Pressing On: Courage to Evaluate and Adjust

Faithful work in ministry is never meant to run on autopilot. Movement coaches and disciple makers across Spain carry real responsibility: to keep building what God has called them to build, but also to step back regularly and ask hard, honest questions. Is this still working? Is this still fruitful? What has run its course, and what new thing is God inviting us into? The Apostle Paul understood this tension well. Even after years of tireless ministry, he refused to coast on past accomplishments. He did not consider himself to have already arrived. Instead, he fixed his eyes forward, willing to let go of what was behind — including his own successes — in order to keep pressing toward the goal Christ had set before him. This posture requires real courage. It is often easier to keep doing what has always been done than to honestly evaluate whether it still serves the mission. It takes humility to admit something should change, and wisdom to discern what God is still blessing versus what needs to end so something new can begin. Pray today for the movement coaches and disciple makers serving across Spain. Ask God to give them clear vision to see their work as it truly is — not clouded by sentiment or fear, but illuminated by the Spirit. Pray for courage to continue what is bearing fruit, to start what is needed, to adjust what is faltering, and to lovingly release what has served its purpose. May they, like Paul, keep their eyes forward, pressing on toward the prize of Christ's upward call. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Philippians 3:13-14 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

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