Practical Applications
This Week's Challenge:
Choose one or more of the following to practice this week:
1. Identify What You're Birthing
-Write down what you believe God is birthing in your life right now
-Journal about what this "pregnancy" has felt like and what birthing pains you've experienced
2. Surrender Your Timeline
-Make a list of areas where you're anxious about timing
-Pray over each one, surrendering your timeline to God's timing
-Create a reminder (phone wallpaper, note card) with "God's timing is perfect"
3. Perfect Your Gift in Obscurity
-Commit to using your gifts even when no one is watching
-Practice your craft/calling for 30 minutes daily this week
-Don't post about it on social media - let this be between you and God
4. Acknowledge God as Your Source
-When someone compliments your work or asks how you're accomplishing something, practice saying "It's --not by my power, but God working through me"
-Keep a gratitude journal of ways God has shown up in your weaknesses
5. Prepare for Quick Transitions
-Update your resume, portfolio, or materials related to your calling
-Get spiritually and practically ready for sudden opportunities
-Clean out physical and mental clutter that might hold you back
Accountability Partner Assignment
Pair up with someone in the group to check in with during the week:
-Share what you believe God is birthing in your life
-Pray for each other's "delivery"
-Encourage each other when impatience or doubt creeps in
Closing Prayer Points
-Pray for patience to trust God's timing
-Pray for safe delivery of what God is birthing in each person
-Pray for revelation of what needs to be released
-Pray for strength to continue perfecting gifts in hidden seasons
-Pray for God to be glorified through what He's birthing in the group
For Further Study
-Read the full story of Joseph (Genesis 37-50)
-Study other biblical figures who experienced waiting seasons before elevation (Moses, David, Paul)
-Meditate on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 about God's timing for everything
-Research the spiritual significance of birthing pains and new beginnings
Next Steps
Before you leave, share:
-One thing God spoke to you tonight
-One action step you're committing to this week
-One way the group can pray for you
Remember: Your two years may be up. Get ready for what God is about to birth through you!