Tagged with "obedience"

• What’s in a Name?

  Discovering how identity shapes destiny — and how God’s naming of us changes everything.

• Stand Where Jesus Stood

  Before the miracles, before the crowds, Jesus entered the wilderness and learned dependence.

• Renew My Mind

  The world has a quiet way of shaping how we think, often without our awareness. Renewal begins not with effort, but with learning to notice — and unlearn — the patterns that have been forming us.

• I Wanna Dance Like Enoch Danced

  A revival I never expected exposed something deeper than power or experience—it revealed the cost of true worship and the quiet pull of pride.

• Racism Is Sin

  A personal reflection on Charlottesville, friendship, and the Christian call to reconciliation — arguing that racism is sin and that the work of Christ’s people is not outrage or silence, but costly, relational love across dividing lines.

• Stay In Your Lane

  Written while incarcerated, this testimony reflects on the slow path into temptation described in Proverbs and the necessity of choosing a different road before destruction takes hold.

• What Are You Feeding?

  What we consume shapes what we become — and the Word of God is meant to be our daily bread.

• Be Transformed

  True worship is not conformity to the world, but transformation through a renewed mind, shaped by the righteousness of Christ.

• Faith to Faith

  The righteousness that saves us is credited by God, received by faith, and lived out by faith—from beginning to end.

• Appointments

  From a guarded sycamore tree to a ram in the thicket and a great fish in the sea, Scripture reveals a God who orchestrates divine appointments—arranging people, places, and moments for redemption.

• No Excuse

  God’s revelation is not hidden — it’s everywhere. Creation declares His power, and conscience confirms His nature. The question is not whether He’s spoken, but whether we’ll respond.

• Roadblocks

  Reflecting on how we can unknowingly step out of alignment with what God is already doing — and what surrender truly looks like.

• The Counterfeit Feast

  A sober look at Proverbs 9 and the deceptive invitation of folly that mimics wisdom but ultimately leads to death.

• Working From Grace

  Sanctification is not passive drifting or self-reliance, but faithful obedience empowered by God’s grace at work within us.

• Psalm 119: A Quiet Faith Formed in the Word

  Psalm 119 reveals a faith shaped not by urgency or perfection, but by obedience and trust reformed through God’s Word.

• Not Subdued

  The enemy’s aim has always been to silence worship — but because of Christ, what feels destroyed is never beyond restoration, and what seems subdued is never truly lost.

• The Power of Presence

  Israel’s victories were never secured by strength or strategy, but by the light of God’s presence — a truth that still exposes the danger of self-reliance.

• The Cart or the Horse

  Psalm 15 raises a searching question about who may dwell in God’s presence — and reveals that holiness is not the price of access, but the fruit of grace.

• Sticks and Stones

  Scripture was not given to us as a weapon to wound others, but as a living word meant to search us, humble us, and lead us into love.

• I Want to Follow

  Relationship comes before understanding. God leads us into truth before He teaches us.

• Seek Him

  Prayer does not begin with effort or obligation, but with relationship. We seek God not to earn His favor, but because He has already drawn near to us.

• The Question We Avoid

  A meditation on formation, faithfulness, and the quiet, unseen work of the church beyond its largest gatherings.

• Want To’s

  When I learned to delight in the Lord rather than in what He could give, I discovered that He was quietly reshaping my desires all along.

• Waves

  A meditation on Exodus 20 and the unseen waves our choices send forward — into our families, our futures, and generations we will never know.

• Worship the LORD

  Worship begins not with music, but with surrender — bowing low and entrusting what we love most into God’s hands.

• Seek First

  What does it really mean to seek first the Kingdom of God? A reflection on priority, focus, righteousness by faith, and the promise that the Father will provide what we truly need.

• Sunday Morning Faith

  A contrast between well-worn sayings heard in church culture and enduring truth.

• Go

  God's call to "Go" is rarely comfortable or fully explained.

• No Compromise

  What we refuse to remove will remain to trouble us. Sanctification requires courage to confront compromise and trust God enough to drive out what hinders growth.

• Guess Who I Saw Today

  What if every face we encounter carries the presence of Christ? Seeing others through this lens reshapes how we speak, judge, and love.

• A Prayer From the Wilderness

  In a season of uncertainty, I tried to obey Philippians 4 by bringing everything to God. This is a prayer that came out of the wilderness.

• For Husbands

  A critical spirit can quietly erode the person we claim to love. Learning to serve instead of correct may be one of the most important transformations a husband can experience.

• It’s You

  When we ask God to lead us, we often expect direction toward circumstances or outcomes. Psalm 43 reveals that His ultimate destination for us is not a place or achievement—but Himself.

• A Preemptive Shout

  Throughout Scripture, God's people often praise Him before the victory is visible. Worship becomes a declaration of faith that God's rule is greater than present circumstances.

• Not Complicated

  We often complicate what God has made simple. Loving our neighbor doesn’t require a plan — it requires obedience.

• Living Sacrifice

  A reflection on what it truly means to become a living sacrifice—no longer living for self, but willingly consumed for the glory of God.

• Received, Not Achieved

  Obedience is not something we accomplish through effort, but something we receive as God works within us.

• That They Will Know

  God’s work in our lives is not ultimately about us — it is about making His name known so that all will see that He is LORD.

• Open Doors

  When we empty ourselves and open every door of our hearts, we make way for the King of glory to enter fully and reign without resistance.

• At What Cost

  Biblical worship was never casual or detached from sacrifice. The costliness of Old Testament offerings points us toward the immeasurable price paid through Christ and calls us to respond with wholehearted praise.

• A Razor Blade

  We approach Scripture with conclusions already settled, marking only what supports us. A meditation on what happens when we let God's Word divide soul from spirit — and question what we thought we already knew.

• Scars That Birthed Nations

  The nations that conspired to wipe Israel from memory share a common origin: someone who decided God's promise needed a nudge. Edom, Ishmael, Moab — each born from a scar of impatience. And yet, God remains the only hope of deliverance.