Isaiah 43:18-19

Isn't it time to see what lies beyond the top of your rut? Getting out of the rut is not only possible, but it can be fun, creative, and stimulating if we choose for it to be.

What good can come out of this downer? Ron reminds of how hard change and new things are by talking about a move to a new school at a critical time. But, unless we risk and make changes, we will never find the life God longs to bring to us.

How do you feel about new things? Being unwilling to learn new things is a key to failure and an arrogance based in false pride and stubborn prejudice.

Had any fish sticks lately? So often we don't try new things and stay stuck in our rut rather than seeing God's opportunities and call to be God's people.

Jesus sees you, my friend, and he has a new version of you waiting to happen. Max Lucado reminds us of Jesus' power do fresh and new things if we will respond to his command to get up and do something.

Hope is an olive leaf — evidence of dry land after a flood. Max Lucado reminds us that the God of hope gives us fresh starts just as he did to Noah with the olive leaf and the dove.

How can we get out of those hard and fast ruts? Mike Barres talks about his gravel driveway and how it gets full of ruts and how he goes about avoiding them and then he challenges us to avoid living in the ruts we have made in our churches and our lives.

What do we do with the dry patches in our lives? How do we handle the depression and spiritual dryness in our lives?