CULTIVATE LIFE

Writing

When the Strong Grow Weary

There is a quiet kind of suffering that often goes unnoticed.

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Writing

The Urgency of Waiting

The greatest tension in my walk with God has never been believing He is able. It’s been resisting the urge to get ahead of Him.

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Writing

When the Mountains don’t move – what I got wrong about faith

There have been moments in my life where I prayed with everything in me for a specific outcome. I believed. I hoped. I held on. And things still unfolded very differently than I imagined.

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Writing

True Colors of Fall

Fall is my favorite time of the year as it brings forth the true colors of God’s creation. Fall unfolds upon a foundation of evergreens overlaid by the golden and crimson tones from the trees that surrender their leaves. We can discern much from nature as she offers much wisdom through careful observance. Let’s talk a look at the physiological process of the deciduous trees.

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Bible study

Study 2: Kingdom Priorities — Living Under the King’s Rule (Matthew 6)

Matthew 6 sits at the center of the Sermon on the Mount (chapters 5–7), where Jesus lays out the ethics and inner life of citizens of God’s Kingdom. In contrast to religious performance for human approval, Jesus calls his followers to a genuine, hidden devotion directed toward their Heavenly Father. For a Jewish audience steeped in Torah observance, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Jesus is not abolishing these practices — he is radicalizing and purifying them. The repeated phrase “your Father who sees in secret” is the heartbeat of this chapter.

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Bible study

The Gates of Nehemiah: Fortifying Your Spiritual Life

Series Theme: Just as Nehemiah led God’s people to rebuild Jerusalem’s broken gates, believers must identify and restore the broken areas in their spiritual lives to stand strong against the enemy.

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Prayer

A Prayer in the Courts of Heaven for My Home and Business

I come before You today with reverence and humility. I enter Your courts, not because of my own righteousness, but because Jesus Christ, my Advocate and High Priest, has made a way through His blood. I thank You that mercy triumphs over judgment and that I have confidence to approach Your throne because of the finished work of Christ.

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Prayer

I speak to the earth. This is a command not a prayer

“As it is written in Jeremiah 22:29, “O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.” Therefore I speak to this land under the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hear the word of the Lord concerning this place. I am appointed by God to be a priest to this land, and i walk in the authority and power of God Most High.

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