Disguised As The Cure It’s so tempting to turn to our vices in the midst of our trials. They comfort us, though temporary; they rescue us, though fleeting. They feel good, though in the end they lead to death… Sin has a great marketing campaign - it reminds me of the sweet treats that are located right in the checkout lane in your grocery store; sin is an impulse buy that leaves us with buyer’s remorse 10000% of the time. Sin presents itself as the cure while its DNA is packed with death. It calls us with the most seductive voice, and we foolishly follow its lead - only to fall into a pit o ..read more

  The Closer I Get To You The closer I get to God, the more the filth of my character is exposed; I get it when Paul called himself the chief sinner. The things God is exposing now are the attitudes of my heart - those subtle shifts in thinking that make a tremendous impact on how I relate to Him. One of them is my incessant entitlement. Oh, I hate to admit it, but my flesh really thinks that God is my butler; that He's at my beck and call & There were times in my walk where I really questioned the goodness of God's character just because I didn't get my way. I was under this warpe ..read more

   Pain Exposes Our Allegiance To God We see it in Crime/Mafia movies all the time - to get the enemy to flip, torture is always the effective method of choice. When it happens, we anticipate the character's response to the pain based on how the movie's portrayed them. Will they fold or nah? Will they remain loyal to their side or will the pain get the best of them? It kinda reminds me of Job. His allegiance to God was tested through pain, and, though he was close to doing so, my man never flipped on God nor cursed His name. He was super discouraged and questioned why, but He never ..read more

  Character Before Charisma My personality has taken me places my character should've have NEVER gone; I don't say that as a good thing. I know how to work a room, I know how to play the part, and that's served me well in certain areas of my life. My flesh once convinced me to use that same approach when it came to my spiritual maturity; BAD MOVE! I put so much stock in my ability to make people laugh and be relatable and personable, that I neglected to develop Christlike character within my walk... This approach led to a double life - Holy Roller in front of the family of Christ ..read more

  Close Yet Far From God You can be in Church your whole life and still be so far from God; bitter toward Him even! Don’t get it twisted - GOD IS CONCERNED WITH YOUR HEART, not your Christian vocation. The prodigal son and the son who stayed were both distant from God - one in proximity, the other in heart; I definitely identify with the brother who stayed… Full transparency - I’m too image conscious to turn away from God in a public spectacle of visible disobedience but, man oh man have I definitely been distant in heart; resentful for not getting my way or getting what I’ve asked ..read more

Suffer Well... I remember being in the NICU when my daughter was on breathing machines with a terrible case of RSV. I remember pleading with God for it to go away; I remember the ‘silence’ I felt from the Lord for those 10 days as the doctors were perplexed as to why she wasn’t getting better… In all my praying for my daughter, deep down beneath the surface of ‘concerned parent’ was ‘pain avoider’. You see, I wanted my daughter’s condition to get better - I wanted her pain to go away - but, if I’m being honest, I wanted the pain I felt from seeing her in pain to go away more… The Lord, in ..read more

State of The Union | Ministry Updates... It's been a long time! In this episode, we dive deep into the heart of our ministry and provide an insightful update on all the exciting things that have been happening over the past few months ..read more

Flee From Sin At All Costs Picture this – A familiar face charms their way back into your life. You know they’re wrong/bad for you, but your heart deceives you into believing this time will be different. It’s not different - you let your guard down, and this familiar face betrays you all over again. For EVERY Believer, this familiar face is sin. Sin overpromises and underdelivers 100% of the time. “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted[b] beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a w ..read more

Unqualified, But Willing We project our insecurities on God like crazy, don’t we? Yes, with a straight face, our hearts declare “Hey, God - that’s not my skill set, therefore I can’t be used in this area”. It’s as if we’re trying to convince the all-knowing God of Heaven that He’s got the wrong number lol “But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” - Exodus 4:10 We often forget God is the MANUFACTURER of our existence; nothing happens w ..read more

God's Glory Is Top Priority, Not Our Own The name of this brand is no coincidence in my life. It’s been brought to my attention {my nice way of putting it}, through my latest trial, that I am a self-seeking person; I often place myself at the center of situations and fill my prayers with concerns about my own interests; it’s hard for me to confess this, but I trust what the scriptures say in regard to my confession of sin (1 John 1:9). By His grace, which in this season is manifesting itself through discipline, I’m learning to filter all of life’s disappointment and triumph through this singl ..read more