Las Cruces First

From Pain to Purpose ❤️‍🔥🙌

Today’s message challenged us to look at pain differently.

What the enemy meant to wound you, God can use to shape you. The cave was never meant to destroy David—it was where God developed his character and prepared him for the promise.

Remember these key truths from today:

• Pain becomes purpose when we place it in God’s hands.

• God’s promises are never broken, but they are always tested.

• The palace gives you position, but the cave gives you character.

• The character of a child of God is revealed in how they treat those who have hurt them.

• Forgiveness is trusting God with justice instead of taking revenge ourselves.

• True success is reaching God’s purpose with a healthy heart.

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” — Ephesians 4:32

What pain are you trusting God to turn into purpose today

It was not you who sent me here, but God. ❤️‍🔥🙌

Today’s message challenged us to look at our pain differently. The prison was able to enclose Joseph’s body, but it could not enclose his calling! What seemed like a prison, God turned into a plan of redemption.

Remember these key truths from today:
🔹 The root is the heart. Behavior is just the fruit. God wants to give us a heart of flesh, not stone.

🔹 Promotion requires maturity. The blessing isn’t dangerous; receiving it with an immature, wounded heart is.

🔹 Forgiveness is a choice. It means letting go of the right to take revenge and trusting God to do justice.

Lord, when you give me more, I want to have a healthy heart to administer your blessing. I don’t want to repeat what they did to me; I want to reflect what You did to me.” Amen! 🙌