Insights
🕊️ “Trouble has an expiration date, but trauma can last for 30 years.”
🧠 God is more interested in our obedience than our intellect, as obedience is proven best when we don’t fully comprehend the reasons behind it.
🌱 Pruning is not punishment, but a sign of value and growth; God cuts to heal us, not to kill us.
🙏 Trusting God in difficult times requires having both fear and faith, as fear does not negate the possibility of having faith.
💰 Sometimes in business, you have to take risks and make sacrifices, even if it means losing something valuable like a car.
💔 “The purpose of ‘Crushing’ is not just to get you out of trouble, but to get you out of trauma that threatens to ruin your future.”
🙏 Peter’s response to Jesus’ question shows his unwavering trust in God, acknowledging that there is nowhere else to go for eternal life.
⛵️ How you respond to trouble determines your outcome – will you stay on board the boat or jump off for something that seems better but could be detrimental?
Summary
TLDR: Trusting God and staying committed during difficult times leads to growth and transformation.
- 📞 The speaker shares a personal story about his son having a heart attack while he was in Nigeria, expressing his confusion and desire to understand why it happened.
1.1 The speaker shares a personal story about traveling to Nigeria to speak at a large event when he received a phone call from his son.
1.2 The speaker’s son had a heart attack and the speaker rushed to be by his side, praying for his recovery and expressing his confusion and desire to understand why this happened.
- 🙏 Trust God even when he doesn’t answer, focus on surviving and obeying rather than seeking explanations.
2.1 You don’t get answers from God or doctors because they don’t explain themselves, even if you want them.
2.2 Can you trust God when he doesn’t answer? Seeking answers while suffering is dangerous and can be a distraction, so focus on surviving and dealing with the present rather than understanding why.
2.3 Sometimes you have to walk in the dark and trust God’s plan, even when you don’t understand, because obedience is more important than intellect.
- 🙏 Trust God in times of suffering and difficulty, as He prunes us to heal and show our value, not to punish us, even when we feel weak.
3.1 God prunes us to show our value and to heal us, not to punish or curse us, and we must trust Him even in times of suffering and difficulty.
3.2 The speaker had to trust God while preaching despite being in great pain and needing assistance to stand up afterwards, highlighting the paradox between strength and weakness.
- 🤔 Trusting God means seeing the crushing moments from His perspective, even when we can’t fully understand, because He knows what we need even when we don’t.
- 😔 The speaker shares a personal story about going through financial struggles in his family business, including having to put up his car as collateral for a loan and ultimately losing it, leading him to question why it happened to him.
- 📚 Instead of asking “why me,” we should ask “why not me” when facing setbacks, as tough challenges are necessary for growth and leadership, and seeking God’s plan helps avoid lasting trauma from trouble.
6.1 When facing setbacks and crises, instead of asking “why me,” we should ask “why not me,” as tough decisions and challenges are necessary for growth and leadership.
6.2 The purpose of seeking God’s plan for your life is to avoid being left with trauma from trouble, as trouble has an expiration date but trauma can last for years.
- 🌩️ Enduring the storm and staying in the ship is the solution to our problems, rather than seeking temporary comfort, as Apostle Paul teaches, and Peter chooses to stay with Jesus because he believes in the words of eternal life.
7.1 In the midst of a storm, Apostle Paul encourages people to stay in the ship and endure the process, as it is the solution to their problems, rather than jumping ship for temporary comfort.
7.2 Jesus taught a lesson about the true meaning of the bread and wine, causing many followers to leave, but Peter chose to stay because he believed that Jesus held the words of eternal life.
- 🙏 Choose to trust God and stay committed during difficult times, as embracing sorrow and having faith leads to growth and transformation in life and marriage.
8.1 Choose to stay in the process and trust God during difficult times, even when it seems easier to jump ship, because embracing the sorrow and having faith is what leads to growth and transformation.
8.2 Stay committed and work together as a team in marriage, as success requires both partners to make decisions and not give up during tough times.
