Live Free Ministry

06/16/2026

It is very, very hard to go through the pain that causes the offenses that we carry. We must be willing to do whatever it takes to commit those to God and keep them there instead of reacting - 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 ! That’s the flex.

No one said it’s going to be easy. We get mad we get defiant. We can get feel like we’ll always be a victim. "𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵,"That is not a suggestion - it is a directive-a command- from the Lord.

Make sure that you look outward to Jesus instead of inward to your insufficiencies - even though you may find comfort in that place of trauma that you know,. Then resist closing off to the world, and even to yourself. Become aware of your tendency to run back to that little girl place of hiding when you say,” I will never be able to do this”.

God wants to take everything hidden and bring it into the light so he can heal it.

Let Him.
Ljk

06/10/2026

One of the most useful things my coach training gave me was a concept that sounds almost too simple: You are not your thoughts. You are the one observing your thoughts.

There's a part of you that is having the thought, "I'm not capable of this" or "this is never going to work" and there is a part of you that can watch that thought happen.

Notice it. Name it. Decide what to do with it.

Those are two different parts.

And the coaching work, largely, is strengthening the observer because when the observer is weak, when you're completely fused with every thought that runs through your mind, you live inside the thoughts.

They're not something you have. They're something you are.

And thoughts like: “I'm behind, I'm not good enough, nobody wants what I have, what if I fail?” are not neutral facts.

They're unexamined ideas generating emotions that drive behavior that creates your results.

The loop is: thought → feeling → action → result.

Most people try to change the result without touching the thought.

Read Romans 12:2

Emily Vermillion
Substack 6-8-26

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

You do not have to carry tomorrow before it arrives. God gives grace for this moment, strength for this day, and peace for the step directly in front of you. So breathe deeply, slow your thoughts, and remember: you were never meant to live crushed by worries about the future. 🙏

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05/26/2026

Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

05/24/2026

“How can God just do nothing?”

This was the vulnerable and honest question I got from someone in the audience during a recent Q&A. The pain in her question was deep. The ache in her faith was real.

I understand what that feels like. Maybe you do, too.

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