Like a spider rebuilding its web, we often rely on our own effort to hold everything together.

In today’s Anchor Point, Devin reflects on grace vs effort.

1. Why we keep trying to “earn” enough
2. How self-reliance falls apart
3. What it means to stand on grace

Scripture (NIV):

Ephesians 2:8–9 – “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith… not by works.”

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What would trusting grace look like?

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Have you looked at LEGO sets lately?

Almost every one of them comes pre-loaded with someone else's story. Star Wars. Marvel. Minecraft. You're not really building anymore. You're just recreating what someone else already made and tells us to build.

I noticed it over Christmas and couldn’t find a simple set to build a simple town or store without a brand attached to it.

We do this too. Somewhere along the way we start attaching ourselves to labels and groups and someone else's ready-made story. Are you the crunchy mom or the career woman? The conservative Christian or the progressive one? And after a while those things start to feel like identity. Like that's just who we are. We build up a story that really isn’t who we are.

But First Samuel 16:7 says the Lord doesn't look at any of that. He looks at the heart.

God gives us the pieces. He even gives us a plan. But what gets built from those pieces is uniquely yours from the Lord. The story He's writing through you won't look exactly like anyone else's.

You're not meant to build someone else's set.

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What labels have shaped how you see yourself?

What would it look like to let God define you instead? .

When was the last time someone told you something you didn’t want to hear?

And more importantly, how did you respond?

Suggestion boxes used to invite feedback, but today, we’re far less open to it.

In today’s Anchor Point, Devin explores why we resist correction and why Scripture calls it valuable.

1. Why we’ve grown uncomfortable with feedback
2. How defensiveness holds us back
3. Why honest friends are a gift

Scripture (NIV):

Proverbs 27:6 – “Wounds from a friend can be trusted.”

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When someone corrects you, what’s your first reaction—defensive or curious?

Who in your life can tell you the hard truth and you’ll actually listen?

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