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08/17/2026

We talk a lot about wanting the will of God… but what happens when His will doesn’t look like ours?
Israel wanted a king so badly that God allowed them to have one—even after warning them. They got what they asked for, but that didn’t mean it was what pleased God. God’s permission is not always God’s pleasure.
Then we see Jesus in Gethsemane:
“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” — Luke 22:42 NLT

That is submission.

Submission doesn’t mean I don’t have desires. It means my desires don’t sit on the throne. I can tell God what I want and still trust Him enough to let His answer overrule mine.
And then there is the perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 tells us that as God transforms the way we think, we learn to know His will—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
So maybe the question isn’t simply, “God, will You allow this?”

Maybe the deeper questions are: Does this please You? Am I surrendered enough to accept Your answer? Do I trust that Your will is better than mine—even when I don’t understand it?

I don’t want to live my life settling for what God will permit because I refused to surrender. I want a heart submitted enough to desire what pleases Him and a mind renewed enough to discern His perfect will.
And when what I want collides with what God wants, may I have enough trust to say:

Nevertheless.
Your will, not mine.

Because sometimes spiritual maturity isn’t demonstrated by how well we celebrate God’s yes.
Sometimes it’s revealed by whether we can hear His no…
and still call Him good.

08/02/2026

Some of us have carried certain things for so long that we've forgotten what it feels like to stand spiritually upright.
We learn to function with the weight.
We adjust to the pain.
We make room for the disappointment.
We convince ourselves, "This is just who I am."
But that was never God's intention.
The woman in Luke 13:10-17 had been bent over for eighteen years. Her condition had become her normal—but it was never God's final word. Jesus didn't simply straighten her back; He restored her dignity. What she had adapted to, Jesus delivered her from.
How many of us have become comfortable carrying what Christ is asking us to surrender?
Your bitterness.
Your shame.
Your fear.
Your past.
Your unforgiveness.
Your need to control everything.
The altar is more than a place of emotion. It's a place of exchange. We bring our burdens, and Christ gives us freedom. We bring our brokenness, and He begins the beautiful work of transformation. That's the miracle of the Christian life—not just that we're forgiven, but that we're continually being changed.
Don't settle for surviving when Jesus is calling you into transformation.
The goal isn't to have another church service. The goal is to leave every encounter with Christ looking a little more like Him than we did before.
So whatever you've been carrying...
Lay it down.
Don't pick it back up.

"Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity." — Luke 13:12
"Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." — Romans 12:2

07/31/2026

The Holy Spirit doesn't just comfort us—He confronts us.
We love the verses about His peace, His comfort, and His presence—and rightly so. But Jesus also said that when the Holy Spirit came, He would convict the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). Conviction isn't condemnation; it's God's love refusing to leave us where we are.
If the only encounters with God we desire are the ones that make us feel good, but we resist the ones that expose our pride, our unforgiveness, our motives, or our disobedience, we've settled for an experience instead of transformation.
The Holy Spirit doesn't reveal our hearts to shame us. He reveals them so He can heal them. The greatest evidence of His work isn't just that we feel His presence—it's that we're becoming more like Christ.

07/10/2026

Ministry has a way of revealing what's really in your heart.
If you've served the Lord for any length of time, you've probably been misunderstood, overlooked, forgotten, or wounded by people you genuinely love. That's the part of ministry we don't talk about very often.
But can I encourage you today?

Go back to your "yes."

Why did you answer the call in the first place?
It wasn't because people would always understand you.
It wasn't because everyone would appreciate you.
It wasn't because every act of obedience would be celebrated.

It was because Jesus was worthy.

So don't allow a wound to talk you out of your calling.
Don't let disappointment rob the Church of what God has placed inside of you.
The same God who called you is the same God who is sustaining you. He hasn't changed His mind because someone hurt your heart.

Keep serving.
Keep loving.
Keep forgiving.
Keep showing up.
Keep pointing people to Jesus.

One day, every unseen sacrifice, every silent tear, every act of obedience done for an audience of One will be worth it.
If your heart is hurting today, don't quit.
The Kingdom still needs faithful servants.

And the One who called you is still faithful.

"Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." — 1 Corinthians 15:58

07/07/2026

Our AC went out last week... and it's HOT. 🥵
But it reminded me of something.
We spend so much of our lives chasing comfort that we sometimes mistake comfort for God's goodness.
Yet Scripture never promises us a comfortable life—it promises us His presence.
Sometimes the room is hot. Sometimes the storm doesn't stop. Sometimes the answer is "wait."
And somehow... Jesus is still enough.
God's goodness isn't proven by perfect circumstances. It was proven once and for all at the cross.
It made me stop and ask myself a hard question:
If my worship only survives comfortable seasons, then maybe I was worshipping comfort more than Christ.
Ouch.
I don't want my praise to depend on whether life feels easy. I want it to rest on who He is. Because whether the air is cool or the house is hot, whether life is smooth or full of trials...
Jesus is still worthy. He is still faithful. And He is still good.
"Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:25-26

07/04/2026

Freedom isn't just God taking you out of something.

It's God taking the something out of you.

Real freedom isn't merely walking away from sin—it's no longer craving the chains that once defined you. It's when bitterness loses its grip, fear loses its voice, shame loses its identity, and the enemy no longer has a hook to pull you back.

The Israelites left Egypt in a single night, but Egypt didn't leave their hearts overnight.

Many people have been delivered, but few have been transformed.

Jesus didn't die simply to make you free from hell.
He died to make you free to become holy.

Don't settle for a freedom that only changes your location.
Pursue the freedom that changes your nature.

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

06/14/2026

If Your Presence Doesn't Go With Me...

Moses had a choice.

God told him, "I'll still give you the promise. I'll still give you the land. I'll still give you the blessing."

But God also said, "I will not go with you."

Most people would have been satisfied with the blessing.

Not Moses.

Moses understood something many of us forget: the blessing without God's presence is still a barren place.

So he prayed one of the most powerful prayers in Scripture:

"If Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here." (Exodus 33:15)

In other words:

"Lord, I don't want success without You." "I don't want provision without You." "I don't want ministry without You." "I don't want open doors if You aren't the One opening them."

The cloud in the wilderness wasn't just guidance. The fire wasn't just protection.

They were reminders that God Himself was with His people.

Today, may we hunger for His presence more than His gifts. May we seek the Giver more than what He gives. May we become people who would rather stay in the wilderness with God than enter the Promised Land without Him.

Because the greatest blessing was never the destination.

It was His presence all along.

🔥 Lord, before we ask for Your hand, teach us to seek Your face.

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