He said your name. You were still in the tree.

Hey Reader,

You have been running a plan.

Get yourself together first. Fix what broke. Make it right. Then show back up like you have something to show for it. The plan makes sense. That is what makes it dangerous.

This Sunday we named that plan out loud and called it what it actually is.

“The performance trap tells you to clean up before you come back. Grace says: come back and watch what gets cleaned.”

That line landed at 43:16. The full message is on YouTube now.

WATCH: You Don’t Have to Clean Up First →

If you want to go further, jump to 1:02:42. That is where grace stops being about your record and starts being about your identity.

P.S. Five weeks. Five people. Every one of them got what they did not earn. This was Week 5 of THE GOD OF THE SECOND CHANCE. If you know someone still running the plan, forward this email. That is your one action step today.

— Pastor Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.