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💥 A M B I T I O N 💥

When we think about the idea of ambition in Scripture, we can often think of what we shouldn’t be ambitious about. But, the Bible doesn’t just tell us what to not be ambitious about.

🌟 The Bible has a lot to say about what we should be ambitious about…

What else would you add to this list?

A M B I T I O N is our word for the month!

How have you seen God transform your ambition? ✍🏽

⁣🏆A M B I T I O N: Worldly———> Godly ⁣
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🚫Worldly Ambition ⁣⁣
Focuses on what I can get ⁣⁣
✅𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⁣⁣
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. ⁣⁣
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🚫Worldly ambition ⁣⁣
Objective is self interest, pleasure and satisfaction. ⁣⁣
✅Godly ambition⁣⁣
𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡. ⁣⁣
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🚫Worldly ambition ⁣⁣
Accomplishments and rewards are the highest priorities. ⁣⁣
✅Godly ambition ⁣⁣
𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩roac𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲. ⁣⁣
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🚫Worldly Ambition ⁣⁣
Mindset of YOLO “You only live once” ⁣⁣
✅Godly ambition ⁣⁣
𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞?”⁣⁣
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🚫Worldly ambition ⁣⁣
Always manifests the fruit of envy, jealousy, discord, slander, gossip, or fits of rage. ⁣⁣
✅𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⁣⁣
𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲, 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲.⁣⁣
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🚫Worldly ambition ⁣⁣
Trust in one’s wisdom and strength to obtain more and move ahead.⁣⁣
✅𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⁣⁣
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. ⁣⁣
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🚫Worldly ambition⁣⁣
A strong desire to fit in and be approved according to the world's standards and measures.⁣⁣
✅𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⁣⁣
𝐀 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 & 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.⁣⁣

What else would you add? Comment below ✍🏽 #godlyambition

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𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 AMBITIOUS? ⁣
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𝘈𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴. It's either dangerously good or dangerously bad. The Greek word for ambition is 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘮 (𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘪- 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝟸 𝘊𝘰𝘳, 𝟷 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴), which means "𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳" 𝘰𝘳 "𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘮." ⁣
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𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳? 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵? ⁣👉🏾 These questions are complex, and it takes humble, honest diligence to allow the Holy Spirit to search our deepest heart motives. Because worldly ambition is not always ✨𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 ✨apparent in the life of a believer. It's often subtle, masquerading as godly ambition. (𝘖𝘶𝘤𝘩.) But, if we're honest, we've all been there——earnest striving for “God's glory" with secret hopes of self-exaltation and status in mind. (𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩.) 🌬𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 will take some soul work, getting honest with God about our true motives, not just in the big pursuits, but the small, daily ones, too. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲, 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧——the kind God is after in us. Godly ambition always starts with a posture of humility 🤲🏼 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, "𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮, 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦."⁣
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This month, we'll dive deeper——unscrambling the word ambition, one post at a time. ⁣✍🏽

Comment below, and let us know what you hope to learn this month ⬇️

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H o s p i t a l i t y ——— last post 🌟✨
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Scripture calls us to love our neighbor. That includes the people God has placed on our block, but it also includes the ones He has placed within the walls of our homes and workplaces. That frustrating roommate, that stubborn child, the nagging, passive aggressive coworker or family member. God calls us to love them as well. They are, after all, our closest neighbors. ⁣
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𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴?⁣
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When we truly understand the gospel, we see that God didn’t just show us radical hospitality by loving us when we were strangers to the truth. Our ever-present God chooses everyday to be our neighbor who loves us with a radical love. And His love is what compels us to love and show hospitality to even the most difficult neighbor. ⁣

As we wrap-up our series——how are you doing when it comes to loving your closest neighbor? ⁣What areas may God be calling you to love more deeply?
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🔑 H O S P I T A L I T Y 🔑

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I have not arrived in this area! But l’m working on it! How about you? What are some ways you practice hospitality in the workplace? Would love to hear from you. Comment below ✍🏽

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🔑 H O S P I T A L I T Y 🔑⁣
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As you seek to practice these simple acts of hospitality, never underestimate the gift of presence. 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞! Whether that’s a 5 minute visit on a porch or inviting someone on a walk. As believers we are called to be salt and light, and our presence as believers is powerful. Matthew 5:13-16

🔑 H O S P I T A L I T Y 🔑

God has shown us the greatest act of hospitality that we might imitate Him.

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🔑 H O S P I T A L I T Y 🔑

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲? ⁣
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So𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 ☝🏾

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🔑 HOSPITALITY
“Loving our neighbor is at the heart of the gospel.” - Rosaria Butterfield

🚪 HOSPITALITY 🔑⁣
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When most of us (𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧) think of the word “𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺,” we might think of creating a warm and welcoming environment in our home or friends gathered around a well-set table sharing a bountiful meal. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭. ⁣
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So, let’s #unscramble… ⁣
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In Scripture, “hospitality” literally means “𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴.” We see this type of hospitality in both the Old and New Testament. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬: ⁣
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“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦-𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘨𝘺𝘱𝘵” (𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝟷𝟿:𝟹𝟹-𝟹𝟺)

“𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.” (𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝟸𝟾:𝟽)⁣
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There’s a spiritual gift of hospitality, but practicing love of strangers isn’t just for those given the gift. Scripture commands all believers to be hospitable––to welcome strangers. Hospitality is about what we do with our hands but it’s even more about our 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒. We don’t just seek to do hospitable things, we seek to be a hospitable people. ⁣
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We’ll dive more into this idea this month, but for now, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺?⁣
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Tap twice if you’re ready for our new series on “HOSPITALITY” this month———comment and tell us what you hope to learn this month! ⬇️

What does it mean that we’re being glorified with Christ?

So many things but here are a few 👆🏽

No more sin.
No more pain.
No more distance with God.
No more strife or conflict.
No more sickness.
No more death.
No more sorrow.

Eternity is on its way. We live today in light of this future day.

As believers, we are being conformed into the image of Christ day by day. And one day we will be fully conformed into His image–––perfectly beholding our glorious God, with perfect vision, seeing Him face to face no longer as only a reflection (1 Corinthians 13:12).

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🤚🏻🤚🤚🏽🤚🏾🤚🏿 SPIN THAT WHEEL ⁣
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𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬! You know we couldn't end this series without highlighting some of our favorite Scripture verses on 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺. ⁣
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Here @un.scrambled, we believe that 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 word points to the 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 (John 1:1). But don't just take our 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 for it; check out these verses on our color wheel! ⁣⁣
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SPIN. THAT. WHEEL. And let's keep learning about God's glory! ⁣
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Save this post for later! 🌟

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HELLO!🌞 Lots of new faces here! I figured it was time for an introduction!⁣
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My name is Oghosayaroyi Iyamu, but everyone calls me Oghosa! I started this page a little over a year ago to inspire others. God is growing this community of unscramblers and it has been such a joy to create and meet so many of you! 🤹🏽‍♀️ ⁣
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I’m from the 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵, I moved to Texas to attend Seminary. I serve in full-time ministry at a church that the Lord has knitted my heart to, I’m so grateful! I 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 words and I believe that 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 can point us to the ultimate Word––Jesus Christ. ⁣
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𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞:⁣
🍤I am the youngest of four in my family.⁣
🍤I grew up in Kansas City. ⁣
🍤I am obsessed with making natural hair products 💆🏾‍♀️⁣
🍤If I couldn’t serve in ministry(which I hope that’s never true), and didn’t hate germs I would be a nurse (which is still ministry ;), I love taking care of people! ⁣
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝: ⁣⁣
I am so happy that YOU are here. Every month here @un.scrambled, our Unscramblers (followers) pick a word, and we unscramble that word to point to the ultimate 𝗪𝐨𝐫𝐝—John 1:1.⁣ Stick around, and you'll see just how! 🤗⁣
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You are so loved and welcomed to be YOU here. I hope you feel encouraged, challenged, loved, and free here! It means so much that you would 👣 @un.scrambled⁣
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Comment below, and Introduce yourself so myself and others can know who you are! ⁣👋🏽⁣

Photo Credit: @jmcwhorter11

✨P R A Y E R S FOR RACIAL HARMONY ✨

When I don’t know what to say, and today is one of those days, these prayers from @bethebridge guide me!

I hope you will use these prayers not just today but every day—— personally and with your family! We are the church——the light of truth in the midst of a dark world. Lets rise!

G L O R Y ✨ S E R I E S (SWIPE LEFT)

"𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘱, 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭, 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺." ⁣
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Are you often jealous of others' gifts? Do you struggle not to see yourself in competition with other believers? Do you struggle with going unnoticed/unthanked? ⁣
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𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞! ⁣
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Today, if we find ourselves pursuing our own glory, entangled in selfish-ambition, we can confess and repent, and our God extends forgiveness AND the power to seek His glory. ⁣
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𝘗𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝟷𝟶𝟹: 𝟷𝟹 ⁣
𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯,⁣
𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥,⁣ 𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵.⁣

More resources: Listen to @pastoremase series on Stronghold- selfish ambition.

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✨Isaiah 6:1-3 ✨ 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘻𝘻𝘪𝘢𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴:𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘸. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥:⁣⁣
“𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬;⁣⁣
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐘!”⁣⁣
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There are so many ways we see God’s glory today! AND, there is still so much more glory for us to behold! 🤩⁣⁣
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What other ways do we see ✨God’s glory✨ today? Comment below ✍🏽⁣⁣

✨✨Who’s looking forward to this day? ✨✨

Amid all the challenges and hardships the people of God are facing in the book of Habakkuk, this promise in Habakkuk 2:14 breaks through like a sunrise in the midst of darkness. ⁣
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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚. ⁣
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“𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯.” 𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯. ⁣

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞!

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐎-𝐃𝐀𝐘 we 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 us 𝐬𝐞𝐞 and behold 𝐇𝐢𝐬 glory——in places, people and in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
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𝐇𝐢𝐬 ✨𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲✨ 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠——𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠, today!

What else would you add? ✍🏽

𝘎 𝘓 𝘖 𝘙 𝘠 ⁣
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What a great Easter day to kick off our series this month on ✨✨✨𝘎 𝘓 𝘖 𝘙 𝘠✨✨✨SWIPE LEFT ➡️
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The word 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 is used over 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐗 throughout Scripture. One of the ways God’s glory manifest is through physical embodiment. ⁣
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We see God’s glory through the embodiment of Jesus—in His resurrection———which we celebrate today and everyday!
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But, that isn’t the only way we see God’s glory manifest. Be sure to stick around this month as we seek to behold His G L O R Y! ⁣👑
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Tag a friend who you want to join us this month!! 🙋🏾‍♀️💁🏼🙎🏻‍♀️💁🏽‍♂️

For more on glory listen to Tim Mackie’s sermon titled “Glory.”

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Time to start FRESH!

What word should we do for the month of April?

Comment below your PICK! ✍🏽

The use of the word 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 today is very different from Biblical 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦. And that's really good news friends! In Scripture, 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 is not: ⁣⁣
🚫 𝗪𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠⁣
🚫 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 ⁣
🚫 𝐋𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 ⁣
🚫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 ⁣
🚫 𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞⁣
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Though none of the above are bad, they are not biblical hope. 𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞––full of certainty that it will happen. Biblical hope is based on 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴. Hope, biblically speaking, is not necessarily set on something as much as it is set on Someone––God–––who is trusted forever, amen. ⁣
🟢𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬.⁣
🟢𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. ⁣
🟢𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐮𝐬. ⁣

𝘛𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵: 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘰𝘥.𝘰𝘳𝘨/𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴/𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵-𝘪𝘴-𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦

It’s been a minute since we’ve talked about relationships. So...how are YOU doing? Who’s in your God spot? ⁣(SWIPE LEFT)
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When our relationships with others feel off-balance, one of the questions we can ask is: from whom or where am I seeking security, wholeness, value, approval, identity, purpose, worth, and/or value?⁣
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𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: ⁣⁣⁣
⚪️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. In Christ, you have FULL worth. There is nothing, and I do mean nothing on this earth that can give you or I more worth. You have immeasurable and eternal worth in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2⁣⁣⁣
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⚪️𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. In Christ, you are fully secure. Nothing can and ever will pluck you from the hand of the almighty God. John 10:28⁣⁣⁣
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⚪️𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. The God of the universe bought you at a high price. The price was so great that NO-thing and NO-one on this earth could pay the price. So God sent His perfect Son from heaven. Psalm 49:8⁣⁣⁣
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⚪️𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. At its best, this world can offer only temporal identities based on who you are and what you can achieve. God—the unchanging, eternal One has given you an eternally secure identity—based on who He is and what His son has accomplished for you on the cross. ⁣⁣⁣
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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲. Every day we are tempted in our 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 to allow people to have our 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭. ⁣⁣⁣

𝟗 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 ago, I realized that the life I was living would lead to death but there was a way that led to eternal life. ⁣(thank you @da.horton )
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𝟗 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 ago I tasted freedom for the first time, and it was so sweet. I had searched the world and nothing could ever satisfy...until I met Jesus. ⁣
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𝟗 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 ago today I stepped into the baptismal waters––––Buried with Christ in death, raised to walk in the newness of life.⁣
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𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝟗 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, I prayed that as long as God gave me breath I would spend the rest of my days telling others about this good news, we call the Gospel!⁣
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𝐇𝐢 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐈𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐮. 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲! 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞! 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 @𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐰𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝗪𝐨𝐫𝐝––––𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰.⁣
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Your turn! Introduce yourself below, and/or share your testimony!! I would love to get to know YOU, friend.⁣

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⁣𝐀𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭. ⁣
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You and I have been given supernatural ability to do what God has called us to do———LOVE. ONE. ANOTHER. ⁣
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𝐒𝐨. ⁣
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Turn to your neighbor followers and let’s 🗣 each declaration together...🤝
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𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘗𝘌𝘈𝘒 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘖𝘜𝘛 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘈𝘓𝘒 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘖𝘜𝘛, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬. ⁣

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𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝟷𝟹:𝟹𝟻: “By this ALL people will know that you are my disciples—if you have 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 for one another...” —Jesus, Christ ⁣
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𝗪𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭! ⁣
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𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴? You mean, it’s not my ability to articulate/exposit the most difficult text of Scripture? What about my supernatural gifts and abilities? ⁣
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“And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not L🧡VE, I am nothing.” - Paul, 1 Corinthians 13:2⁣
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Love, love, love, love in truth is how the world will know we are His disciples. ⁣
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More to come on this. #staytuned 🤎⁣

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A ✨P R A Y E R F U L ✨P O S T U R E is what we need when navigating difficult friendships/relationships.⁣
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𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬—excuse to avoid doing the hard thing. 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 that prepares us to do hard things with 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 + 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. ⁣
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𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. It allows you and me to RECEIVE 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, and to TAKE 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥. ⁣
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𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴. ⁣
𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴. ⁣
𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴. ⁣
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𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝗪𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞?⁣
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𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵, 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥 , 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯. In Jesus name, Amen.

🧠 𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭: ⁣
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When conflict arises we’ll either turn to FEAR 😰or FAITH🤗?⁣
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Fear can play out in two ways:⁣
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🚫 We press 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭-𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 ➡️ we convince ourselves and others why we’re not addressing the conflict (see image #1). ⁣
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🚫 We press 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 ➡️ we convince ourselves and others why we MUST 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 confront the “other person”––– and it’s on our time and in our way (see image #2). ⁣We’re haste to confront others and tell them about themselves when conflict arises.
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𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦? 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞! Let’s spend some time allowing the Lord to search our heart, only then can we begin to move 🚶🏾‍♀️towards practical steps to dealing with conflict——in a biblical way.

We’ll look at Part 2: Practical steps to dealing with conflict this weekend! But for now...
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What else would you add to this list? ✍🏽 below ⬇️
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✨✨𝗪 𝐀 𝐈 𝐓 𝐈 𝐍 𝐆 ✨✨⁣⁣
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When we wait on God, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐦.⁣ ⁣⁣
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Are you in a season of waiting? ⁣⁣
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Pray this prayer with me below: ⁣⁣
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𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬’ 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐧.

“Trauma may shape you, but it doesn’t make you——God made you.”- Dr. Anita Phillips

1. Trauma must be named.
2. Trauma shapes you, it doesn’t make YOU.
3. Trauma no longer has to carry shame.
4. Jesus came to destroy the works of the enemy, which includes trauma.

Powerful truth about #traumarecovery tonight from @dranitaphillips , my heart is so encouraged! #ifgathering2021

W A I T I N G ⁣
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It’s been awhile since we’ve looked at this word———> WAITING.

How are you doing when it comes to waiting? ⁣
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𝔻𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘? 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕨𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕠 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘? 𝕃𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥:⁣ ☝🏽
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Scripture reading: Mark 4:39-40⁣⁣
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Most of us are familiar with the story of Jesus calming the storm in Mark 4:39-40. ⁣⁣
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Do you find it interesting that Jesus doesn’t simply rebuke the wind and the sea, but the disciples as well?(Matthew 4:40)⁣⁣
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𝘞𝘩𝘺? 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳? ⁣😨⁣⁣
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𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. Rather, He rebukes their fear, which is 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 with true faith rooted in a belief in God and His power (𝟸 𝘛𝘪𝘮. 𝟷:𝟽; 𝘗𝘴. 𝟻𝟻:𝟸𝟸). They doubted God’s character despite all the miracles Jesus had already performed (𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝟷:𝟸𝟷–𝟺𝟺). ⁣⁣⁣
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𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳? ⁣⁣
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Like the disciples, we, too, often plead with God while doubting His character. The Bible likens this kind of double-mindedness and instability to a storm-tossed boat (#thebookofjames 1:5–8). ⁣⁣⁣
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𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐄-𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐃⁣⁣
The last line of this scene in Mark is paramount to understanding the lesson that Jesus intended for His disciples and for us today: ⁣⁣⁣
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“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, ‘𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘮?’” ⁣⁣⁣
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The disciples went from fearing creation to a reverential fear of the God of creation. What caused the change? It was fear that defeated their fear—one of the paradoxes of faith.⁣⁣
What caused their shift was a fear of the Lord—reverential awe and consciousness of who He is, which silences all other fears and brings complete peace.⁣⁣⁣
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Right now, in this moment... where is your fear placed? In created things or in the God of creation?

Let’s begin to move from living in bondage🔒 to freedom 🗝 ...ready? ⁣⬆️
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𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭! 🔄⁣⁣
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For believers, freedom is ours in Christ Jesus; our call is to simply walk in it.⁣⁣ (John 8:36, Galatians 5:1).

⁣⁣𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵? Comment below 👇🏾

Let’s begin to move from living in bondage 🔒to freedom 🗝 ...ready? ⁣⬆️ ⁣ 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭! 🔄⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ For believers, freedom is ours in Christ Jesus; our call is to simply walk in it.⁣⁣ (John 8:36, Galatians 5:1). ⁣⁣𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵? Comment below 👇🏾

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🔹𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦🔹⁣
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Have you ever been afraid to forgive someone because you thought forgiving them meant...⁣
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🔴 I have to ignore the pain/hurt that was inflicted.⁣
🔴 I have to continue to put myself in vulnerable positions to be mistreated or taken advantage of. ⁣
🔴 There won’t be any justice for the offense.⁣
🔴 I have to stay in this relationship/friendship.⁣
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𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴?⁣
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We can forgive someone 𝐀𝐍𝐃 be hurt/grieved, choose not to re-enter the toxic relationship/environment, set up clear boundaries, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞...in fact, to do these things would be to walk in wisdom.⁣
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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭; 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦.⁣
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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵; 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘪𝘮.⁣
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𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦.⁣
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⁣⁣”𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦." - Rich Villodas
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The stronghold of unforgiveness is real...⁣⁣
Can I get an amen? ✋🏽⁣⁣
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We know that God has freed us, as believers from the power of sin ➡️ BUT do we 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 like we are free from the power of sin? ⁣⁣
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The beauty of the gospel is that 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞––––FREE to say no to the things that once enslaved us. Crazy, right? 🤔⁣⁣

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦. ☝🏽⁣⁣
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The truly free person, empowered by the Holy Spirit can, as Paul says, put off the old man–––the former way of life (anger, malice, envy, bitterness, unforgiveness, lust, and the like), and put on the new self (forgiveness, kindness, gentleness, patience, love, peace, long-suffering). ✨Colossians 3:10
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Christ came to set the captives free ⛓. He came to set US free so that we might LIVE free!
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Are we living like we're free or still bound?⁣⁣ 🗝 #freedom
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⁣Say it with me...

GOD 👏🏾 IS 👏🏻 MY 👏🏼 DELIVERER 👏⁣
Save this post for later! ✅⁣
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As you head into the weekend, remember God is the only One who delivers.

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➡️ Grab a friend and let’s learn about one of the greatest theologians!

Gardner C. Taylor. Also known as——the dean of American preaching!

F.R.E.E.D.O.M ⁣
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When we say these things 👆🏽don’t bring us ultimate freedom, what we mean 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐝. It’s that we don’t look to these things to be our 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫–––––delivering us from the weight of sin––––𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. Only God can and will ultimately deliver us from the effects and weight of sin.⁣
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Our treasures/gifts in this life were never meant to bear the weight of temporal/eternal deliverance. Only God is sufficient to deliver us.

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