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What are you doing with your dash?

Tomorrow is not promised but eternity is…


Mourning has its place, but don’t let sorrow fog your vision. Don’t let grief keep you from the mission. Instead, let it lift your eyes and anchor you with an eternal perspective.


👉🏼Every tear reminds us that time is short.

👉🏼Every loss reminds us what truly matters.

👉🏼Every moment is a gift to point others to Jesus.


We all have an expiration date with an exit ramp:

➡️ eternal life

or

➡️ eternal death

…and there is only One Savior who leads us to life.


Your dash is brief.

Redeem the time.

Live today like eternity is real—because it is.


🫶🏼 Save this for days when you need a reminder to lift your gaze… Share with a friend who might need this encouragement today.


🙏🏼 Jesus, we beckon Your return—for the days we live are like the days of Noah. Yet as we wait, let our lives reflect the only reason we still have breath in our lungs: to tell others of the goodness of our God, here on earth as it is in Heaven! Holy Spirit, lead us—we will follow with reckless abandon, empower us to redeem the time and honor You with our dash. In Jesus’ Name, amen.


📖 “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15–16, NKJV)


 
 
 
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“Faith can feel ridiculous… until it starts to rain.”


I’ve lived this line more than once. Just this week, our family lost a dear friend—Ms. Gail—after a long, hope-filled battle with cancer. We prayed with fervency and faith for her healing… and yet, for reasons we may never understand this side of Heaven, Jesus welcomed her home on Monday…


Moments like these can shake your soul. They can tempt you to question whether your prayers mattered—whether your faith was misplaced. But today I remembered Noah.



He built an ark in the middle of a dry region, where it had never rained. He trusted the Word God had spoken, letting every swing of the hammer pierce the air, not for applause or understanding—but in agreement with a promise no one else could see. He built by faith… until the rain came.

Sometimes God asks us to do the same:

To pray for something.

To build something.

To believe for something—without ever seeing the outcome we imagined.


But here’s what we can count on:


“Even if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.” – 2 Timothy 2:13


And…


“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23


So friend, don’t let the delay make you doubt.

Don’t let what you see or what you don’t see yet cause you to lay down your faith.

The rain will come.

We just might not see the full spectrum of it until we get to the other side of Heaven. And when we do, I believe we’ll see how every prayer mattered, how every moment was seen, every tear was collected —and how faithful ones like Ms. Gail helped us keep believing.🤍


 
 
 
  • Feb 28
  • 1 min read

✨If you knew what your prayers were unlocking, would you ever stop praying?


I JUST finished an hour-long prayer call for @beacon_parent & my longtime friend @suzannephillips_ 🤍, and it was SUCH a treasured time with incredible women who know Truth, face-to-face, & will declare it on behalf of this vital ministry!


(If you are a parent, run don’t walk to give her a follow - you NEED to hear what God is saying to families through her!)


There’s something POWERFUL about coming together in agreement, lifting up God’s promises, & watching Him move!


Heaven moves when we pray

✨Angels are dispatched

✨Strongholds are broken

✨AND the enemy’s plans are dismantled! 👊🏽


Yet, too often, we let feelings, distractions, or doubt silence our prayers.


Holy Spirit-infused-prayer IS power. It shifts atmospheres, aligns hearts with God’s will, & releases His Kingdom on earth. 🙌🏽


Do not let what you see in the natural stop you from speaking what is true in the Spirit.


🙏🏼Pray boldly. Pray persistently. Pray without ceasing. Heaven is responding.



 
 
 

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It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

~Galatians 5:1

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