2. DEATH CONFUSION LOSS OF SELF LAMENESS BLINDNESS DISEASE WEAKNESS
APATHY
TRAGEDY
FORGOTTEN
MISERY
ADDICTTIONS
FUMBLING IN DARKNESS
WORN OUT
GRIEF
RAGE
DEATH
DEFEATED
FOOLISHNESS
DOUBT
SHAME
DESPERATION
FEAR
LONELINESS
ANGER
BROKENNESS
IGNORANCE
TIRED
DISAPPOINTMENT
BITTERNESS
HATE
PRIDE
GREED
GIVEN UP

3. RESURRECTION INSIGHT WISDOM STRENGTH JOY HEALING BEAUTY MOVEMENT
WHOLENESS
DELIVERANCE
IDENTITY
CELEBRATED
LIGHT
FREEDOM
POWER
CONFIDENCE
COURAGE
RESURRECTION
VICTORY
PEACE
ENERGY
RESOLVE
HAPPINESS
FAITH
GENEROSITY
TENDERNESS
COMPASSION
FORGIVENESS
TRUST
LAUGHTER
HOPE
GRACE
LOVE
CONNECTION

4. Rising Strong Process (Ephesians 2:1-10)
Once you were dead… (v. 1)
…even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (v.4)
…God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus. (v. 7)
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (v.10)

5. Rising Strong Ingredients Needed:
Your Story
Vulnerability
Creativity
Courage & Faith

6. Your Story (ALL of It!)
Mess
Mistakes
Relationships
Emotions

9. Vulnerability is a Good Thing?
The more I know, the more I know I don’t know
“We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.”
You win some; you lose some. But even losing is better than not being on the field at all.
Grace is offered to everyone, but it’s power is only truly experienced by those who know they need it.

11. Creativity
It’s messy!
It’s multiplied (not added) when we practice it with others
We were created in God’s image, which means that we are creators too!

13. Some Words Towards Courage
Going back to Egypt is NOT an option
You don’t have to do this alone
You already have what you need to Rise Strong

14. Some Words Towards Faith
“We are God’s masterpiece.”
There is something much bigger going on in you than you could EVER imagine
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. (Romans 8:11)

15. “Only our personal experiences of unconditional, unearned, and infinite love and forgiveness can move us from the normal worldview of scarcity to the divine world of infinite abundance.” Richard Rohr