God’s Preparation for Your Next Chapter

How does God use each chapter of your life to prepare you for the next? In this episode, Pastor Julie, Pastor Kate Czechowicz, and Melissa Miller discuss how God uses even the hard parts of your story as preparation for your next assignment.   

SHOW NOTES

So Good Moments: 

• How Kate and Melissa healed from their broken childhoods and allowed God to write a different story for their future.
• How to depend on the Holy Spirit during tense conversations.  
• The importance of speaking life and hope over others and our circumstances.
• How God used a trial in Kate’s health to teach her about wholeness.
• Why Melissa feels equipped by God to speak to her adopted kids about their hard past. 
• The secret ingredient God uses to prepare us for the amazing things He has planned…and more!

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Questions for Discussion: 

• How could you relate to Kate or Melissa’s story of brokenness that God redeemed? 
• Kate talked about inviting the Holy Spirit into tough conversations; why do you think this is important?
• Melissa talked about the importance of not labeling our differences or disagreements as permanent—why is it important to speak the language of hope in our relationships?  
• In what way has God used your past to prepare you for your present? 
• What do you think God is using in your life right now to prepare you for what He has for you next?
• Banana bread question just for fun: Plain, chocolate chips, or walnuts?