The Church of Solid Faith

The Church of Solid Faith The Church of Solid Faith is a vibrant church of praying Christian believers. Join us in celebrating The Church of Solid Faith is now an Independent Church.

We no longer affiliated with the Reformed Catholic Church. We were originally St. Cyprian of Carthage Episcopal Church under the Diocese of Southern Ohio. Due to financial difficulties the Church could not afford to maintain its financial obligations towards the Diocese as such the Diocese decided to close us down. Members came together and decided that we did not want to close so we set up the "C

hurch of Solid Faith' Registered with the State of Ohio as a Charitable Organization on January 31, 2011. We linked with the Reformed Catholic Church in June , 2011 on the understanding that it was an ecumenical setting where each Church that linked with them would allow to maintain their own form of worship. We were still worshiping the Anglican way but members discovered that the Reformed Catholic Church wanted to change our form of worship so they voted to go Independent. Please see our website for further information.

06/03/2026

DAILY MEDITATION

JUNE 3

Daily Verse (WEB)
“For we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” - Romans 8:28

COMMENTARY

This verse is often misunderstood as meaning nothing bad will happen to believers. Rather, Paul teaches that God’s redemptive power can transform even painful circumstances into opportunities for growth and good. The phrase “all things” includes suffering, loss, and injustice. God doesn’t cause these evils, but He works through them, weaving them into a larger narrative of redemption. This requires faith that God’s perspective is larger than our current circumstances.

STORY

The Unexpected Path

When David’s company downsized and he lost his job of fifteen years, he felt betrayed and angry. He’d done everything right, and this was his reward? For months, he spiraled into depression. But forced to slow down, he began volunteering at a local youth center, mentoring at-risk teenagers. There, he discovered a passion he’d never known-working with young people. He went back to school part-time, eventually becoming a youth counselor. Years later, he realized that losing his job, as painful as it was, had redirected his entire life toward his true calling. He was helping more people now than he ever had in his corporate career. What felt like a tragedy had become a blessing he couldn’t have orchestrated himself.

MEDITATION

Reflect on a difficult time in your past that, with hindsight, led to something good. Perhaps a rejection led to a better opportunity. A failure taught you something essential. A loss opened a new door. Sit with gratitude for how God worked through that difficulty. Now, consider a current struggle.

PAUSE

Can you trust that God is working, even if you can’t yet see how?

PRAYER

God of all wisdom, I confess that I don’t always understand Your ways. When life is painful, it’s hard to believe that good can come from it. Yet I choose to trust that You see what I cannot see, that You work beyond my limited perspective. Help me to release my need to understand everything and instead surrender to Your larger purposes. Give me faith to believe that even now, in this difficulty, You are working for my ultimate good. Amen.

POEM

Trust in the Unseen

I cannot see the whole design,
The way Your purposes align,
But I have learned through joy and pain,
That nothing in my life is vain.

The closed doors led me somewhere new,
The losses taught me to pursue,
The dreams that matter most to me,
Your hand was guiding all along, I see.

So when the path grows dark and long,
I’ll hold to faith and sing this song:
That all things work toward my good,
In ways I’m learning to understand, I would.

COMMENT

Trust isn’t about understanding everything. It’s about believing that God is good, even when circumstances suggest otherwise. Today, choose to trust the larger story God is writing with your life.

06/02/2026

JUNE 2
Daily Verse (WEB)

“Come to me, all you who are weary and heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.” - Matthew 11:28

COMMENTARY
Jesus extends an open invitation to all who are exhausted -physically,
emotionally, and spiritually. The Greek word “kopiao” (weary)
suggests not just tiredness, but exhaustion from labor and struggle. The “burden” (phortion) refers to the weight we carry. Jesus doesn’t promise to remove all difficulties, but offers something deeper:
rest for our souls. This rest isn’t passivity but restoration-the kind that comes from releasing control and trusting in God’s care.

STORY
The Burnout

Sarah stared at her laptop screen at 11 PM, her third cup of cold
coffee beside her. As a nonprofit director, she’d dedicated herself to helping others, but somewhere along the way, she’d forgotten to
help herself. She was running on fumes, snapping at her staff, missing her daughter’s school events. One Sunday, her pastor’s sermon
stopped her cold: “You cannot pour from an empty cup.” That
evening, Sarah did something radical-she closed her laptop,
silenced her phone, and sat in her backyard. She wept, finally admitting she was drowning. She began attending a small prayer group, setting boundaries at work, and prioritizing sleep. Slowly, she discovered that rest wasn’t laziness; it was resistance against the lie that her worth depended on her productivity.

MEDITATION
Notice the weight you’re carrying today. Is it worry about the
future? Regret about the past? Pressure to perform? Responsibility for others? Don’t try to fix it right now. Simply acknowledge it.

PAUSE

Then imagine laying it down at the feet of Jesus. Feel the physical sensation of release. What becomes possible when you’re not carrying that weight?

PRAYER
Loving Father, I come to You exhausted. I’ve been carrying burdens
that were never meant for me alone. Help me to release what I cannot control and trust You with my deepest concerns. Grant me the
courage to rest without guilt, to slow down without shame. Teach
me that my value isn’t measured by my productivity, but by my
identity as Your beloved child. Give me the rest my soul
desperately needs. Amen.

POEM
Permission to Rest

I lay my burdens at Your feet,
The weight I’ve carried, incomplete,
You whisper gently, “Let it go,
I’ve got you-this, you need to know.”

The world keeps spinning, work won’t cease,
But I have found a deeper peace,
In rest, I’m not abandoning my call,
I’m trusting You to hold it all.

My weary soul finds strength anew,
In quiet hours spent with You,
I’m learning what the wise ones know-
That rest is where the spirit grows.

COMMENT
If you’re running on empty, today’s verse is for you. Rest isn’t a
luxury; it’s a necessity. Jesus invites you to stop striving and start
trusting. What would it look like to truly rest today?

BISHOP ADMIRE CLEEVE D.D.

06/01/2026

JUNE 1
Daily Verse (WEB)

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things
have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.” - 2
Corinthians 5:17

COMMENTARY
Paul’s declaration speaks to the transformative power of faith in Christ. The phrase “new creation” doesn’t mean superficial change but a fundamental reorientation of our being. The Greek word
“kainos” (new) suggests not merely chronologically new, but qualitatively new-something that has never existed before in this form. When we enter into relationship with Christ, our past no longer defines our future; we are remade from the inside out.

SHORT STORY
Fresh Start

Marcus sat in his parole officer’s office, palms sweating. Five years
ago, he never thought he’d see this day-a second chance. His
addiction had cost him everything: his family, his career, his
self-respect. But during his incarceration, a prison chaplain had
introduced him to faith. Now, three years sober and with genuine
spiritual transformation, Marcus felt different. Not just reformed, but fundamentally changed. His sister had agreed to let him stay with her while he rebuilt his life. As he signed the paperwork, he whispered a prayer of gratitude. He wasn’t the same man who’d
entered prison. He was new.

MEDITATION
Sit quietly and reflect on areas of your life where you feel trapped
by past mistakes or failures. Acknowledge them without judgment.

Now imagine Christ’s light entering those dark spaces, not erasing the past, but transforming its meaning.

PAUSE

You are not defined by what you’ve done, but by whose you are.

What would it feel like to truly believe you are new?

PRAYER
Gracious God, I thank You for the promise of renewal. Where I have
failed, help me to see not permanent defeat but opportunity for
transformation.

Release me from the chains of shame and guilt. Help me to walk forward as a new creation, not in my own strength, but in
the power of Christ’s redemption. Give me courage to believe that
change is possible, and wisdom to live as one who has been made
new. Amen.

POEM
Reborn
The old self fades like morning mist,
Dissolved in grace I can’t resist,
What once was broken, now is whole,
Christ’s love has renovated my soul.

The chains that bound me fall away,
I step into a brand new day,
Not haunted by the things I’ve done,
But walking toward the rising sun.

I am remade, I am restored,
A living testament to Christ, my Lord,
The past cannot define my way,
I am new-completely new today.

COMMENT
June begins with a message of hope. Whether you’re starting fresh
after a failure, beginning a new chapter, or simply seeking renewal,
remember that transformation is always possible through faith. The
invitation isn’t to perfection, but to progress. Today, choose to see
yourself as God sees you-not as your

BISHOP ADMIRE CLEEVE. D.D.

05/31/2026

May 31
Verse of the Day

Revelation 21:5 (WEB)
“He who sits on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things
new.’ He said, ‘Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.’”

COMMENTARY
The final day of May closes with a word from the final book of
Scripture - and it is a word of renewal. “All things new” - not “all
new things.” God is not discarding creation and starting over; He is
renewing, restoring, making new what already exists. The Greek kainos means new in quality, not new in origin. And the command to write - to record this as faithful and true - suggests that this
promise is meant to be held onto, returned to, trusted. The One who
sits on the throne is not finished. He is making - present tense,
ongoing, active. The renewal is already underway.

SHORT STORY
On the last day of May, an elderly woman named Constance sat in her garden. She was eighty-one years old. She had buried a husband, a son, and more friends than she could count. She had seen her
country change in ways that frightened her. She had watched her
own body slow and diminish.
Her granddaughter, visiting for the weekend, found her sitting quietly among the roses.

“What are you thinking about, Gran?”

Constance looked at the garden - the roses that had been bare sticks in March, now full and blooming.
“I’m thinking about the verse I read this morning,” she said.
“‘Behold, I am making all things new.’” She touched a rose petal. “I
planted these from bare roots. They looked dead. Now look.”
She looked at her granddaughter. “I’ve had a lot of bare-root seasons in my life. A lot of things that looked finished. But He keeps
making things new.” She smiled. “He’s not done yet. Not with the
garden. Not with me.”
Her granddaughter sat beside her and they stayed there together until the evening light faded - two people, generations apart, held by the same promise.

MEDITATION
As May ends, look back over the month. What has God been making new in you? What bare-root season are you still in, waiting for the renewal to become visible?

PAUSE

The promise of Revelation 21:5 is not just for the end of all things - it is the character of the God who is always making things new. He is not finished with you. He is not
finished with your story. He is making - present tense, right now - all things new.

PRAYER
Lord, as this month ends, I bring You what is still broken, still
waiting, still bare. I bring You the things I hoped would be different by now. And I receive Your promise: You are making all things new. Not someday only - but now, in process, actively. I trust You
with what is not yet new. I trust You with the bare roots. I trust
that the One who sits on the throne is not finished. Make me new.
Make my story new. Make all things new. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

POEM
Making
Not made new - but making - present tense,
The work still underway, still in His hands -
The bare roots in the winter garden
Becoming more than winter understands.

He doesn’t discard what He has fashioned,
Doesn’t start again from empty ground -
He takes the old and worn and broken
And makes it new in ways that still astound.

So here I stand at the end of May,
Some things renewed, some still in wait -
But held by the One who is always making,
Who is never early, never late.

Behold - He says - I’m making all things new.
And faithful, true, these words remain.
The throne is occupied. The work continues.
And nothing that He loves is lost in vain.

COMMENT
May is ending. Some things are still not resolved, still not healed, still
not what you hoped. But the God who sits on the throne is still
making all things new - including you. He is not done. Not even
close.
“He who began a good work in you will complete it.” - Philippians 1:6

By BISHOP ADMIRE CLEEVE. D.D.

05/30/2026

MAY 30
Verse of the Day

Psalm 103:12 (WEB)
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our
transgressions from us.”

COMMENTARY
David chose his metaphor carefully. He did not say “as far as the north is from the south” - because north and south have endpoints; you can reach the North Pole and the South Pole. But east and west have no endpoints - they are infinite directions that never converge.

You can travel east forever and never reach west. This is the distance God places between you and your forgiven sin - not a finite
distance, but an infinite one. The word “removed” (rachaq) means to put far away, to distance completely. God doesn’t file your sin away for later retrieval. He removes it to a place that has no address.

SHORT STORY
For twelve years, Thomas had carried the weight of a decision that had cost his family dearly. He had made a financial choice driven by greed, and it had resulted in the loss of their home and years of
hardship. He had confessed it to God. He had confessed it to his
family. His family had forgiven him. His pastor had assured him of
God’s forgiveness.
But Thomas kept returning to it - picking it up, examining it, carrying it.

One morning, his teenage son found him at the kitchen table, head in his hands.

“Dad,” he said, “what are you doing?”

“Thinking about the mistake,” Thomas said.
His son sat down.

“Dad, you’ve asked for forgiveness. We’ve
forgiven you. God’s forgiven you.” He paused. “So who are you carrying it for?”
Thomas looked at his son.

“Because it’s not for us,” his son continued. “And it’s not for God. So who’s making you carry it?”

Thomas put it down that morning. Not perfectly, not permanently - but he began the practice of leaving it where it had been placed: infinitely far away.

MEDITATION
What forgiven sin are you still carrying?

PAUSE

God has removed it as far as
the east is from the west - an infinite distance. When you pick it back up and carry it, you are not being humble or responsible. You are disagreeing with God about where He put it. Can you leave it
where He placed it today? Not because the sin wasn’t real, but
because the forgiveness is more real.

PRAYER
Father, I keep picking up what You have removed. I keep carrying what You have placed at an infinite distance.

Today I choose to agree
with Your forgiveness. I will not carry [name the sin] anymore - not
because it wasn’t real, but because Your removal of it is more real.

Thank You for a forgiveness that has no address, no return path, no retrieval. I receive it fully today. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

POEM
No Address

I kept going back to where I’d left it,
The sin I thought I’d laid aside -
As though it had a fixed location,
A place where I could go and find.

But You removed it east from west -
A distance with no end, no meeting -
No address where it waits for me,
No coordinates for my retrieving.

So why do I keep searching for it,
Carrying what You’ve thrown away?
Today I leave it where You put it -
Infinitely, completely, far away.

COMMENT
You cannot retrieve what God has removed. Stop looking for it.
The forgiveness is real, the removal is complete, and the distance is infinite. Leave it there.

BY BISHOP ADMIRE CLEEVE. D.D.

05/29/2026

MAY 29
Verse of the Day

2 Timothy 1:7 (WEB)
“For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and
self-control.”

COMMENTARY
Paul wrote this to Timothy, a young leader who was apparently struggling with timidity. The word “fear” here is deilia - cowardice, timidity, the kind of fear that paralyzes and shrinks. Paul makes a theological statement: this kind of fear does not come from God. Its source is elsewhere. What God has given is a spirit of
three things: dunamis (power - the same word used for the
resurrection), agape (love - the self-giving, others-focused love of
God), and sophronismos (self-control - sound-mindedness, discipline,
the ability to think clearly under pressure). These three together describe a person who is powerful without being reckless, loving
without being weak, and disciplined without being fearful.

SHORT STORY
Amara was a young pastor who had been asked to preach at a large conference - far larger than anything she had done before. The night
before, she was paralyzed with fear. She called her mentor, an older pastor named Dr. Williams.

“I can’t do this,” she said. “I’m going to embarrass myself. I’m going to embarrass God.”

Dr. Williams was quiet for a moment. Then he said, “Amara, where
did that fear come from?”

She paused.
“Because it didn’t come from God,” he continued. “Read 2 Timothy 1:7. God gave you power -the same power that raised Jesus from the dead. He gave you love - for those people in that room. And He gave
you a sound mind. That’s what you’re preaching with tomorrow. Not your fear. His gifts.”
She preached the next day. She was nervous - but she was not
paralyzed. She preached with power, with love, and with clarity.

Afterward, a woman found her and said, “I came here today ready to give up on my faith. Your message changed that.”

Amara called Dr. Williams that evening.
“It wasn’t my gift. It was His.” “You were right,” she said.

MEDITATION
Where is deilia - paralyzing timidity - operating in your life? In your calling, your relationships, your witness? Trace the fear back to its source.

PAUSE

It did not come from God. Now look at what God did give
you: power, love, and a sound mind. These are not aspirational
qualities you need to develop - they are gifts already given. How
would you live differently today if you operated from those gifts
instead of from fear?

PRAYER
Lord, I identify the fear that has been paralyzing me - [name it]. And I declare: this did not come from You. Today I receive what You did
give me: power, love, and a sound mind. I will not shrink back. I will
not be silenced by timidity. I will operate from Your gifts, not from fear’s limitations. Let Your power, love, and clarity be evident in
everything I do today. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

POEM
Not From You
This shrinking, this silencing, this paralyzed retreat -
I trace it back and find it’s not from You.
The timid spirit crouching in defeat
Was never part of what You gave me to.

You gave me power - resurrection power -
And love that casts the cringing fear away,
And sound-mindedness to stand in any hour
And think and speak and act and trust and pray.

So I refuse the spirit not from You,
And take the gifts You’ve placed within my hand -
Power, love, and clarity - I’m through
With shrinking from the call of Your command.

COMMENT
Fear that paralyzes you is not from God. You can trace it to its real
source - and then replace it with what God actually gave you: power, love, and a sound mind.

BISHOP ADMIRE CLEEVE. D.D.

05/28/2026

Thanks to all our friends for you comments and prayers. God bless you all.

05/28/2026

May 28
Verse of the Day

Zephaniah 3:17 (WEB)
“Yahweh your God is among you, a mighty one who will save. He
will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will
rejoice over you with singing.”

COMMENTARY
This verse contains one of the most stunning images in all of
Scripture: God singing over you. The word “rejoice” (sus) means to leap, to spin with delight. The word “singing” (rinnah) means a ringing cry of joy. God is not merely tolerating you. He is not merely
forgiving you. He is singing over you - with the kind of joy that
cannot be contained. The phrase “calm you in his love” can also be
translated “He will be silent in His love” - the image of a parent so
overwhelmed with love for a sleeping child that they simply stand
in quiet wonder. Both images - the singing and the silence - are
expressions of God’s delight in you.

SHORT STORY
Evelyn was a woman who had spent her entire life trying to earn love.

She had been the good daughter, the perfect student, the reliable
employee, the faithful church member. She was exhausted by the
performance.
At a women’s retreat, the speaker read Zephaniah 3:17 and said,
“God is singing over you right now. Not because of what you’ve
done. Not because you’ve earned it. Just because you are His.”

Evelyn felt something crack open in her chest. She had never - not once - imagined God singing over her. She had imagined Him
grading her, evaluating her, waiting for her to do better.

She went home and sat in her backyard that evening. The stars were out. She thought about a father singing over a sleeping child - not
because the child had done anything, but simply because the child existed and was loved.

She wept. Then she laughed. Then she sat in the quiet and let herself be loved.
It was, she said, the most significant spiritual moment of her life. Not a dramatic miracle - just the simple, shattering realization that God liked her.

MEDITATION
Can you receive the image of God singing over you? Not evaluating you, not grading you, not waiting for you to improve - but leaping
with joy over you, singing over you, standing in silent wonder over
you?

Pause

This is not a metaphor for people who have it all together.
This is God’s posture toward you, right now, exactly as you are. Sit
with that today. Let it be real.

PRAYER
Father, it is hard for me to imagine You singing over me. I am more
comfortable imagining Your disappointment than Your delight. But
Your Word says You rejoice over me with singing. Today I
choose to receive that. Not because I deserve it, but because You
offer it. Sing over me, Lord. Calm me with Your love. Let me rest in
the knowledge that I am not just tolerated - I am delighted in. In
Jesus’ name, Amen.

POEM
The Song

I always thought You watched me with a grade sheet,
Tallying the rights and wrongs I’d done -
But Zephaniah says You’re leaping, spinning,
Singing over me like I’ve already won.

Not because I earned the song, or merited
The joy that rings across the sky -
But because You are a Father who delights
In the child He loves, and that child is I.

So let me rest beneath Your singing, Father,
Let the song replace the fear -
I am not just barely tolerated -
I am the reason You are here.

COMMENT
God doesn’t just love you - He likes you. He doesn’t just tolerate
your presence - He sings over it. Let that change how you see
yourself today.

BY BISHOP ADMIRE CLEEVE

05/27/2026

MAY 27
Verse of the Day

Psalm 119:105 (WEB)
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

COMMENTARY
In the ancient world, travelers used small clay oil lamps that
illuminated only a few feet ahead - enough for the next step, not the
whole journey. David’s image is precise: God’s Word is not a floodlight that illuminates the entire future. It is a lamp - enough light
for the next step, the next decision, the immediate path. This is by design. God rarely shows us the whole road. He shows us enough to take the next faithful step. The Word is both personal (“my feet”) and directional (“my path”) - it speaks to where you specifically are and where you specifically need to go.

SHORT STORY
Ben was a missionary in a remote region with unreliable
communication and no clear guidance from his organization. He
faced a decision that would affect hundreds of people - whether to
stay through a growing political crisis or evacuate his team.
He had no mentor to call. No clear precedent. No strategy guide.

He opened his Bible and read. Not looking for a magic verse - just
reading. He read Psalm 119:105. He read the surrounding psalms.
He prayed. He listened.
He didn’t get a vision or a dramatic sign. He got a quiet, clear sense
of the next step: stay through the week, reassess daily, trust the lamp for each day’s path.
He stayed. The crisis resolved. The community he served was not abandoned.
“I wanted a searchlight,” he said afterward. “God gave me a lamp.
But the lamp was enough. It was always enough for the next step.”

MEDITATION
Are you frustrated that God hasn’t shown you the whole road?

Consider that a lamp for your feet might be exactly what you need
not because God is withholding, but because the next step is all you need to take right now. What is the next step that the lamp of God’s
Word is illuminating for you today? Just that step. Take it.

PRAYER
Lord, I confess that I want a floodlight, not a lamp. I want to see the
whole road before I take the next step. But You give me enough light for where I am. Today I trust the lamp. I open Your Word and ask You to illuminate the next step - not the whole journey, just the next faithful step. I will walk in the light You give. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

POEM
The Lamp

I wanted a floodlight, Lord - the whole road,
Every turn, every outcome, every stone -
But You gave me a lamp for my feet instead,
Enough light for the next step alone.

And I’ve learned that the lamp is sufficient,
That the next step is all that I need -
That You don’t withhold the full picture to taunt me,
But to keep me in step with Your lead.

So I walk in the light that You give me,
One faithful step at a time -
And the path that I couldn’t see clearly
Becomes clear as I follow the shine.

COMMENT
God doesn’t owe you the whole map. He promises you enough
light for the next step. Take the step. The next light will come.

BY BISHOP ADMIRE CLEEVE D.D.

Address

The Chapel Of 501 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH
43215

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 6:30am
9am - 5pm
Tuesday 6am - 6:30am
Wednesday 6am - 6:30am
Thursday 6am - 6:30am
Friday 6am - 6:30am
Saturday 9pm - 9:30pm
Sunday 11:30am - 1:30pm
9pm - 9:30pm

Telephone

+19805796787

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Church of Solid Faith posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Place Of Worship

Send a message to The Church of Solid Faith:

Shortcuts

Share

Category