Faith Promise - 5/3/2026

5 months ago

I’m just glad to be here today. Between 7v7 and a couple of archery events lately, it’s been a while since I’ve been here consistently.

💯 The enemy tries to make us allow what we feel control what we know, rather than letting what we know control how we feel.
Three lies the enemy tries to make us believe:
- ❌ My mental health struggle is due to my lack of faith. lie
- ❌ God is somehow disappointed in me when I struggle. lie
  - Truth: God knows how I feel in these moments more than anyone else, and wants nothing more than to help me through it.
- ❌ I am always going to feel this way. lie
  - “I will never be happy again.”
  - Freedom is possible for everyone in Jesus
  - We are all overcomers - Romans 8:37-39
Romans 12:2 - be transformed by the renewal of your mind
Philippians 4:8-9 - think on these things
Bit of a soapbox here, but I often hear this phrase “speak life over you” or “speak life into me” … I feel like this is kinda gross modern “christianese” - like, honestly, I couldn’t even tell you what this means. Like, what even IS that?! Ugh.
“Why do I feel like such a failure as a father?”
- “If your kid isn’t rolling their eyes, then you’re not doing it right.”
- It’s OK to apologize to your kids
- Our kids get to make their own choices too. We don’t get to choose how they feel or behave or react to us. We have to be able to accept that.