"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you" - James 4:10Everybody wants the breakthrough. The moment when everything changes. When the healing comes. When the doors swing wide open. When the answers finally show up. But what if the thing God is waiting on is not the right circumstance, but the right heart?We often pray for movement, but God is working on surrender. Before He takes u...  Read More

"For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable" - Romans 11:29There is something the enemy would love for you to believe, and maybe you already do. It’s the idea that because of what you did, because of how long you stayed away, or because of how far you ran, you are no longer useful to God. That His calling must have moved on to someone cleaner, more faithful, more qualified. But that is n...  Read More

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction" - 2 Corinthians 1:3-4Pain does not ask permission. It crashes into your life uninvited. But even when it feels random, it is not pointless. God never wastes pain. He does not cause all pain, ...  Read More

"But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" - Romans 5:8It is easy to believe that God only wants the cleaned-up version of you. The one who has figured things out. The one who has it all together. But the truth is, God meets you right where you are. Not where you wish you were. Not where other people think you should be. Right here, right now.You might ...  Read More

"By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going" - Hebrews 11:8Faith is easy to talk about when everything makes sense. When the path is clear and the next step feels safe, it does not take much to keep going. But real faith shows up when the answers are unclear and the direction feels uncomf...  Read More

"For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth" - 1 Corinthians 1:26If you think your flaws disqualify you from being used by God, you are exactly the kind of person God is looking for. Over and over in Scripture, God chooses the unexpected, the overlooked, and the imperfect to carry out His great...  Read More