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  October 19, 2026 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” — Matthew 11:28 (LSB) Good morning, Household of the Faith, Let's be real. Some of us are tired, and sleep ain't fixing it! We're tired mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Tired of trying to keep everybody happy, tired of pretending everything is okay, and tired of carrying burdens that seem to get heavier by the day. But here's a question worth asking: Are you tired because of what God has called you to carry, or because you're carrying things He never told you to pick up? In Matthew 11, Jesus is speaking to people weighed down by the burden of sin and religious expectations. They were trying to find acceptance with God through their own efforts. Nowhere in Scripture will you find Jesus telling them to try harder, do more, or get themselves together. Nope, He simply says, "Come to Me." That's the beauty of the Gospel! Jesus offers what our religious effor...

  October 16, 2026 Psalm 37:7 - Be still and wait patiently in Yahweh; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness. We live in a society where "rushing" is king. Everybody wants everything fast. Fast money, fast success, fast relationships, and even fast blessings. We've become so used to getting things quickly that sometimes we forget that beauty in waiting on God. We pray today and expect answers tomorrow. I get it, we see other people getting ahead while we're still waiting, and before you can bat your eyelids, we're bombarding God with all these questions, like "why about me? when is it gonna be my turn?" But check this out, just because somebody else is moving faster, doesn't mean you're falling behind! Yup, you heard that right! Remember, God's timing is perfect and waiting on God is a flex, it's growth, it's a spiritual discipline, and it teaches us the beauty of ...

October 15, 2026 Top of the Morning, Beloved,  Jude 1:3 - Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you exhorting that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. Sometimes Christians are viewed as weak, defenseless, soft, and easily pushed around. It's crazy because when we preach the love of Christ, people think we won't stand up. Or becuase we practice forgiveness, we won't fight back or because we follow after peace, we don't have courage. But yo, don't mistake our meekness for weakness, our humility for fear, or our grace for compromise! In Jude 1:3, Jude presses believers to "contend earnestly for the faith". Why? Because  false teachers had slipped into the church, twisting God's grace into a license to sin and  de...

  Good morning, Friends,  " Above all else, guard your heart,  for everything you do flows from it." - Proverbs 4:23 Healthy boundaries are good. Healthy boundaries are safe. Healthy boundaries are critical. And healthy boundaries are BIBLICAL! We live in a world where everybody wants a piece of us. Our jobs demand our time, our families need our attention, our phones constantly ringing, notifications keep chiming, and life keeps pulling us in a hundred different directions. And if we're not careful, we'll become so busy responding to everybody else's demands that we neglect spending time with the One who...

  4/8/26 Good morning, Friends,  Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 (NLT) - [4]When you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him. [5] It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.  Friends, don't forget that God takes our words seriously . It’s better not to make a promise at all than to say something to God and not follow through. Keeping it 💯,  many of us have been there, we’ve told God in emotional moments, “If You fix this, I’ll change… I’ll do better… I’ll give more… I’ll serve more.” But once the situation improves, our urgency fades away quick, and those promises get pushed to the side. These verses calls us to slow down and examine our hearts. God isn’t impressed by big, passionate words spoken in the heat of the moment. He values truth, consistency, and integrity . He doesn't only listen to what we say, but watches how we live afterward. Our words to God should...

  4/6/26 Good morning, Beloved,  Acts 1:1-3 - The first account, O Theophilus, I composed, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen, 3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over forty days and speaking about the things concerning the kingdom of God. I know you probably heard preaching about the resurrection yesterday, but it's not a once a year reality, it's an everyday reality, so I'm going to spread more icing on the cake 🎂 today! 😎 In these opening verses, Luke reminds us of something foundational: the Christian faith is not built on feelings, opinions, or stories passed down like myths, nope, it is built on real events. Jesus lived, taught, suffered, died, and after His resurrection, He showed Himself alive with many convincing proofs. This means our faith is rooted in t...