ANCHOR + WAVES

We often speak of our “calling,” but what does that really mean? Mordecai exemplifies the model of where we find our identity, because that is where we will find our favor. We must know the caller before we can know how to respond. ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ What would you name as your “calling” other than following Christ? ✅ If it’s true that humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less, how often do conversations and actions revolve around you? Do you model self-forgetfulness? ✅ “What if you were created for such a time as this?” - What does that mean to you, personally? ✅ Who is the “caller” in your life, or who consumes your thoughts? In other words, who has your attention? ============================= Scripture Reading: ============================= 📖 Psalms 30 ============================= The Story of Esther: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland   A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

The things we put in front of us every day can have a great influence on our focus and attitude. God designed us to be free, not to be caught up in the daily gains and losses that can be a distraction from the good God has for us. Join Stacy, Jacque, and special guest, author Whitney Lowe as they discuss ways to adjust our focus so that we can be filled and purposeful with our lives. ============================= Resources: ============================= 🔗 How To Take A Personal Retreat PDF [https://chialpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/How-to-Take-a-Personal-Retreat-with-God_2019_web.pdf] ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUESTS:: Alayna Lehman 🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland   A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

There is none who Haman loves more than himself. The real danger arises when we surround ourselves with those who validate our ego. Pride, like lust, is a thought sin, and unseen sin can be the sneakiest. So, how do we take our thoughts captive and bend them to Christ out of submission and humility? When we seek favor from within ourselves, we will always live from a place of unrest and anxiety.  ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ How would you define pride? I threw out a lot of descriptive words in what Samuel associated with pride: disobedience, rebellion, lack of trust and idolatry, anger, fear, insubordination. How would you customize a definition that is specific to your life and struggle? ✅ What prideful parallels did you begin noticing in your personal life? What people, circumstances, and events stir up anger and insubordination within you? ✅ What areas of your life feel impossible to be submissive and find serenity? ✅ Make a list of things you could do this week that might put you in positions of humility? ============================= Scripture Reading: ============================= 📖 2 Corinthians 10 📖 Philippians 4:8 ============================= The Story of Esther: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland   A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Amidst our current culture that still struggles to say “no” and find our “best yes,” we meet a king who is the ultimate people pleaser - always saying “yes” at any cost in order to gain favor and maintain his ego. He seems to beg others to find their favor in him, as he estimates his own worth based on their impressions of him. But finding favor from others demands scorekeeping, and the seduction of idolatry - of oneself. ============================= Reflection: ============================= ✅ Whose favor are you seeking more than that of God? What about them causes you to desire their favor and acceptance more than God? ✅ In what subtle ways do you petition others to seek your approval and favor? ✅ Earlier I said the line: “I don’t have favorites, but if I did, it would be you.” Favor is the Latin root of the word favorite and means “preferred before all others of the same kind.” Can you believe you are God’s favorite and preferred before all others of the same kind? Why or why not? ============================= Scripture Reading: ============================= 📖 Psalm 84:11 📖 Romans 2 ============================= The Story of Esther: A Product of Anchor + Waves Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing 🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland   A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

The things we put front of us everyday can have great influence on our focus and attitude. God designed us to be free, not to be caught up in the daily gains and loses that can be a distraction from the good God has for us. Join Stacy, Jacque and special guest, author Whitney Lowe as they discuss ways to adjust our focus so that we can be filled and purposeful with our lives. ============================= Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits ============================= 🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig 🎉 SPECIAL GUESTS:: Whitney Lowe 🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions 🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland   A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO. © Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved