Like Stepping Stones to cross a river or creek, Hoping Stones are steps and guidance to help you with your Faith Walk. We present a series of statements to you and you can 'rate' them, which helps the SeekAndYouFind ministry to build a custom series of Categories (listed below). This journey will walk you from early faith toward deeper formation. Each week focuses on a single theme and uses 3–9 of our devotionals as daily Hoping Stones (stepping-stones of faith).

Hoping Stones Categories (based on your assessment results); Foundations of Faith, Hearing and Presence, Community and Witness, Gratitude and Joy, Trust and Surrender, Spiritual Practices and Rest, Discernment and Guarding Influence, Humility, Weakness, and Renewal, Priorities and Alignment, Trials and Perseverance
Leadership, Service, and Integrity, Deep Formation and Mystery.

Matthew 7:6 (KJV) states, “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine…”

The Swine & Dogs that are mentioned in Matthew 7:6 are not people that we condemn. They are patterns, environments, and dynamics that will trample what God has formed.

• Trampling Environments
• Pearl Crushing Patterns
• Unsafe Spaces
• Wisdom Boundaries
• Discernment Zones
• Places to Guard Your Heart
• Pearl Threatening Dynamics

This series of statements can be used to help you identify where to 'not' be using the Pearls of your life.

Your pearls are the God given treasures formed in the hidden places of your walk with Him. They are not talents, achievements, or personality traits — those are surface-level. Pearls are deeper:
• Wounds God has healed that now shine with compassion.
• Truths God has taught you through trial, obedience, or revelation.
• Spiritual gifts refined by suffering rather than ego.
• Convictions formed through Scripture that anchor your life.
• Experiences that produced wisdom rather than bitterness.
A pearl is something holy, costly, and formed over time — often through irritation, pressure, or pain. It is something God intends to use for His glory and the good of others.