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04/29/2026

How it must break God's heart when we work like we don’t believe He’s capable. We say we trust Him but then act as if everything depends on us. We give all we have to the tasks at hand, with only occasional leftovers of time to slightly acknowledge Him.

It’s like a little girl running while holding a cup, sloshing out all it contains. She thinks what will refill her is just ahead. So she presses on with determination — clutching an empty cup.

She keeps running toward an agenda God never set, one that will never satisfy.

She holds out her cup as she runs by Him but catches only a few drops of His provision because she didn’t stop long enough for her cup to be filled.

Emptiness can’t be tempered with mere drops. The tragic truth is what will fill her … what will fill us … isn’t the accomplishment just ahead. That shiny thing is actually a vacuum that sucks us dry and can never refill us.

Jesus doesn’t participate in the rat race. He’s into the slower rhythms of life like abiding, delighting, and dwelling — all words Scripture uses to describe us being with Him.

In fact, when Jesus appointed the disciples, there were two parts to their calling, as we see in Mark 3:14-15: “He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons” (emphases added).

Yes, they were to go preach and drive out demons, but the first part of their calling was simply to “be with him.”

True fulfillment comes when we remember to be with Jesus before going out to serve Him. He wants our hearts in alignment with Him before our hands set about doing today’s assignment for Him.

Jesus extends what we need each day, and He invites us to receive in prayer, worship, and His Word. I can imagine Him lovingly replenishing our cup while whispering: This isn’t a race to test the fastest pace. I just want you to persevere on the path I have marked out especially for you. Fix your eyes not on a worldly prize but on staying in love with Me.

That’s an agenda that’s always completely satisfying.

-Lysa TerKeurst

On a practical level, what does it look like for you to abide, delight, and dwell in God right now?

04/29/2026

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04/29/2026

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A moment of fear doesn’t have to be the end of the story. 💛

After taking the first abortion pill, Sierra found hope through Abortion Pill Reversal—and today, she’s holding her healthy baby girl.

Read Sierra's story, in her own words, here:
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/i-took-the-abortion-pill-what-i-did-next-saved-my-baby-girl.html

04/29/2026

Week #11 Parenting on Purpose 🧡

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