When God answered the prayer, you didn't pray
Recently, my church embarked on a 21-Day fast- a public dedication of a personal devotion to God. During fasting seasons like this one, we’re encouraged to write a prayer list. Not quite a yearly resolution, and certainly better than manifestation, it’s an intentional entrusting of the desires of our hearts to an ever-near Abba. It’s not wishful thinking. It’s the activation of faith and power. Faith that God is more than able. Power to ask and believe that He will move.
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Ever Been Waterboarded?
As an avid criminal-show watcher, one episode in particular stayed with me. In it, the commander of a special-agent team and one of his crew members are captured by a revolutionary army during an unsanctioned raid to rescue local children outside of U.S. territory. For 2 months, they are held aboard a ship- starved, and cut off from all communication. In one harrowing scene, the crewmate is forced to watch his commander being waterboarded for refusing to give up intel. They
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Happy New Year...?
Happy New Year…? Happy New Year - the chant sung across the globe when the clock struck midnight on January 1st. Homes, religious establishments, and secular venues all fix their eyes on the same clock. Hospitals, grocery stores, and essential workplaces join in, erupting with a shared sense of optimism. All seems to pause at the new reset. And yet, for many, though indeed new, nothing about 2026 brought a sense of genuine happiness. The second ushering in the new year did n
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