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01/11/2026

We are living in times where pressure seems to be everywhere. Pressure to perform. Pressure to conform. Pressure to keep going even when our hearts are tired. Pressure to choose what others expect — instead of what we know is true. And under that pressure, something inevitably happens: we become reactive… or we become intentional. Because pressure does one thing very well: it reveals who we are. But there is something even more powerful than character. Something that elevates our humanity. ✨ Kindness. “Pressure reveals character — kindness reveals leadership.
”7 Ways to Stay Kind Under Pressure:
1.Recognize that everyone has blind spots
2.Extract wisdom — even from criticism
3.Stand firm with grace
4.Respect differences without shrinking
5.Grow emotional intelligence
6.Seek support when needed
7.Practice forgiveness (for them, and for yourself)

These are not just “nice ideas.” They are daily practices that can change the way you lead, love, and live — especially when life feels heavy.

What would shift in your life if you learned to stay grounded and kind even under pressure? If you could stop absorbing the expectations of others without hardening your heart? If you could protect your peace — and still remain compassionate?

08/03/2025

Good afternoon,
Make Disciples
Jesus’ last words weren’t about maintenance; they were about mission. He said, “Go and make disciples.” That’s not a pastor’s job. It’s yours. It’s mine. Disciples don’t just follow—they multiply. You don’t need a pulpit to teach or a platform to lead. Discipleship happens in conversations, coffee shops, connect groups, and consistent living. If you’ve received something from God, it’s time to give it away. You’ve been taught - now teach. You’ve been loved - now love. You’ve been strengthened - now strengthen someone else. This is how the Church grows. This is how revival spreads.

Reflective Question: Who can you come alongside to help grow in their walk with Christ?

And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.
2 Timothy 2:2 NIV

This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
John 15:8 NIV

07/29/2025

Good afternoon,
The Call to Follow
Jesus didn’t hold auditions. He didn’t pick the most educated, most spiritual, or most impressive. He walked up to ordinary men and said, “Follow Me.” And they dropped everything. No debate. No delay. Discipleship begins with a response. Before it becomes a lifestyle, it’s a decision. Not a half-hearted interest, but a full-hearted “YES.” When Jesus calls, we don’t need all the answers. We just need to move. Following Christ means letting Him set the direction. It means He speaks, we listen. He leads, we follow. He goes, we go. It’s a daily choice to walk in step with Him, trusting that where He leads is always good.

Reflective Question: What does following Jesus look like for you today and are you moving in that direction?

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 NIV

07/23/2025

Good afternoon,
The round table is a highly stressful table to be seated at. It’s one where you find out that people you trusted are not who you thought they were. Lies, deceit, and drama are always on the menu at the traitor's round table. Accusations fly and emotions run high. Fakery masquerades as truth and shock revelations of traitors lead to pain and confusion. Not a pleasant table to be seated at! You’d have to be careful not to choke on a profiterole amongst that level of drama! Our biblical table for today is often referred to as ‘The Lord’s Table’, where Christians regularly meet to remember Jesus' sacrificial death and the freedom it brings us. We share bread, wine, prayer, thanksgiving, and reflection. This practice began while Jesus was on earth, and believers around the world regularly continue to meet to celebrate this important sacrament. At the table of the Lord's supper, we gather as equals, as sinners saved by grace who are thankful for their saviour. We all share the same need for love, grace, and forgiveness of our sins. Sadly though, even in the closest proximity to Jesus, around this special table, there can be traitors in our midst. This is a sobering thought. Judas was a disciple, he was in Jesus’ inner circle and yet was also a traitor. Proximity to Jesus, even being amongst his closest friendship group, does not mean we are necessarily becoming more like him. Let's use this as a call to examine our hearts - are we truly a 'faithful' to Jesus and those around us? If you have been betrayed, or if you have betrayed others, let’s kneel at the Lord’s table today, where we can receive the bread, wine, and forgiveness that freely flows to repentant ‘faithfuls’ and traitors alike.

Have you betrayed others? Pour this out to God, repent, and receive forgiveness.

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
Matthew 26:26-29 NIV

07/19/2025

Good morning,
The table tensions continue! This time, the sought-after table is the table next to the plug socket. The laptop table is all about getting your wants and needs met - there is no community, inclusion, or love at this table. It’s about my agenda, my battery getting charged, and not giving anyone else’s needs a second thought. On Matthew 22, God wants everyone to come to the table and share in the glorious experience of participation in the Kingdom and community of God. However, as the parable highlights, we all have a choice to either accept or reject His invitation. Our attendance is not inevitable! It must be a deliberate decision on our part to choose to take our seat at God's table. We can come and feast without fee at God’s banqueting table. Yet it is also a costly decision. God wants people around His table who (unlike at the laptop table), put Him and others first. God wants divine diners who are so blown away by His grace that they are moved to pull up a chair to help include others at His transformative table. It’s also important that we are dressed in our best ‘table togs’ - clothed in white robes representing the righteousness of Jesus. By rockin’ these righteous robes, we show that we are relying on God’s mercy and grace alone to qualify us to sit at the table. Have you accepted God’s banquet invite, and are you helping others to find their seat at the table.

“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 22:14 NIV

07/17/2025

Good morning,
Breaking the Chains of Dependency:
Holding tightly to the belief that our bodies function independently from the thoughts, feelings, ideas, and images that roam the halls of our minds and the inner character formed in our hearts is simply naive and foolish. This is what the world wants us to believe, a message that tries to convince us that how we care for our bodies has no bearing on our spiritual life. The more we allow our minds and hearts to be formed by the world, the deeper the poison of sin takes root within our bodies. Sin, if allowed the time and space to become fully mature, leads to a life of dependency, where we feel weighed down by the chains of a life lived according to the patterns of this world. Thankfully, many verses provide us with God's truth that we can hold fast to in order to counteract the lies coming at us from our culture. Friend, please know that God cares deeply about our physical bodies. If you and I surrender our whole selves (mind, body, and spirit) to His Lordship daily, He will be faithful (in His way and timing) to renovate us more and more into the image of Christ. Fasting is one of the primary ways of Jesus that we can practice in order to posture our bodies in the presence of God. As you go, consider offering the following prayer to the Lord: "Jesus, I surrender my body to you. I acknowledge that I was bought with a price and that my body is not my own to do whatever I want with. I ask that You lead and guide me into a healthy rhythm of fasting so that You might renew my body for Your glory." Amen

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 NIV

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV

07/17/2025

M. Robert Mulholland Jr. once wrote, "One of the main purposes of fasting is to wean us from our dependence on God's gifts and enable us to become dependent on God alone. We have a powerful tendency to grasp from ourselves the gifts God gives for the meeting of life's needs. We constantly succumb to the temptation to become dependent on these things for our well-being and wholeness. Whenever our grasp of something God has given for our sustenance and well-being becomes a destructive bo***ge of dependence - an idol - a discipline of fasting is needed."

07/02/2025

Good afternoon,
Our earliest memories leave a profound imprint on our souls. Adam’s early memories range from rib surgery to roaming the garden. Then, of course, there was the awkwardness of nakedness after succumbing to the serpent’s temptation. And sure, subsequent nightmares of being naked in public! But none of those moments represents Adam’s earliest memory:
God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
Genesis 1:28, NLT

Before original sin, there was original blessing. And so life is! That first blessing sets the tone, sets the table. It establishes the emotional baseline and spiritual trend line of Adam’s life. But it’s not just Adam’s earliest memory. It also reveals God’s most ancient instinct. Blessing is God’s default setting—His first and foremost reflex. If you don’t believe that, you’ll doubt the goodness of God. And if you second-guess the goodness of God, you’ll forfeit His blessing. Because the truth is, God wants to bless you beyond your ability to ask or imagine. What is the blessing of God? It’s God—God with us, God for us, God in us. To reduce it to anything less dishonors God and devalues the blessing. God with us is joy unspeakable and the peace that surpasses understanding. God for us is His favor, the X factor between the best we can do and the best God can do. And God in us is power, resurrection power. What happened in Genesis has more to do with your future than you might imagine. But like Adam, you’ve got to position yourself for that blessing. Because the blessing of God is more than a mystery to solve. It’s a decision to make, a habit to form, and a mindset to establish. My prayer is that this is the beginning of a new season of blessing in your life.

What could you do right now to prepare for a new blessing from God? How could you position yourself to be watching for a greater sense of His presence and joy?

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 NIV

07/02/2025

07/02/2025

COME OUT AND GET BLESSED WITH HEALTHY ADVICE!!

06/13/2025

Good afternoon,
To follow God is to often be put to the limits of trust. Abraham’s life is a study in this truth. God “friended” him the first time while he was still known as Abram, promising him that He would bless him and that a great nation would descend from him if he left his country and clan to go to Canaan. Abram left without question and wandered into the unknown desert with his wife Sarai. God had called him; he would go, and without hesitation. The next several years saw Abram’s trust and obedience both wobble and grow. God reiterated His promise of making him father of a great nation, even giving him a new name, Abraham (“father of multitudes”). But Abraham also struggled with believing God’s promise so much that he took Sarai’s (now Sarah’s) maid, Hagar, as a lover and fathered a son through her before God’s promised child was born to his wife. But Abraham’s trust, though it wavered, was never abandoned. And at 100 years old, he became father to his and Sarah’s son, Isaac. God’s promise finally fulfilled. But then God stretched Abraham’s faith again. This time, to sacrifice his precious son. And Abraham obeyed, taking Isaac to a mountain, preparing the pyre and answering his son’s question about where the sacrifice would be found by saying, "God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering” (Genesis 22:8). As Abraham moved to sacrifice his son, the angel of the Lord stayed his hand, and he saw a ram in a thicket, which he sacrificed. For his obedience, Abraham received another promise of numerous descendants and abundant prosperity. And that promise was fulfilled. Being “friended” by God and following where He calls us means trusting in His plans for our lives, even when we’re not sure of the outcome or even the point. Ultimately, He asks us to trust in His goodness, and that where He leads us there is blessing.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV