn’t hold him anymore, once Jesus calls you forward, going backward will always leave you empty. Peter thought starting over meant returning to who he was before the calling, but Jesus didn’t wait for him to fix it or figure it out—He came to him. Jesus met Peter tired, ashamed, and empty-handed, not to condemn him, but to redeem him. And today, that same Jesus is meeting you right where you are. You don’t have to clean it up. You don’t have to explain it away. You don’t have to start over. All you have to do is bring your failure, your regret, and your distance to Him and let Him redeem it. This is your moment to stop running back and start coming forward. Don’t start over, start again, with Jesus.

2. When Jesus finally speaks directly to Peter, He doesn’t bring up the denial He brings up love.Three times Jesus asks, “Do you love Me?” Not to embarrass Peter, but to heal him. Every question answers a denial. Every affirmation repairs what shame tried to destroy. Jesus doesn’t erase Peter’s failure; He redeems it by walking straight through it with him. The place Peter thought disqualified him becomes the place Jesus restores him. Redemption isn’t Jesus ignoring your past it’s Jesus reclaiming it. And notice this: after every confession of love, Jesus gives Peter an assignment. “Feed My lambs. Tend My sheep. Feed My sheep.” Grace doesn’t just forgive; it recommissions. Jesus doesn’t say, “You’re forgiven, now sit down.” He says, “You’re restored, now step back into what I called you to do.” That’s redemption—not going back to who you were before the mistake, but being restored into who you were always meant to be. If Jesus can redeem Peter at the place of his denial, He can redeem you at the place of yours.

3. The same Peter who once denied Jesus in the dark becomes a man God uses openly and boldly in the light. Now Peter isn’t hiding anymore he’s leading, preaching the gospel with authority, strengthening the church, and standing firm in the face of opposition. Acts 5:15 tells us that people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on them as he passed by. That’s the fruit of a life fully surrendered and fully redeemed. Peter’s past didn’t weaken his witness; it deepened it. His failure didn’t disqualify him; it prepared him. The power of the Holy Spirit flowed through Peter not because he was flawless, but because he was forgiven and faithful. Redemption didn’t just bring Peter back it propelled him forward. And that’s the promise for us: when we stop running from our past and let Jesus redeem it, God can use us in ways we never imagined. What once felt like the end becomes the evidence of His grace, and the place of our greatest failure becomes the platform for His greatest glory.

Revelations 4:9-11 ESV

Matthew 16:13-17

Psalm 24

John 19:17-27

Matthew 5:8

Matthew 1:18–25; 2:1–12 Isaiah 47:13–15

How to Find the Love of Jesus in the Searching of Daily Life

1. God searches for you just as much as you may be searching for Him. If your eyes are open and your heart is open, He speaks profoundly, no matter who you are or how far you are from Him.
2. From the beginning of time, His purpose has been you. Everything written, remembered, and spoken about is designed to get you to see that it is all for a relationship with you. No matter your background, upbringing, history, or current standing, He draws all things to Himself, and all creation groans for the coming of the Messiah.
3. There are two kings and two kingdoms in this story, just as there are two kings in your story. These contrast each other as they fight for control of the outcome and for control of the hearts of people. Kings we swear loyalty to in the fallen world will only fail. The choice of following the true King comes down to choosing the manger over the palace, the stable over the crown, the child over the man. These pictures do not make sense, but that is the beauty of it—to choose something that relinquishes control and makes your life a life about Him.

Luke 2:6–18

How to Return to Joy This Christmas Season

1. Jesus’ birth is about the good news of great joy to all people, regardless of circumstances. The shepherds were in some of the least desirable circumstances, seemingly trapped in an “unholy” lifestyle and distant from God in the eyes of those upholding the laws of religion at that time. Yet Jesus’ life begins with a new era being ushered in—that he would come for all people with news of great joy from heaven. Jesus’ birth is a reminder that God longs to find you and invite you into the joy of knowing him, even if you feel you can’t find him or ever experience joy based on the past or present.
2. Our shepherd reveals joy at the time we least expect it, in the places we aren’t looking for it, and in the activities of our lives that we think are outside the bounds of what we assume he can engage in. As he comes close, he then invites us in closer. True joy is not just knowing that Jesus brings joy on earth; it is drawing close enough to him to experience the joy of his Spirit in my day-to-day life through relationship. Information leads to transformation when I understand that the promise of Jesus is uncovered in the proximity of my life to his word and Spirit.
3. Joy is the key to unlocking peace in your life and the goodwill of godly, redemptive purpose that you find yourself in every day. I am freely given and then freely receive the joy of the Spirit of God, walk in the peace it brings, and understand I am now a carrier of goodwill to all people. True maturity is growing in my faith from fearful to joyful, in order to walk in the fruit of peace and goodwill.

Matthew 3:1-12 NIV

Mark 10:17-22, 46-52 NIV

Isaiah 11:1-5 NLT

Luke 15:1–24—

How to Make Sense of Significance That Will Never Make Sense.

1 – Significance is rooted in what you believe and accept as truth about your condition and your foundation. Your conditions will always be changing, but your foundation doesn’t. The coin was lost, then found… the sheep wandered, then was found… the son squandered, and then reclaimed his place. The foundation of your significance in God is not your ability; it’s Jesus’ sacrifice in finding and reclaiming you by His shed blood on the cross. God doesn’t just renovate you—He longs to reveal the value that has been there all along.

2 – Significance is birthed in union with God—not in your performance, behavior, or current state. He lifts wandering sheep, He finds misplaced silver, He restores rebellious sons—and He calls all of it joy. Significance is when you find that no matter your circumstance, you can be found and embraced by God. And when you experience the embrace, there is a joy, love, and celebration of you as being worth whatever it took to bring you back to His arms.

3 – If you have any questions left on being insignificant to God, the prodigal son story is designed to eliminate all doubt. The prodigal isn’t a story about rebellion; it’s a story about revelation. He lost one-third of the estate… but not one second of his Father’s love. Significance is fully discovered when I bring everything that makes me feel insignificant to my Father’s feet and into my Father’s house… and He trades me a robe, ring, sandals, and a fattened calf.

Lament #1 — “The Condition vs. The Foundation”

Pray this: “Jesus, I confess I’ve let my condition tell me who I am instead of the foundation You placed me on. I’ve wandered, been misplaced, or wasted seasons and believed those moments defined me. Today I give You the conditions that convinced me I lost my worth. Remind me again how significant I am to You.”

Make a list of areas you feel you have wandered, misplaced, or squandered your significance to God. When you develop the list, breathe slowly and read out each thing, and after, recite this prayer over each individually: “Remind me of my foundation in You… not my condition rooted in brokenness.”

Lament #2 — “The Father Who Runs”

Pray this: “Jesus, I confess I’ve feared that if I came home dirty, empty, or ashamed, You might hesitate instead of run toward me. I’ve rehearsed unworthy speeches instead of expecting a Father who celebrates me and treats me as significant. Today I give You the distances, the failures, and the fears I’ve carried.”

Make a list of all the reasons why you feel you don’t belong to the Father or in the Father’s house. After you make this list, take a moment, whisper them to Him, then imagine Jesus running to meet you. Develop a picture in your imagination. When you feel Him close, say: “Thank You for running to me again, Jesus… would You teach me to believe in Your love.”

Ezekiel 37:1–14

Genesis 2:7

Finding Purpose in the Spirit of God

1 – No one else and no thing else can breathe upon your heart to bring about the Creator’s miracle-working life except the Spirit of God. Without the breath of the Spirit your life will become dry, and your existence will feel as if it is trapped in a foreign land… for you were meant to co-labor and redeem that which was fallen, and anything apart from this sensitivity in the Spirit of God will be missing what it means to walk as Jesus once walked. Your life is about finding the breath, sensing the wind, and walking in the Spirit.

2 – Your purpose is simple… learn how to be breathed on, and breathe on others. Ezekiel had the breath of God but did not know the power it possessed until the Spirit of God commanded him to breathe it on others. You have to get close enough to the Spirit in order to understand how that Spirit works… and its main uses are to build, strengthen, and call forth others to rise in the Spirit of resurrection life. It’s in all things, it’s for all people… you must train your spirit to breathe His Spirit.

3 – You come to life when the pursuit of His Spirit becomes your life. You find your place when His Spirit occupies the right place in your heart. You walk in your purpose when you recognize that you are but dust if not for His Spirit breathed into your soul. All weakness, hindrance, distraction, darkness, and even death is temporary when you grab hold of the revelation that the power of His Spirit allows you to walk as He did, and do as He has done. “I will put my Spirit within you; you will come to life; I will place you in your own land.”

Laments

1 – Lord, where did I lose the sense that my life has holy purpose? Where did I quietly agree with the valley and start believing I’m just surviving in exile instead of sent as an army filled with your Spirit? Show me the places where my bones feel dry, my calling feels small, my story feels cut off… and teach me to pray, “Ruach of God, breathe on my purpose again.” (Repeat this prayer 10 times slowly while breathing deep.)

2 – Holy Spirit, where have I confused purpose with power, position, influence, or money? Make a list of the places you have chased being important more than being imparted-to; where you have wanted status more than Spirit, increase more than intimacy. Invite the Spirit to expose where you’ve measured your purpose by what you have instead of who you carry. Recite this prayer slowly: “Father, remind me my purpose is to rhythmically allow your Spirit to breathe on my soul… and in this place train and teach me to breathe on the dry and dead parts of others around me.”