Reflections
Browse recent or past reflections and revisit the words God used to steady you.
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Bare necessities
Read more: Bare necessities“Forget about your worries and your strife.” Seasons that call us to surrender in a way we never have before and that take us down to the bare necessities of life teach us dependence on God and deepen our relationship with Him in a way that will end in His glory and ours.
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Crisis converted
Read more: Crisis convertedWe often want to avert crisis, but it is exactly what God uses to bring about more than we could ask, think, or imagine. It won’t make sense how God does it, so don’t look for understanding and look for miracles at the same time. The two can’t coexist.
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A sure word and an open invitation
Read more: A sure word and an open invitationIsaiah chapter 55 beautifully captures God’s desire to be near us and for us to partake in the hope and glory of His assured Word.
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Don’t believe the lie of rejection
Read more: Don’t believe the lie of rejectionRejection can distort your sense of self if the person (company, opportunity, etc.) who rejected you becomes the reference point for your worth – “what does their rejection of me say about me?” The Gospel has a powerfully resounding answer: Absolutely nothing.
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For the single mom
Read more: For the single momWho is weary, carrying all the things, and trying to remain hopeful. I am so proud of you. My heart is for you. I want you to see yourself and your children through the right lens — through God’s eyes — so this one is for you, beloved.
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Suffer well
Read more: Suffer wellThe devil is sneaky with the tactic of offense: “why go the extra mile to destroy them when I can have them to do the work for me?” Trauma is real. Injustice is real. Hate is real. Even still, Jesus, God in the flesh, exemplifies the countercultural response to offense — humility, endurance, faith, just to name a few.
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Cut the ropes to the lifeboat
Read more: Cut the ropes to the lifeboatBetter to be with God facing an imminent shipwreck than to be without him on a lifeboat. If you feel that God is calling you to face something that seems to be to your detriment, I invite you to consider His omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence coupled with His unrelenting love for you.
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In the midst of it
Read more: In the midst of itI lost my job in August 2025. Now, I feel God nudging me to let people in on the journey that’s in progress before He delivers me — not after. I don’t like that nudge. But, nobody gets saved, spiritual chains don’t break, and fear doesn’t flee when I remain closed off, so vulnerable is what I’ll be.
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What if the pain is God’s bragging on you?
Read more: What if the pain is God’s bragging on you?God describes Job as “the finest man in all the earth, a blameless man of complete integrity” then offers him up to Satan for testing. What if, like Job, the pain you are experiencing is God’s way of bragging on your faithfulness to all who are witnessing in heaven, hell, and on earth?
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Let patience have its perfect work
Read more: Let patience have its perfect workThere are times that I’ve wanted God to rescue me from suffering, discomfort, or inconvenience quickly. Yet, even though this season of unemployment is unprecedented for me and incredibly uncertain, I want to remain in it until God has fully developed in me the capacity to handle what He’s bringing me into next.
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