When God Says No: Trusting What You Don’t Understand
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where your righteousness didn’t seem covered by divine protection? Where you felt caught in an impasse—not just questioning why a season was prolonged, but questioning God’s reasoning for allowing it in the first place? I have. Maybe for you, it was something meaningful—a resource, your health, a ministry—something you were faithfully using to serve the Kingdom. And then, in what felt like an instant, it slipped through your fingers
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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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