Let’s Talk! Ep. 9 | What Are You Still Holding Back?
Revival Nights may be over, but what God started in us doesn't have to end there.
After three nights of worship, prayer, repentance, and responding to God, the question becomes:
Now what?
In Episode 9 of Let's Talk!, Billy sits down with Pastor Dale and Pastor Brian to continue the conversation from 1 Samuel 15 and the story of Saul.
Saul believed he had obeyed God. He did most of what God asked. But when Samuel confronted him, the evidence told a different story.
And that's where Saul's story gets close to home.
We can rationalize, justify, blame, stay busy, or point to all the areas where we're doing well while protecting the one area we don't want Jesus to touch.
The conversation gets practical about self-deception, private sin, addiction and recovery, accountability, control, religious performance, conviction, repentance, and what happens when someone loves us enough to tell us the truth.
They also talk about the difference between struggling with sin and becoming numb to it. Sanctification is a process. We will fall. The question is whether we defend our disobedience or bring it into the light, receive God's grace, get back up, and keep following Jesus.
Revival isn't only about what happened in the room. If God revealed something, awakened something, or asked us to surrender something, now we get to walk it out.
What does obedience look like Wednesday morning when Revival Nights are over?
Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:1-23
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People's Church | Fresno, California
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
Use these questions with your small group, family, friends, or for personal reflection:
Looking back at Revival Nights, what did God reveal, challenge, awaken, or ask you to surrender? What are you going to do with it now?
Where are you rationalizing, justifying, or minimizing something you already know God is asking you to address?
When was the last time you genuinely felt convicted by the Holy Spirit? Is there an area where you've become less sensitive to His voice?
Who in your life has permission to tell you the truth even when you don't want to hear it? How do you normally respond when someone confronts you?
Are you using obedience in one area to justify holding onto control somewhere else? What might your own "sin offset" look like?
If God brought something to mind during Revival Nights or this conversation, what does walking in obedience look like this week? Who can you invite into that process so you don't walk it alone?
Take a moment to pray: Jesus, thank You for what You've done in us. Don't let what You started become only a moment we remember. Show me anything I'm defending that You're asking me to surrender. Give me courage to receive Your conviction without hiding or rationalizing. Thank You that Your mercy is greater than my failure. Help me repent, receive Your grace, and walk in obedience.
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