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FAITH CHALLENGE — "The Stay Challenge" John 14:15–21 | May 10, 2026
This week's challenge is built around one question: Where in your life have you been quietly quitting on God — and what would it look like to re-engage?
REFLECT
Take 10–15 minutes this week — maybe with your coffee, maybe before bed — and sit with these questions. Write down whatever comes honestly.
1. Where have you pulled back? Think about your prayer life, your church involvement, your relationships, your service. Where have you been doing the bare minimum? Not out of guilt — just honest inventory.
2. Where have you felt God pulling back? Have there been seasons where God felt absent or distant? Looking back now, do you see evidence of the Paraclete — the one who stays — even when you didn't feel it?
3. Who in your life has modeled "staying"? A mother, a mentor, a friend. Someone who didn't quit on you when quitting would have been easier. What did their faithfulness cost them — and what did it give you?
ACT
Choose one of the following this week:
→ Re-engage one thing. Pick one area where you've been going through the motions — prayer, scripture, a relationship, a ministry — and show up fully for it just once this week. One honest conversation. One unhurried prayer. One act of love that costs you something.
→ Tell someone thank you. Reach out to one person who stayed with you — a mother, a mentor, anyone who never quit on you — and tell them specifically what their faithfulness meant. A text, a call, a handwritten note. Don't let the week pass without saying it.
→ Memorize one verse. "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." — John 14:18. Write it on a card. Put it where you'll see it every day this week. Let it be the anchor when the week gets hard.
The Spirit — the one who stays — has never quit on you. Don't quit on the Spirit.