Take a Moment: Wk 8 Day 3 Devotion & Prayer From Pastor Batiste

Title: "Letting Go to Rise"

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is let go—of pride, of control, of the need to always be right. Yet Paul says if we truly want to reflect Christ, we must take on His mindset—a mindset that chose surrender over status.

Jesus didn’t need a title to serve, and He didn’t demand applause to love. He laid aside His glory not because He had to but because He loved us that much. What are you still clinging to that’s preventing you from becoming more like Him?

Letting go doesn’t make you weak, it makes space for God to lift you. Release the need to be seen. Let go of bitterness. Make peace with the fact that servanthood may never trend, but it will always transform.

Reflection: What could God do in your life if you stopped holding on to what no longer reflects Him?

Prayer: Lord, help me to take on Your mindset—a heart of humility, not entitlement. Teach me to serve without spotlight and to love without limits. Amen.

"Sometimes elevation doesn’t come by climbing higher, but by kneeling lower." 

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