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09/26/2026

09/21/2026

Walking in Freedom Without Fear

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” — 2 Timothy 1:7

Fear can work its way into our lives in so many different forms.

Fear of letting God down.
Fear of letting ourselves down.
Fear of disappointing our families.
Fear of the unknown.
Fear of rejection.
Fear of abandonment.
Fear of failure.
Fear that we will never truly change.

If fear can find an open door, it will try to wedge its way into every area of our lives. That is why we have to allow the Word of God to become alive within us.

God’s Word says He has not given us a spirit of fear, but power, love, and a sound mind.

I have heard people say, “I read my Bible. I pray. I make posts about God on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.”

Those things can be good, but following Jesus is more than reading words on a page, saying prayers without surrender, or posting Scriptures for other people to see.

It is about allowing God to transform us from the inside out.

It takes community. It takes being connected to the body of Christ. It takes learning to understand the Word we are reading and then allowing that Word to confront us, correct us, heal us, and change the way we live.

For some people, I have watched God bring change almost immediately.

For others—like myself—it has been a process of allowing God to tear down strongholds that I carried for years, some for most of my life.

Anger.
Fear.
Rejection.
Self-hatred.
Bitterness.
The need to control everything.

There comes a point when we have to stop merely asking God to change our circumstances and begin allowing Him to change us.

We have to lay our need for control at His feet.

We have to bring the fear to the altar.

We have to surrender the rejection, anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, shame, and wounds we have held onto.

And we have to trust Jesus with what happens next.

Jesus said:

“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” — John 8:36

Freedom does not mean you will never feel fear knocking at the door again. Freedom means fear no longer has to determine how you live.

When fear says, “You’re going to fail,” the Word says God has given you a sound mind.

When rejection says, “Nobody wants you,” God says you are chosen.

When abandonment says, “Everyone is going to leave you,” God says, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

When your past says, “You will always be who you used to be,” the Word says, “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.”

And when we finally surrender control and allow God into those deep places, something begins to change.

His Word isn’t simply something we read anymore.

His Word begins living in us.

His Spirit begins transforming our thoughts, our reactions, our relationships, and our identity. We begin learning to walk in the authority Christ gives His people—not because we have become perfect, but because we know whose we are.

So today, if you are struggling with fear, rejection, anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, or self-hatred, I challenge you to do a spiritual inventory.

Ask yourself:

What am I still holding onto that God has been asking me to surrender?

Then bring it before Him.

Don’t hide it.
Don’t excuse it.
Don’t dress it up with religious words.

Give it to Him.

Ask God to expose the roots, heal the wounds, renew your mind through His Word, and teach you how to walk differently.

Because God did not call you to live controlled by fear.

He has given you power.

He has given you love.

He has given you a sound mind.

And whom the Son sets free is free indeed.

Prayer

Father, search my heart and reveal every place where fear, rejection, anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, shame, or the need for control has taken root.

I surrender those places to You.

Renew my mind through Your Word. Teach me not only to read Your Word, but to understand it, believe it, obey it, and live it.

Tear down every stronghold that keeps me bound to who I used to be. Heal the places in me that still react from old wounds.

Teach me to walk in the power, love, and sound mind You have given me.

I surrender control to You. Change me from the inside out until my life reflects Jesus.

I choose faith over fear, truth over lies, forgiveness over bitterness, and freedom over bo***ge.

In the mighty name of Jesus, amen.

09/20/2026

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09/19/2026

A Seat at the Table

Choosing Forgiveness, Wholeness & Unity

“A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” — Ecclesiastes 4:12

God never promised that relationships would be without hurt, disappointment, misunderstanding, or conflict. But He does call us to humility, forgiveness, truth, and love.

Sometimes restoration begins not by asking, “What did you do to me?” but by having the courage to ask, “How have I hurt you?”

1. How Have I Dishonored You?

Ask the person you love:

“How have I dishonored you? Tell me, and I will listen without becoming offended.”

That is a difficult question because our natural reaction is often to defend ourselves:

“That isn’t what I meant.”
“But you did this first.”
“You don’t understand why I did it.”

But listening isn’t the same as agreeing with everything being said. Listening says:

“Your heart matters enough for me to hear you.”

James 1:19 tells us to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.

Sometimes healing begins when we stop preparing our defense and start listening for the hurt underneath the words.

Reflection:
Have I dishonored you through my words, attitude, anger, silence, rejection, disrespect, lack of affection, lack of appreciation, or unwillingness to listen?

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2. Letting Go of What We Cannot Control

We cannot control another person’s thoughts.

We cannot control their emotions.

We cannot rewrite yesterday.

We cannot force someone to forgive.

We cannot force someone to change.

And we cannot control every outcome.

But we can surrender ourselves to God.

Sometimes we exhaust ourselves trying to fix something God is asking us to release into His hands.

Proverbs 3:5–6 teaches us to trust in the Lord rather than depending entirely on our own understanding.

There comes a moment when we have to say:

“God, I release what I cannot control. Show me what belongs to You and show me what You are asking me to change in myself.”

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3. Will You Allow God to Bring You Wholeness Through Forgiveness?

Forgiveness doesn’t say, “It didn’t hurt.”

Forgiveness doesn’t say, “What happened was okay.”

Forgiveness doesn’t mean trust must instantly return.

Forgiveness says:

“I refuse to allow yesterday’s wound to control tomorrow.”

Ephesians 4:31–32 tells us to put away bitterness, anger, and malice and to forgive one another as God has forgiven us in Christ.

Some wounds require time, accountability, changed behavior, and healthy boundaries. But we can still invite God into those wounded places.

Ask yourself:

What am I still carrying that God is asking me to release?

Maybe it is rejection.

Maybe betrayal.

Maybe resentment.

Maybe abandonment.

Maybe words that were spoken years ago.

Maybe something you keep replaying in your mind.

You don’t have to pretend it never happened.

You can bring it to God and say:

“Lord, heal what happened to me so that what happened to me no longer controls me.”

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4. A Cord of Three Strands

“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” — Ecclesiastes 4:12

In marriage, this gives us a beautiful picture:

Husband + Wife + God

When two people are pulling against one another, the relationship becomes a battlefield.

But when both people begin moving toward God, something changes.

Instead of:

Me versus you

it becomes:

Us with God against the problem.

God becomes the center strand holding together two imperfect people who are learning how to love, forgive, communicate, and grow.

The goal isn’t perfection.

The goal is unity.

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5. Do You Want a Seat at the Table?

Imagine God preparing a table.

There is a seat for you.

There is a seat for the person you love.

And God is inviting both of you to come sit down.

But sitting at the table requires something.

You may have to lay down pride before you sit.

You may have to leave resentment at the door.

You may have to admit:

“I was wrong.”

You may have to say:

“I forgive you.”

You may have to say:

“Please forgive me.”

You may have to listen to something uncomfortable without walking away.

You may have to stop fighting to be right and start fighting for restoration.

So the question becomes:

Do you want a seat at the table?

Not just a seat where you can explain yourself.

Not a seat where you can prove the other person wrong.

Not a seat where you can bring a list of everything they have done.

But a seat where you can say:

“God, search my heart first.”

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Questions to Ask Each Other

1. How have I made you feel dishonored, unheard, rejected, or unimportant?
2. What do you need me to understand that I haven’t been willing to hear?
3. What are we trying to control that we need to surrender to God?
4. Is there unforgiveness or resentment standing between us?
5. What would rebuilding trust look like through our actions—not just our words?
6. What do we need to stop bringing up after it has genuinely been forgiven and resolved?
7. How can we make God the third strand of our relationship again?
8. Are we willing to fight for each other instead of fighting against each other?
9. What is one thing I can begin doing differently today?
10. Do you want a seat at the table—and are you willing to do what restoration requires?

Prayer

Father,

We invite You to our table.

Search our hearts and reveal anything in us that is keeping us divided. Show us where pride, anger, bitterness, rejection, unforgiveness, fear, or resentment has taken root.

Teach us to listen without immediately becoming offended. Give us the humility to acknowledge when we have dishonored or wounded one another.

Help us release the things we cannot control.

Where there has been hurt, bring healing. Where there has been bitterness, teach us forgiveness. Where trust has been damaged, give us wisdom and patience to rebuild it through consistent actions.

Teach us to remember that we are not enemies.

Bring us back into alignment with You so that instead of pulling against one another, we begin walking together toward You.

Be the third strand in our cord.

Give us the courage to come to the table with humility, honesty, forgiveness, accountability, and love.

And when restoration feels impossible, remind us that what we cannot accomplish through our own strength can be surrendered into Your hands.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The invitation remains:

There is a seat at the table.
The question is—are you willing to sit down?

09/11/2026

What Is Causing You to Be Root Bound?

This morning, I was outside at work pulling vines out of the shrubs. As I began pulling them away, I noticed how some of those vines had wrapped themselves so tightly around the shrubs that they were literally choking the life out of them. Some of the shrubs had already died.

And standing there, I felt God speak to my spirit:

“This is exactly what bo***ge does to people.”

Addiction does it.

Rejection does it.

Anger does it.

Fear does it.

Bitterness does it.

Unforgiveness does it.

Shame does it.

At first, it may seem like just a little vine—something small enough to ignore. But when it isn’t dealt with, it keeps growing. It wraps itself around your thoughts, your emotions, your relationships, your identity, and eventually even your purpose.

Little by little, it begins to choke the life out of you.

The shrub didn’t die overnight. The vine slowly wrapped itself around what was supposed to be growing.

And some of us are the same way.

We love God. We have roots. We have purpose. There is still life inside of us. But there are things wrapped around us that God never intended us to carry.

Maybe addiction isn’t your vine.

Maybe yours is rejection.

Maybe it’s the anger you’ve carried because of what someone did to you.

Maybe it’s bitterness.

Maybe it’s fear.

Maybe it’s abandonment.

Maybe it’s pride.

Maybe it’s something from your past that you’ve learned to live with for so long that you don’t even recognize how tightly it has wrapped itself around you.

So I have to ask: What is causing you to be root bound?

What is keeping you from growing into everything God created you to become?

Jesus said:

“Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.” — Matthew 15:13

Some things don’t need to be managed.

They need to be uprooted.

The enemy would love for us to keep trimming the vines while leaving the roots untouched. We deal with the symptoms, but never confront the root.

But Jesus didn’t come just to make our bo***ge more comfortable.

He came to set the captives free.

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
— John 8:36

God wants to get to the root.

The root of the addiction.

The root of the rejection.

The root of the anger.

The root of the fear.

The root of the bitterness.

Because when God removes what has been choking you, you can breathe again.

You can grow again.

You can bloom again.

And you can become everything He planted you to be.

Today, ask yourself:

What has wrapped itself around me that God never planted in me?

Then give God permission to expose it, uproot it, and remove it.

Don’t just cut the vine.

Get to the root.

Prayer

Father, search my heart and reveal anything that has taken root in me that You did not plant. Show me the vines of addiction, rejection, anger, fear, bitterness, unforgiveness, shame, or pride that have wrapped themselves around my life.

I don’t want to simply manage what is choking me. I want to be free.

Pull it up by the root, Lord.

Heal the places where it began. Renew my mind. Restore what has been suffocated. Teach me to walk in the freedom Jesus purchased for me.

I refuse to allow yesterday’s wounds to choke tomorrow’s purpose.

What You planted in me will live.
What You planted in me will grow.
What You planted in me will produce fruit.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

🌱 DON’T JUST CUT THE VINE—GET TO THE ROOT.

09/06/2026

Waves of Joy Church we had 5 get baptized today!!

09/04/2026

This is what freedom looks like! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

09/04/2026

I KNOW WHO I AM

I am fearfully and wonderfully made, created in HIS image—the image of GOD.

HE breathed HIS BREATH into me and gave me life—not just once, but twice. HE gave me natural life, and through JESUS CHRIST, HE gave me new life—an everlasting, eternal life.

I am the head and not the tail.
I am above and not beneath.
I am the apple of HIS eye.
I am a child of THE MOST HIGH GOD.

I am chosen.
I am redeemed.
I am forgiven.
I am loved.
I am called.
I belong to HIM.

I do not have to walk in fear, defeat, rejection, or the identity the world tried to place upon me. I know whose I am.

I walk in the power and authority of JESUS CHRIST. The same GOD who called me has equipped me, strengthened me, and given me everything I need to walk in the purpose HE has placed upon my life.

HE is the Light of my soul.
HE is my strength when I am weak.
HE is my peace in the storm.
HE is my defender in the battle.
HE is my hope for tomorrow.

The enemy does not get to define me.
My past does not get to define me.
My mistakes do not get to define me.

GOD defines me.

I have been bought with a price. I have been called out of darkness and into HIS marvelous light. The chains that once held me do not have authority over the woman GOD has called me to be.

I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
I am redeemed by the blood of JESUS.
I am filled with HIS Spirit.
I am covered by HIS grace.
I am walking in HIS authority.
I am a daughter of THE KING.

And because HE lives in me, I will walk boldly in the life HE has given me.

I KNOW WHO I AM, BECAUSE I KNOW WHOSE I AM.

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” — Psalm 139:14