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THRIVE “REDEEMED”
Not Just Forgiven—Restored, Reclaimed, and Rewritten
Opening Scripture
Galatians 3:13
"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us."
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Endurance in the Kingdom is not passive survival—it is active surrender. It is the daily decision to remain in Christ, trust His process, and continue walking with Him even when growth is uncomfortable, slow, or refining. Pillar 11 reminds us that transformation is not a one-time event; it is a lifelong journey of discovery, repentance, gratitude, forgiveness, and intimacy with God.
Paul writes in Philippians 1:6 that God will continue the good work He started in us until the day of Christ Jesus. This means our healing, freedom, growth, maturity, and purpose are still unfolding. We are not finished yet.
One of the most important truths in this pillar is understanding identity.
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The Amends Dilemma: Living in Grace While Walking in Obedience
Amends is not about paying for sin—it is about responding to grace with humility, truth, and Spirit-led obedience.
“We do not make amends to become forgiven. We make amends because we are forgiven.”
I. THE 12-STEP MODEL
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A Fixed Posture of Dependence Before God
Philippians 2:13“God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.”
Core Definition:“We ask God to continue to sanctify us and for the grace to forgive those who have hurt us and pray for them. We also ask God to give us the grace and the courage to face the bad things we have done.”
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Theme: Repentance, healing, surrender, and transformation
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.
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Releasing the Debt Before Moving Forward
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…
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Pillar #7: Admit / Confess
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.
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Theme: Breaking the chains of shame by discovering who died and who lives.
Introduction: We often carry the weight of shame for past mistakes and past traumas and totally forget that the Bible teaches that once we are covered by the blood of Jesus we are no longer even that same person. This teaching is an exercise in talking about the past no longer in the first person but in the third person perspective. I am John. What I did was the old John. We are not the same person. It’s not a convenient "get out of jail free card" because it comes with all of the change in me that you have seen since Jesus became not just my savior but the Lord of my life.
Last Sunday, on Easter, we heard about resurrection. We heard Romans 6:3-5 preached: "Do you not know that all of us who…
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Picture this: You’re driving home after a relaxed dinner with friends. You had a glass of wine—maybe a little more—but nothing you believed would impair you. Then flashing lights appear in your rearview mirror. A routine stop quickly escalates. The officer asks questions, conducts a field sobriety test, and before you fully process what’s happening, you’re in handcuffs. Your car is impounded. Now you stand in a courtroom facing real consequences—fines, possible jail time, a permanent mark on your record.
Your name is called. You’re ready to explain yourself—to justify, to defend, to minimize what happened. But before you can speak, your appointed defender rises and calmly says:
“Your Honor, my client does not stand here on the basis of their own account, but on a matter of identity. There has been a substitution.”
The judge pauses, reviews the record, and asks, “It says here—you are…