Hey! I’m Sabrian, and I believe the Bible is for living—not just reading or collecting dust. I’m here to help you study Scripture with clarity and confidence, so you can walk rooted in truth; fruitful and full of purpose.
Unhindered Emotions: Why We Need to Steward What We Feel
Emotions are not a design flaw. They are part of God’s good creation. They are not sinful in themselves, even when they feel intense or inconvenient. Jesus, fully God and fully man, felt the full range. Luke tells us He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit with joy that overflowed. John records the shortest verse in Scripture, “Jesus wept” (John 11:35), reminding us that sorrow has a place in holy ground. Mark shows us His righteous anger as He looked around at hardened hearts with grief mixed in (Mark 3:5). Matthew lets us overhear His deep distress in Gethsemane when He said, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death” (Matthew 26:38). Over and over again, we see compassion move Him toward people, not away from them. If Jesus felt emotions without sinning, we need to stop labeling emotions themselves as the problem.
To be unhindered is not to have a flawless plan or a perfectly curated life. It is to clear away the distractions that keep us from being faithful right where we are. It is to remember that our identity is in Christ, not in comparison, not in productivity, not in striving. And because God is our source, we are not dependent on systems that exhaust us. We lean into the Holy Spirit who sustains us. Steward It Well
And as we sit here in 2026, I think many of us aren’t tangled up in obvious sin and rebellion. We’re actually exhausted by accumulation. Expectations. Distractions. Comparisons. The pressure to do more and be more, even when God hasn’t asked us to.
That’s why the Word of the Year, Unhindered, is so timely and fitting.
We’ve got to get more honest about what we’re carrying. We often assume that spiritual growth and maturity are tied to adding more and increase, but here in Hebrews, we see the opposite. We see release. Casting things off. Laying things aside. Surrender.
It’s an invitation to reflection. What has slowly attached itself to us? What fills our days and dulls our discernment? What keeps us busy, but lacking real fruit?
To wait well is to lean in when we want to pull back. It’s to light our lamps with trust and faithfulness. It’s to keep our hearts open, our hands obedient, and our eyes on the horizon.
So if you're in a waiting season right now, whether it’s for healing, direction, provision, or just a sense of peace, take heart.
Living an Integrated Faith: Why You Don’t Need to Compartmentalize Your Walk with Christ
The gospel isn’t a section of your life. It’s the center. It’s the lens through which everything else comes into focus. Christ doesn’t want a slice of your schedule. He wants to shape and permeate your whole life.
So how do we begin to live integrated lives of faith?
Here’s what I want to remind you: You don’t have to wait for the perfect group or the perfect time. You already have what you need.
Paul’s words in 2 Timothy 3:16–17 still hold true: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the servant of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
The Word equips us. No special tools required.