We keep careful track of our appointments. The doctor, the dentist, the lawyer, the professor’s office hours, we write them on the calendar, set a reminder, and show up, often ten minutes early with our paperwork in hand. We wouldn’t dream of not showing up for the dentist. We’d never casually skip a meeting with our attorney. These appointments matter to us, so we honor them. But what about our appointments with God? Do we even make them? Is there a set time when we say, “This hour belongs to my Father”? And if we do make that appointment, are Read More
Category: Transformation
From Tolerance to Territory: Reclaiming Your Dominion
There is a dangerous comfort in tolerance. Somewhere along the way, many believers traded dominion for coexistence. We learned to live beside the very things God commanded us to rule over including sickness, fear, poverty, addiction, confusion, generational strongholds and we called our endurance “patience” or “long-suffering.” But tolerance and dominion are not the same spirit. One waits the enemy out. The other casts him out. In the beginning, God’s first command to man was not “endure the earth” but “have dominion” (Genesis 1:26). Dominion was the original assignment. It was never God’s design for His children to simply survive Read More
Rename Your Season
“Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].” — Hebrews 11:1 People, it’s time to start renaming your seasons. I heard the Lord say: “Just because you do not see it in the natural, does not mean I have not already provided it. Just because you see emptiness, does not mean I have not already filled those empty places. I can supernaturally fill any space as easily as I can provide Read More
Not Crushed: Discovering God’s Strength in Your Weakness
Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 4:8–10 inspire believers in every generation: “We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not abandoned [to stand alone]; struck down, but never destroyed.” If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably read those words and thought, “But I’m not Paul.” Paul endured imprisonment, beatings, shipwrecks, rejection, and constant hardship. Yet he remained steadfast in his faith and unwavering in his mission. How is that possible? The answer is not that Paul possessed extraordinary human strength. His endurance came Read More
Straighten Your Crown
Crowns are worn by royalty. As children of God, we have been adopted into His family and given a royal identity. Scripture reminds us, “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9 ). We are not common citizens—we are sons and daughters of the King of Kings. Life, however, is filled with challenges. Adversity comes in many forms: disappointment, setbacks, loss, criticism, and uncertainty. When these moments arrive, Read More