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I Choose Today to Obey, Even When It’s Uncomfortable

As I was reading Acts 10 during a devotional, something caught my attention. It wasn’t just the vision Peter had, it was what came next. Because what God asked Peter to do wasn’t just unusual. It was uncomfortable. Eat With Sinners “The next day as Cornelius’s messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon, and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.…Then a voice said to him, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.’ ‘No, Lord,’ Peter declared. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean.’ But the voice spoke again: ‘Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.’” Acts 10:9–15, NLT In the Old Testament, God gave His people specific instructions to remain set apart. Dietary laws and boundaries around marriage with surrounding nations were meant to protect them from idolatry and preserve the lineage through which the Messiah would come. It wasn’t about superiority, it was about protection and purpose. But something radical shifts in Acts 10. Until this point, the gospel had reached Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria, just as Jesus

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I Choose Today to Keep Walking

Perseverance Series — Part 1 There are seasons in life when perseverance becomes very real. Not theoretical. Not abstract. But deeply personal. Seasons where faithfulness looks like simply showing up… one more day. Lately, I’ve found myself in one of those seasons. I haven’t sensed a clear direction yet for what’s next, but I do know this, sometimes faithfulness looks like taking the next step while we wait for clarity. So over the next few episodes, we’re going to talk about perseverance… not as striving harder, but as staying anchored in Christ while we wait. Because perseverance doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes perseverance looks quiet. Sometimes perseverance looks like getting up one more day. Sometimes perseverance looks like continuing to trust God… even when you don’t see what He’s doing. And I think we all find ourselves in those seasons at times. Where we’re not in crisis… But we’re also not in clarity. Where we’re walking… But we don’t know exactly where the path is leading. And it’s in those moments that perseverance becomes less about pushing harder… and more about staying faithful. Scripture reminds us not to grow weary in doing good, because in time, we will reap a

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I Choose Today to Focus on Life

As I was praying over a friend’s medical prognosis, I was reminded of a simple visual saying: A hummingbird and a vulture fly over the same desert. One searches for life, the other for death. Both find exactly what they’re looking for. I’ve mentioned this analogy before in relation to the words we speak, how our words can either bring life or death depending on what we choose to say. But this time, the Lord brought it to mind in a different way, not about our words, but about our thoughts. You see, when we look at the world around us, wars, division, brokenness, and even personal crises like medical diagnoses, it’s easy to focus on the negative. It’s easy to see the chaos and begin to expect more chaos. It’s a natural road to travel, and before long, we find ourselves scanning everything for what might go wrong. Like the vulture, we begin searching for death. But what if we chose to look for life instead? Because if we look for life, we will find it. I’m reminded of Jesus’ words to His disciples as He prepared them for the difficult road ahead: “I have told you all this

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I Choose Today to Trust the Power of the In-Between

I shared this reflection last year on Holy Saturday, and as we approach Easter again, I felt led to share it once more. The power of the in-between is something we all walk through, and this reminder feels just as needed today. As believers, when it comes to Easter, we focus on Good Friday, when Jesus died for the sins of the world, and Easter Sunday, when He rose from the grave to defeat death once and for all. Both of these days deserve every ounce of our awe and celebration. They are the visible markers of love and victory—the cross where the price was paid and the empty tomb where death was disarmed. But what about the day in-between? What about Saturday? That ordinary, quiet, grief-stricken day between the heartbreak and the miracle. The day when heaven seemed silent and hope felt buried. The day most of us skip over… but shouldn’t. Because even though it looked like nothing was happening, everything was already in motion. Scripture gives us a glimpse behind the veil: “He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. After being made alive, He went and made proclamation to the

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I Choose Today to Remember the Crown of Thorns

Holy Week invites us to slow down and remember. This year, I found myself reflecting on one powerful symbol — the crown of thorns. During this Holy Week, I have been reflecting on what Christ went through leading up to and including the cross. He was tortured. “Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head. They clothed Him in a purple robe and went up to Him again and again, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ And they slapped Him in the face.” John 19:1–3 But even in their cruelty, God was revealing something deeper, something that had been set in motion from the very beginning. In Genesis 3:17–18, after Adam and Eve sinned, God said: “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you…” Did you catch that? Thorns were part of the curse. They were part of the consequences of sin, the brokenness that entered the world when humanity chose to be right in its own eyes. And it was these same thorns

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