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Today, we continue our series with the topic - The Gift That Exposed My Heart in line with the overall theme of More Than a Holiday: When Christmas Becomes Personal. I pray that we would all come out on the other end of these sessions more in love with the reason for the season. At some point in our lives, we must realize and accept that Christmas does more than announce that a gift was given—it exposes and calls us to examine how that gift is received. Scripture shows us tha

Yesterday, we established that Christmas is a divine interruption—God stepping directly into a world marked by struggle and limitation, at the right time, to accomplish His purpose. Today, we focus on the truth that God’s love came close, meeting us where we are.  Christmas tells a story that confronts one of the quietest lies many of us believe—that God loves us, but from a distance. That He cares, but stays removed. That He sends help, but does not come Himself.  That’s why

You know, I continue to be amazed and pleased and reassured about the way the Holy Spirit moves.  In our last discussion this past Friday, we looked at Mary and how God declared she would conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit, not human ability. God did not accept impossibility as an excuse because what He promises, He performs. When I left you then, I did not know where the Lord would lead. I remained open to hearing from the Holy Spirit. I was leaning toward some Christm

There are moments in our walk with God when His promises sound far bigger than anything our life currently reflects.  We are looking at our lives, and we’re like, but wait: I am not as healthy as I should be, I can hardly pay these bills, the relationships with those I love continue to crumble, no matter how hard I try. These are moments like when God speaks of restoration but literally everything feels broken. Moments when God declares purpose while we feel hidden and unsure

There are seasons in our lives when we come before God with the same request again and again, asking Him to remove the thing that feels too heavy to carry.  We pray with sincerity. We plead with intensity. We believe with all our hearts that the problem would disappear if God would simply lift it. And when nothing changes, we quietly wonder: “Why won’t God take this away?”  We are learning today from the life of the Apostle Paul. And you know, many believers reference Paul’s

Who among us does not think about our past and wish we did some things differently? For me, there are moments when the past feels heavier than the present, and I am quietly wondering whether God can still use someone like me. Maybe you don’t have that feeling…but I’m just being vulnerable here for a moment. For some, it might be a failure that haunts us, a decision we regret, a season we can’t quite forgive ourselves for. These become the evidence the enemy uses to whisper, “

Everyone has some sort of responsibility in life.  Some are easy, and some are challenging. Some don’t intimidate us because they are difficult, but because they expose how small we feel in comparison to the weight that has been placed on our shoulders.  But being overwhelmed doesn’t always come from being weak. Rather, it often comes from clarity.  You see, we recognize that what is in front of us carries weight, and something inside whispers, “This is too much, too heavy, I

Flaws have a way of making us believe God should choose someone else. We start thinking that something about us—something not quite right—makes us unworthy, unqualified, or simply not good enough.  And it’s usually not because we don’t love God, but because we’re afraid of what His holiness might reveal about us.  The closer we get to God, the more aware we become of the parts of ourselves we try hardest to hide: the habits, the attitudes, the thoughts, the wounds, the incons

How many of us, even at the start of a new day, feel overwhelmed? We begin thinking about the many things we have to do, the mean people we have to face, the difficult challenges ahead, and our own not-so-nice moods. I want to submit to us today that this is not a sign of spiritual failure.  Catch this: Even the strongest believer encounters moments where the weight of life presses so heavily that all they can whisper is, “Lord… I’ve had enough.”  Elijah reached that very poi

Life has a way of convincing us that certain things are behind us — that the time has passed, the moment is over, and the door has closed. But God’s timing, hallelujah, doesn’t bow to our timelines. Sarah could definitely identify with this. She wasn’t a young woman waiting on God — she was an older woman who had long accepted that certain things were no longer possible. Her body was tired. Her hope was thin. Her joy was worn down by years of waiting. To put it bluntly, she w

Have you ever wondered how God shows up in the areas of our lives where we feel the most unnoticed and unsure? He steps into the quiet corners—places where we don’t feel loud, strong, or significant.  While others seem to stand tall and confident, we’re simply trying to find our footing. Yet it’s in those unlikely, overlooked spaces that God chooses to speak. This is exactly where we find our Bible character for today - Gideon.  When God approached him, Gideon wasn’t praying

Sometimes the call of God finds us at a stage of life where we feel completely unprepared. We don’t always feel ready when God speaks — in fact, many of us feel the exact opposite, that this is the worst possible time.  We forget this powerful scripture - Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV) which reminds us of what God says: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” So in our flesh, we look at what God is asking of us and immediately think, “Not me. I

There are times in our lives when we just don’t feel good enough. In those times, some people sink into a feeling of insecurity and shy away from everything and everyone, generally speaking, while others become extroverted — they try to prove to everyone, everywhere, and at all times, that they are confident, capable, and completely in control.  But underneath both responses is the same quiet truth: a heart that feels inadequate… a heart that wonders if it truly has what it t

There comes a point in every believer’s walk where God requires us to speak into someone’s life — not to tear them down, but to lift them back into alignment with Him.  Yet the way we handle those moments matters just as much as the truth we speak.  A correction delivered with the wrong heart can cause more damage than the very issue we’re addressing. But when we speak under the leading of the Holy Spirit, correction becomes a tool of healing instead of harm. Before we ever o

So, in our daily walk, even so far this week, we hear or have heard that Jesus rebuked storms, spirits, sickness, and sometimes even people  And we assume that we can do exactly the same thing, the same way, at any time, in any tone, and in any circumstance.  But Scripture gives us a powerful caution that stops us in our tracks: just because God can rebuke doesn’t mean we should. One of the clearest warnings in all of Scripture comes from Jude 1:9 (KJV), and we read that on D

There is a question many of us have thought about, and some have found the answer, while others still wrestle with: Should we be rebuking people today the way we see in Scripture, or is there a better way to handle correction in this season of our Christian walk?  Because if we are honest, some believers correct as if they are the Holy Spirit Himself. On the other extreme, others avoid correction altogether because they are afraid of hurting someone.  And somewhere in the mid

There are moments in our Christian walk when we believe we are correcting someone out of discernment. Some of us truly exercise more wisdom than others in certain situations. However, as smart as we think we are sometimes, if we slow down long enough, we may realise that what came out of our mouth wasn’t discernment at all — it was frustration. It was impatience. It was irritation wrapped in religious language.  And when correction comes from the wrong place, it does more har

When we hear the words “The Lord rebuke you,”  many of us think immediately about spiritual warfare or moments when Jesus corrected people sharply.  But before we take that phrase and use it loosely, we have to slow down and actually look at how Jesus handled correction — because the way He rebuked, and who He rebuked, matters more than we often realise. Where exactly in scripture do we see these words: The Lord rebuke you? Let’s go to Jude 1:9 (KJV) - the clearest and most d

Family, today we close this journey with something that matters to all of us — how do we keep the presence of God, not just sometimes, but as a lifestyle?  After watching Saul lose sensitivity and David grow in intimacy, Scripture teaches us that staying filled is not automatic. It’s hard work. It’s intentional. It’s relational. And it’s deeply personal. Our anchor text today comes from David’s own prayer in Psalm 51:11 (NKJV): “Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do

Family, today we step into one of the most beautiful truths in all of Scripture: what God’s presence does when it enters a troubled atmosphere. We have walked with Saul through the silence, the drift, and the spiritual vacancy. Today, we shift from why  the darkness came… to what pushes it back. Our anchor text is 1 Samuel 16:23 (NKJV): “And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become re