Stepping Boldly Into the Freedom You Were Made For Nothing our Heavenly Father does is random. Every move He makes, every Word He speaks, and every door He opens or shuts is purposeful according to His divine Will and plan. He’s awesome and amazing,…
When You’re Bound by the Idea of Who You Were Supposed to Be Derrick used to be “the one with potential.” Everybody saw it. Coaches said he had leadership in his bones. Teachers called him a natural. His family believed he was destined for…
When Your History Is Blocking Your Destiny 2 Corinthians 10:4 (NLT)“We use God’s mighty weapons… to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.” There comes a time when you have to ask yourself a real question: Why am I…
When Shame Still Has a Voice Darius had done a lot right over the last few years—got sober, got saved, got serious about building a new life. From the outside, it looked like redemption was in full swing: steady job, deeper faith, even leading…
When Survival Becomes a Stronghold You can be walking with God, serving in your church, and raising your kids right—and still be bound by a mindset that was only meant to get you through a hard season, not define your whole life. Sometimes the…
Part 1: The Prison You Can’t Always See You can hold down a job, provide for your family, lead in your church—and still feel locked up on the inside. And it’s not always obvious from the outside. Sometimes the most bound people are the…
In our walk with Christ, there are many lessons of grace, mercy, and kindness that we need to learn, because these are central to the culture of God’s Kingdom. When we first surrender our lives to Jesus, we declare him Lord. This means that…
Here’s the thing about God’s grace—it doesn’t wait on you to get your life together. It’s not checking for perfection or waiting for some grand comeback story. Nope. Grace pulls up right in the middle of our messy situations, with no filter and no…
In Luke 10:25-37 is Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, and with all his parables, the lessons are impactful to our lives no matter the stage of our spiritual growth and maturity. The backdrop for this parable is Luke 10:25 (NLT), the occasion of…
As followers of Christ, we can be sure of one thing: saying goodbye to our comfort zones is often necessary. God moves us from season to season, bringing us to a place where we release what no longer serves our spiritual growth and embrace…
