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2052 Catch the Wave Feb 03, 2026

No amount of problems can stop God’s plan for you. Nothing can cancel God’s purposes. God’s will WILL fight through every adversity, through every affliction, through every trouble and prosper on the other side. Every time. Guaranteed.

God is undefeated. Victory is forever in his right hand.

But, as God’s people, we will go through our fair share of problems. We will face adversity. We will endure affliction. Trouble will come our way. We live in the real world and there are no faith bubbles to protect us from real life. HOWEVER – we are promised in Romans 8:28, “God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose for them.” That means God works in every detail of our lives into something good.

It may not be good in the beginning, but it will be worked into something good. Just like baking powder in a cake, you don’t want a teaspoon of that in your mouth, but it’s a detail worked together for good in your cake.

Maybe what you’re facing right now is a teaspoon of baking powder. Singled out, this situation is unpleasant and undesirable. But nothing in your life is a stand alone event – ever. All things are working together. One thing always leads to the next thing. Some things just don’t feel good in the unfolding, but you haven’t seen the full picture yet.

You know who has seen the full picture? God. God says in Isaiah 46:10, “Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.” God has a plan, we’re promised it’s a good plan, and it absolutely WILL happen. God already knows it, sees it, holds it, and is making a way to it.

After finishing our study of the book of Genesis last week, we see the unfolding of tremendous affliction for God’s people in the next book, Exodus. Remember Joseph was sold by his brothers into slavery and ends up in Egypt. 22 years later, Joseph has risen to the 2nd in command of Egypt and controls the only food in the country during a famine. Joseph’s brothers come to him from Israel, begging for food. He graciously saves them and their families. This is how the Israelites move to Egypt. They’re starving and Egypt has the only food during the famine.

Now, several generations later, the Israelites are still in Egypt and they have greatly flourished. They’ve been prosperous, multiplying, spreading out, and gaining power. And now, generations later, there’s a new king in Egypt, and this King sees a great problem with these successful Israelites in his land. They have done so well, they could take over his land if they wanted to. The King is afraid, so the oppression begins.

Fear makes us do stupid things. Fear turns us into people we don’t want to be. This King was afraid, so he began to do horrible things. I promise you this – fear could drive you to do the same.

Fear will have you twisting truth, creating sides, and stirring fights. Fear will bring out the ugliest side of you.

My sister, where has fear been growing within you, causing you to act in ways you hate? Fear turned the mighty and blessed King Saul into a crazy man on the warpath. Fear can do the same to you.

When my daughters were teens, I allowed my own fear to cause me to parent in a way I’m not proud of. My mind became filled with fearful thoughts and I went into overdrive trying to control everything and everyone. Rather than leading from love, I lead from fear. It wasn’t the best me.

Can you see how fear has caused you to do some stupid things? Can you see how fear is turning you into someone you don’t want to be? Bring that fear to God now and ask him to lift it from you. It is not God’s will for you to operate out of fear. His word tells us hundreds of times to NOT FEAR – why is that? Because fear changes who we are and what we do, and it’s never good.

The new King of Egypt was filled with fear, so he became an evil man with evil orders. Don’t ever assume unchecked fear couldn’t do the same to you. You were never created to be fear driven – you were designed to be faith driven. Anywhere you have fear, there is an invitation for faith. Faith that God is good. Faith that God is for you. Faith that God holds it all. Faith that God is working.

The new King says in Exodus 1:9-11, “Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are strong than we are. We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor.”

Was that fair? Absolutely not! But did it cancel God’s good plans? No – In fact, it furthered them!

As the people of Israel face horrible conditions and unfair treatment, they continue to grow. The more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites multiplied and spread. There was growth in the face of affliction! The more God’s people are afflicted, the more they grow.

That’s God’s plan for you too, my sister. Right here in this affliction – in this problem – in this trouble – YOU GROW!

Problems are like a wave that comes against a ship and looks like it will destroy it – but the ship catches the wave and uses it to speed along. Girl, CATCH THE WAVE.

There may be a wave of problems coming against you right now. It may feel like these problems will destroy you – but God’s plans are not to harm you, but to prosper you (Jeremiah 29:11). These problems are like that wave. Catch the wave. Ride this out. It will speed your progress into the good life God has for you.

This wave against you is not to destroy you, it’s to carry you in the direction God has planned. Catch it.

The Israelites were not destroyed by the cruel Egyptian King. That wave carried them into a plan of exodus. A plan of freedom. A plan of growth like never before.

There’s a wave here for you. A wave of problems. But you will grow in these problems. You will get better through this. And if you catch that wave rather than sit here and be beat down by it, it will speed you along to God’s purposes.

No amount of problems can stop God’s plan for you. Nothing can cancel God’s purposes. God’s will WILL fight through every adversity, through every affliction, through every trouble and prosper on the other side. Every time. Guaranteed.

God is undefeated. Victory is forever in his right hand … and guess what – that’s where he forever holds you too. In his right hand of victory!

Problems are like a wave that comes against a ship and looks like it will destroy it – but the ship catches the wave and uses it to speed along. Girl, CATCH THE WAVE.

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2051 Yes, You Can Feb 02, 2026

Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”

This is one of the most memorized and quoted scriptures. Empowering, motivating, reassuring … yes … and it’s a call to action.

Notice it doesn’t say, “I can do all things through Christ who does it for me.” Unfortunately, many times we view God as a genie in a lamp. God was never supposed to do your work for you.

Think about Noah. God told him to build an ark, a huge boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet tall. If the ark were a house, it would have been over 100,000 square feet. Translation … it was big. Really big. There was a flood coming and his ark would be the only way of survival for man and animals.

Now God being God, couldn’t he have just built the ark himself?

But that’s not the way God works now is it? God told Noah to build the ark and Noah worked for nearly 100 years to build what God could have done in an instant.

That almost doesn’t seem fair now doesn’t it?

There are likely areas in your life where you wish God would show up and just do the work for you. But God called you to BUILD A LIFE and that requires work. Will you work for it?

Let’s break this scripture down so we will never hear it the same. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

“I.”

Who does it say? “I.” This is personal. You should be owning it. Insert your name into this scripture. Pamela can do all things through Christ who gives her strength. Yes, I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

“I can.”

Not “maybe, sorta, it might happen or it might not”, no! I can. Say that with me. I CAN. Sometimes we just need to remember we are more capable than we ever give ourselves credit for. We have all the potential within us. We are fully equipped by our maker. Listen to me right now … you are not broken. You are not incapable. You are not helpless or hopeless. You were made for more. You are capable of more. You are worthy of more. And you CAN.

Now the third word “do.” “I can do.”

Does that mean think about, contemplate, sit around and rationalize, talk about and plan for? No. “I can do.” This is a call to action. I can do.

Your life requires action and you CAN DO IT. I know you can. You can rise up and make the changes you desire. You can radically change your life.

What has the first month of this year of life been for you? I’m not asking what has happened to you, I’m asking what you’ve done with it. Have you done what you can do? Have you taken action? Have you stepped out in faith? Or have you chosen to just remain where you are and think about what could happen? Have you been wishing for change but never doing anything about it? Let me shoot it to you straight … that’s never going to work!

You can do it and you must do it. It’s time to go, do, show up, move forward, step ahead, now. Today. Be in action. Why are you sitting on those dreams and desires? God’s Holy Spirit moves and prompts us from within, but it’s up to you do to something about it.

You can do ALL THINGS.

Did you hear that? How many things can you do? Can you only do SOME things? Are there some things that will just be too hard? Are there some things that will be impossible for you? Nope, that’s a lie the enemy has sold you.

YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS, and that includes “this” thing that you need to do today. The thing you’ve been avoiding – the thing you’ve been dreading – the thing you’ve tried before and failed – you can do it. The enemy wants you to believe you can’t. He wants to remind you of your past epic failures. He wants you to dwell on your weakness and shortcomings. DON’T LISTEN TO HIS NONSENSE TODAY. God says you can do all things, believe it!

How? THROUGH CHRIST.

I can do all things through Christ, and that means this is a partnership. When you live your life as a partnership between you and God, you realize he does his part and you do your part. He goes before you to make a way, he walks beside you to guide you, and he walks behind you to cover your back.

Through Christ you can do all things today. With this partnership you are able. With him before you, beside you, and behind you, nothing will be impossible! Nothing can come between you and your destiny. Nothing can stand in your way. When God is for you, who can be against you? And just in case you forgot, yes my sister, GOD IS FOR YOU!

And now the grand finale “I can do all things through Christ who GIVES ME STRENGTH.”

And this is where it gets real and it gets personal. Why didn’t the scripture just end after “I can do all thing through Christ.” I like the idea of that. But this is the part we sometimes miss.

It WON’T BE EASY. It was never supposed to be easy. You’re going to need strength, strength you didn’t even know you had. You don’t even know how strong you are until you have to be strong. That’s the kind of strength God is talking about here.

Strength like Noah’s to get up for 100 years and keep building a boat in the middle of a drought when everyone thought he was crazy.

If it was easy you wouldn’t need strength.

Easy is the counterfeit to the life you were created for. An easy life is the imitation to your BIG Life. You need strength to take on the day you were meant to live, and it’s given to you by Christ so that you can accomplish the things you need to accomplish today.

You don’t need life to be easy this year – you need to take action in partnership with God and use the supernatural strength he gives you. Tackle this head on. There’s absolutely no reason for you to avoid this or run from it. No, girl – you have the power of God working with you.

Commit this scripture to memory – but then take it another step – actually start believing it.

Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”

There will be hard steps ahead for you to take, and you can take them!

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2050 The Phone Is Ringing Jan 30, 2026

God will do what he intends to do. Nothing can stand in his way. Nothing can stop him. The question is, will you accept his open invitation to be part of what he’s doing, or will you miss out?

The phone is ringing.

This is your opportunity to be in partnership with the Almighty. To to be divinely led by the Spirit, and walk in purpose,. To step into the good plans God has always had for you and be part of something greater than you ever imagined.

The phone is ringing.

With this invitation is your option of choice. Will you say yes … or will you keep believing you’re not good enough? Will you dismiss the potential God has placed within you … or will you dare to believe God wants to use you for more? Will you dwell on your long list of shortcomings and failures … or will you dare to accept what your Creator has spoken over you?

Just how much of God’s plan for your life do you need to see in advance before you’re willing to trust it? How certain do you have to be of the future before you leave the shores of today? Understand, your tight grip on certainty and comfort potentially forfeits you ever holding what was truly meant for you. Those hands have to be open, sister. Open to the unknown with the All-Knowing.

In Isaiah chapter 6, God is looking for one who will partner with him in a mission. One who is courageous enough to believe maybe they could be used by the Creator of the Universe for something more. The Lord said in verse 8, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?”

The phone was ringing.

And here’s this young man, Isaiah, at about 18 years old who immediately answers, “Here I am. Send me.”

Send me where? Oh, well I don’t know exactly. To do what? Yeahhhhh about that, I’m not sure. For what purpose? Uhhhh, well that’s unclear, but I’m all in. I’m here, I’m available, send me.

Isaiah was signing a blank check to the Lord, declaring a universal YES to God’s plan for his life. He didn’t know where God wanted him to go, but he agreed to go anyway. He didn’t know how God would use him, but he believed God could do anything he wanted to do and he simply wanted to be part of that. So, he did the only thing that needs to be done, he declared himself AVAILABLE.

The phone was ringing. Isaiah simply answered – “Umhhhh, hello? Yes, I’m available!”

Although Isaiah sounds confident with his bold response to God of “Here I am. Send me!”, the truth is, he felt extremely inadequate. Just 3 verses earlier Isaiah says “It’s all over! I am doomed!”

He felt unworthy. He saw himself as inadequate. But he was called. The phone was ringing. All Isaiah had to do was answer. “Yeah, hello God? Here I am. Sure, I’m available.”

Unworthy and inadequate do not seem to go together to create called, but they do. This is God’s math, and in God’s math that’s the perfect combination of purpose.

Unworthy + Inadequate = Called.

It doesn’t matter how unworthy you believe you are. It doesn’t matter how inadequate you have felt before. All that matters is answering the call. The phone is ringing!

I understand that feeling of smallness. I struggle daily with the voices that tell me I can’t possibly do great things. That old Imposter Syndrome kicks in and tells me this is all a facade and soon it will come crashing down.

And when you know something will come crashing down, you prepare. How do you prepare? You hold back. You stop the investment. You withdraw. You search for signs that it was all too good to be true and you find the cracks. The cracks in you. The weaknesses and faults you tried to hide, but they’re there.

Staring at these cracks, you see the potential for the crumble and you run. You run from what you could be doing because ultimately you feel too inadequate to keep doing it.

Trust me, God sees those cracks. He knows every weakness and fault within you. He knows your potential to royally screw this thing up, and he still believes in your potential to get it right. And he calls that potential out.

He’s calling. My sister, you are called! Your struggle with feeling unworthy and inadequate do not trump this calling. You’re not dismissed from God’s power. The call is here and it’s here for you.

Girl, it’s time to answer the dang call. I’m here. I’m right here. I’m ready.

Ready for what?

Well, that’s not for you to know right now. Right now, you sign the blank check to God and speak a universal yes to God’s good plans for you. All he needs to know is that you’re available.

What can God do with a life like yours fully surrendered in availability? Oh girl, what could he not do?!!!!

In response to Isaiah’s availability, God spoke through him and gave him words we still read today, nearly 3,000 years later. As if that’s not enough, know that the words God gave Isaiah were later quoted by Jesus himself 700 years later. Yes, Jesus quoted Isaiah! Think about that!

Isaiah felt inadequate and saw himself as unworthy, but this is who God would use to speak words Jesus would later quote. And God did it all because of Isaiah’s willingness to be available. That’s it. He was simply available. His blank check to God bought him a life of purpose he couldn’t have possibly imagined as it was unfolding.

What life could your blank check to God bring? Well, I can’t even imagine. I have no idea how God may use you. My mind can’t even dream of all he could do with a life like yours fully surrendered and sold out. But, don’t you want to know?!!!!!

Here I am. Right here, this is where I am, and I’m available here and wherever you want to take me next. I want to step into the purposes you have for me, Lord. Wherever those steps may lead, I’m all in. I sign the check. Here is my universal yes for your plans for me. Send me.

Isaiah couldn’t have possibly known the words he would speak through the power of God would reach the year 2026. He couldn’t have possibly known the direction his words would give future generations in our fancy cars and crazy smart phones. He couldn’t have known how many people have fought through the hardest struggles of their lives clinging to his words in Isaiah chapter 40, verse 31: “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Or chapter 41, verse 10: “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

He couldn’t have known hundreds of years later, the ONE he wrote about would then read his words and fulfill the prophesy, but indeed that’s exactly what happened in Luke 4: 17-21. Jesus takes the scrolls written by Isaiah, unrolls them and reads those words: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.” Then after Jesus read Isaiah’s 700 year old words, he said, “The scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”

Woah – Isaiah is the one God used to write those words. Not because he was anyone special. Simply because he was available. That’s all. Just available.

Could God have spoken these words to any other living soul during Isaiah’s time? Absolutely. But he spoke the words to the one who made himself available and said “Here I am. Send me.”

What does God want to do with you? Well I have absolutely no clue. But I just bet it’s bigger than you will even known in your lifetime.

Girl, you’re called. Are you available to answer the call?

The phone is ringing.

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2049 This Tastes Fishy Jan 29, 2026

You’re facing a situation you think is terrible, but sister, what if it’s not really what you think. You’re stepping into this assuming one thing, but what if God wants to reveal to you another. God is asking you to stop fighting this and trust him here. Trust this isn’t what you’ve built it up to be in your head. Trust it’s more than it appears on the surface. Trust that maybe this is FOR you, not against you.

What if life isn’t happening to you, but it’s happening FOR you. What if God really is in the details and the very thing you’re resisting is God’s good plans for you unfolding in mysterious and unexpected ways.

10 years ago I pulled off an epic stunt at a retreat. I still love to talk about the epicness of this hilarious switch-aroo today. In 2015, I hosted a ranch retreat in Texas with over 100 women. There, I partnered up the participants into pairs for retreat “imitations”. The moment I said initiations, each mind began painting their own picture of the challenge that was about to happen. But, what if the picture they were painting in their own mind was wrong -what if this really wasn’t hard at all. What if their negative assumptions were responsible for everything they were about to feel?

On a tray I had a clear glass fishbowl full of goldfish. Not crackers, real fish. They could see them swimming and they watched me reach my hand into the water, grab the fish one by one and put each one into a red solo cup. Exactly enough cups for each partnered pair, each with a live fish. Then I announced one person would be the feeder and the other would be the eater. Choose their positions now and blindfold each other.

As the blindfold was put on their eyes, they could still see me scooping out the fish into the cups to be distributed. As you can imagine, they are panicking. They are questioning my choices as a leader. They are wanting to escape the situation, but here they are on a stage, preparing to be the person to either feed someone a live goldfish, or worse, be on the receiving end of the transaction.

After they are securely blindfolded, I reveal a hidden can of peaches in heavy syrup. Peaches perfectly cut to the size of a goldfish, as well as perfectly slimy in their syrup, just as you would imagine a slimy fish. The cups are switched and the peaches are distributed in place of the real fish.

What follows is complete pandemonium. Grown women are squealing and squirming reaching into a cup they cannot see, to grab a live goldfish … or so they thought. All while the other blindfolded part of the duo is shivering with her mouth open, awaiting the fish. I’m screaming over a microphone, “Don’t chew, eat it whole. You’ll be fine. This is completely safe! They’re organic!!!”

There’s such chaos and panic during the exchange, no one ever stops to realize, wait … this isn’t what I think it is. The feeder is convinced the fish is squirming in their hands, and the eater is absolutely certain they are indeed swallowing a live goldfish whole. There’s gagging and crying as they hype themselves up to complete the challenge. And they did it! One person peed a little, but the challenge was completed.

As they remove their blindfolds they see me holding the cans of peaches, and then they realize they were just freaking out over absolutely nothing. Nothing. All along it was a peach.

But sis, when you think it’s a live goldfish, it feels like a live goldfish. It tastes like a live goldfish.

Maybe, just maybe, you’re THINKING about things wrong. Maybe you’ve assumed this is going to be way worse than it is. Maybe you’re stuck on what you see before and it’s warping what you’re experiencing now. Maybe things have changed since you first started and those things are no longer the same.

Perhaps there’s something in your life right now you’re stressing and fretting over that really isn’t a threat at all. You’ve just assumed it’s a threat because of what you’ve seen before. Stop and consider it may not be so bad after all. Remember, you said you believe God is in the details of your life … then okay, trust the details.

Before you freak out, have you asked God to help you see this for what it is? Have you asked him for wisdom? Have you asked him for clarity? Or are you still having flashbacks of what you saw before and blindly assumed that’s what you’re about to experience now?

If the participants in my gold fish initiations would have stopped to think, they would have realized the blindfolds were to hide the trick. Eating a goldfish was bad enough. Why blindfold them too? I didn’t want them to see because seeing the switch would reveal the trick.

Honey, if you can’t see what’s really happening, stop panicking and ask God to reveal where you’re being tricked into the wrong thoughts.

Isaiah 64:4, “For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!”

You can’t understand the things God does. You can’t imagine his ways. It’s like a blindfold. But get this sis, the blindfold has been removed! Jesus took off the blindfold so you could see what God is doing in your life and move forward trusting him.

This same scripture is now referenced later in 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 “This is what the scriptures mean when they say, ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.’ BUT it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.”

What this is saying is what was previously hidden from us is now revealed through the Spirit of God. Yes, the Spirit which now lives within us shows us what we could not understand before. It reveals what has been hidden from us so we no longer have to be afraid of what could be, we now understand God is working FOR us, not against us.

God intervenes on our behalf as we wait. As we wait thinking we’re about to swallow a goldfish, God switches cups. Can he do that? ABSOLUTELY! He can do anything he wishes for his girls … and he does! And when the blindfold is removed, we can see there’s absolutely nothing to freak out about.

Chapter 2 ends with verse 15 and says “But now we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.”

My sister, we don’t have to think the same things we used to think. We don’t have to freak out over the surface level things we see. We have the mind of Christ. We are Spirit led and we can now understand the things that previously made no sense to us. We don’t have to rely on what we saw being put in the cups before. We can pause, consult with the Spirit, use the mind of Christ, and see the truth.

And the truth is, we are often freaking out about something that isn’t that bad after all. We know our God is good, good, good, and we know he can switch the cups when the cups need to be switched!

Our minds are powerful. If we think it’s going to be bad, what we experience is truly bad even if it didn’t have to be. If we think we’re going to fail, we set our perfectly equipped and prepared selves up for failure through our thoughts. We sabotage this ourselves. We assume this is against us, so we walk in struggle and dread every step. When you think it’s a goldfish, perfectly good peaches taste fishy.

But what if this isn’t really against you? What if this isn’t what it used to be? What if the cups have been switched for you and you’re going to need to trust God in the details to see what he’s been doing on your behalf? What if you’re going to need to listen to the Spirit which lives within you and use the mind of Christ which has been given to you, and stop assuming doom and gloom?

Things have changed.

God has intervened for you as you wait.

He can be trusted.

You have been equipped with the tools to proceed without freaking out!

What if life isn’t happening to you, but it’s happening FOR you,. What if God really is in the details and the very thing you’re resisting is God’s good plans for you unfolding in mysterious and unexpected ways. This isn’t what you think. You’ve been assuming one thing, but God wants to reveal to you another. Stop fighting this and trust him here. Trust this isn’t what you’ve built it up to be in your head. Trust it’s more than it appears on the surface.

Trust this is FOR you, not against you. God can get this just right!

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2048 Healing for Your Mind Jan 28, 2026

Today’s unscripted devotional is from Psalm 23:5 and Matthew 12:24. Jesus, the good shepherd, has healing for your mind today!

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2047 The Mystery of God Jan 27, 2026

There’s something divine happening that you simply cannot see. Something bigger than you and beyond your current circumstances. Here’s exactly what is happening, and it’s happening RIGHT NOW: God is taking every intended harm against you, and he’s turning it around with the intention of using it for good.

That’s absolutely guaranteed. Certain. No doubt about it. God is taking every intended harm against you, and he’s turning it around with the intention of using it for good! Can you believe that?

You have an enemy in this life – a despiser of your soul – a schemer of your demise. The powers of Hell are against you and their intentions for you are to kill you, steal from you and destroy you. That’s Hell’s plan. Satan has actively sent his demons to roam this earth and ruin your days. That’s truth.

But never, ever forget this – God sits high upon his throne with his eye on you. Yes, you. God sees you. He has never once taken his gaze away from you. He sees everything that has ever happened to you and he says HE CAN FULFILL HIS INTENTIONS OF GOOD FOR YOU AND THROUGH YOU. Nothing the enemy has done to you has cancelled God’s good plans for you.

At the end of Joseph’s life, his brothers come to him in fear of retaliation for their sin against him. For 22 years they had caused him such extreme hardship, and it was no accident. They intended him harm. They meant to destroy him. But their intended harm was not beyond the power of God to turn it around and use it for good.

And this is what Joseph knew – He knew the mysteries of God were unfolding on his hardest days and sweetest days alike. He knew God could be trusted. He knew God is faithful. He knew God’s good plans could not be cancelled by the years of struggle. And this is how Joseph stands before the people who hurt him most and says in Genesis 50:20, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

The harm Joseph’s brothers intended against him was used by God to place him in Egypt where the only food would be stockpiled during a 7 year famine. The selling of Joseph into slavery would lead him to become a leader in the palace of the King. Now, Joseph sits in the palace with complete control of the only food in the land, and he saves the brothers who sold him. Everything was turned around and used for good.

That’s what our God does! Our God takes the intended harm against us and turns it around and uses it for the good of not only us, but the lives of many. It’s now bigger than just you. It’s about the other lives you will now impact. And that’s the mystery of God. The mystery of how God works in the unseen to bring his divine plans to our lives, and unfold that mystery to be so much bigger than just us.

Lysa Terkurst says, “When things don’t make sense, leave room for the mystery of God.”

Leave room for the mystery of God. What does that mean to you?

Does that mean you stop trying to control it, fix it or figure it out? Yes! Leave room for the mystery of God.

Does that mean you surrender this mess to God and let him have his way in you? Yes! Leave room for the mystery of God.

Does that mean you trust God to get it right, even when it doesn’t look or feel right? Yes! Leave room for the mystery of God.

Now maybe you’re sitting in a pit of despair right now and you don’t know how you will ever get out of this. The mystery is all you see. Just an unsettling darkness of uncertainty. Remember this – darkness isn’t even a thing, my sister. You don’t turn on darkness, so you can’t turn off darkness. You can only turn on light. Darkness is an absence of light. Darkness is a void. The moment you turn on the light, the void is filled.

Psalm 119:105, “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” You have the ability to turn on the light, my friend. You don’t have to sit in this void. God’s word is your light in the darkness. This is how you get through this. This is how you find your next step. You turn to the word of God.

Now, notice this, God’s word is like a lamp to guide you feet. His word is a light for your path. You know what it’s not? It’s not like the noon day sun. God could have said his word is like the light of the day. He could have said it’s like the bright glow of a bonfire. But he didn’t. He said it’s a lamp to guide your feed, a light for your path. It’s not like broad daylight. But isn’t that what we want? We want our life to be lit up with everything in broad daylight. Make it bright – make it clear – remove all uncertainty. But, that’s simply not the way God works. Instead, he gives you his word that guides your next step. And while he guides your next step with the light of his word, everything else will remain dark.

While you have light for the step in front of you, everything beyond this step remains a mystery. That’s the mystery of God. That’s the unseen miraculous unfolding of God’s good plans in places you haven’t gone to yet. You’re not there yet. You haven’t seen it yet. And you’re not supposed to.

Leave room for the mystery of God.

You don’t have to see how God is going to use this for good yet – but you can trust that he is.

God always knew the day would come when Joseph would be sitting in power in the palace and save his entire family. God always knew the path to that palace. And God allowed the path to go to the pit. He allowed the path to go to the prison. He allowed the path to take 22 long years. And he allowed the path to remain dark in the unfolding, with only the next step revealed. Joseph learned that just because he couldn’t see it didn’t mean God didn’t already have it worked out.

Listen to me – You can’t see it, but God already has it worked out.

What you need is his word to guide your feet and light your path while his mysteries remain unknown and unseen. You don’t need a flood light. You don’t need a flashing sign. You don’t need a 5 year plan. You need God’s word for today. You need to know the spaces of mystery are the spaces inviting you to surrender it all to God and trust him to lead you somewhere good.

Leave room for the mystery of God. He’s working it all out. You can trust him to get it right, really right! He’s already prepared the path for you and all you need is his light for the next step while the darkness remains. You won’t be here forever – but while you’re here, there’s a divine plan unfolding, and it’s good.

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2046 It’s Time to Forget Jan 26, 2026

What if God could help you forget? What if you don’t have to carry this pain with you into your future? What if your wounds could be completely healed and every ounce of hurt redeemed? What if you don’t have to replay the story one more time? What if all that happened to you in the past, all the wrong that was done, all the harm inflicted, what if God could help you just forget it?

I know that sounds too good to be true – but this is possible spiritually!

But would you want to? Would you be willing to receive that level of healing?

There’s a story in the bible of that level of healing from past hurts. And, Sis, it’s recorded in the Bible because God wants us to know of his power then that’s still available now! I believe today God is asking if you’re ready to forget. Are you ready to be completely healed from that hurt? Are you ready for total restoration of what happened in the past?

Some aren’t ready. Some simply aren’t ready to let go of the story. Some aren’t ready to turn over the hurt. Some want to hold on to that suitcase of packed up pain and drag it around into every new season of life that comes.

There’s no judgement here. That’s what pain makes us do. It makes us carry baggage that weighs us down. It fills our hands so we aren’t available to receive anything new or different. It causes us to get stuck in the past because it’s too heavy to continue into the future. But God wants his girl HEALED! He wants your hands free.

You are not meant to carry this burden, my sister. This pain you feel is too heavy. This story that hurts you cannot continue to replay. You will get stuck here. You will lose your joy here. You will become a shell of the vibrant person God created you to be. So, God wants you to know about Manasseh.

Yes, that’s your answer here. Manasseh.

Even if you don’t yet know what that word means, can’t you feel the effects of it over your burdened spirit? Manasseh.
Can’t you feel you ache of what happened and the pain of what they did lighten? Manasseh.
Manasseh over your broken heart.
Manasseh over all that wasn’t fair to you.
Manasseh over your shattered dreams.
Manasseh over what was stolen from you.
Manasseh over your deepest hurt.
Manasseh.

What does Manasseh mean? To understand fully, you must first remember the story of Joseph. Well it’s a good thing we’ve been studying the life of Joseph in Genesis!

Joseph from the dysfunctional family where his father’s favor caused his jealous brothers to sell him into slavery. He’s in a pit, then he’s in a prison. He was accused of doing things he didn’t do. He was used. He was forgotten.

But, through it all, Joseph remained faithful. No matter how unfair his circumstance were, he trusted God. After 22 years, Joseph becomes a powerful man, second in charge of all of Egypt. His trust in God in all the unfair places led him to great success. But …

But imagine the hurt he still carried. All the people, his own family, that had betrayed him. People he loved. People he trusted. They had hurt him. It was still there, replaying in his mind. He had to ask why. Why did his brothers do this to him? Why did every friend he make turn on him and use him? Why was he continually punished for things he didn’t do?

But, here’s what God did for him … he made him forget.

God blessed Joseph with a son. That’s son’s name was Manasseh. Manasseh, in Hebrew means to forget.
Genesis 41:51, “Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”

God has made me forget all my trouble. All that has happened in the past. All that pain. All that hurt. All that was unfair. God just took it from me. He healed me. He healed my heart and he healed my mind. The memories no longer torment me. The stories no longer play on a perpetual loop. All that was intended for harm has been turned around and used for good.

Years later, Joseph stood in a position of power over the ones who had hurt him. With nothing but healing in his heart and mind, he saved them from starving.

How could Joseph not have bitterness toward his brothers? How could he not hate his abusers? How could he have even an ounce of compassion on those who brought such harm into his life? MANASSEH. “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”

Joseph was no longer telling the same old story of hurt. He had shut that down and God had taken that burden. What happened to him in the past no longer hurt him. There was no limit on his future because of the pain he had been through before. Manasseh, God helping him forget, opened his eyes to God using everything for good now. And when Joseph’s eyes were opened to the good God was doing, he was used for that good!

And my sister, this is what God wants to do for you. He wants to help you forget. He wants to put an end to the story on a perpetual loop replaying in your mind. He wants to heal your brokenness and use it for good. He wants to give you your Manasseh.

Will you dare to receive it? Will you be so bold as to ask God to help you forget? Forgetting doesn’t erase it and make it okay. Forgetting releases you from the grip of what has been done before and frees you to step into all God wants to do now. Forgetting lifts the burden.

CS Lewis describes hell as a place where no one forgets anything, remembering every horrible thing that has ever happened, every slight, every cruel exchange of words, every wrong ever done to them, and reliving it over and over again. Hmmm, we create our own hell on earth sometimes, don’t we?

Jesus warns us of the hell we create for ourselves by holding on to the hurt inflicted on us by others. Matthew 18 is the Parable of the Unforgiving Debtor. This is the story of the man who was forgiven by the King of his great debt, but then refused to forgive his own servant of a debt owed to him. When the King found out, he sentenced the unforgiving man to torment. Then Jesus says, “This will be done to you if you refuse to forgive.”

Refusing to let go of the wrong that has been done to you brings torment to you. You live in your own self-created Hell. There are spirits that want to hold you in the continual reminder of what has happened, and those spirits are tormentors.

If you have tormenting thoughts, mental anguish, emotional misery, or ongoing bitterness, could it be because you have given a tormenting spirit access through your forgiveness? Jesus tells us how to break that spiritual bond and close the door on the enemy – FORGIVE. Forgive on a spiritual level.

Forgiveness on a spiritual level means forgetting. The Lord says in Jeremiah 31:34, “I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.” How will you ever forgive like that? ONLY THROUGH GOD! This is a forgiveness you can never offer on your own.

But if God could give Joseph that level of unforgiveness for those who had hurt him so severely, then God can surely do it for you too, my sister. It’s a journey of intentional release and a continual redirection of your thoughts.

Forgiving on a spiritual level brings you what is next – visible change in your life. After naming his first son Manasseh, meaning “God has made me forget all my troubles”, Joseph named his second son Ephraim, meaning “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”

Right where the wrong had happened, right where so much had been lost, right where grief was so real, God poured out his blessings and everything changed.

My friend, this is available to you. The torment of your mind ends and the blessing begins. How? Literally how do you forget?

Paul tells us in Philippians 3:13, “Forget the past and look forward to what lies ahead.” You make a shift from looking back to looking forward. You must intentionally choose to redirect your thoughts. Will that be easy? Probably not. Is it possible? Through God, YES.

The Lord says in Isaiah 43: 18-19 MSG, “Forget what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand new.”

Could God possibly do something new? YES, my sister, YES.

I watched a few literal breakthrough this past weekend. A few beautiful souls here at our retreat have gone through a hell on earth for several years. Because of what’s been done to them, or what they’ve even done to themselves, and the continual thoughts of all that was wrong, painful and unfair, they were tormented in their minds. Tortured with depression. Tortured with horrible self-talk. Tortured with anxiety. Tormented with settling for far less than they were created for. But as the chains have been broken off them, they are releasing all that was wrong to forgiveness, and they have been set free.

Released from the torment. Released from the excuses. And now, their change begins and the fruit will grow in their lives.

It can be true for you too, my friend.
Lord, help her to forget. Help her to heal completely. Everything that was unfair. Everything that was painful. Everything that has hurt her. Everything she did wrong. Help her to release, forgive, forget, heal. Help her to receive the fullness of your good plans without an ounce of past hurt holding her back from her future!

Can he do it? Oh yes he can!

Manasseh – God has made me forget what happened.
Ephraim – God has made me fruitful right here where it happened.

I don’t know if you’ve been in the pit, or if you’ve been in the prison, but God has a palace for you when you let him help you release, forgive, forget and heal.

I pray the lyrics of the song Manasseh by Anna Golden over you:

You redeem
The innocence that’s stolen
You return
The years I thought were taken
You’re rebuilding every broken home inside my heart
And You made it all better

This is my Manasseh
You’ve caused me to forget
Your goodness washes over all the pain of my past
This is my Manasseh
You’ve caused me to forgive
In all my broken places You’re rewriting what’s been written
Thank You for Manasseh

It’s a new season
There’s a new freedom
All I thought was lost
You found and made it better
Glory to glory
Joy for my mourning
There is nothing wasted
You work it all together

I can let it all go
I let it all go
You can take it from here

You can let it all go, my sister. Let God take it from you. Forgive. Forget. Get out of your pit – walk out of your prison – and dwell in your palace of peace and blessings!

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2045 I’m Ready Jan 23, 2026

God has healing for you. I’m not just talking about your physical ailments, but your deepest hurts. The wounds within that no one can see, but you continually feel. There’s a healing for those wounds only God can give.

There’s no self-help book, no new relationship, no 5 step program that can bring that healing – ONLY GOD. My friend, for every wrong that’s ever been done to you, for every pain you still carry, there’s the sweetest healing available for you directly from God.

Yesterday I experienced one of the most beautiful moments of my life. My youngest daughter is engaged to be married to a young man with a really hard past. He’s only 19, but those 19 years have been filled with continual hurts that have created wounds within him. Unhealed wounds often cause us to wreck our own lives without even realizing it. This young man doesn’t want to wreck his life as he’s seen every other man in his family do.

He’s a Daddy now, and he wants better for his little family. He wants something different. He wants Jesus. So yesterday, shortly after I recorded the devotional, he came to me and told me he was ready. Ready to fully surrender his life, receive his healing, and take his first step of obedience in baptism. I sat down with him and read Romans 6, explaining that Jesus wanted to set him free from the power of sin and give him a new life. Romans 6:14, “Sin is no longer your master.”

For this young man, it was more than just the sins he had committed, it was also about the sins that had been committed against him. The sins against him had become his master. Hurt ruled his heart. A continual replay of who had chosen drugs or alcohol over him was on a loop in his mind. The only future he knew was the one he had seen repeated in his family, and it wasn’t a future he wanted.

As we stood in the water, he prayed aloud. Not a scripted prayer, but a prayer from his broken heart. A prayer to receive healing from sin. He asked Jesus to heal the wounds of everything that had ever been done to him. He asked for the negativity, the emotions, and the hurt to be washed away in the water. He prayed to come up out of that water with no walls and blocks to him being a good husband and a good father for his own family. (That’s generational curses being broken!) Just before he went under the water, he said, “I’m ready!”

That’s healing only Jesus can do. Healing of the heart. Healing of the mind.

This is the kind of healing Joseph received. Joseph, the man we’ve been studying in Genesis who was nothing but good, but continually had bad happen to him. He had every reason in the world to be hurt, yet he sought healing. And that healing let him to being a life changing blessing to others.

After 22 years of hardship, all started by his brothers selling him into slavery at the age of 17, Joseph is now in charge of all of Egypt. There’s a famine in the land and people are starving. The only food was in Egypt, under the care of Joseph.

Back at home in Canaan, Joseph’s father Jacob and the 11 brothers are starving. With absolutely nothing left to survive on, Jacob sends his sons to Egypt to beg for food. And there, they stand before the man in charge completely unaware that it’s their brother. They didn’t recognize Joseph, but Joseph recognized them.

Right there in front of him, in their most vulnerable and desperate state, stand the brothers who caused him so much pain and hurt. They’re begging for food. What do you do when the ones who have hurt you the most now ask you for help?

Well, if you’re unhealed, you likely lash out. Hurt people hurt people. But Joseph stands before his brothers healed. He’s no longer hurt. God has healed him from within. And let me tell you what that looks like – Genesis 45, beginning in verse 3:

“I am Joseph!” he said to his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” But his brothers were speechless! They were stunned to realize that Joseph was standing there in front of them. “Please, come close,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your brother, who you sold into slavery in Egypt. But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives. This famine that has ravaged the land for two years will last five more years, and there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors. So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser to Pharaoh – the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.”

That’s a healed man talking right there! A man God has worked on to release all the pain and replace it with purpose. To release the hurt and replace it with healing. Healing doesn’t hold on to the hurt. Healing doesn’t replay the story in darkness. Healing sees how God used it all for good.

Joseph was healed, and now he could help.

My future son-in-law is being healed, and I truly believe he creates a new trajectory for his family.

That healing is available for you, no matter how deep the wound or how wrong the past was. That healing will show you God used intended harm from the enemy, from the broken, from the jealous, from those who were radically wrong, and he turned it around for good. And in this place of healing you no longer hurt from those who hurt you. That cycle stops.

With this healed heart something else happens – you also see the blessings in your life with proper perspective. Joseph didn’t claim to have earned his new highly favored position by all his hard work. He didn’t claim to have done this for himself, rising above on his own. No, his healing helped him see every good thing in his life was all by the hand of God. God did that.

That’s healing.

And this healing is available for you. Hurt people hurt people. But healed people help heal people. Healed people release blame and see God’s providential blessings. Healed people take no credit and walk in humility. Healed people change the trajectories of their entire families.

Joseph’s family was saved because of his healed heart. They were rescued from starving and given the best land in all of Egypt to thrive.

What could happen for your family if your heart receives God’s healing? What walls could be torn down? What chains could be broken? What intended harm of the enemy could be turned around and used by God for nothing but absolute goodness?

Just as my future son-in-law prayed yesterday, ask God to heal the wounds of everything that has ever been done to you. Ask for the negativity, the emotions, and the hurt to be washed away now. Pray for the walls to come down so there are no blocks to you living the life you’re created for. It’s time to declare you’re ready now!

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2044 The Right Time Jan 22, 2026

God’s timing is not our timing. I’ve been waiting on a few things for 7 very long years. It’s not the way I would have planned it, but it has a purpose. God’s purpose is greater than my plans. God’s timing is greater than my timeline.

Here’s what I want you to write down today: When it’s God’s time, it’s the right time, then it’s quick time.

You could wait for years for God’s time, but then when that time comes and it’s right, it will happen quick. You may be moments away from quick time, my sister. You simply do not know the timing for what God has aligned for you. But don’t lose hope in the wait, God has aligned the time for you. The right time is already held in God’s hand. He’s already seen the time, held the time, and making a way to that time. You’re already on your way to that right time that becomes quick time once you get there.

I like to think of it like the trip you’ve been planning. After packing and preparing, you board the airplane and you’re officially on your way. Oh the anticipation when you know you’re on your way. You’re not there yet, but you’re on the way and that’s exciting. Because, you know the moment you get off that airplane, you’re officially there and boom – vacation just starts happening so quick. You’re on that beach, that sun is hitting, and you’re feeling great. Oh to be on the way to that vacation, because on the way you know it’s already starting.

My sister, you’re on your way. You’re on your way to the purposes God has for you. You’re on your way to that breakthrough. You’re on your way to the unfolding of what you’ve been waiting for. Then, the moment will come when boom, all of a sudden you’re there and it’s happening.

For anyone who’s ever been pregnant, you know no matter how long and hard that pregnancy was, the moment came when the time to be pregnant was over. And the moment you saw your baby for the first time and held it in your arms, that long pregnancy no longer even mattered. The day came when you brought that baby home. Then that baby started school. And you may have waited a long time for that baby, but when it was the right time it became quick time.

My sister, God’s plans for you are good – You’re already on your way to those good plans. Maybe it’s not the right time yet, but when the right time comes, it will happen quick!

In our study of Genesis, we follow along with the wild story of Joseph and his dysfunctional family. After Joseph was sold into slavery by his 11 jealous brothers, he ended up as a servant in the house of Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. There, everything he did was a success. Soon he was in charge of Potiphar’s entire household and everything he owned. Life wasn’t bad at all for Joseph. But highs are typically followed by lows, and the high was coming to an abrupt end.

Potiphar’s wife found young Joseph very handsome and she tried to seduce him. When that didn’t work, she became angry and accused him of things he didn’t do. And that’s how Joseph ends up in prison. Punished for a crime he didn’t commit. Waiting.

While in prison, Joseph continued to be the good man he had always been, and even there he had success. He became a favorite of the prison warden and was put in charge of all the other prisoners. Genesis 39:23, “The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.”

Yes, while in prison, the Lord was with Joseph. While unfair things happened to Joseph, God caused good things to happen for Joseph. Did you know both things can be true at the same time? You can be in an unfair place and God can bless you. You can be stuck waiting, and God can be blessing you with things right now. You can be stripped of everything else, and have everything in God. You can be all alone, and yet never be alone.

Can you see the success God has given you even in your undesirable circumstances? Will you behold his blessings even while you’re burdened? Will you welcome his wonder while you’re waiting?

In prison, Joseph is liked by everyone and people start coming to him for interpretation of their dreams. One person he helped with his gift was Pharaoh’s cup bearer who was also in prison for offending his master. When Joseph helped the cup-bearer, he says to him in Genesis 40:14, “Please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place.”

The cup-bearer is released from prison, but guess what – he completely forgets all about Joseph, and verse 23 says “He never gave Joseph another thought.”

Gosh, do you ever feel forgotten? Do you ever feel like the people you help aren’t willing to help you? Do you feel like everyone else gets their time and you’re just stuck waiting?

Well let me remind you again – When it’s God’s time, it’s the right time, then it’s quick time!

Genesis 41:1, “Two full years later, Pharaoh had a dream.” Pharaoh is disturbed by his dream and he’s seeking help in interpreting it. Verse 9, “Finally, the king’s chief cup-bearer spoke up, ‘Today I have been reminded of my failure’ – then he tells Pharaoh about Joseph who was still sitting in prison. A man who could interpret dreams with the power God had given him. A man he had promised to remember and help get out of prison. A man he had forgotten for 2 full years.

Joseph had been sitting, forgotten, for those long 2 years – then finally the person he had helped remembered him, mentions him, and BOOM, Joseph is out of prison finally!

Joseph stands before Pharaoh, listens to his dream and humbly says in verse 16, “It is beyond my power to do this, but God can tell you what it means and set you at ease.”

Now don’t overlook this because it’s huge – in this time of waiting, something powerful has happened to Joseph. He has been humbled. Before, Joseph was arrogant and quick to brag about his gifting from God. In fact, it’s how this whole mess started. He was bragging about the interpretation of his dream to his brothers, saying they would one day serve him because of his dream, and it pushed them over the edge and they pushed him in the pit. But now, after this immense struggle and time of waiting, Joseph comes out humble and giving all credit to God.

Joseph wanted out of that prison 2 years before, but he was forgotten and left waiting. But God never forgot him. God was preparing him. Preparing his character to match his calling. And when the time was right, then it was quick time.

In the very next paragraph after Joseph turns to God for the interpretation of Pharoah’s dream, he is put in charge of Pharaoh’s court and he is placed as second in command of Egypt. Joseph didn’t even know this was in his future. He didn’t know this was remotely possible. He never dreamed he would end up in Egypt, let alone ruling over the entire land of Egypt. But God did!

It was all timing and preparation. And when the time was God’s time, it was the right time, and it became quick time.

You’re already on your way to what God has for you. Now the way may feel like a pit or look like a prison, but God knows the palace he has planned for you beyond this. It’s all unfolding in God’s timing. You may feel forgotten, but you’re not. You’re being prepared. Your character is under development according to your calling.

The time will come when God says it’s right, then you’ll be there and it will be quick!

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2043 Trust and Control Jan 21, 2026

What you don’t trust, you will try to control.

If you don’t trust someone in your family, you will try to control them. If you don’t trust your dog, you will try to control it. If you have a high tech car that can drive itself, but you don’t trust it – you will control it yourself. And if you don’t trust God, you will try to control your life.

When you don’t trust God to get it right, you will assume the position of having to force everything for yourself. When you don’t trust God’s timing, you’ll try to control the timing. When you don’t trust God’s plan, you will follow the plan you can control.

A controlling person is a distrusting person. A distrusting person becomes a controlling person.

I trust my dog. He is trained, he is obedient and he stays close. Because of that, when possible, he is off leash. I no longer have to control him because I can trust him.

I trust God. He has always been faithful to me. His promises have held true every single time. I no longer put God in my little box of limited understanding because I trust him. How about you?

Are you in a place in your life where you full on, face to the floor, open hands, absolute surrender, TRUST GOD? If you are – do you notice how your need to control things has just faded away? When faith rules, the need to control fades.

Where faith takes the throne, the need for control quietly falls to its knees. Control must bow to my faith instead of faith bowing to my control.

As we study the life of Joseph in the book of Genesis, we see the most genuine example of trusting God regardless of circumstances. While Joseph couldn’t see how being sold into slavery would ever be remotely okay, he trusted God. While Joseph couldn’t see how being falsely accused of a crime he didn’t commit and being thrown in prison could be a good thing, he trusted God. He never tried to control the situation or the outcome, instead wherever he was and whatever was going on around him, he did his best.

How do we know Joseph did his best? While Joseph is in prison, Genesis 39:23 says, “The prison warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.”

God didn’t just make things work – No, Joseph worked and God brought the success. Joseph did everything in that prison. All the work – more than was required. Joseph brought his best and God brought the blessings.

But when we find ourselves in an unfair, difficult or unwanted situation, here’s what we do – “GOD, GET ME OUT OF THIS MESS. I DON’T DESERVE THIS!” We throw our pity party and wait for the rescue. We don’t work hard. We don’t give our best effort. No we typically get pitiful, then we grow miserable, then we become bitter. Pitiful, miserable and bitter because we can’t control it.

In all of God’s word, I’ve never seen him bless pitiful. I’ve never seen him bless chosen misery. I’ve never seen him pour out his blessings on the bitter. But for the one who will trust him and do their best in the unfair, in the difficult, and in the unwanted – THEN HE BLESSES.

For Joseph, God continually responded to his trust and best effort with success. Success to get out of the pit. Success in his master’s house. Success in the prison cell. And eventually, success in the palace. Joseph didn’t seek control. He sought God’s control.

When you know the end of Joseph’s story and you see he ends up wildly successful in a palace, saving his own family that tried to harm him, it becomes easy to read the hard parts and see how God was working. But as the story was unfolding, Joseph had no idea where it was all leading. He didn’t know what God was doing. Yet he trusted.

I don’t know the whole story of my life. I have not seen how these hard parts will be used – but I trust they will. I don’t know how God is going to work all this out – but I trust he will. I don’t know how this is going to one day be good – but I trust when he says he has good plans for my life, they will be good. My trust demands my hands to open and relinquish control.

Now, how about you? Will you open your hands and trust God to get this right? Will you stop trying to control it and instead be faithful in it? Will you first give your best so then God can bless it?

Here’s the problem – we start assuming what a good God should do, then we try to hold God accountable to our plan. Oh what disappointment we set ourselves up for when we create the plan for God and try to hold him to it. My friend, it simply doesn’t work that way. Our eyes have not seen, our ears have not heard, and our minds have not even imagined the things God has prepared for those who love him. Our wildest dreams don’t even come close to God’s good plans for our lives – so how could we ever assume what a good God should do?

Would a good God allow a 17 year old boy to be betrayed by his brothers and sold into slavery? Actually – yes. Because God always saw how it would be used for good.

Would a good God allow that man to be falsely accused and thrown into prison for a crime he didn’t commit? Actually – yes. Because God always saw how it would be used for good.

These are not plans we would choose on our own. We want to skip to the palace part. We want to avoid every pit and every problem and go straight to our palace, but our good God knows good plans include the pits.

If you’re down in the pits, remember this – you have a GOOD GOD. That good God can’t be controlled by your plans. Instead, we trust his plans are better than our own and we know every part of the story will be used.

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2042 Next Level Crazy Jan 20, 2026

How crazy was your Christmas? Just how dysfunctional are your family gatherings? Or maybe, there’s so much brokenness in your family, they don’t even gather anymore. Siblings don’t talk. People are uninvited. There are misunderstandings, blow ups and hurt feelings. Or maybe your family dysfunction is hidden to everyone else. You show up in matching […]

2041 Just Right Girls Jan 19, 2026

How perfect do circumstances have to be for you to be happy? How right do things have to be for you to see them as right? Experts say the average American thinks somewhere between 50,000-70,000 thoughts per day and 70% of them are negative. Just how average are you, my sister? It’s also said that […]

2040 Wrestle It Out Jan 16, 2026

What are you running from? What are you avoiding, hoping it doesn’t catch up with you? In our study of Genesis, Jacob had been on the run for years. He had tricked his brother Esau out of the birthright and the blessing of their father, so he ran. And finally one night, when he was […]

2039 The Black Sheep Jan 15, 2026

People can be so weird. I’ve seen good families fall apart when there’s a slight inheritance to split. My uncles nearly killed each other over a 20 year old mounted dear head after my grandfather died. When you start talking about money, or promotions, or next levels, people start getting greedy and the ugly comes […]

2038 It Can’t Be Taken Jan 14, 2026

Remember the twin brothers, Esau and Jacob, that are born to Isaac and Rebekah? Remember how Esau is born first, but Jacob is born holding onto his foot. Then, one day, in Esau’s hunger, he trades his birthright to Jacob for a single bowl of soup. Now, because of Esau’s failure to value what he […]

2037 100 Times More Jan 13, 2026

Genesis 26:12, “When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him.” Imagine a blessing of 100 times more than could be expected this year. 100 times more than you deserve. 100 times more than what is reasonable. How do you get that […]

2036 It’s Already Yours Jan 12, 2026

If you don’t know what you really have, you can never be really grateful for it. If you don’t understand the value of what you have, you will fail to protect it. What you have is of the greatest value, but maybe you have overlooked it. And through your oversight, you have traded your best […]

2035 Feeling Dead Inside Jan 09, 2026

If you getting better and living bigger in this new year is all based on you, this is going to be a struggle. If it’s all about who you are, what you have, what you can do, and what you want, you are gearing up for an impossible battle. This isn’t all about you. This […]

2034 Asking God For Success Jan 08, 2026

When exactly should you pray about something? How big of a deal does it need to be before you bring it to God? Does God really have time to be concerned about every little detail of your life? Honey, there are 70 billion trillion stars in the sky, and God calls each one of them […]

2033 A Blessed Life Jan 07, 2026

Join Pamela for an unscripted study of how God blesses the life of obedience and surrender. Genesis 22 & 24. Follow Pamela on Instagram – https://instagram.com/headmamapamela Or Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim Find out more about BIG Life – http://biglifehq.com

2032 The Unfair Ask Jan 06, 2026

The ultimate act of obedience is to offer the thing we love most. It would be easy for me to give you something from my closet that I never wear – but to give you my favorite thing would be a real sacrifice. Sure you can have my Amazon earrings, but the jewelry I bought […]

2031 Wait God – What?! Jan 05, 2026

Have you ever held back from God because you were afraid of what he would ask of you? I certainly have. I was once convinced a surrendered life would be a boring life – wow, was I wrong! I once believed releasing the desire for my own way would be the end of my desires […]

2030 I Will Not Be Discouraged Jan 02, 2026

All good will come under attack. In a garden of beautiful potential, there will be weeds. Everything you plant in your garden will be attacked. To assume otherwise would be naive. You woke up this morning in a garden of beautiful potential. Here, in this year, supernatural things can happen in your life. Things you […]

2029 Goals 2026 – 4 of 4: FUN GOALS Jan 01, 2026

Does God care about you having fun? Does he care about you doing things you love to do? Does he want you to enjoy life? Yes – as long as it doesn’t become the entire objective of your life. As long as God still gets first place, fun is one of those things that he […]

2028 2026 GOAL WRITING – Part 3 of 4 Dec 31, 2025

Home/Money/Career Does God care about where you live, where you work, how much money you make and how you spend it? Absolutely. Jesus tells us to look at the birds and notice how God takes care of them, then know how much more valuable you are than the birds to God. Jesus tells us God […]

2026 Goal Setting Part 2 of 4 Dec 30, 2025

RELATIONSHIPS God cares about our relationships. He loves relationship. Think about this: Even God didn’t do his work alone. He specifically designed the trinity of himself, his son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit to work together. That should tell us how important relationships are to God. In fact it’s why he created YOU. You were […]

2026 Goal Writing 2026 – Part 1 of 4 Dec 29, 2025

Welcome to the final countdown of 2025. Together, we will use these final days to fully seek God for guidance in planning the new year of life in the offering. What will you do with 2026? How will you live your days? What will you pursue? Who will you become? Life can just happen to […]

2025 Let the Pilgrimage Begin Dec 26, 2025

GOAL SETTING BROADCAST TEXT KEYWORD GOALS TO (205) 709-2582 The day after Christmas… The day you wake up 5 pounds heavier to a big mess… The day after all the excitement… What do you have after the excitement? I assure you, life is a series of ups and downs. There will be things to look […]

2024 The Christmas Devotional Dec 24, 2025

The Bible has over 300 specific prophesies about the coming savior of the world. Hundreds, even thousands of years before, details like: He would come from a virgin birth, he would enter into Jerusalem on a donkey, he would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, he would be pierced and crucified, he would be […]

2023 If It Was Up To Me Dec 23, 2025

Sometimes God’s blessings don’t exactly look or feel like blessings. Sometimes they feel like an inconvenience. Sometimes they look like an unwelcome change. Sometimes blessings come in the form of everything you think you want absolutely falling apart. Mary had her life planned out. This little small town girl was engaged to Joseph, they were […]

2022 Just a Small Town Girl Dec 22, 2025

Your feelings about a situation do not change God’s power over that situation. God is not limited by feelings. God is not limited by chances or odds. God is not limited by timelines or conditions. If God speaks it, it will happen. Done. Deal. Your circumstances may not be telling you the truth. There could […]

2021 Here’s Your Answer Dec 19, 2025

The number 1 question I receive is, “How do I know God’s will for my life?” What they’re saying to me is, how do I know God’s voice? How do I know if that thought, or that feeling, or that stirring within is from God or from the devil? Maybe you don’t trust yourself anymore. […]

2020 On the Flip Side Dec 18, 2025

There’s two sides to every coin. Just because the coin lands on heads doesn’t mean tails no longer exists. They’re both there. They co-exist together, heads and tails. God sees your situation much like a coin. There are two sides to it. The two sides co-exist together. Now, he’s asking you to see the two […]

2019 Surrendered Timelines Dec 17, 2025

When God moves, a shift takes place. Heaven responds. Mountains start moving. Seas start parting. Walls start crumbling. Chains start breaking. When God moves, impossible becomes possible. It happens in an instant when God moves. However you and I do not know when God will move. We don’t know his timing. We don’t see the […]

2018 I Didn’t Want This Dec 16, 2025

Do you ever feel like you’re not the main character in the story? Like God’s promises aren’t for you? Like the good plans don’t include you? Like you’re left on the outskirts watching everyone else get their turn and their blessings? My sister, I want to tell you the truth about YOU, and if you […]

2017 I Don’t Want To Wait Dec 15, 2025

Have you ever wanted something so bad, but you couldn’t get it? Have you ever desperately longed for something to change, but it still wasn’t changing? Your whole body begins to ache. When there’s this one thing you truly want but it’s left unfulfilled, eventually even the good areas of your life have a dark […]

2016 You Are Included Dec 12, 2025

God is in covenant with you. He has spoken a promise over your life, one he will not break. He is in agreement with how he will care for you, how he will bless you, and the future he has waiting for you. The crazy thing is, you may not be in agreement with him […]

2015 Struggling to Believe Dec 11, 2025

Do you have something you’re believing God for, but you’re still battling for it to make sense in your mind? Some days it’s easy to believe what could be, and other days you wake up to current reality so hard that you can barely get out of bed. What do you do on those days? […]

2014 Lord, I Believe You! Dec 10, 2025

What do God’s rewards look like? They look like impossible things being made possible. They look like things you could have never even dreamed up in your own mind. God’s rewards are bigger, better and sweeter than what you even asked for. They are exceedingly great. And God rewards the ones who have messed things […]

2013 Lesson of Trust Dec 09, 2025

Whatever problem you are facing right now, whatever the threat may be on your future, know this – GOD WILL PROTECT YOU. He will come through for you. God will meet your needs and you will be taken care of. You likely don’t feel worthy of that because maybe you’re not 100% innocent in the […]

2012 His Promise or My Plan Dec 08, 2025

How good do you have to be to live in the promises of God? Where’s the cut off line for that? Do you wonder if you could ever be good enough for God to really love you? Do you fight to get yourself in that good positioning, then struggle to stay there? And when you’re […]

2011 Let It Flow Dec 05, 2025

Your identity is a definition of who you are to you. It’s how you see yourself. It’s the value you place on your own life. Identity. The world wants to twist your identity so you never see yourself for the truth of who God says you are. God does not see you as a failure […]

2010 Be Fruitful Dec 04, 2025

There is a divine design over your life. The divine designer behind it is God. He wanted you, so he designed you. He used generations before you to perfectly align to bring the world YOU. Now, here you are in your lifetime. My friend, what are you doing with this one opportunity at life? It’s […]

2009 So I Remember Dec 03, 2025

As good as you are, or as flawed as you are, you are 100% dependent on God’s faithfulness. Without his faithfulness, you don’t wake up today. Without his faithfulness, the sun doesn’t come up. Without his faithfulness, things are never made right. You are surrounded by constant proof of God’s faithfulness and your every breath […]

2008 God Remembers You Dec 02, 2025

God is your remedy. He knows how to solve your problem. He knows precisely when your problem will end. He has a plan, his plan is good, and he will perfectly fulfill that good plan. My sister, God has not forgotten about you. He hasn’t overlooked you. He hasn’t dismissed you. He hasn’t turned a […]

2007 Cart Before the Horse Dec 01, 2025

God is asking you to follow him in a way that will require your faith. You’re not going to understand it. You’re not going to be in control of it. Can your mind make peace with the unknown? Can your hands remain open in full surrender? And girl, will your feet move forward to destination […]

2006 Will You Be Different Nov 28, 2025

God has a purpose for you, and it will require you to be different. To be different, you must do something different. Different than what you’ve always done. Different than what everyone else does. Different than what is easy for you. If you’re willing to be different in the new year of life coming to […]

2005 The Gravy of Gratitude Nov 27, 2025

Every morning when we wake up, we get to choose our attitude. Any attitude we wish is available for the taking. We can put it on and wear it the entire day, and just like the right pair of shoes can change the outfit, the right attitude can change your experience. Most days we wake […]

2004 Only the Best Nov 26, 2025

Adam and Eve were God’s first creation in which he said it was “VERY GOOD”. He made them in his own image and placed them in the middle of paradise to live closely with him. We know they failed, but God covered them in grace with the first sacrifice and clothing made in animal skins. […]

2003 What Are You Wearing? Nov 25, 2025

Do you carry any shame? Is there shame for what you have done? Shame for your past? Shame for your failures? Shame is a feeling of worthlessness. Shame is a disgrace you assign to yourself. It’s a fear of the worst of you being exposed, and that fear makes you hide. But don’t you realize […]

2002 The Warning Label Nov 24, 2025

I once thought living in full surrender to God would mean my life would become boring. I thought all my fun would end. So, for years I held back. I offered parts of me, while my hands were clinched tightly on my greatest desires. I just knew if I offered it all to God, he […]

2001 The Last Forty Nov 21, 2025

Forty. As of tomorrow, November 22nd, we have 40 days left in this year. Just how fast has this year gone by? Wasn’t it just Summer a few weeks ago, and now here we are with only 40 days left in the entire year? 2026 is a brand new year of life on it’s way […]

2000 EPISODE 2,000! Nov 20, 2025

2 Corinthians 6:11-13 MSG – “I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open spacious life. We didn’t fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren’t small, but you’ve been living them in a small way. I’m speaking as plainly as I can and […]

1999 Choose Your Tree Nov 19, 2025

Have you ever wondered why God would create a tree and place it in the middle of paradise, but not allow Adam and Eve to eat from it? Why would God make it possible to mess up? Wouldn’t it have been better if the option to sin were never even there? God, why put the […]

1998 You’re Just Right Nov 18, 2025

As a woman, you are specially designed and created to be a servant. Before you stone me, understand that being a servant is not a lowly position. According to Jesus, the greatest is called to be the servant. By divine order, to be great, you must be a humble helper. If you cannot be a […]

1997 She’s ALIVE! Nov 14, 2025

Today, my retreat girls will go with me to the largest natural gathering place for manatee in the world. The cold of winter is beginning to set in, so the manatee have traveled for hundreds of miles to come to their winter home in the warm springs waters of Blue Springs State Park and Crystal […]

1996 Woah, Did You See That? Nov 13, 2025

Our God is a God of details. He has literally thought of EVERYTHING. There’s not a single thing he has overlooked. There’s nothing that he hasn’t accounted for. He has a plan and a purpose for all things. To see his attention to detail, look at his creation. This week, we’re studying Genesis 1, the […]

1995 Light of the Son Nov 11, 2025

If God says it, it happens. If he speaks it, it’s done. No further preparation is required. Impossible becomes possible. What has never been before will JUST BE. The creation of the entire universe is revealed in 6 days. Genesis chapter 1 says on day 1, there was light. Day 2, space. Day 3, land […]

1994 Can You Believe It? Nov 10, 2025

Genesis means origin. It’s the source, the beginning, where every single thing got its start. I’ve always loved the book of Genesis, for one simple reason … it was the book of the Bible I was able to flip right too. I always felt so proud of myself when a preacher would say, “Turn to […]

1993 Will You Trust? Nov 07, 2025

Romans 15:13, “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.” God is the source of our hope. Hope means you have something to look forward to, something to […]

1992 Nailed Desires Nov 06, 2025

Do you ever feel like you get a spiritual spanking? Well, God’s word does say, “Spare the rod, spoil the child.” God doesn’t want his girls to be self-indulged, spoiled brats. So he uses his rod to protect and discipline us. A shepherd carried 2 tools, a rod and a staff. The rod was a […]

1991 The Key To Freedom Nov 05, 2025

Romans 12:14, “Bless those who persecute you. Don’t curse them; pray that God will bless them.” The Greek word translated into persecute was dioko which actually means to aggressively chase. Is anyone after you right now? They’re chasing after you for your money, for your position, for your reputation. Heck, maybe you don’t even know […]

1990 No Minions Nov 04, 2025

Following God is not a list of laws and rules that must be obeyed in order to be deemed worthy of salvation. We would never be worthy if that were the case. God knew that. Jesus came to fulfill all those laws and rules for us. He met the requirements on our behalf. His blood […]

1989 Love and Hate Nov 03, 2025

God demands that we both love and hate. We’re actually not supposed to be all love all the time. There are things to love and things to hate. The problem becomes when we confuse the two. And honestly, it’s really easy to get them confused. It’s easy to start hating what we’re supposed to love […]

1988 Not The Original Oct 31, 2025

God was on a mission to love and save someone. His chosen people were the Israelites, the Jewish people. But, the Jews turned on Jesus and didn’t accept the love and salvation offered by God. So, here’s what happened – Jesus made room for US! God’s love would not be stopped. His offer of salvation […]

1987 Use It For Good Oct 30, 2025

There’s one thing that helps me when going through a problem. One thing that gives me permission to still find joy on the journey when the journey is darn hard. This one thing is knowing down deep within that there’s a purpose. There’s a purpose in my problem. There’s a purpose in my pain. There’s […]

1986 Offer Your Broom Oct 29, 2025

Today I return to my warm and sunny Florida Keys after traveling for the past week, but I’m returning with something extra. Something so special and so extremely valuable. Let me tell you about the gift I was given while traveling. Yesterday, I met a man named Steve. Steve was a successful business man for […]

1985 God Can Use You Oct 28, 2025

Do you ever wonder how you could really be used by God? Ordinary you. Could God use you? Could he work through you? Let’s be clear – God does not need you. He really doesn’t. He has the power to do anything he wishes completely on his own. However, God still chooses to use you […]

1984 God Is Looking For You Oct 27, 2025

God has a plan beyond the reality you see today. He has a purpose specifically for you that reaches beyond the circumstances of this season. Beyond this pain, beyond this struggle, beyond this uncertainty, God has goodness for you. The enemy plays in the darkness of your uncertainties. Uncertainties that ask how much longer will […]

1983 Repping Jesus Today Oct 24, 2025

A girl who is going to do big things cannot let small things get to her. A girl who is ready to live the BIG life she was created for, ready to step fully into her potential, ready to live in divine partnership with the Almighty, that girl cannot be shaken by little things. She […]

1982 How God Does It Oct 23, 2025

Romans 12:2, “Let God transform you into a new person.” The original Greek word for transform is metamorphoo. This is where we get the word metamorphosis. And this is the image of what God can and will do in your life. A complete metamorphosis – you won’t look anything like you used to look. You […]

1981 Crazy Rich Spoiled Girls Oct 22, 2025

Have you ever known anyone who lives securely in a passed down family business? They didn’t create the business, but they’ve been given the business and trusted to continue the work. Maybe they stepped into success only because of a birthright. They didn’t earn it, but it was passed down to them. It’s easy to […]

1980 What Do You Have To Show? Oct 21, 2025

God made an investment in you. He intentionally invested potential within you and gives you time in this life, and he expects a return on that investment. Is he getting it? What are you doing with what he has given you? How are you using what’s inside of you? The truth is, we often short […]

1979 What’s the Battle Plan? Oct 20, 2025

Yesterday, I stood in church and I sang the words, “Oh God, the battle belongs to you.” As those words passed my lips, I felt the Holy Spirit say, “Do you really believe that?” Sometimes we can sing songs or even quote scripture, and we don’t even realize what we’re saying. Do you really believe […]

1978 Movement of Faith Oct 17, 2025

Our God is a healer, redeemer and restorer. His desire is to guide you to living the best life he imagined for you from the very beginning. His answer to your request for healing and restoration is YES. Do you believe that? Yes, he will heal you. Yes, he will restore that which is so […]

1977 God Can Change That Oct 16, 2025

Are there thoughts you repeatedly think, and you want to change those thoughts because you know they’re not good? Are there things you often do, and quite honestly you don’t want to keep doing them? You really do want to change. You want to get better. But you don’t know how to change those thoughts. […]

1976 A Living Sacrifice Oct 15, 2025

Romans 12:1, “I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.” What does it look like to offer yourself as a living sacrifice […]

1975 That’s My God Oct 14, 2025

Romans 11:33, “Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!” I will never understand God, but I can forever be in awe and wonder of him. His thoughts are above my thoughts and his ways are higher than my ways. […]

1974 Here Comes the Sun Oct 13, 2025

Today, the sun came up. It met the horizon and it rose above it. That has happened every single day of our lives, so somewhere along the way we stopped being impressed by it. But the fact still remains, every morning the sun races at us from the east at over 1,000 miles per hour […]

1973 Your Unfolding Story Oct 10, 2025

Yesterday was a nostalgic kind of day for me. 15 years ago yesterday we hosted our very first gathering and called it a retreat. It was the most unimpressive, duct taped together event you’ve ever seen, in the basement of Joplin, MO city hall. Looking back it’s almost embarrassing … But it was the beginning. […]

1972 He Wants His Throne Oct 09, 2025

There are many names of Jesus, but there is only one name we call him that saves our soul. Do you know that name? He’s not just our friend, he’s not just the lamb, he’s not just our teacher, he’s not just the Prince of Peace or the Bread of Life. He’s our LORD. When […]

1971 Unbothered By This Oct 08, 2025

How bothered are you right now? How upset, torn up, worried and overwhelmed do life’s circumstances have you? And why is it we feel almost obligated to appear miserable when we’re going through these hard things? Like it’s wrong to be okay when things aren’t okay. We can’t be happy when the reality isn’t all […]

1970 There’s GRACE For That Oct 06, 2025

There’s an undeserved grace in the offering for you today. Even though you don’t deserve it, God wants to bless you. That’s what grace is, and there’s an overflowing of grace, but you have to choose to get in it. Imagine you’re on a hike and there’s a waterfall. You can choose to get in […]

1969 Fully Restored Oct 03, 2025

Is there something in your life that has fallen apart and appears hopeless today? Something seemingly broken beyond repair only serving as a painful reminder of dreams left unfulfilled? Maybe that broken thing in your life is you. You feel broken. You have fallen apart. You’re nothing like you used to be, having lost who […]

1968 Let’s Talk About It Oct 02, 2025

Enjoy today’s unscripted devotional with these scriptures: Philippians 3:14, “Do everything without complaining and arguing.” MSG, “Be a breath of fresh air.” AMP, “Do everything without questioning the providence of God.” Numbers 11: 1, “Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord’s anger blazed.” […]

1967 A Promised Cake Oct 01, 2025

On the island of Marathon in the Florida Keys, there’s a young man in his mid 20’s who gives the best pedicures. He’s friendly and always wants to talk … like a lot. I know all about his struggles with alcohol in the past and his boredom with a life of sobriety. I know he […]

1966 Don’t Make It Weird Sep 30, 2025

How exactly do you talk about a sometimes awkward topic without it being awkward? For real, how do you do that? Answer: Just don’t be weird about it. God’s truth is the truth for every single one of us. God’s not weird, so sharing his truth isn’t weird unless you make it weird. You make […]

1965 Abwoon D’bwashmaya Sep 29, 2025

Did you know we are told to pray to God and refer to him as our Daddy or Papa? That’s not disrespectful. That’s not irreverent. It’s personal. God actually wants to be more than just your Creator, more than just the director of your life and supreme authority, he wants to be in a close […]

1964 Get Over Yourself Sep 26, 2025

When did life become all about us? Really? How have we made this about ourselves? It’s so easy to insert myself into every situation, and when it’s about me, is it really about Jesus anymore? The Holy Spirit working within us leads us to think little of self and much of Jesus. The less I […]

1963 This Changes You Sep 26, 2025

Within you is flesh. Flesh is drawn to sin. It sees a sign that says “Wet Paint Do Not Touch” and immediately WANTS to touch it. It is defiant and rebellious and continually wants it’s own way – and the way of flesh is never the right way. But did you know Jesus offers an […]

1962 I Don’t Have To Know Sep 24, 2025

Delayed obedience is disobedience. Our God is a god of details. When he tells us to do something, it’s not just about the action, it’s about the timing. The mark we’re aiming for is constantly moving. It’s not a stationary target. So when God says, “shoot the arrow now”, but you delay your action and […]

1961 God Did That Sep 23, 2025

This morning at 2 am, our phone rang. It was a call I had been waiting on. A call I had been praying for. A call that revealed the divine plan of a good God who never, ever stops working. Our youngest daughter was facetiming us from the hospital, proud to show her mama her […]

1960 The Final Countdown Sep 22, 2025

Many years ago a mentor taught me, “Life is like the changing seasons.” Seasons change and so does life. Seasons do not last, nor do the conditions and situations of life. We live in a constant state of change. We’re left with the choice to either hate and endure it, or savor and embrace it. […]

1959 Good morning BEAUTIFUL Sep 19, 2025

This devotional is unscripted to allow God’s spirit to speak directly to you in a personal way. Scriptures referenced: 1 Samuel 16:7, “Don’t judge by appearance or height … The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Ephesians 2:10, “You are […]

1958 Because of One Sep 18, 2025

It’s easy to look around and ask what has happened to our world. Why have things gotten so bad? Who’s fault is this? The truth is, it all began with the sin of one. The failure of one introduced sin and our perfect world was forfeited. That doesn’t seem fair, does it? It seems so […]

1957 My Ultimate Name Drop Sep 17, 2025

What would Jesus do for his friend? A friend – one he personally is connected with and cares deeply about. One who is more than just known or seen or heard, but one who is truly considered a friend. For his friend, Jesus woke him up from the dead. He literally gave his friend life […]

1956 Notice God’s Pattern Sep 16, 2025

Did you know God works good things into our lives through patterns? There’s always a pattern to God’s work. Know the pattern – trust the work. If you don’t know the pattern, you may question what’s happening in your life. Here’s the good news: The pattern is clearly spelled out in God’s word. Now, here’s […]

1955 Let God Love You Sep 15, 2025

Some people are just hard to love. We know that – but what if you’re one of them without realizing it. What if you’ve become hard to love? You pull away. You put your walls up. You self-protect. You pretend. You hide. You keep everything surface level and superficial. And even worse – you do […]

1954 Jesus, Help My Thoughts Sep 12, 2025

The key to you having a good day or a bad day isn’t in the weather, it’s not in your circumstance, it’s not in the actions or mood of others. The one key to your day is all in your head. Your THOUGHTS write the definition of this day. Your thoughts are either lifting you […]

1953 Reason For Hope Sep 11, 2025

Our faith is what pleases God most. It’s our deep belief in him that he desires. A knowing within that he will do what he said he will do and his promises for me are guaranteed. Abraham is our example of faith. Because of his faith, he was counted as righteous. Was he perfect? No. […]

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