HOW TO MOVE ON WITH GRACE, Pt. 2

Moving on with grace is the central theme of this podcast episode, as Pastor Christine Desiree delves into the journey of personal growth and transformation. She emphasizes the importance of focusing on nourishing activities that enrich the mind, body, and spirit during challenging times. By engaging in practices like journaling, listeners can process their emotions and gain clarity, helping to counteract negativity with positive affirmations from scripture. Pastor Christine also encourages envisioning a new chapter in life, mapping out steps to achieve personal goals, and embracing new beginnings, despite the discomfort that change can bring. Ultimately, she reminds us that God is continually doing a new thing in our lives, urging us to remain open to the possibilities that lie ahead.

Links referenced in this episode:

• pastorchristinedesiree.com
• triumphcitychurch.com

Episode Transcript

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Hello, everyone.
This is Pastor Christine Desiree.
And today I am continuing onour series, how to move on with grace.
How to let go of ugly and moveon with grace.
There is part one this episodeseries and go back and submit if
you have not done so.
So today is number four, howdo we move on with grace?

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And number four is focus onyour personal growth.
Focus on your personal growth.
Use this time to.
And I know it's hard to hearbecause you might be hurting right
now or you might be wounded,you might be grieving your heart
sick, but trust me when I saythis period that you are in right

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now is an opportunity for growth.
This period is a gift.
So you want to pick yourselfup and engage in activities that
will nourish your soul.
You want to engage inactivities that will nourish your
intellect.
You want to engage inactivities that will nourish your

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body, okay?
Whether it's through readingor journaling or joining your church,
Bible study, or small group,or even starting a new hobby, Remember
last week we said, don'tisolate yourself.
Find a community.
Let this be a time of positivetransformation for you.

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For me, when I was goingthrough that difficult period of
breaking up with my past, someof, you know, my testimony, journaling
was a big opportunity for mefor personal growth.
It actually helped me healfaster by writing down my hurts and
by writing down my feelingsand my experiences that brought so

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much clarity and healing to me.
And one of the things I woulddo, I would write down a negative
thing that happened to me inthat relationship, and then right
next to it, I would write ascripture that counter attacked that
negativity.
I would write down a negativethought that I felt about myself,
and then I would write ascripture next to it, what God thought

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about me.
And that really helped me.
So journaling really workedfor me.
Journaling really worked for me.
So focus on personal growth.
It really works.
Number five.
Envision a new chapter.
See a new chapter.
What does moving on look likefor you?

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I want you to have a vision of that.
Visualize where you want to beand chart it out.
Chart out your next step.
Sometimes you have to writedown those steps, okay?
Before we can achieve them, wehave to map it out.
So map out what it looks liketo move on.
There are going to be dayswhere the way forward is a huge fog

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because you are bogged downwith emotional pain and hurts and
feelings.
So the days and lookingforward is going to look like a huge
fog.
So it really helps to chartthings out.
It really helps to map things Out.
It really helps to envisionyour new chapter in your life.
Number six, embrace new beginnings.

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Okay?
And this can be a difficultone, but embrace new beginnings.
Change might be intimidating.
Change is not good.
I remember when I left thatrelationship, I did not know who
I was.
It took me a while to finishbecause I was married, as you all
know, and then I got divorced.

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And then I was single again.
And I really didn't know thelife of singlehood because I got
married when I was a younggirl, okay?
And So I was young, 20, like21 years old when I got married.
And then when I got a divorce10 years later and now I'm single,
I didn't know where I fit.
I didn't know if I was divorced.

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I.
I mean, I was divorced, but Ididn't know where I fit.
Okay?
In our church, we didn't haveany divorce care or anything like
that.
So I was stuck.
I did not feel comfortablewith the single people.
I was definitely notcomfortable with the married people.
So it was hard embracing thatchange, embracing that new beginning.
So change will be intimidating.

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It will feel intimidating.
I felt so uncomfortable.
But it also bringsopportunities for a fresh start.
And that's what you need, anew beginning.
So consider Isaiah's wordsabout God doing a new thing and be
receptive to the new chaptersor the new chapters in your life

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and then be open to new possibilities.
A lot of times when we'restuck in pain and we're trying to
move on, and I say trying tomove on, we're making an effort to
move on, we shut ourselvesdown to new possibilities because
it doesn't feel good orbecause it's different.
It's a change.
But open up yourself to new possibilities.
Know that God is doing a newthing in your life.

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God is doing a new thing.
The minute that you left thatrelationship, God is doing a new
thing and he is going tocontinue to do that new thing.
Receive it, and don't allowthe devil to allow you to cause you
to miss out on your blessing.
Thank you for joining me onthis podcast episode today.

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You can go to pastorchristinedesiree.com for more information
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And remember, we do have alocal church.
You can visit ourwebsite@triumph citychurch.com that's

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triumphcitychurch.com.