City Beautiful Church

God takes our raw qualities and redeems them for His purpose. He brings who we are naturally back into alignment with His will. Redemption is to give good value to something that already exists. Your scars are reminders of encountering God, and He wants to redeem them to bring healing to yourself and others.

What is God highlighting for transformation in this next season for you personally?

It is in the place of struggle that intimacy is birthed. We find rest in the midst of wrestling with God because encountering him gives us life. When we w(rest)le with God, we experience an intimate encounter and better learn to inhabit our identities.

Share testimony of how the Lord is refining you in this season. How does it feel? What truths do you cling to when it gets tough?

Both Jacob and Saul had God given qualities, like determination and passion respectively, that were lead astray by sin and used for evil purposes. However, God encountered them in their lowest moments and empowered them to use their gifts for His glory. Jacob became Israel, and helped build a nation of people who wrestle with and encounter God. Saul became Paul, who lead countless people to Jesus and wrote much of the New Testament, all because God redirected his attention to Him. #abideintimacy

What is the focus of your engagement this week, in the things of God or the things of the world?