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Don’t Let Go: The Prophets’ Hard Truths, the People’s Hard Choices, and the God Who Restores Us

A FREE study in the First 5 mobile app, starting July 13

What if the choices and consequences you keep struggling with aren’t random … but they’re a pattern God wants to interrupt?

Sometimes the hardest part isn’t realizing something feels off. It’s realizing how long you’ve been carrying it. Managing it. Explaining it away. Trying to convince yourself it’s not really that big of a deal.

Until one day you realize: I’m here again.

The same reaction.The same tension.The same place you really thought you were past.

As you walk with the kings of Israel and hear the voices of the prophets, you’ll see how God meets His people right in the middle of their cycles and calls them back to Himself again and again.

This study will help you recognize the patterns quietly keeping you stuck, respond to conviction without spiraling into shame, and take practical steps toward surrender, healing, and growth.

Because you don’t have to keep repeating what you’re ready to be free from.

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Today’s Teaching

The Verdict Is In

Michelle Martino

Day: 32 | Plan: Mark

Start Here: Mark 14:53-72

Key Verse: Mark 14:58 (ESV) "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"

Major Moment: Jesus was tried before the Jewish council while Peter denied Him three times.

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