Reflections: Riptides of Life

Have you ever felt yourself drifting deeper and deeper into the riptides of hopelessness and despair? Have you recently struggled with staying afloat amidst the waves of doubt?

More and more people from all denominations and walks of life are beginning to sense the immense of something big happening, and fear is beginning to paralysis the purpose of many. I encourage you that in these times you and I hold dear the Word of God close to our hearts.

Let no strange news, message, or doctrine drag you into the riptides of life. Don’t allow for the social media outlets to become your bibles and your altars.

Congregate, fellowship, and anchor yourself in the Word of God. For Christ is our fortress and a strong tower, and the righteous run into him, and they are saved.

Stay away from the riptides of life, and if you find yourself already there - swim back to God’s truth. He will calm the seas!

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Reflections: Christ in You

You and I have a spiritual DNA for which we were purposed and designed for. No one can do you, but you. Many young believers pursue noble causes in ministry which leads to ongoing frustrations because they are trying to become a carbon copy of their mentors or pastors without the process. Even though it is a biblical principle to model the faith of the patriarchs, you and I can not abandon the personal uniqueness of our spiritual gifting, and the process it takes to refine them.

For at the end, the question is not whether we look like pastors - but rather do we look like Christ?

Christ in you.

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Reflections: You Are More

You are more than the circumstances that surround you. You are more than the bills you pay. You are more than the mundane routines that encircle your life’s practices. You and I are spiritual beings filled with the breath of God and are eternally destined.

May we come to the understanding today, that beyond the pursuit of all of our earthly endeavors and riches there is a bigger prize beyond the clouds for which the skies above echos their calls. Leave a great legacy, impact lives and souls, and don’t minimize your God-given gifts and life.

You are more.

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