Tag: Surrender to God

  • Learning Surrender Before Marriage

    Learning Surrender Before Marriage

    Before You Say “I Do” Series Before God Gives You a Marriage, He Prepares You for One Learn why surrendering your plans, expectations, and timeline to God’s Will is essential for building a Christ-centered marriage. Surrender Begins Before Marriage Most people think preparing for marriage means praying for the right person. That’s definitely part of…

  • Just Say Yes

    Just Say Yes

    The Gift That Started It All Before we ever talk about obedience, surrender, or saying yes, we have to start where everything started—at the cross of Jesus Christ. Because what He did there changed everything. His sacrifice wasn’t just about forgiveness, it was about giving us new life, restoring us back into right relationship with…

  • Why We Hold on to the Excuse

    Why We Hold on to the Excuse

    Letting Go of Old Stories The Story Behind the Excuse  We don’t hold on to excuses because we’re weak—we hold on to them because they protect something. And most of the time, what they’re protecting isn’t the situation… it’s the narrative we’ve built around our lives. Transformation sounds beautiful when we talk about it in…

  • Asking Forgiveness for the Sin You Can’t Name

    Asking Forgiveness for the Sin You Can’t Name

    When Jesus Is Truly Lord of Our Lives Returning to God’s Original Plan When we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, we are returning to God’s original Will and plan for our lives. It is one of the most dynamic awakenings available to humanity because it changes our eternal reality. From that…

  • When Bitterness Silences Love

    When Bitterness Silences Love

    Proverbs 14:10 (NLT) “Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.” A woman once told me about a conversation she had with her adult daughter that completely caught her off guard. During an argument her daughter suddenly said, “Mom, why do you sound so angry all the time?”…

  • When Even the Faithful Feel Lost

    When Even the Faithful Feel Lost

    Even Veterans Get Shaken Even after years of walking with God in Christ, there are times when life comes at you so hard that you don’t even recognize yourself anymore. You’ve built your faith, learned to pray through storms, and trusted God through seasons that would have knocked others out — but suddenly, something hits,…

  • Positioned, Not Pressured: A Teachable Heart in a Shifting Season

    Positioned, Not Pressured: A Teachable Heart in a Shifting Season

    Learning to Let God Shape What We Carry There are things we carry quietly in our hearts that weigh more than we realize. Old disappointments. Private fears. Beliefs we formed in survival mode and never revisited. Over time, they become familiar, and familiarity can look like truth if we’re not careful. Many of us don’t…

  • A New Year, Held by a Faithful God

    A New Year, Held by a Faithful God

    Entering the Year Resting in God’s Unchanging Faithfulness The start of a new year brings a mix of emotions. For some, there’s anticipation. For others, relief that a hard season has finally ended. And for many, there’s fatigue—questions that never got answered, prayers that still feel unresolved, responsibilities that didn’t slow down just because the…

  • When God Brings Breath Back to Dry Places

    When God Brings Breath Back to Dry Places

    When God Revives What Feels Worn and Empty There are seasons when life feels like a valley — not dramatic, just dry. You’re still showing up, still believing, still praying, but inside something feels scattered and worn down. Ezekiel describes a moment like this when he says, “The LORD took hold of me, and I…

  • Redeeming Broken Pieces: How God Restores What Feels Lost

    Redeeming Broken Pieces: How God Restores What Feels Lost

    Redeeming Broken Pieces – Nothing Is Wasted with God Romans 8:28 (NLT) “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Life has a way of leaving us in pieces. Some of those breaks come from our…

  • When the Holy Spirit Reveals It, Don’t Deny It

    When the Holy Spirit Reveals It, Don’t Deny It

    The Tension of Revelation We often ask God to show us what’s holding us back. We pray for clarity, for growth, and for breakthrough. But when the Holy Spirit reveals the truth, it doesn’t always come wrapped in comfort. Sometimes He shines light on a part of us we’d rather keep hidden—an attitude, a pattern,…

  • Why Healing and Renewal Are So Important

    Why Healing and Renewal Are So Important

    Identity and the Power of God’s Word It’s staggering how many people walk through life without knowing who they were meant to be. For many, life can feel aimless and joyless, like a puzzle with too many pieces missing. Often, the root of this struggle is that they don’t know, or haven’t embraced, the truth…