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This week reminded me of something important. My wife has been sick, which has meant I've had to carry a lot more than usual. Between work, family and all the moving parts of life, it quickly reminded me how much we rely on the people around us. We often think strength means doing everything ourselves. I don't think that's true. God created us for community. To encourage one another. To pray for one another. To help carry one another's burdens. One thing I've realised is that even when life is going well, we still need people around us. We need wisdom, support, accountability and sometimes just someone to remind us that we're not walking alone. That's really why this community exists. Not just for me to post something and everyone quietly reads it. I'd love for us to actually connect. What's happening in your world right now? What are you struggling with? What prayer needs do you have? What has God been teaching you lately? Maybe you've come across a scripture that's encouraged you.Maybe you've learned something that could help someone else.Maybe you're going through a difficult season and need support. Drop a comment. Send a message. Start a conversation. I'm certainly not the be-all and end-all. Some of the greatest encouragement often comes from other people in the community. Galatians 6:2 says: "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ." Let's do more of that. On another note, some of you know that my wife and I are also building a new coaching community called The Way to 10K. We help coaches work towards and hit their first $10K month and beyond. Different community. Different goal. This group is about faith, encouragement and growing closer to God. The Way to 10K is for those who want help turning their knowledge, skills or experience into income. If that's something you'd like to know more about, just send me a DM and I'll happily share what we're building. Hope you all have a blessed week. And seriously, don't be strangers.

I was praying this morning and God took me back to a time when I was much younger. Back then, I felt like I had the world at my feet. I believed I could do almost anything. I attempted things with a kind of reckless faith. The funny thing is, I didn’t have any proof. I didn’t have any big wins. I didn’t have decades of experience. I just believed. Then life happens. Businesses fail. People let you down. Plans don’t work out. You get disappointed. You get hurt. And without even noticing it, you start replacing faith with proof. You stop saying, “I believe.” And you start saying, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” And maybe that’s why God took me back there this morning. Not because He wanted me to remember my old dreams. Some of those dreams have changed. Some of them weren’t even the right dreams. Life moves on. God grows us. The destination changes. But what God showed me wasn’t the dream. It was the belief. The way I believed. The way I trusted. The way I looked at the future and thought anything was possible. Before failure taught me to be careful. Before disappointment taught me to lower my expectations. Before life taught me to look for proof before I believed. And maybe that’s the message. God isn’t asking you to believe today. He’s asking you to remember. Remember the way you used to believe. Remember the way you used to trust. Remember the way you used to look at the future with expectation. Not because you’re going back. You’re not. You’re moving forward. But maybe God wants you to move forward with the same belief you once had. The dreams may be different. The vision may be different. The calling may be different. But the belief? The belief needs to come back. Because failure doesn’t steal your future. It steals your belief in your future. And maybe today God simply wants you to remember.

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Is money more important than prayer? Id love to hear your thoughts?