“For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.” – Proverbs 24:16Maybe you dropped the ball. Maybe you made a mistake so loud it still echoes in your mind. You failed. And the voice in your head won’t stop reminding you. It tells you you’re disqualified. It tells you that you’re done. But that voice is lying. Because failure isn’t final. Not when ...  Read More

“I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” – Philippians 1:6You may feel like you’ve missed your moment. Like too much time has passed. Like your chance to become who God created you to be has already come and gone. But that is not the truth. That is fear talking. That is regret whispering. That is shame trying to take the lead...  Read More

“For still the vision awaits its appointed time, it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not delay.” – Habakkuk 2:3When God gives you a promise, your first instinct might be to assume it will happen right away. You expect the door to open, the answer to come, the breakthrough to arrive. But what happens when it doesn’t? What happens when y...  Read More

“And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.” – Genesis 15:6Abraham’s story starts with one command that changed everything: “Go.” Leave your country. Leave your comfort zone. Leave what is familiar and walk into a future you cannot see. God gave him a promise, not a map. And Abraham followed. He did not have all the answers, and he definitely did not have a perfect record...  Read More

“Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” – 1 Samuel 16:7David was not the obvious choice. He wasn’t the tallest, the strongest, or the one anyone expected to be picked for greatness. When the prophet Samuel came to anoint the next king of Israel, David was not even invited to the lineup. He was out in the fields tending sheep while his older brothers stood in front o...  Read More

“But Ruth said, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.’” – Ruth 1:16Ruth didn’t have the resume most would expect for someone God would use. She was a widow from Moab and carried none of the status or background that seemed to qualify people in her day. Her circ...  Read More