Some of us are good at trusting God when He blesses us, opens doors, answers prayers, and adds momentum to our lives.

But what about when God corrects us?

In this message from Revive Church, Pastor Stephan Kilgore continues The Pruning Season series by teaching from Hebrews 12 and showing why God’s discipline is not rejection, shame, or condemnation. It is proof that we are His sons and daughters.

If you have ever felt like God was angry with you, done with you, or pushing you away because He was correcting something in your life, this message will help you see the Father’s heart behind the Father’s hand.

In this message, you will learn why correction is not rejection, why discipline reveals sonship, how God prunes the people He loves, why pain does not always mean punishment, and how to trust the Father’s heart even when you do not understand His hand.

If this message speaks to you, share it with someone who needs to know that God is not done with them.

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0:19 Trusting God’s Correction

1:36 Correction and Rejection

2:26 Proof You Are His Child

3:47 Pruning Season

4:45 The Father’s Heart

6:37 Hebrews 12

9:43 The Dead Branch

10:02 Not Rejection

12:13 Faith and Formation

14:52 Sons by Faith

16:39 Allowing Discipline

22:58 Loving Discipline

25:43 Proof of Love

29:52 Bearing Fruit

34:06 Want to Be Pruned

Have you ever been in a season where it feels like things are being cut back?Not destroyed. Not missing. Just cut back.In this message from Revive Church, Pastor Stephan Kilgore teaches from John 15 and explains why some seasons are not punishment, rejection, failure, or death. Some seasons are pruning seasons. And if we misidentify the season we are in, we may panic in a place where God is actually trying to produce more fruit.Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.” That means your life is not ownerless, the church is not abandoned, and the season you are walking through is not meaningless.In this message, you will learn why the Father has the shears, how to discern pressure from pruning, why pruning is painful but not punishment, how to tell the difference between God pruning, self-pruning, and the enemy attacking, and why God is after fruit, not just activity.If this message speaks to you, share it with someone who needs discernment in their current season.Subscribe for more messages from Revive Church that help real people follow the real Jesus.Learn more about Revive Church: https://revivechurch.com

0:00 When Life Feels Cut Back

0:40 Misnaming Your Season

2:03 A Word for the Church

4:15 Pruning Season

4:42 John 15

7:17 The Father Has the Shears

9:15 The Vineyard Has an Owner

10:29 What God Is Exposing

11:32 Growth and Pruning

14:51 God Cuts to Cultivate

17:43 Pressure Reveals the Cut

22:33 Painful Not Punishment

27:29 Looking for Fruit

33:16 Three Kinds of Pruning

40:08 The Enemy’s Attack

46:49 Discernment

50:07 Prepared for Harvest

53:04 Walk Together

What if the thing you are complaining about is the very thing you once prayed for?

In this message from Revive Church, guest speaker Pastor Jonathan Peña teaches on cultivating gratitude and why thankfulness is not just a nice attitude. It is a spiritual discipline that changes how we see God, our lives, our blessings, and even our struggles.

Using Psalm 103 and the story of the ten lepers in Luke 17, Pastor Jonathan reminds us not to forget the benefits of the Lord and challenges us to return to Jesus with gratitude, not just receive from Him and move on.

In this message, you will learn why gratitude must be cultivated, how entitlement keeps us from seeing God’s goodness, why serving others helps break selfishness, how to broaden your view when you are too focused on one problem, and why expressing gratitude changes the atmosphere around you.

If this message helps you, share it with someone who needs to be reminded of God’s goodness.

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0:00 Cultivating Gratitude
0:56 Preparing the Soil
3:15 What’s Under the Surface
3:53 Forget His Benefits
6:27 What You Prayed For
8:01 Short-Term Memory
11:24 Power of Gratitude
13:52 Entitlement
14:34 Ten Lepers
19:26 The One Who Returned
21:57 Cultivating Gratitude
22:18 Serve Others
24:04 Broaden Your View
27:22 Express Gratitude
32:28 A Thankful Heart