Okay, so you prayed for growth, you asked for breakthroughs, and you begged God to take you to the next level.

And now everything, it feels harder.

You ever wonder why when things start going right, suddenly things feel like a battle?

Like, maybe summer isn't just all about growth. What if it's about warfare? Today we're

talking about your spiritual summer and what it looks like to know if you're in it and what you

need to do. It might surprise you the direction we're taking because I'm not just going to talk about

sun bathing and boat rides and all that. We're going to talk about what summer really looks like

in our

spiritual life. If you're new here, I'm Havala. This is Havillus podcast, and we are in the middle

of a series called Spiritual Seasons. Now, if you don't know what spiritual season you're in,

we got you covered. In fact, you can go to havelacunnington.com slash seasons and take the test,

and you can figure out what spiritual season

you're in. But today we're jumping into summer. And what does it look like to actually succeed

in summer? It's not just about sun tan lotion, right? Not burning in summer. It's actually about

growing the thing that God's called you to grow. So summer is, it's hot, it's hard, and you are going to

be stretched in summer. Listen, you wanted growth and you got it. But now you got to understand

how to actually live in this growth season that God's put you in. So what are those signs of summer? This is how you're going

to know if you're in a spiritual summer. First, you're being tested. And things are harder than

expected. Like you're busy. You're doing things. But it just feels like, man, it's like Groundhog Day.

Like I'm doing the same thing every single day. There's growth. There's evidence of God at work.

But it's hard and it's harder than I expected.

You feel the pressure of responsibility.

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