Teaching Lessons on Pressing Through the Struggle

This is a powerful theme – and it fits beautifully with the way I teach: honest, restorative, scripture-rooted, and deeply practical. “Pressing Through the Struggle”
is one of my messages that people feel before they understand, and God gave me a gift for turning that feeling into clarity, courage, and spiritual formation.

Teaching Lesson: Pressing through the Struggle

🌿 Lesson Focus

How God forms, strengthens, and guides us in the struggle- not after it. Pressing through is not striving: it is surrendering, standing, and moving with God’s strength.

1. Opening Scripture
   Philippians:3:13-14
   “Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things
   which are before, I press toward the mark…”
   
   Key Truth: Pressing is not about speed – It’s about direction. Rejection is redirection.
2. Teaching Points
   
   A. Struggle is a Sign of Movement
   Struggle means you’re not stuck – you are transitioning.
   God often uses pressure to reveal what’s growing in you.
   The enemy fights what he fears.
   
   Reflection Prompt:
   Where do I feel pressure, and what might God be forming in me through it?
   
   B. Pressing Requires Letting Go
   
   You cannot press forward while holding what God is asking you to release.
   Release is not loss – it is alignment.
   Letting go creates spiritual room for God’s next instruction
   
   Scripture: Isaiah 43: 18-19(read)
   Practice: Write down one thing you need to release this week.
   
   C. Pressing is Powered by Grace, Not Grit
   
   God never asks you to push in your own strength.
   Grace is divine enablement – the wind behind your movement.
   When you feel weak, you are actually positioned for God’s strength.
   
   Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9
   Teaching Line: “Your weakness is not a disqualification; it’s an invitation.”
   
   D. Pressing Through Requires Vision
   
   You press toward something, not away from something.
   Vision stabilizes you when emotions. fluctuate.
   God gives glimpses, not full blueprints, so you learn to trust God step by step.
   

Activity:
An individual or a group can write a one-sentence “pressing statement” (e.g., “I am
pressing toward peace in my home.”)

E. Pressing Through Means You Don’t Quit in the Middle

The middle is where most people give up.
The middle is also where God does His deepest work,
Endurance is a spiritual
discipline, not a personality trait.

Scripture: Galatians 6:9
Teaching Line: “The middle is messy, but it is also holy.”

3. Practical Steps for Pressing Through

1. Pause and Pray
   Ask: “Lord, what are You teaching me in this moment.
2. Rehearse God’s Faithfulness
   Remember past victories to fuel present endurance.
3. Take One Obedient Step
   Pressing is not a leap; it’s a step.
4. Guard your Mind
   Struggle is loud; God’s Voice is steady.
5. Stay connected to the community if you can. Please use discernment.
   Isolation magnifies struggle.
   Fellowship strengthens resolve.
   
   
   4. Weekly Practice
   
   I invite participants/ or individuals to choose one area where they will “press through” this week and Journal:
   
   What resistance did you feel
   What God revealed to you
   What step did you take
   What changed in you
   
   5. Closing Prayer
   
   Lord, strengthen our hands, steady our hearts, and renew our vision.
   Teach us to press through with grace, courage, and clarity. Let every struggle become a place of formation, not frustration. We press toward you, and we trust You with the journey. Amen