Thrive Teaching Discussions

Thrive is a community dedicated to fostering meaningful conversations about faith and identity. We share teaching notes to inspire prayerful consideration of the truths we proclaim about who God says we are and who God is. Our discussions also address the reality of an enemy seeking to steal our health, peace, and prosperity. But our loving, patient, and Holy God is on our side and has overcome that enemy. Join us as we seek to deepen our understanding and strengthen our spiritual journey together in a supportive, faith-driven environment.

Theme: Repentance, healing, surrender, and transformation

Change Is Beyond Your Control

17:49

1. Opening Statement

Change is not just about trying harder. In Thrive, we believe real change begins when we turn from what is broken, invite God into the wound, and allow Him to shape our future. Pillar 8 is where we stop negotiating with the old life and start asking God to do what only He can do: heal, sanctify, and transform us. This is not shallow self-improvement. This is spiritual renewal.

Releasing the Debt Before Moving Forward

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19:23

This Thrive teaching is on Extending Forgiveness. Which is our pillar #7. The Thrive philosophy follows the biblical principle of "forgive us our trespasses as we have forgiven those who trespass against us." We are instructed to forgive and Jesus taught that we should ask for forgiveness from God after we have extended forgiveness to others. So, before we deal with Pillar 8 "Ask For Change" or pillar 9 "Ask for Help" we have to remove bitterness and unforgiveness. This is a process, it takes time. Forgiveness is something that we cannot do in statement only. It is something that we must do, and do again until we really are ready to move on. If we get to "Amends" pillar 10 but there is no evidence of repentance (or change) in our life, those we seek forgiveness from, will see it as checking a…

And It Came to Pass

Pillar #7: Admit / Confess

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18:12

Opening Thought

One of the most hopeful phrases in Scripture is also one of the simplest: “and it came to pass.”Those five words remind us that what we are walking through is real, but it is not forever.

The Bible uses this phrase hundreds of times—commonly noted as about 453 times in the King James Version—and each time it points us to a powerful truth: seasons change, circumstances pass, and God remains sovereign through it all.