Questions Answered in This Episode
In this special bonus episode, Christine answers some of your questions about how to hold onto hope while navigating disappointment. Questions we cover include:
TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:
“On the other side of every disappointment there is a God appointment.”
“One of the sure ways of getting stuck is to not process, or to suppress, or to ignore disappointment.”
“Our relationship with Jesus gives us a life beyond our past.”
“God does not freak out over honest prayers.”
“You’ll have a lot less issues further down the track if you can learn to go to God with your disappointment really quickly. And really often. And as soon as it happens.”
“If I get into a pattern that leads me into negative thinking, my thoughts become obsessive, or I keep circling and not going anywhere, I would say that becomes a time you know that you really need to let go of something.”
“You don’t have to be doing anything bad to have a pruning season. Basically, in the Scripture, you’re pruned if you do and you’re pruned if you don’t! That’s just the way that it is.”
“Look in your life—what is it you’re just hanging on to because it makes you feel comfortable? And what is it that the Lord might be saying, I’ve got more for you.”
“I want (my kids) to hear me praying, for them to sense the peace of God.”
“You can have God’s presence, even when you feel like you don’t have answers.”
(With our kids), More often than not, they just want you to sit with them in it—rather than fix it for them. Because the truth is with most disappointment, you can’t fix it. Be honest with that, but we can say that God is with us in it. ”
“What I can say to leaders is make sure you’ve got somewhere where you truly are processing your personal pain.”
“‘What if’ is the fear that stops us from moving forward.”
“What if I’m hurt again? What if I’m disappointed again? A lot of us stop pressing on in God because we so fear the ‘What ifs.’ We’ve got to replace the ‘What if’ faith with an ‘Even if’ faith.
“I think the only way you can have faith to continue to go forward is to have this ‘Even if’ faith that says, people may let me down, this project may not go the way that I thought it was going to go, people may walk away—but, even if all that happens, Jesus you’re still faithful, Jesus you’re still good, Jesus you still do good, Jesus you will work all things together for my good and for your glory.
“The fact is in our future, yes there are blessings, yes there is great opportunity, but will there be disappointment? More than likely. Will there be grief and loss and heartache? More than likely. But I want you to know that your God is faithful. That God will be there.”
“The Scripture says he’s never going to leave us, he’s never going to forsake us. His grace is sufficient to get us through whatever is in our future. And ultimately, he is going to work all things together for our good and for his glory.” “Our trust is in Jesus and not in our circumstances. Our hope and our joy and our peace rests in Jesus not in the outcome of what lies ahead of us.”
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