A Tribe of Well-Connected, Ambitious Christian Women LIVING Out Their God-Given Desires.
Last night I attended Relentless Hearts Night. Relentless Hearts is the women's ministry at Relentless Church, headed up by Pastor Aventer Gray. The panel included Young Adult Pastor Amie McDonald, Worship Pastor Tasha Cobbs-Leonard, and Youth Pastor Mariah Rideau. The topic of the night was purpose. "Some of us are walking around with a counterfeit purpose." Pastor …
When everything is flowing downstream and you’re paddling upstream, attempting to create the life you desire, that type of thinking will defeat you.
Ever heard the phrase, "New Levels, New Devils"? It means there's a new obstacle awaiting you on each new level. Our adversary will sometimes be people or things outside of us, naysayers, haters, and opponents. But, don't forget the adversary within. Habits we refuse to give up, insecurities we haven't addressed, a new level of …
Our questions and doubt, while sometimes well-meaning, dig ditches for our friends to fall in and become stuck debating this way or that way instead of taking action on what they know right now. Instead of doing something.
No matter how you slice it, our very next step isn't sexy. It's a phase full of compromise and sacrifices. It's a phase of dinner with Daddy. It's a phase of overtime. It's a phase of we want _____ but we want financial freedom more. And, no matter how much we'd like to side-step it, it's not going anywhere. It's the key to our freedom. And, if I had continued to believe that the next step had to bring significance, prestige, and all those other things...I would have missed the answer to our prayer.
