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Faith Baptist Church Blanchester

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09/07/2026

Bible Verse
"But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God." - Acts 20:24

Reflection Question
Where in your life are you performing for others instead of living honestly before God?

Quote
Paul is not giving them a resume. He's giving them a life.

Prayer
Lord, strip away the masks I wear and help me live with the kind of honesty that points others to You. Teach me that my greatest offering is not a perfect life, but a surrendered one. Amen.

09/06/2026

Paul's farewell to the Ephesian elders in Acts 20 is one of the most emotionally honest moments in all of Scripture. Standing at the shore at Miletus, knowing he would never see these people again, Paul did not hand them a resume. He handed them a life. He spent himself on what mattered, and he refused to stop running even when suffering was waiting ahead. The question his farewell raises is one every believer must answer: are you running your race, or are you sitting in the stands watching others run theirs? God has never called the qualified. He has always called the surrendered. The race begins with one step of faith, and He is worthy of that step.

08/31/2026

Day 1: Wind in Your Face

Devotional
Have you ever felt like the moment you finally decided to move forward, everything seemed to fall apart?
You made the decision, took the step, and then the resistance hit you like a wall.
It is easy to read that as a sign you went the wrong direction.
But what if it is actually a sign you finally went the right one?

When Paul purposed in his heart to move toward Macedonia and Rome, trouble broke out almost immediately.
A city erupted into chaos.
A mob formed.
And yet Paul had not done anything wrong.
He had simply started moving.

Here is what that tells us: resistance is not always a red light.

Sometimes it is confirmation that you are finally doing something that matters.
The enemy does not waste energy on people who are standing still.
But the moment you step out in obedience,
he takes notice.

You may be tired right now.
You may be wondering if you misheard God.
But do not mistake tired for defeated.
Progress does not always feel like progress, especially when the wind is in your face.

Keep rowing.
Keep moving.

God is not surprised by the resistance you are facing,
and He has not abandoned you in it.

The step you have been putting off,
waiting for it to feel easier,
may be the very step God has been waiting for you to take.

Bible Verse
"So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily." - Acts 19:20

Reflection Question
Is there a step of obedience you have been delaying because the resistance feels like a sign to stop rather than a sign to keep going?

Quote
The wind in your face ain't a sign that you're going the wrong way, but rather it's a sign that maybe you're finally doing something that got the enemy's attention.

Prayer
Lord, give me the courage to keep moving even when everything around me feels like it is pushing back. Remind me that resistance is not always a reason to quit, and that You are with me in every step of obedience. Amen.

08/30/2026

The first couple minutes the mic is not turned on -

Difficulty in life does not mean you are out of God's will. Sometimes the wind in your face is a sign that you are finally doing something that got the enemy's attention. In Acts 19, Paul purposed in the Spirit to move forward in obedience, and almost immediately, chaos broke out in Ephesus. The enemy cannot stop the gospel, so he tries to muddy it with confusion. When Jesus starts costing you something, that is often when your true heart condition is revealed. The goal is to be so close to God, so full of His Spirit, and so surrendered to Him that when the enemy comes looking for a foothold, he cannot find one.

08/23/2026

As we close out 1 Corinthians, Paul takes us to the heart of our faith—the empty tomb. But what does the resurrection really mean for us right here, right now?

08/22/2026

As we close out 1 Corinthians, Paul takes us to the heart of our faith—the empty tomb. But what does the resurrection really mean for us right here, right now?

Join us Sunday as we look at “Because He Lives.” ✝️

08/20/2026

Day 4: You Were Never Meant to Hold It All Together

Devotional
There is a kind of exhaustion
that has nothing to do with how much sleep you got.
It is the exhaustion that comes from trying to hold everything together on your own.

The family. The finances. The relationships. The future.

You have been gripping it all so tightly
that your hands are tired.

Here is the truth that changes everything.

You were never designed to be the glue.
Colossians 1:17 tells us that in Christ all things hold together.
Not some things.

All things.

He is the one sustaining creation itself.
And if He holds all things together,
what happens when you try to live
as if that job belongs to you?

Things fall apart.

Not because God is punishing you,
but because you were simply never built for that role.
The relief in this is real.
You do not have to hold it all together.
You never did.

There is Someone who is already doing that,
and He is far more capable than you are.

Letting go is not giving up.
It is finally trusting the One who was always meant to carry it.
The peace you have been chasing through control is actually waiting for you on the other side of surrender.

Bible Verse
"And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together." - Colossians 1:17

Reflection Question
What are you still gripping tightly that you know, deep down, was never yours to carry in the first place?

Quote
"A lot of us are exhausted from trying to hold together something we were never meant to hold. You're trying to be the glue of your own life and you're finding out you ain't strong enough. You never were."

Prayer
Jesus, I am tired of trying to hold together what only You can sustain. I release my grip today and trust that You are more than able to hold what I cannot. Give me the courage to let go.

08/19/2026

Day 3: God Is Not the Author of Your Chaos

Devotional
Think about what an author does.
Every scene, every twist, every moment of tension
in a story exists because the author decided it would.
Nothing happens by accident on the page.

First Corinthians 14:33 tells us that God
is not the author of confusion, but of peace.

That verse is doing more than describing a church service.
It is telling us something deep about who God is.
He does not write chaos into your story.
He does not design confusion for your life.

When disorder shows up,
God is not the one holding that pen.

So the honest question becomes: who is?
Sometimes it is the enemy.
But sometimes, if we are being real with ourselves, it is us.

We try to write endings that only God can write.
We try to control outcomes that were never ours to control.
We carry weight that He never asked us to carry.

And we wonder why we are exhausted.

God is not punishing you by letting things feel hard.
He is inviting you to stop writing and let Him take the pen.
His authorship brings peace, even in the middle of the storm.
You can trust the story He is writing for your life.

Bible Verse
"For God is not a God of confusion but of peace." - 1 Corinthians 14:33

Reflection Question
What chapter of your life are you currently trying to write on your own, and what would it look like to hand that pen back to God?

Quote
"Maybe you're trying to control things that God never asked you to control. Maybe you're carrying things that he never asked you to carry. Maybe you're trying to write an ending that only God can write."

Prayer
Father, forgive me for the times I have tried to write my own story instead of trusting Yours. Take the pen today, and write something only You can write in my life.

08/18/2026

Day 2: The Enemy Does Not Create. He Only Confuses.

Devotional
Here is something worth sitting with today.

The enemy has never created a single thing.
He can't. He does not have that power.

What he does instead is twist, distort, and divide.
His strategy is not to destroy you outright.
It is to keep you confused long enough
that you stop hearing what God is trying to say.

A confused mind is a distracted mind.
And a distracted mind drifts further and further
from the voice of God.

This is not a new tactic.
It is the same one used against the early church in Corinth.
Everyone was talking over each other,
using their gifts to be seen rather than to serve.
The result was a room full of noise and very little life.

Paul stepped in and reminded them of something simple.
You are not here to perform.
You are here to build each other up.

The gifts God gives you are not trophies.
They are tools for serving the people around you.
When you shift your focus from what you can get
to what you can give,

something changes.

The noise starts to quiet.
The confusion starts to lift.
And in that stillness,
you can hear God again.

Do not let the enemy
keep you so distracted
that you miss what God is saying to you today.

Bible Verse
"So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church." - 1 Corinthians 14:12

Reflection Question
Are there areas in your life where the pursuit of being seen or in control has actually been creating more confusion rather than bringing peace?

Quote
"If he can keep you confused long enough, he can keep you distracted long enough. And if he can keep you distracted long enough, he can keep you from hearing what God is trying to say."

Prayer
God, open my eyes to the ways the enemy has used distraction and confusion to pull me away from Your voice. Help me to quiet the noise and fix my eyes on You today.

08/17/2026

Day 1: You Were Not Made for This Kind of Chaos

Devotional
Life has a way of piling on all at once.
Bills stack up. Relationships strain.
Your mind races at 2 a.m. and you cannot figure out why you feel so buried.

If that is where you are right now, take a breath.
You are not alone, and this is not the life God designed for you.
From the very first pages of Scripture, we see God step into a world that was formless, empty, and dark.

And He did not leave it that way.
He spoke, and order came.
Light appeared. Life began.

That is not just a story about creation.
It is a picture of who God is at His core.

He is a God who meets chaos and brings peace.
He meets emptiness and fills it with love.
He meets confusion and speaks clarity into it.

That same God who hovered over the darkness of the deep is the same God who sees the chaos in your life right now.
You do not have to stay buried.
You do not have to keep white-knuckling your way through every hard season.

God is not standing far off, watching you struggle.
He is close, and He is ready to speak order into whatever feels formless in your life today.

Bible Verse
"The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters." - Genesis 1:2

Reflection Question
In what area of your life have you started to accept chaos as normal, when deep down you know God has something better for you?

Quote
"That is not what God wants for you. That is not the life that he died to give you."

Prayer
Lord, I confess that I have accepted chaos as just the way things are. Remind me today that You are a God of order and peace, and that You are near. Speak into the formless places of my life.

Address

7382 S State Route 123
Blanchester, OH
45107

Opening Hours

Wednesday	6pm - 8pm
Sunday	10:45am - 12:30am

Website

http://faithbaptistblanchester.com/

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