January 28, 2024 • Matt Fulmer • Romans 12:4–8, Matthew 11:28–30
Jealousy is a funny feeling. Many think that jealousy and competition fuel them to be better. And sometimes that is true. But at its heart, Jealousy is about comparing ourselves to others and seeing what we don’t have and can’t do. All of this energy often keeps us from what we do have and what God has uniquely gifted us to do. As we start a new year we will challenge one another to set down the suitcase of jealousy and instead embrace contentment with who we are uniquely created to be and the race that has been given to us to run.
Jealousy-Contentment - Gladstone
January 28, 2024
Jealousy is a funny feeling. Many think that jealousy and competition fuel them to be better. And sometimes that is true. But at its heart, Jealousy is about comparing ourselves to others and seeing what we don’t have and can’t do. All of this energy often keeps us from what we do have and what God has uniquely gifted us to do. As we start a new year we will challenge one another to set down the suitcase of jealousy and instead embrace contentment with who we are uniquely created to be and the race that has been given to us to run.
Cynicism-Hope - Gladstone
January 21, 2024 • Kayla Meredith
On a broad level cynicism is a basic distrust of everyone and everything around you. Usually cynicism starts with very real disappointments that we experience in our life. But over time, those past disappointments keep us from putting too much hope in anything working out, being made new, or surprising us. We begin living with cynicism, looking at everything through a lens of past disappoints. As we start a new year, we will challenge one other to set aside the suitcase of cynicism and embrace hope in God once again.
