Apply Pressure

Our Summer 2025 is Apply Pressure. Fire is hot and unbearable to experience in heavy amounts. This pressure, without the endurance of Christ working within us, breeds debilitating emotions like anxiety and depression. But consider the process of a diamond. A diamond formation occurs when carbon deposits deep within the earth (approximately 90 to 125 miles below the surface) are subject to high temperature and pressure. Some stones take shape in a matter of days or months, while others take years to materialize. We can be thankful for the pressures of life that come, knowing that these situations are shaping us and molding us to look and act more like Christ.