What do you do when faith feels difficult and quitting starts to sound easier?
In Episode 4 of Beyond Sunday, Terry and Justin explore a hard but hopeful truth: faithfulness is not perfection, and struggling is not failing. Looking at Elijah, David, Jacob, Peter, and other heroes of the faith, they discuss discouragement, doubt, and seasons when God feels distant, and why those seasons do not mean God has abandoned you.
This episode is an invitation to keep going: stay in community, keep praying, remember what God has already carried you through, and focus on today's mile. You do not have to have everything figured out. Hold on to God while you wrestle, and make the decision to press on.
This week's practical challenges:
Tell someone you trust when you are struggling instead of isolating.
Keep showing up, praying, and opening Scripture even when you do not feel like it.
Remember specific times God has carried you through a hard season.
Focus on today's mile rather than carrying tomorrow's fear today.
Hold on to God while you wrestle, and make the decision to press on.
Scriptures discussed include:
Hebrews 11
1 Kings 19:4
Psalm 13:1
John 16:33
Genesis 32:24–28
Psalm 23:4
John 21
Joshua 4
Psalm 139:23–24
Romans 5:6–8
Hebrews 12:2
John 6:68
Galatians 6:2
James 5:16
Philippians 3:14
Beyond Sunday is about carrying our faith beyond the church building and living for Christ every day of the week.
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