Step 3.1: Why Inviting Him Back Feels Terrifying (Find Your FAITH)

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Step 3.1 · Why Inviting Him Back Feels Terrifying

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Step 3.1

Why Inviting Him Back Feels Terrifying

You’ve faced what broke your faith and traded some lies for truth. Now we get honest about what happens next.

Picture actually opening the door to God again, not from a distance, but really letting Him back in close. This step asks what comes up when you picture that. Not what you think you should feel. What you actually feel. There’s no wrong answer here, only an honest one.

Work through this at your own pace. Your answers save automatically on this device, so you can come back anytime. When you’re ready, use Save to PDF to keep a copy, or Send to Ash if you’d like her eyes on it.

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Part One

What inviting Him back feels like

Tap anything below that shows up when you picture letting God back in close.

✓Relief, like I’ve been waiting for permission.✓Terror, like something bad will happen if I get close again.✓Guilt, like I don’t deserve to come back this easily.✓Numbness, like I don’t feel anything at all.✓Suspicion, like this is too good to be true.✓Grief, for the time I spent away.✓Hope, even if I’m scared to admit it.

Which of these hit hardest, and why?

Part Two

The belief underneath the fear

Fear like this is rarely random. Underneath it is usually a belief about what will happen if you let Him close again.

What are you afraid will happen if you actually invite God back in?

Where do you think that belief came from?

Part Three

Sitting with Him, even in the doubt

You don’t have to resolve the fear before you come near Him. You’re allowed to bring the doubt right along with you.

“Come near to God and he will come near to you.”

James 4:8

Without needing to feel ready, what would it look like to sit with Him for five minutes today, doubt and all?

Before you close

What you’re noticing

Remember

You don’t have to feel ready to be welcomed back. He’s not waiting on the other side of your fear for you to get brave enough. He’s already moving toward you, right in the middle of it.

Write one honest sentence about where you are right now with the idea of inviting Him back.

Fear doesn’t disqualify you from coming close. You just took a real step toward Him by naming it.
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Step 3.1 · Why Inviting Him Back Feels Terrifying

Why Inviting Him Back Feels Terrifying

What inviting Him back feels like

The belief underneath the fear

Sitting with Him, even in the doubt

What you’re noticing

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