Thoughts on Stepping Into 2026

As we step into a new year, this message invites us beyond resolutions into a true heart reset—examining why we desire change but often resist choosing it. Drawing from Hebrews 12:1, it challenges the hidden weights we carry into the future: comfort that numbs rather than heals, familiarity mistaken for safety, and fear that keeps us from wholehearted surrender. Instead of adding more to our lives, we’re called to lay aside what’s been slowing us down and step into the freedom that comes not from managing life, but from fully pursuing God.