Four Winds Apostolic Church

06/02/2026

06/01/2026

Monday has a way of showing up with a full agenda. The weekend's refreshment fades fast, and before you've finished your first cup of Dr. Pepper (or some people drink coffee), the weight of the week is already settling on your shoulders. Some mornings you wake up encouraged. Some mornings you just wake up. And if you're honest, there are days you wake up and just don't feel saved. You don't feel God's presence, don't feel like things are working out, don't feel much of anything except tired and a little frayed around the edges.

Here's what I love about Romans 8:28. Paul doesn't say, "And we feel." He says, "And we know." There's a massive difference between the two. Feelings are real, but they're not reliable. They shift with your sleep schedule, your bank account, and whether someone cut you off on the way to work. But knowing, that's something else entirely. That's an anchor.

The promise isn't that all things are good. Paul doesn't pretend that life is pleasant or that everything happening around you deserves a thumbs-up. Some of it is genuinely hard. Some of it is painful. Some of it you didn't cause and don't deserve. But God...this is the part that should stop you in your tracks, God is working all of it together. He's the ultimate architect of broken pieces, and He is actively turning the raw material of your messy circumstances into something purposeful.
God is far more interested in your salvation and your growth than He is in your comfort or your convenience. That's not a harsh truth but it's actually a reassuring one. It means He's not just a fair-weather companion. He's in it with you for something bigger than a good day.

So when today feels like it's unraveling, don't reach for your feelings first. Reach for what you know. Write Romans 8:28 on a sticky note, stick it on your mirror, your dashboard, your desk. Let it be the first thing that speaks to you before circumstances get a word in.

What's one situation in your life right now that you've been trying to feel your way through instead of knowing your way through?

06/01/2026

“Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand… Let your light shine before others.”

Jesus assumes something. A lamp exists to give light. It is not lit for storage. It is not kindled for concealment. Light hidden contradicts its nature.

You have been given light. Christ has revealed Himself to you and placed his Spirit in you at NEW BIRTH upon your…

Repentance, Baptism, and Infilling!

It is CHRIST IN YOU the hope of glory!

The question is not whether you possess light. The question is whether you are covering it.

We often tell ourselves we are being wise, patient, or careful. But, we are simply protecting comfort. A lamp under a basket does not stop being a lamp. It simply fails to fulfill its purpose.

Jesus does not command spectacle. He commands visibility. “Let your light shine.” Not aggressively. Not theatrically. But plainly.

Light does not argue with darkness. It exists, and darkness recedes.

You have been lit. The only question now is whether you will be seen.

Action Question:
Are you covering the light Jesus placed in you?

Prayer:
Lord, let Your light in me shine before others that they may see YOU!

05/30/2026

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05/30/2026

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05/30/2026

“One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

The man born blind was questioned by experts who were trained to debate and dissect every claim. He did not try to out-argue them, nor did he pretend to understand everything that had happened. He stated what he knew. I was blind. Now I see. That was enough.

We often hesitate because we think we must defend the entire faith before we speak. But testimony begins with something simpler. It begins with change. What has Christ changed in you? Were you burdened and now forgiven? Restless and now steadied? Distant and now brought near? Your story is not complete theology, but it is evidence of grace at work.

You cannot argue someone into life, but you can speak honestly about what Christ has done. Silence in the presence of grace is not humility. If you have received light, it is meant to be seen

05/30/2026

We live in a world that is exhausted. Overworked, overstimulated, overscheduled and desperately under-rested. We reach for another cup of coffee, another energy drink, another distraction, trying to outrun a weariness that seems to follow us everywhere. And yet Isaiah, writing centuries before the Day of Pentecost, pointed to something that would address the deepest human fatigue: the Holy Ghost.
He called it the rest. He called it the refreshing. Not a nap, but a Spirit-wrought renewal that goes deeper than sleep, deeper than vacation, deeper than anything this world can manufacture. When the Spirit of God moves in prayer, something happens to the body, the mind, and the soul simultaneously. The weight that has been building lifts. The heaviness breaks. The weariness that no amount of sleep could touch and the Holy Ghost touches it in a moment.

Peter knew this too. He didn't tell the burdened crowd to get themselves together first. He said, repent, be baptized, receive the gift. Why? Because you receive a load carrier. You receive a burden bearer. The New Testament church was never meant to be a carrying church, but we were meant to be a casting church. Cast your cares upon Him, for He careth for you.

If you've been carrying something too heavy this week (a grief, a worry, a weight that has followed you to bed every night) this is God's answer. Not a five-step plan. Not a motivational quote. His Spirit, dwelling in you, speaking through you, praying for you when you don't have the words. That unknown tongue rising up within you is not strange but it is the rest. It is the refreshing. It is the promise fulfilled.

Before you close this day, if you have the Holy Ghost, don't let the week end without entering into that place of rest through prayer. If you don't yet have the Holy Ghost, lift your voice to Jesus and tell Him: "I'm weary, and I'm thirsty. Fill me." Then don't stop seeking because the promise is yours, and He is faithful to fulfill it.

05/30/2026

“Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand… Let your light shine before others.”

Jesus assumes something. A lamp exists to give light. It is not lit for storage. It is not kindled for concealment. Light hidden contradicts its nature.

You have been given light. Christ revealed Himself to you. Forgiveness is light. New life is light. Clarity where there was confusion is light.

The question is not whether you possess light. The question is whether you are covering it.

We often tell ourselves we are being wise, patient, or careful. Sometimes that is true. Sometimes we are simply protecting comfort. A lamp under a basket does not stop being a lamp. It simply fails to fulfill its purpose.

Jesus does not command spectacle. He commands visibility. “Let your light shine.” Not aggressively. Not theatrically. But plainly.

Light does not argue with darkness. It exists, and darkness recedes.

You have been lit. The only question now is whether you will be seen.

Action Question:
Are you covering the light Jesus placed in you?

Prayer:
Lord, let Your light in me shine before others.