Madison Prewett Trout

And then as soon as you walk out those doors, the world is lying to you.

And you're like, oh man, now I'm faced with the reality of the world and the enemy that is against me and wants to see me fail.

And so it's taking those thoughts captive, speaking the truth.

And sometimes when you don't have what it takes to remember the truth or cling to the truth, it's turning to a friend and saying, hey, I'm believing a lie right now.

I'm confessing that to you.

Will you remind me of what's true?

And will you pray for me?

There's so much power in that.

I mean, have you had a moment that you've done that with a friend where you're like, I'm really feeling beat down right now and discouraged and I'm stuck and I don't know why?

I mean, James 5, 16 tells us that when we confess our sins to one another and pray for each other, we will be healed.

So there's so much freedom and healing.

It can feel embarrassing and hard sometimes.

I think to be like, I'm feeling like a failure right now.

That's really hard to say.

That's like, for me, sometimes that's like pulling teeth.

I like to always feel strong.

I like to always feel together.

I like to be that person for other people to go to.

I don't like to be the person that's just like really honest and vulnerable about my feelings.

But I learned that true strength is like being able to be humble and to humble yourself and say, I don't have it all together.