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February 6, 2023 · In: Declarations

Weekly Declaration

God’s love is unfailing.

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February 3, 2023 · In: Personal Reflections

On a Personal Note – Arm Up and Embrace the Win…

Whether you realize it or not, you are right in the middle of a spiritual battle. The devil loves to catch Christians uncovered and ill-prepared, and if you’re not mindful, you will wind up as the perfect target. The challenging part of this battle is that it’s unseen and the rules are unlike anything in this world. As a child of God, you have access to armor and protection. Use it to stand strong against the enemy. Today, I encourage you to not only put on the full armor of God but use the spiritual strategies you’ve learned from the word of God. Your victory lives in Jesus Christ. Arm up and embrace the win.

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January 27, 2023 · In: Personal Reflections

On a Personal Note – Awaiting the Promise…

There are seasons that call for fasting, not as a transaction, but as a statement. Fasting says that we recognize our need for God outweighs the comforts of food or other physical items. It’s when we acknowledge that God’s presence is where answers are found and vision is renewed. Fasting doesn’t force God to respond, it’s a physical demonstration of pushing down our fleshly desires for spiritual breakthroughs. It shifts our attention from temporal to eternal.

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January 20, 2023 · In: Personal Reflections

On a Personal Note – When God says Go Back…

There will be times when it feels like we’re going in circles or we’ve missed the mark. It’s in those seasons where frustration reigns and things just seem neverending. There are moments when we wonder if we’re even on the right path. Those are the times we cry out for a breakthrough… But what do you do when God says, “Go back”? How do you respond when God gives you an answer to go back to the place of your last instruction?

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January 13, 2023 · In: Personal Reflections

On a Personal Note – Gather the Stones…

So often God wants to partner with us against our giants. He wants to see us remove debt, heal from diseases, and renew our mindsets….

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January 6, 2023 · In: Personal Reflections

On a Personal Note – Starting Over…

Sometimes we can get caught up in the stress of starting over instead of truly embracing it for all its worth. We delay action due to feelings of failure, frustration, or fear. We don’t see it as an opportunity to learn or try something new. We just started a new year and I’m sure many of you had something that you were going to try to do differently this year. At some point, that resolve falls off and you slip up and make a mistake. Now you have a choice, ‘Do I fall back to my old ways or start over?’ There will be those who give up and shrink back into their old patterns. And others will forge ahead determined to make it better the next time.

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A Word for 2023... EPHESIANS 5:7-11 7 Therefore d A Word for 2023... 
EPHESIANS 5:7-11
7 Therefore do not become partners with them; 8 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), 10 and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

It's 2023.

A new day. A new year. A new season.

A new opportunity to live an intentional and fruitful life.

Each year, January is filled with resolutions to live differently. We set our sights on increasing the things that fill us with joy and health while decreasing the areas that bring us frustration. But one thing, that we commonly forget is to include God in our plans for the year ahead.

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Proverbs 19:21 ESV

When we fail to seek God’s will for our lives, we set ourselves up for unnecessary obstacles which is why it is very important to yield our plans to the Lord’s purpose.

During the final months of 2022, I began to seek the Lord’s will for 2023. He encouraged me with Ephesians 5. 

In 2023, God wants us to walk in the fullness of our new name. We are children of God and our behavior should mark us as such. This year, God is calling us to walk worthy of the name we’ve been gifted. We are charged to display visible fruit (See Galatians 5:22-23) as we navigate our earthly journey. We’re instructed to separate ourselves from evil and discern acts that please God. The beauty is that we have the Holy Bible to demonstrate the character and nature of God. As we meditate and dwell in His word, discernment, withstanding darkness, and bold correction becomes easier.

If you have been needing accountability for dwelling in the word of God this year, please join us. This January, we’re beginning new studies and reading plans (monthly and yearly).

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May your 2023 be filled with more time in the pres May your 2023 be filled with more time in the presence of our Heavenly Father. May you grow deeper roots in the Word of God. May you find a true connection with the body of Christ. May you see restoration and fruitfulness all around you.

Happy New Year!

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And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
Luke 2:13-14 ESV

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Don't forget the reason for the season.

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