08/01/2026
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that people naturally protect what they value most. For some, it’s their spouse, their children, their home, their finances, or their possessions. For me, along with my family, it’s my faith and the truth of God’s Word.
I make no apology for guarding those things. In fact, I realize that at times I may come across as passionate—even overbearing. It’s not because I believe I’m always right, It’s because I know the value of what the Lord has entrusted to me. God has shaped me this way, and I can’t help but protect what has changed my life.
I love sharing what the Holy Spirit has patiently taught me through years of prayer, studying Scripture, and walking through life’s victories and failures. I don’t claim to be a Bible scholar. I’m simply a man who has experienced the faithfulness of God and wants others to experience Him too.
Nothing brings me more joy than watching someone’s eyes light up as the truth of God’s Word comes alive in their heart. In those moments, I want to encourage them to keep growing. I want to point them toward a family of believers who will love them, disciple them, and help them continue walking in truth—not merely in religious tradition, but in a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
But if I’m honest, this is where my heart becomes heavy.
Too many churches have exchanged the mission of making disciples for the goal of building membership. We celebrate attendance when we should be cultivating citizens of God’s Kingdom. My greatest burden isn’t simply getting someone into a church building; it’s helping them become the Church that Jesus died to establish.
It grieves me that after seeing someone awakened to the Gospel, I often struggle to know where to send them. I long for places where people are taught to surrender completely to Christ, to be led by the Holy Spirit, to know God’s Word deeply, and to live as ambassadors of His Kingdom.
Jesus never called us merely to fill pews. He called us to make disciples. He didn’t command us to invite people into our churches first; He commanded us to invite them into His Kingdom and teach them to obey everything He commanded.
My prayer is that we stop measuring success by how many people attend our services and begin measuring it by how many people are becoming the Church—the living body of Christ that this world so desperately needs.
Because it’s not about joining the perfect church.
It’s about learning how to become the Church Jesus intended us to be.
