Series: Breaking Chains Together — When Faith Touches ShameScripture: 1 Kings 19 : 1–9 There’s a kind of tired that sleep can’t fix.It’s the fatigue that comes when your soul has been running for too long — running from expectations, from failure, from pain, from God. That’s where we find Elijah.Only a chapter ago, he was standing…

Series: Breaking Chains Together — When Faith Touches ShameScripture: Exodus 32 : 1-6 There’s a certain kind of fear that hides behind a smile.It says yes when the heart means no.It keeps the peace at any cost.It calls compromise “compassion,” and silence “wisdom.” That’s the “toward” shame shield — the one that moves toward people in order to keep love from…

Series: Breaking Chains Together — When Faith Touches ShameScripture: Mark 5:25–34 There are moments when faith and shame meet in the same heart.Moments when one part of us reaches out to God in desperate hope, while another part wants to stay hidden in the crowd. One hand stretches toward mercy, while the other tries to cover the…

Bearing One Another’s Burdens – Week 1 Conclusion This week we’ve journeyed with Hagar — a woman cast out, unseen by those who should have cared, yet found by God in the wilderness. There, beside a spring in the desert, she encountered El Roi — “the God who sees me.” That moment changed everything. Though…

Bearing One Another’s Burdens – The God Who Sees Friday always carries a holy weight. It reminds us of two realities: the heavy burden of our own striving and the peace found in Christ’s finished work. The Heaviest Burden When Paul wrote, “If we sin even once, we are guilty of breaking the whole law”…

Bearing One Another’s Burdens – The God Who Sees Every healing story in Scripture begins with God’s attention but ends with someone’s action. Hagar’s encounter in the wilderness didn’t end when God saw her — it continued when He sent her back with hope and a promise. Seeing leads to serving. From Awareness to Compassion…

Bearing One Another’s Burdens – The God Who Sees When we learn to see others as God sees them, the next step is to listen as He listens.Jesus’ ministry wasn’t built on constant speaking — it was built on attentive presence. He heard the cries others tuned out: Bartimaeus shouting by the roadside, a father whispering through tears, a…

Bearing One Another’s Burdens – The God Who Sees Seeing is the first act of love. Before Jesus healed the sick, taught the crowds, or called disciples, He saw them. He saw fishermen mending nets, a tax collector hiding behind a ledger, a widow walking behind her only son’s casket. Each miracle began with a…

Bearing One Another’s Burdens: The God Who Sees — Week 1 Yesterday we reflected on Hagar’s encounter with El Roi, the God who sees. Today, I want to pause on that truth — because the hardest part of healing, for many, is believing that someone truly sees them. The Hidden Weight Many people walk into church…

Sunday Reflection This morning, we began a new journey together — a series called Bearing One Another’s Burdens: Healing Together in Christ. It’s about learning to see, listen, and walk with one another through the pain that too often stays hidden. Before we can help someone carry their burden, we must first learn to see…