CPC '26
Trace Evidence
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Jimmy Rollins
Resilience
Pain & Purpose
Faithfulness
What Is Trace Evidence?
What Is Trace Evidence?
Trace evidence is the physical clues, traits, and DNA left behind that serve as indicators and provide undeniable proof of someone or something’s presence even when they’re no longer on the scene.
Trace evidence is the physical clues, traits, and DNA left behind that serve as indicators and provide undeniable proof of someone or something’s presence even when they’re no longer on the scene.
• Exhibit A: Pain While Performing (1 Samuel 1:2)
• Exhibit B: Difficult People (1 Samuel 1:6)
• Exhibit C: Pressure to Perform (1 Samuel 1:7)
• Exhibit D: Persistent Pursuit While in Pain (1 Samuel 1:7)
• Exhibit E: Time in God’s Presence (1 Samuel 1:9)
• Exhibit F: Passion for a Greater Purpose (1 Samuel 1:11)
• Exhibit G: A Sacrifice of Praise (1 Samuel 1:28)
Key Verses
1 Samuel 1:1–7 (NLT)
There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph in the hill country of Ephraim… Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not… Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah… Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.
1 Samuel 1:1–7 (NLT)
There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph in the hill country of Ephraim… Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not… Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah… Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.
Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Main Points
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Remember That Feelings Aren’t Final
What you feel today does not get the final word on your future.
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Remember That Feelings Aren’t Final
What you feel today does not get the final word on your future.
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Process Your Pain in God’s Presence
Pain processed in God’s presence produces purpose, not bitterness.
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Process Your Pain in God’s Presence
Pain processed in God’s presence produces purpose, not bitterness.
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Evaluate Your Reasons in Difficult Seasons
God often reveals your why before He releases the what.
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Evaluate Your Reasons in Difficult Seasons
God often reveals your why before He releases the what.
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Don’t Quit on Feeding the Future
Faithfulness in private seasons shapes generations in public ones.
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Don’t Quit on Feeding the Future
Faithfulness in private seasons shapes generations in public ones.
EXCLUSIVE FOR CPC26 ATTENDEES
EXCLUSIVE FOR CPC26
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One Month On Us
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As a thank-you for being with us at CPC 26, we want to give you one full month of Better Marriage University—free.
Ministry is heavy. Marriage shouldn’t have to be.
As a thank-you for being with us at CPC 26, we want to give you one full month of Better Marriage University—free.
Helpful Next Steps
What God begins in a moment, He often completes through process. If today’s message stirred something in you, these resources are here to help you continue the work beyond this service. They’re about becoming healthier people who love more intentionally, communicate more honestly, and lead from a place of wholeness.
Explore these tools when you’re ready.
What God begins in a moment, He often completes through process. If today’s message stirred something in you, these resources are here to help you continue the work beyond this service. They’re about becoming healthier people who love more intentionally, communicate more honestly, and lead from a place of wholeness.
Explore these tools when you’re ready.
