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05/25/2026

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05/25/2026

05/02/2026

The more you grow in Christ, the more you realize this moment is a story of how faith actually works. In Matthew 14, Peter stepped out of his boat and walked on water toward Jesus. For a moment, he did what should have been impossible. But the second his focus shifted away from Christ, and to the storm, fear took over and he began to sink. He didn’t sink because the waves grew stronger. He sank because his focus shifted.

As Peter fell, Jesus didn't stand at a distance waiting for Peter to figure it out. He reached into the chaos and grabbed hold of his hand to immediately rescue him. Peter wasn't left to save himself.

That’s the pattern we see all through out Scripture. Faith isn’t about your ability to stay steady in perfect conditions. It’s about where your eyes are when everything starts breaking apart. When your attention fixes on the storm - your fear grows. When it fixes on Christ - everything steadies.

Notice something else: the storm didn't stop during Jesus's rescue. The waves were still violent. The wind was still real. But Jesus was more stable than those surrounding factors. The power isn’t in the absence of chaos, it’s in Who’s standing in it with you.

This is why following Jesus isn’t just moral improvement or behavior management. It’s dependence. Real, daily reliance on Someone stronger than you. Left to yourself, you’ll sink everyone. But held by Him, you’ll never.

The question isn’t whether storms will come. They will. The real question is: when they do, where will be your focus, and whose hand will you be reaching for?

04/28/2026

The word used for Noah’s Ark in Genesis wasn’t the usual Hebrew word for a ship. The word used was "tebah" - a rare word that only appears one other time in the entire Bible - in Exodus, describing the basket that carried baby Moses down the Nile.

The overlap is striking. In both cases, tebah refers to something coated for protection (Noah’s Ark with pitch, Moses’ basket with tar) and placed into dangerous waters. But instead of being described as vehicles for navigation, they function more like "containers" of preservation.

The Ark was the ultimate “container.” There was no mention of a rudder, sail, or steering wheel - only that it was built according to God’s instructions, and then entrusted to the waters.

In the same way, Moses’ tebah wasn’t meant to be directed by human hands. It was placed into the current and carried where it would go.

In both stories, the tebah wasn’t just about survival. It was about trust. It was about surrendering the illusion of control and stepping into something God had provided. Something that may not have looked like strength from the outside, but was entirely secure because of Who designed it.

Sometimes God doesn’t ask you to take control of the storm. He asks you to enter what He’s provided, and to trust Him to carry you through it.

04/04/2026

Drifting from God rarely feels dramatic - it’s subtle. One distracted season, one compromise, one missed moment of prayer… over time, what once felt close begins to feel distant.

You don’t wake up suddenly one day and choose to walk away - you just slowly stop walking with Him through compromise after compromise.

But the distance doesn’t mean God has moved.

In Luke 15, Jesus described a shepherd who left ninety-nine sheep to go after the one that wandered. The focus wasn't on how far that one sheep went - it was on how far the shepherd was willing to go to save that one sheep. That’s how Jesus sees you.

No matter how far you’ve drifted - into sin, doubt, or numbness - He's never stopped moving toward you. He doesn’t wait for you to fix yourself first. He steps into the mess, into the places you feel most ashamed, and reaches for you there.

If you feel distant, don’t assume God is. He’s already reaching for you.

12/28/2025

Honesty is a core component of living in relationship with others. Whether the good, the bad, the best, or the worst, telling the truth to ourselves and to those with whom we are closest establishes the foundation for the reciprocity that is necessary in any relationship of substance. An Honest, Ope...

12/28/2025

Our Father, we bow in worship before You, acknowledging Your perfect holiness. There was a time when we loved You only for Your mercy, for that was all we