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Reflect: Think of one place in your life right now where you'd give the "right answer" if someone asked what you believe — but where you're quietly resisting the path Jesus is actually leading you down. Where are you an admirer of Christ instead of a follower? Name it honestly, even if just to yourself.
Act: This week, pick one thing you've been protecting — your time, your control over an outcome, your comfort, a grudge, a plan — and consciously hand it over. Not manage it better. Surrender it. Write down what it cost you to let go, and what you noticed on the other side of losing it.
Extra step for this Sunday: As you come forward for healing prayer (or as you pray at your seat), bring the real wound, not the managed version of it. Ask God for what you actually need, not what feels safe to ask for.