Many of the pieces in Pursuing Holiness aren’t meant to be rushed.
They surface questions, resistance, and conviction that often need time — and honesty — before clarity comes.
If something here unsettles you, begin by bringing it to God in prayer.
Sit with Him in it, and ask what He may be showing you before trying to
resolve it.
Some have found it helpful — as I have — to write honestly alongside that
prayer. Not to polish thoughts or force conclusions, but to name what’s
surfacing and see it more clearly in the light.
And at times, we need more than our own reflection. Scripture tells us that
iron sharpens iron. If you find yourself stuck, unsure how to
proceed, or needing a safe place to bring something into the open, the
Fellowship board exists for that purpose — not as
a crowd, but as a quiet place to be heard.
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9:38 • Testimony
Confession is more than admitting failure — it is the pathway out of secrecy and into the light. This reflection traces how honest exposure before God dismantles shame, restores spiritual clarity, and breaks patterns that thrive in hiding.
It distinguishes real confession from ritual, performance, or “say it and move on” religion. Instead, it presents confession as a sustained practice of repentance, humility, and renewed obedience — the kind that reorders the heart and revives prayer.
17:00 • Prologue
Many believers love the idea of holiness, yet find themselves stalled in patterns they cannot explain. This opening reflection names that tension without hype, tracing my own confusion, disillusionment, and growing awareness that the faith I was practicing could not be sustained as it was being lived.
Rather than offering techniques or formulas, it records what happened when Scripture was taken seriously and followed as faithfully as I knew how—exposing the limits of performance, the cost of secrecy, and the longing for a conscience no longer divided. What unfolds here is not arrival, but the unraveling that made deliverance possible.
8:02 • Testimony
Forgiveness is not denial, and it isn’t sentimental weakness. This piece wrestles with the slow, costly work of releasing bitterness, resisting resentment, and choosing mercy when the flesh wants justice on its own terms.
It explores the spiritual mechanics of unforgiveness — how it binds the heart, clouds discernment, and hardens compassion — and points toward the practical steps of surrender, prayer, and truth-telling that make forgiveness possible.
14:55 • Reflections
This reflection confronts the tension between the “old man” and the new life Christ calls us into. It’s about the pull of instinct, ego, and self-protection — and the daily choice to put those impulses to death in favor of humility, restraint, and love.
Rather than treating growth as a personality upgrade, it frames it as discipleship: learning to walk in the Spirit when you would rather react in the flesh. It’s a call to honest self-examination and deliberate obedience.
11:40 • Reflections
This reflection is about surrender before direction — learning to stop assuming what God will ask, and to wait without rushing ahead.
It traces how hidden shame can turn into lifelong self-protection, and how God quietly redeems even “wise” systems that were really just armor. The call isn’t to present plans, projects, or good intentions, but to present body, mind, and will — ready for what He reveals, even if it upends expectation.
15:50 • Reflections
God measures faithfulness differently than the world does. This meditation reflects on costly obedience — the quiet sacrifices no one applauds — and why true devotion often looks small, hidden, and unimpressive from the outside.
It connects the widow’s offering to a life of surrender: giving God what is real, not what is convenient. The focus is the heart — trust, humility, and worship expressed through practical faithfulness.
5:15 • Reflections
A reflective look at what happens when truth arrives before we are formed to carry it—why haste strains the soul, and how waiting becomes part of holiness rather than a failure of faith.
7:10 • Reflections
If you've ever hesitated at the sight of a cardboard sign… or wondered whether compassion makes you naïve… this story will challenge, comfort, and encourage you to give boldly, wisely, and joyfully.
7:45 • Reflections
What began as an outreach became something deeper—a moment where the Spirit pressed on my assumptions about compassion. Lessons don’t all come from sermons, but from places where comfort and caution collide.
10:40 • Testimony
When sin hardened my heart and life unraveled, God met me in the one place I never expected—my lowest point. This is the story of how He used guilt, fear, and a broken conscience to bring me back to the only hope I had left.
7:40 • Testimony
Long before the fall came the fracture. Torn between the God who called me and the world that promised relief, I learned to live with one foot in the light and one in the shadows. This is the chapter where double-mindedness took root.
