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Apostolic Vibes, Stockton, CA (2026)

09/05/2026

Backsliding doesn't always begin with leaving church.

Sometimes it begins with slowly losing your desire for God.

You still attend.

You still sing.

You still know the Scriptures.

You still look like the same Christian everyone knows.

But something is changing underneath.

Prayer becomes less important.

Conviction becomes easier to ignore.

Compromise becomes easier to justify.

The things of God become routine.

And the things of the world become increasingly attractive.

That's how spiritual drift works.

You rarely notice yourself moving away while it's happening.

You simply keep taking small steps in the wrong direction.

Samson didn't lose his strength in one dramatic moment.

His downfall was preceded by repeated compromises.

That's why Scripture warns:

*"Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."* — 1 Corinthians 10:12

The most dangerous person isn't always the person who knows they're backsliding.

It's the person who is backsliding and thinks they're fine.

If your prayer life is dying, don't ignore it.

If sin no longer bothers you, don't excuse it.

If you have stopped responding to conviction, don't call it maturity.

If you're becoming comfortable with things God once delivered you from, don't call it freedom.

Call it what it is.

And turn back.

God's mercy is still reaching for you.

You don't have to wait until you've completely fallen away to return.

Come back while your heart is still tender.

Come back while you can still hear His voice.

Come back while you still have the desire to come back.

Because the way back to God isn't as far as you think.

*"Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts."* — Malachi 3:7

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

09/05/2026

We often pray,

“Lord, get me out of this.”

But what if the answer is,

“I’ll be with you in it”?

We want the fire removed.

God sometimes chooses
to reveal Himself
in the middle of it.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
were thrown into the furnace.

But the king looked again
and saw something unexpected.

“Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”
— Daniel 3:25

They were still in the fire.

But they were not alone.

The fire was real.

The heat was real.

The threat was real.

But so was God's presence.

Sometimes God delivers you
by taking you out.

Sometimes He delivers you
by walking through it with you.

The presence of Jesus
doesn't always mean
there will be no fire.

It means the fire
doesn't get the final word.

So when the trial comes,

don't measure God's faithfulness
by how quickly He removes it.

Look for Him
in the middle of it.

He doesn't always remove the fire.
He enters it with us.

And if Jesus is in the fire,

you can keep walking.

Not because the fire is harmless.

But because He is greater than the fire.

The question isn't only,

“Lord, when will this end?”

Sometimes the deeper question is,

“Lord, will I still trust You
while I'm walking through it?”

Faith doesn't always mean
escaping the furnace.

Sometimes,

faith is discovering
that you were never
walking through it alone.

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

09/04/2026

Some people have received God's forgiveness but still refuse to forgive themselves.

They keep reopening chapters God has already closed.

Replaying mistakes.

Reliving failures.

Carrying guilt that Christ already paid for.

The enemy loves to remind you of a past that God has already forgiven.

Because as long as you're looking backward, you'll struggle to move forward.

Yes, learn from your past.

But don't live in it.

God did not redeem you so you could remain chained to who you used to be.

His grace is not only powerful enough to forgive your past—

it's powerful enough to give you a future.

"Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark..."
— Philippians 3:13-14

Stop visiting places God delivered you from.

You cannot walk confidently into God's purpose while constantly dragging yesterday behind you.

What God forgave, stop resurrecting.

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

09/04/2026

What if the biggest thing holding you back spiritually isn't the devil?

What if it's you?

We often blame spiritual struggles on attacks, temptation, distractions, or opposition.

And yes, Scripture warns us about the enemy.

But sometimes the enemy isn't the reason we're not growing.

Sometimes it's our own unwillingness to obey.

We pray for God to change our circumstances.

But refuse to change our habits.

We ask God for greater faith.

But avoid anything that requires faith.

We ask for spiritual growth.

But remain comfortable with spiritual laziness.

We ask God to remove temptation.

But keep returning to the same environments, habits, and influences that feed it.

James puts it plainly:

*"Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed."* — James 1:14

Not every spiritual battle is an attack from the enemy.

Sometimes it's a battle between what God is asking you to surrender and what your flesh refuses to release.

That's why we need more than deliverance from the devil.

We need surrender to God.

You can't rebuke what you refuse to repent of.

You can't pray away what you're deliberately choosing.

You can't ask God to change your life while refusing to change your direction.

The devil may tempt you.

But you still have a choice.

So before you ask,

"God, why is the enemy attacking me?"

Ask,

"God, is there anything in me that I refuse to surrender?"

Because sometimes the greatest spiritual breakthrough isn't defeating the devil.

It's finally letting God have the part of you you've been protecting.

*"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."* — James 4:7

Submission comes first.

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

09/04/2026

You don't have to wait
for life to get better

before you worship.

Because if worship only happens
when everything is going well,

then what happens
when everything falls apart?

The Bible doesn't say,

“Praise Him
when the prayer is answered.”

It says:

“I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
— Psalm 34:1

At all times.

Not only on good days.

Not only when the bills are paid.

Not only when the body is healed.

Not only when the prayer
finally gets answered.

Sometimes,

the purest worship
comes with tears in your eyes.

When your heart is hurting

but your hands are still lifted.

When you don't understand
what God is doing,

but you still know
who He is.

That's worship.

Anybody can praise God
when the miracle arrives.

But can you worship Him

while you're still waiting?

Worship isn't waiting for better days.

Worship says:

“My situation hasn't changed yet.

But God is still worthy.”

“Though the fig tree shall not blossom... yet I will rejoice in the LORD.”
— Habakkuk 3:17–18

So don't wait
for the storm to pass

before you lift your voice.

Worship Him in the storm.

Praise Him through the tears.

Because sometimes,

your circumstances
may not change immediately.

But worship will remind you

that God
has never changed.

The heart check is simple:

Do you worship God only for what He does?

Or can you still worship Him

for who He is?

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

09/03/2026

Pride can disguise itself as confidence.

It can sound like experience.

It can even sound like wisdom.

"I know what I'm doing."

"I don't need advice."

"I've been doing this longer than you."

"I know better."

But pride has a dangerous habit of making us confident in our own understanding while ignoring God's correction.

That's why humility matters.

A humble heart can receive correction.

A humble heart can admit, "I was wrong."

A humble heart can change direction when God says, "That's not My way."

But when pride refuses correction, God has a way of bringing us back down.

"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
— Proverbs 16:18

Don't wait for God to humble you before you choose humility.

Bow willingly.

Listen carefully.

Stay teachable.

Because it's far better to humble yourself before God than to have life do it for you.

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

09/03/2026

There is a terrifying danger in repeatedly saying "not yet" to God.

Because there can come a point when the heart becomes so hardened that it no longer responds to His voice.

God is patient.

He calls.

He convicts.

He warns.

He gives opportunities to repent.

But patience should never be mistaken for permission to keep resisting.

Every time God deals with your heart and you ignore Him, it becomes easier to ignore Him the next time.

A conviction you once couldn't dismiss can eventually become something you barely notice.

That's the danger of a hardened heart.

*"Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts."* — Hebrews 3:15

Notice the word:

**Today.**

Not someday.

Not when life becomes easier.

Not when you're older.

Not after you've enjoyed everything you want.

Today.

We don't know how many more opportunities we will have to respond to God.

That's why repentance should never be postponed.

If God is dealing with you right now, respond.

If He's asking you to forgive, forgive.

If He's calling you to repent, repent.

If He's asking you to surrender, surrender.

Don't keep telling God,

"Later."

Because every delayed response makes the heart more comfortable with disobedience.

The most dangerous moment isn't when God stops calling.

It's when you stop caring that He's calling.

If you still feel conviction, that's mercy.

If your heart is still being stirred, that's grace.

Respond while your heart is still tender.

Because the safest place to be is not where God keeps knocking.

It's where you have already opened the door.

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

09/03/2026

You posted it.

Then checked who liked it.

Who commented.

Who shared it.

Who noticed.

And when the response wasn't what you hoped for, suddenly you started questioning whether what you did was worth it.

That's the trap of validation.

We can become so addicted to people's approval that we forget whose approval actually matters.

You don't need everyone to understand your obedience.

You don't need everyone to celebrate your calling.

You don't need a crowd to confirm what God has already spoken.

Jesus wasn't sent to please the crowd.

Paul wasn't called to live for applause.

And neither were you.

The crowd can change its opinion overnight.

God's Word doesn't.

If God approves of the direction you're walking, don't turn around just because people aren't clapping.

"Don't trade God's approval for people's attention."

There will be seasons when obedience feels lonely.

Do it anyway.

There will be moments when doing what is right costs you popularity.

Choose God anyway.

Because a room full of applause cannot replace the peace of knowing you're walking in His will.

"For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ."
— Galatians 1:10

You don't need an audience when you have God's approval.

Stand firm.

Let the spotlight shine, even when the seats are empty.

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

09/03/2026

Some people think faith means

carrying everything
by yourself.

“Be strong.”

“Don’t cry.”

“Figure it out.”

But who told you
that strength means pretending
you have no burden?

Jesus never asked you
to carry what is crushing you.

He said:

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
— Matthew 11:28

Notice that.

He didn't say,
“Come back when you're stronger.”

He didn't say,
“Fix yourself first.”

He said,

COME.

We are often exhausted
because we keep carrying things

we were supposed to surrender.

The future.

The pain.

The unanswered prayers.

The things we cannot control.

You were never meant
to be your own Savior.

There are burdens
that your strength cannot carry.

And maybe that's the point.

Maybe the weight is reminding you

that you need Someone
stronger than yourself.

What I cannot carry,
Christ can.

The real question is:

Are you trusting Jesus with your burden?

Or are you still holding on
because you think
you have to handle it alone?

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee.
— Psalm 55:22

Some burdens don't leave

until you finally
place them in His hands.

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

09/02/2026

Not every disagreement deserves your energy.

Sometimes you know you're right.

Sometimes the other person is wrong.

But proving your point can cost you something far more valuable—your peace.

A harsh response can turn a small disagreement into a lasting wound.

An angry conversation can make you say things you cannot take back.

And winning an argument means very little if you lose your self-control in the process.

Spiritual maturity isn't always having the perfect response.

Sometimes it's having the wisdom to respond gently.

Sometimes it's knowing when to walk away.

Sometimes it's choosing peace over being proven right.

"A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger."
— Proverbs 15:1

You don't have to answer every accusation.

You don't have to correct every opinion.

You don't have to win every conversation.

Guard your heart.

Guard your words.

Guard your spirit.

Not every battle deserves a response.

𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓼

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