What if the thing you keep fixing is the very thing holding you back?
As a new year begins, many of us focus on what we want to start, improve, or build. But rarely do we stop to ask a harder question: What needs to end? In this message, Pastor Scott challenges us to consider the relationships, habits, mindsets, and commitments that are draining our energy, limiting our growth, and keeping us stuck in cycles we were never meant to stay in.
Using powerful stories, biblical wisdom, and the imagery of pruning, this message explores why letting go is not failure, why good can be the enemy of great, and how endings are often the doorway to freedom and purpose. You’ll be invited to honestly examine what consistently drains you, what you keep justifying even though it isn’t healthy, and what God may be asking you to release so something better can grow.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, exhausted, or frustrated by patterns that never seem to change, this message is for you. Growth doesn’t always come from adding more. Sometimes it comes from having the courage to stop, cut, and walk away.
📖 Key Scriptures: Ecclesiastes 3:6, Philippians 3:13, John 15, 1 Corinthians 10
📌 Topics: Letting go, pruning, spiritual growth, relationships, habits, courage, wisdom
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