We often discover the truth about ourselves at the very moment we feel most confident. Our commitment to follow Jesus was sincere, yet we fell so easily when trials came! Shame whispers that we’re finished, that we’ve exhausted God’s patience, but God doesn’t abandon us when we fall. He restores what is broken and uses our wounds to deepen our faith. As we learn to depend less on our own strength and more on His, even our worst failures can become opportunities for spiritual growth and a renewed calling to strengthen others.

Encounters With Christians
During His earthly ministry, Jesus encountered many people whose lives were changed forever because of Him. But now He has turned this ministry over to us. So exactly what kind of Jesus do people see when they encounter us? Since we are now the only Jesus some will ever meet, are our lives accurate reflections of Him?



