In this episode, we learn how to build a church on hope the way Jesus did—by cultivating purpose, humility, endurance, impact, and inspiration.
In our moments of frustration and failure, we need to turn to God and his Word to find the strength to keep going.
Returning to God is the only way we can stop living for people, stop being afraid of being different, and rediscover what it means to think differently.
If we don't have a biblical view of Jesus, we can become consumed with our personal preferences and traditions, and resistant to change.
God notices what we go through, even if no one else does, and he wants to do something about our pain.
God commands us not to give into our fear and reminds us that he will never fail us.
We need to acknowledge what is wearing us out, especially the ways in which we become focused on rules and behaviors.
We have dreams we want to see happen and visions we want to accomplish, but it takes a lot of energy to keep running toward them.
We all experience feeling stuck at times, whether it be in hardships, relationship conflicts, failures that follow us wherever we go, or guilt that feels too big for us to carry on our own.
It helps to remember an important quality of Jesus — that he is always with us.
A lot of the problems we get into in life come because we are searching for love—often in all the wrong places.
God wants to give us the help we need, but we have to be willing to be vulnerable enough to ask him for it.
