The Redemption Church Podcast features practical, Bible-centered messages from Pastor Chris Fluitt in Plano, Texas, serving the Dallas area and beyond. Each episode is designed to help you follow Jesus in real life – navigating relationships, finding purpose, handling pressure, and growing a faith that actually works. Whether you are new to church, exploring faith, or looking to go deeper, these messages will meet you where you are and help you take your next step. Redemption Church is a Jesus-centered church in Plano, TX with a mission to help people find and follow Jesus Christ and go change the world.
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The Redemption Church Podcast features practical, Bible-centered messages from Pastor Chris Fluitt in Plano, Texas, serving the Dallas area and beyond. Each episode is designed to help you follow Jesus in real life – navigating relationships, finding purpose, handling pressure, and growing a faith that actually works. Whether you are new to church, exploring faith, or looking to go deeper, these messages will meet you where you are and help you take your next step. Redemption Church is a Jesus-centered church in Plano, TX with a mission to help people find and follow Jesus Christ and go change the world.
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May 24, 2026
30 Days of Purpose – 4 – Busy… but Not Building Anything
<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://youtu.be/q9bs_jArVQ0?si=1R8u6nN7BVUDCw-m </div> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Welcome to week 4 of <strong>30 Days of Purpose</strong>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And today is <strong>Pentecost Sunday</strong>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Pentecost Sunday</mark></strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">50 days after <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Crucifixion/Passover</span></mark></strong></li> <li><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Acts 2</span> – The Holy Spirit is poured out</mark></strong></li> <li><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Power for world-wide witness</mark></strong></li> </ul> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Spirit came with power.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">But the power was not random, or goosebump feels.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In Acts 1 the resurrected Jesus makes His followers a promise.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Jesus has defeated death.</li> <li>Jesus has risen from the grave.</li> <li>Jesus is preparing His followers for what comes next.</li> </ul> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And He says in Acts 1:8:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color"><strong>Acts 1:8 </strong>“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses…”</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Power for what?</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>To be witnesses.</li> <li>Power for mission.</li> <li>Power for purpose.</li> </ul> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The resurrected Jesus promises power, but He also gives purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And that matters because sometimes we ask God for more power, but we have not discovered or surrendered to His purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We want God to move.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We want Him to strengthen us.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We want Him to help us.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We want Him to open doors.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">But if we are honest, we still let distractions lead.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That is not just a time management problem.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That is a purpose problem.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Stephen Covey popularized an idea called the <strong>Time Management Matrix</strong>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It separates life into what is urgent and what is important.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Urgent means it demands attention now.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Important means it actually matters.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Notice…</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Important & Urgent</li> <li>Important but NOT Urgent</li> <li>Urgent but NOT Important</li> <li>NOT urgent & NOT Important</li> </ul> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here is what I want us to focus on.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">A lot of the things that matter most are important, but they are not urgent.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your kids are important, but they may not feel urgent until there is a crisis.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your marriage is important, but it may not feel urgent until distance has already grown.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your prayer life is important, but it may not feel urgent until your soul is running on empty.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your health is important, but it may not feel urgent until your body starts breaking down.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your purpose is important, but it may not feel urgent until you wake up one day wondering what your life has been about.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Important</span> things rarely scream.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Urgent</span> things always scream.</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your phone screams.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Drama screams.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deadlines scream.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Notifications scream.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Other people’s expectations scream.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">But God often whispers.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your soul whispers.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your family whispers.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your body whispers.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your calling whispers.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your purpose whispers.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And if you only respond to what screams, you will miss what God is whispering.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And that is why I am calling today’s message:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Busy… but Not Building Anything.</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is a difference between having a full schedule and building a faithful life.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is a difference between doing a lot and doing what matters.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is a difference between being tired because you were faithful and being tired because you were distracted.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">If you do not define what matters, urgency will define your life for you.</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And God has a lot to say about this.<br />Let’s look at Nehemiah 6. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Nehemiah knew what mattered.<br />Nehemiah 6:1-4</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nehemiah was a Jewish man living far from Jerusalem, serving as cupbearer to the king of Persia.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That might sound like a nice royal job, but a cupbearer was basically a poison detector.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He tasted the king’s wine before the king drank it.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">So Nehemiah did not start with a dream job.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He did not start in a perfect situation.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He was living under a foreign empire, working close to power, but still carrying a lot of pain.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">One day, Nehemiah heard that Jerusalem was in trouble.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>The wall was broken down.</li> <li>The gates had been burned.</li> <li>The people were vulnerable.</li> </ul> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And something broke inside him.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He cried.<br />He prayed.<br />He fasted.<br />He asked God for favor.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And eventually, God opened the door for him to go back and rebuild the wall.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">But this was not just a wall.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It was restoration.<br />Protection.<br />Identity.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nehemiah knew what mattered.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And if you have ever felt like God put purpose in you, but you can never find the time to build it, pay attention to Nehemiah.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In Nehemiah 6, the wall is almost finished.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">No gaps are left.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Something terribly destructive happens… He gets a note from surrounding leaders who opposed the work send Nehemiah a message… Read these terrible words…</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color">Nehemiah 6:2<br />“Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.”<br /></mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Doesn’t seem terrible or destructive. Seems friendly and neighborly. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">They request a meeting.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It sounds harmless.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just a meeting.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just a conversation.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just come down for a minute.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nehemiah says they were scheming to harm him.  …but I don’t even want to focus on that… I want to point out this…</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">They wanted him to stop what was important and busy himself with something that was urgent but not important.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Do you see this? This is more destructive than you realize.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">They invite him to Ono, and Nehemiah basically says:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">“Oh no.”</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not coming down.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When the urgent tries to steal the important we need to say Oh no.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When distraction tries to interrupt obedience Oh no.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When people pressure you into something God did not assign you… Oh no.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here is how Nehemiah responded.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color">Nehemiah 6:3<br />“I am carrying on a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">great project</span> and cannot go down.”<br /></mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nehemiah knew what mattered.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He knew what he was building.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He knew the work would stop if he came down.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">So he refused.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not every invitation is an assignment.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not every opportunity is your opportunity.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not every urgent request deserves your yes.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not every good thing is a God thing.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When you know what matters, you can recognize distraction.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am doing something important!<br />And I can’t meet with you at this time.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color">Nehemiah 6:4<br />“<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Four</span> times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same <span style="text-decoration: underline;">answer</span>.”<br /></mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">How many times? Four times.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The distraction came back.<br />The pressure came back.<br />The invitation came back.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Important work is not just about one big decision.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Important work is about repeated obedience.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Distraction is repetitive, so obedience must become repetitive.</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The habit was not just building the wall.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The habit was also refusing to be distracted.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The apostle Paul says like this in Ephesians 5:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color">Ephesians 5:15-16<br />“Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Be careful how you live.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your time matters.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your attention matters.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your yes matters.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your no matters.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your wall matters.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">So let’s make this practical.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">What is your wall?</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nehemiah had a wall. What is yours?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What is the good work God has put in front of you in this season?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not your whole life.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not ten years from now.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This season.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What matters right now?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your walk with Jesus?<br />Your family?<br />Your marriage?<br />Your kids?<br />Your health?<br />Your calling?<br />Your recovery?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your serving?<br />Your peace?<br />Your obedience?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Call to Action: Don’t Let Urgent Steal Important</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Today, I want you to take three steps.</p> <p>If you do not name what matters, urgency will name it for you.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">1. Write it.<br />I’m building ______, so I will not come down for ______.</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pray over that answer.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Do not just write something down. Ask God, “Is this what You are calling me to build?”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Then keep it somewhere you will see it.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Put it on your mirror.<br />Put it in your Bible.<br />Put it on your dashboard.<br />Remind yourself of your purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">2. Start a conversation about your calling. (fill out a Connection Card)</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Use your connection card to start a conversation.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Give us your prayer request.<br />Learn more about your next step.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Turn that card in today.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">3. Come pray.</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Prayer is important.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">But a lot of us only pray when it becomes urgent.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Today, make prayer important before life makes it urgent.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you need God to show you what matters, come pray.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">If urgency has been running your life, come pray.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you know what matters but need strength to stay faithful, come pray.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We have people ready to pray with you.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The resurrected Jesus promised power for purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Come pray and ask the Holy Spirit for power to build what matters.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">
May 17, 2026
30 Days of Purpose – 3 – Are You Running on Empty or Filled for a Purpose?
<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://youtu.be/JbwZn68o6tA?si=KaUJV7lc4chmBWDN </div> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://redemptionplano.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HANDOUT-3-Are-you-running-on-empty-or-filled-with-purpose.pdf">Follow along with us!</a></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#fcb900" class="has-inline-color">30 Days of Purpose – Make Every Day Matter<br /></mark><br />There’s a quote often attributed to Mark Twain that says:</p> <p><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">The two most important days in your life are the day you are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">born</span> and the day you discover <span style="text-decoration: underline;">why</span>.<br /></mark><br />I’ve thought about that a lot as a pastor.</p> <p>Some of the hardest phone calls I take are from people who need some<strong>thing</strong>.</p> <p>They need rent money.<br />They need a bill paid.<br />They need help with a crisis.<br />They need a relationship fixed.<br />They need a door to open.</p> <p>And I want to help. I have helped.</p> <p>But one painful thing I’ve seen over and over is this:</p> <p>Often they get the <strong>thing</strong> they asked for… but they are still empty.</p> <p><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">We don’t just need something to get through the week. We need a reason to live.</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The money helped, but it did not heal them.<br />The object solved a problem, but it did not give them purpose.<br />The relationship brought comfort for a moment, but it did not become a reason to live.</p> <p><mark style="background-color:#fcb900" class="has-inline-color">Are You Running on Empty or Filled for a Purpose?<br /></mark>Welcome-<br />3<sup>rd</sup> week of our series 30 Days of Purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have a counterintuitive thought for us today.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Meaning <span style="text-decoration: underline;">grows</span> when your life <span style="text-decoration: underline;">flows outward</span>.<br /></mark><br />We assume more money, more comfort, more entertainment, more attention, and more convenience would make us more alive.</p> <p>But we are one of the most comfortable, entertained, wealthy cultures in human history… and we are still falling apart.</p> <p>Anxiety is rising.<br />Depression is rising.<br />Loneliness is rising.<br />Meaninglessness is rising.</p> <p>More comfort does not always mean more peace.<br />More entertainment does not always mean more joy.<br />More connection online does not always mean more belonging in real life.</p> <p>Maybe the problem is not that we lack more.</p> <p>Maybe the problem is that too much of life only flows inward.</p> <p>Instead of giving you more statistics and studies for a minute… let me show you one of the most fascinating geographical places on earth.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s a place where almost nothing lives.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">No fish.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">No plant life.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Almost nothing survives there.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And what’s strange is…</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">it’s not small.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s not dry.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Water constantly flows into it.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is called the Dead Sea.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#fcb900" class="has-inline-color">The Dead Sea only flows in. Nothing flows out.<br /></mark><br />The Jordan River flows into the Dead Sea… but nothing flows out.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Dead Sea sits over 1,400 feet below sea level, making it one of the lowest land formations on earth.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Water flows in continually… but because it has no outlet, the water evaporates and leaves massive amounts of salt behind.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The salt concentration becomes so extreme that almost nothing can survive there.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That is why it is called the Dead Sea.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It receives… but it never releases.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is a lesson here:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What only flows inward eventually becomes lifeless.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">If life becomes consume, comfort me, entertain me, protect me, serve me, and bless me, eventually something starts dying inside of us.<br /></mark><br />And honestly, church can become that too.</p> <p><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">If church becomes consume, comfort me, entertain me, protect me, serve me, and bless me, eventually something starts dying inside of us.<br /></mark><br />Nothing that God created to live and flourish can survive </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We were created to let life flow outward.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is exactly what Jesus taught us.</p> <p><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color">John 7:37-38<br />37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.<br />38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jesus does not give us a pond, pool, or puddle.<br />He gives rivers.</p> <p><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Jesus fills you with life, so life can flow through you.<br /></mark><br />He does not fill us so we can become spiritual Dead Seas.<br /><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color">Mark 10:45:<br />“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve…”<br /></mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jesus did not come to be served… We see Jesus serve others constantly.</p> <p>Followers of Jesus hear me… we are not here to be served, but to serve.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">The fullest life ever lived was a poured-out life.<br /></mark><br />Jesus healed.<br />Jesus served.<br />Jesus fed the hungry.<br />Jesus protected the abused.<br />Jesus washed feet.<br />Jesus carried the cross.</p> <p>Jesus poured Himself out for us.<br />Every day of his life his life was poured out for others.<br />On the cross water & blood poured from his side.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The life of Jesus is known today because he poured himself out for others.<br />Not known for looks, riches, family name…</p> <p><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Meaning grows when your life flows outward.<br /></mark><br />What does this mean for you?<br />Even if you are not known for your looks…<br />Even if you are not known for trophies…<br />Even if you are not known for fancy riches…<br />You can be known and meaningful because you are refusing to just receive but to release.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Let the life of Jesus flow!</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Where does your life need to flow outward?</mark></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Start small. Serve someone.</mark></li> </ul> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Everybody can do this.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Encourage someone.<br />Pray for someone.<br />Help someone.<br />Show up for someone.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Start bigger. Start something.</mark></li> </ul> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maybe God is calling you to do more than one moment of kindness.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maybe there is something in your heart that needs to begin.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">A small study.<br />A prayer group.<br />A ministry idea.<br />A community outreach.<br />A way to help people.<br />A place where lonely people belong.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Don’t wait until you feel fully ready.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Purpose often starts small, but it has a habit of growing when you start flowing.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Start huge. Lead something that outlives you.</mark></li> </ul> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is where purpose gets powerful.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not just:<br />“What can I accomplish?”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">But:<br />“What can continue blessing people after me?”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lead a ministry.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Disciple people.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Build something meaningful.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Raise up others.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Invest in kids.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Develop leaders.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Create something that keeps flowing long after you are gone.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That’s living water.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That’s purpose.<br />Jesus has FILLED you for a purpose, but you must let that purpose FLOW.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And let’s be honest about what Jesus is talking about here.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When Jesus said: “Rivers of living water will flow from within them…”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He was talking about the Holy Spirit.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Spirit of God living in people.<br />The Spirit of God flowing through people.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some people have had an experience with God… but nothing has flowed in years.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some people believe in Jesus… but they are spiritually stagnant.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jesus did not say: “Barely survive spiritually.”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He said rivers.<br />Flow.<br />Movement.<br />Life.<br />Power.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We do not just need the Spirit around us.<br />We need the Spirit flowing through us.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Spirit Flow…  into our homes.<br />…into our prayers.<br />…into our serving.<br />…into our conversations.<br />…into our leadership.<br />…through our church.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We want to be a church full of the Spirit of God and flowing with the Spirit of God.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">So let’s be that kind of Church.<br />Let’s be those kind of Christians.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Come Grow, Come Flow</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Step 1 – Repent & refuse the world’s pattern</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Repent of the Dead Sea way of  life.<br />Repent of living only to consume.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">More for me.<br />More comfort.<br />More entertainment.<br />More attention.<br />More control.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Repent of that and ask Jesus to help you flow.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Step 2 – Make a commitment</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Start small. Serve someone.<br />Start bigger. Start something.<br />Start huge. Lead something that outlives you.</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Make a commitment to starting something.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Step 3 – Take a faith-filled step</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maybe you really need prayer?<br />Maybe you need to come and receive</p> <p>Maybe you need to fill out a connection card with your prayer need and next steps.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maybe you need to ask God to fill you with His Spirit and surrender yourself to worship.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And maybe for some of you… this may be your first real step toward Jesus.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your first faith-filled moment.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jesus is still inviting thirsty people to come and drink.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">So don’t stay stagnant. Come.</p>
May 10, 2026
30 Days of Purpose – 2 – When You Feel Like You’re Not Enough
<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://youtu.be/ZrrZyYTb9-M?si=d7jwcxayE2DOR4dg </div> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://redemptionplano.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HANDOUT-30-Days-Of-Purpose-2-When-You-Feel-Like-Youre-Not-Enough.pdf">Follow along with us!</a></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Welcome to Week 2 of 30 Days of Purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Last week: Why am I even here? Made on purpose, for God’s purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Today is Mother’s Day, and we are talking about a pressure that hits all of us.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">When You Feel Like You’re Not Enough</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Personal pressure: pastor, husband, dad, leader, counselor, problem solver, encourager, planner, fixer.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sometimes I can do a lot…and still think: “I don’t know if I’m enough.”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not because I do not care.<br />Not because I am not trying.<br />But because the needs are bigger than me.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mother’s Day can bring that feeling right to the surface.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Mother’s Day can be beautiful and complicated</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">For some, today is joyful.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">For some, today is painful.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some are celebrating their mother.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some are missing their mother.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some are grieving a relationship that was never what it should have been.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some are waiting, wanting, or praying to become a mother.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some are exhausted from invisible work nobody sees.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some are comparing themselves to another woman, another family, another home, another version of life.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Culture often responds with a phrase that sounds encouraging: “I am enough.”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">I am Enough</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I am enough” is not just a phrase anymore. It is an industry.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Buy it – shirt, mug, bracelet, sticker,<br />…probably a throw pillow, and maybe even a scented candle.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I understand why people like it.<br />It can help people push back against shame, comparison, and criticism.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">“I am enough” sounds encouraging, but it can become exhausting</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Eventually life will hand you a moment where the mug is lying.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are not enough for every situation.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">… to fix every person.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">…to meet every need.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">…to carry every burden.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">…to save yourself.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are not enough to be God.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And that is not shame. That is grace.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Bible does not say, “You are enough for everything.”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Bible says, “God’s grace is sufficient for you.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Bible does not say, “You are the whole body.”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Bible says, “You are a part of the body.” (1 Corinthians 12:27)</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Bible does not say, “You are the source of light.”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jesus says, “You are the light of the world,” because your light comes from Him. (Matthew 5:14)</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Bible teaches this…</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Jesus is enough. His grace supplies what I lack.</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That is freedom.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I do not have to be everything. I do not have to fix everything.<br />I do not have to carry everything. I do not have to be God.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I just need to be faithful with what God gave me.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Scripture Gives Us Something Better</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">1. You Are Not the Whole Body, but a designed part</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">1 Corinthians 12 – Paul talks about a Boby.<br />Your 1 body has many parts. It takes a lot of parts to make up 1 body.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Paul uses this to talk about the Body of Christ – the Church.<br />The Church is made up of a lot of parts.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color">1 Corinthians 12:12&14</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color"><strong><sup>12 </sup></strong>Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.  <br /><strong><sup>14 </sup></strong>Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.<br /></mark><br /><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color">1 Corinthians 12:27<br />Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Paul is saying…</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">You are not the whole body. You are a part. (1 Corinthians 12) </mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That is not an insult. That is freedom.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Paul does not say, “You are the whole body of Christ.” He says, “You are a part.”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are not called to be everything.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are called to be faithful with the part God gave you.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">A mom is not called to be God.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">A dad is not called to be God.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">A pastor is not called to be God.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">A leader is not called to be God.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">A friend is not called to be God.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Needed? Yes.<br />Gifted? Yes.<br />Valuable? Yes.<br />Everything? No. And that is grace.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">God placed the parts just as He wanted them</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your part is not random. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your gift is not an accident.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your role is not a social construct.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your personality is not a product of evolution.<br />It is all created by God… created in you.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your ability to encourage, organize, serve, pray, lead, help, teach, create, give, comfort, or notice what others miss is not random.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is PURPOSE!</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Purpose begins when you stop trying to be every part and start being faithful with your part.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">Scripture Gives Us Something Better</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">1. You Are Not the Whole Body, but a designed part</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">2. Jesus Calls You Light</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Is Jesus the light of the world?  Yes – John 8:12<br />Are you the light of the world… tempted to say no… But Jesus says yes!</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color">Matthew 5:14-16<br /></mark></strong><mark style="background-color:#abb8c3" class="has-inline-color"><strong><sup>14 </sup></strong>“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. <br /><strong><sup>15 </sup></strong>Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. <br /><strong><sup>16 </sup></strong>In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Notice what Jesus <strong>does not</strong> say:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are the light when your house is clean.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are the light when your kids are perfect.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are the light when your emotions are stable.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are the light when your calendar is under control.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are the light when you finally have it all together.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He says: You are the light of the world.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Light has one job.<br />Light just has to shine.</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Light does not have to be loud.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Light does not have to be impressive.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Light does not have to be what others desire.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Light just has to shine.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your light shines through good deeds, not to glorify you, but so people glorify your Father in heaven.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We shine in different ways…</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Serving, forgiving, creating, listening, encouragement…<br />Hospitality, raising children with love, helping, giving…<br />Staying faithful when it feels no one notices.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You do not have to be everything. But you do have to shine.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">God’s design is for you to shine. 3 Steps</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">1. Name the Script</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What “not enough” script have you been believing?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not a good enough mom.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not spiritual enough.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not successful enough.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not organized enough.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not strong enough.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not doing enough.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Name it, because a lie you never name gets to keep talking.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Replace it with truth: I do not have to be enough for everything.<br />Jesus is enough. His grace supplies what I lack.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">2. Find Your Part</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You have a part to play!</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What has God actually given me?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What do people come to me for?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What do I notice that others miss?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">How do I naturally help people?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Where do I bring life?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What gift has God placed in me?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And help others find their part!<br />Your family plays a part… does your family know this?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Family Purpose Conversation</mark></strong></p> <ol class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">What is one thing God has made each of us good at?</mark></strong></li> <li><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Who around us needs encouragement, help, prayer, or kindness?</mark></strong></li> <li><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">What is one thing our family can do this week to shine?</mark></strong></li> </ol> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This week, have a family purpose conversation.<br />We printed slips with these three questions. Grab one on the way out.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">“What is one thing God has made each of us good at?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Who around us needs encouragement, help, prayer, or kindness?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What is one thing our family can do this week to shine?”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#8ed1fc" class="has-inline-color">3. Shine This Week</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Encourage one person.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pray for one person.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Serve one person.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Invite one person.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Help one person.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tell someone about Jesus.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Use one gift on purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This week, do not try to be everything.<br />Just be faithful with what God gave you.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">This body needs you. This world needs you.</mark></strong></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are a part of the body of Christ. We need you.<br />We don’t require you to do everything… we just need you to be you.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are the light of the world. This world needs you to shine.<br />Wherever you go – you are needed!</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What if we accepted the call of Jesus to walk in purpose?</p> <p>What if we stopped comparing gifts and start celebrating them.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What if mom’s were not crushed under impossible expectations.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Imagine a church where women are honored, men are faithful, children are loved, singles are seen, seniors are valued, and families live on purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lord let us be a place where every person knows they have a purpose.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not everyone has the same gift, role, or story, but everyone matters.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The body needs you. The world needs your light. God is glorified when you faithfully shine where He placed you.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You are not enough… and that is ok<br /><mark style="background-color:#00d084" class="has-inline-color">Jesus is Enough</mark></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">One of the best ways to recognize this is communion.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deacons come – they bring the elements we need to take communion together.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">All are welcome to take communion with us.<br />Raise your hand if you are needing the elements.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The gospel is not: I am enough.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The gospel is: Jesus is enough. His grace supplies what I lack.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Communion is where we stop pretending to be enough.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We do not come to Jesus saying, “Look how strong I am.”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We come saying, “Jesus, I need You.”</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">His body was given for us.<br />His blood was shed for us.<br />His grace supplies what we lack.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the night Jesus was betrayed, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and said:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is my body, given for you.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The body of Jesus was enough for our brokenness. Take and eat.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the same way, after supper He took the cup and said:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This cup is the new covenant in my blood.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The blood of Jesus was enough for our forgiveness. Take and drink.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jesus, thank You that we do not have to save ourselves. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thank You that Your body was given and Your blood was shed.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thank You that Your grace is enough for tired people, hurting people, striving people, and people who feel like they are not enough. Amen.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Communion reminds us: We are not enough to save ourselves, but Jesus paid it all.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not some of it. Not most of it. Not only the part we could not handle. Jesus paid it all.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">As we sing, this space is open for you.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you need prayer today, come.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you are tired from trying to be enough, come.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you are ready to surrender your life to Jesus, come.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not enough. Jesus is enough. His grace supplies what I lack.</p>
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