Check out my article for the Christian teen devotional, Unlocked!
This month, I had the privilege of writing an article for the inspiring Christian teen devotional and podcast, Unlocked! You can listen on their website, or request a free paper copy of their quarterly devotional.
Check out my article, “Friendship Friction,” which was released yesterday.
I hope it brings encouragement to you!
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the pleasantness of a friend
springs from their heartfelt advice.Proverbs 27:9
As we are called to let go of former things, let’s embrace God’s hand in the process as He remains faithful through it all.
At the beginning of 2024, my work-in-progress was titled “Don’t Let Go”. And yet the theme of my life in 2024 was “it’s time to let go”.
While my novel’s title was inspired by a scene where my main character dangled on the edge of a cliff before accepting the helping hand that saved her life–and God certainly wasn’t telling me to jump off a cliff or refuse support–I can’t help but laugh at the irony in God’s plan for my growth over the last twelve months.
Letting go of unhealthy relationships, underutilized belongings, and even unrealistic dreams and expectations has always been particularly challenging for me. It’s heartbreaking to admit that it’s time to let go of someone who was once a dear friend or of a dream that isn’t part of God’s plan for this season of life.
Yet we must release what God calls us to release in order to be open handed, ready to embrace what God has in store for us.
You may be finding yourself in a season of needing to let go. Letting go is painful. It’s a loss, after all, and it comes with its own grieving process.
But there is hope. We have someone we must never let go of, our helping hand when we find ourselves dangling at the edge of (hopefully a metaphorical) cliff. That Someone is Jesus.
Sometimes, it’s difficult to trust that Jesus will always be there to save us when we’ve experienced disappointment from others.
But those experiences often remind us to turn to Jesus for our fulfillment. One time, I experienced deep healing after a conversation with a close friend. But in a following interaction, I was reminded of her humanness and felt discouraged, wondering why God would allow me to experience both rich blessing and slivers of pain from the same person.
That’s when the Spirit gently reminded me that it was out of God’s grace that I had experienced healing from this friend. As amazing as she is, it wasn’t her personality or words or even love that blessed me. It was God working through her, showing His love for me.
Though it still hurts when loved ones act insensitively or don’t follow through, perhaps those moments are opportunities to praise God for being the one who loves us perfectly. He does everything with intention and always remains faithful. We will never be asked to let go of Him.
In fact, as I imagine worldly things disappearing from my fingers into the air like dust, I find my hands waiting, palms up, for someone to fill them. And sure enough, God’s great big fatherly hands embrace mine in an instant. He is everything I need. He is everything you need.
As we step into 2025, join with me in God’s call to release what doesn’t belong to us anymore in order to hold tightly to His goodness, grace, and love.
Who knows? When you let go of what isn’t meant for you, God may very well surprise you with wonderful things you didn’t even imagine were possible.
“Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV)
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
Reflecting on 2024 as we anticipate the coming year.
I’ll be honest with you: 2024 has been a rough year.
Globally, division, violence, and injustice seem never ending. Personally, it’s been a year of loss, disappointment, and uncertainty.
But it’s also been a year where I’ve witnessed God’s presence and divine intervention like never before.
My word of the year was imagine. And boy, so many things–both good and bad–have happened this year that I never could’ve imagined. But through it all, God has been faithful. His love never changes, even when our circumstances do.
I’ve often struggled with placing my peace, joy, and hope in my circumstances even though in mere seconds, all that can change. So how can we remain hopeful–even having the faith to imagine brighter days–when life is uncertain?
By rooting our hope in the One who does not change–God.
There are many promises in the Bible that remind us of God’s everlasting qualities. Here are a few from the Psalms that will hopefully bring you hope as we enter a new year:
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.Psalm 90:2 (NIV)
As we go through life, we view things with our limited perception of the world and what could lie ahead. But God, who always was and always will be, has seen it all! Nothing can faze Him. When we take His hand and allow Him to lead us through life, we can walk with more confident strides.
But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children–with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.Psalm 103:17-18 (NIV)
When we experience rejection or loss, we may begin to fear that someday others in our lives will leave and/or stop loving us. While we can’t control how others might hurt us, we can find peace knowing that our perfect Father will always love us. And as His children, we can love Him back by following in His ways.
Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.Psalm 119:142 (NIV)
In a world where truth is treated as subjective, it can be overwhelming to read the news or decipher tricky conversations. Sometimes it’s hard to even know what’s real! But thankfully, God’s word is alive and active, always there to guide us and never outdated. We can turn to it for answers, and ask the Spirit to direct our reading of the Bible.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.
Psalm 145:13 (NIV)
As the earth groans and crumbles, as people come and go, and as we desperately search for security, we can have courage knowing that we are part of a kingdom that will last forever. A perfect kingdom without brokenness, pain, or heartbreak. While we may not be able to see this kingdom fully on Earth, we can participate in God’s holy work by blessing others with His love and acting on His truth.
You may be scared of where God is leading you in the coming year, but take heart knowing that He who promised is faithful. God will never let you out of His sight. Converse with Him through every step you take, and soon you may start to see where the path leads.
Our light will never be extinguished when its source is our faithful God, who takes such wonderful care of us.
If you doubt this, call out to God. Express your feelings and fears. Trust that He listens to you, and nothing is out of His control.
No matter what 2025 brings, I pray that we may all experience God’s grace, peace, and love through every season.
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23 (NIV)
While reflecting on the example of growing as a horse rider, consider how God might be calling you to grow as a believer.
I work at a horse riding stable, and one of my favorite parts of the job is witnessing students transition into competent riders.
That often means they don’t need help cleaning their horses’ hooves or assistance with getting their horses to move faster than a walk. It becomes natural for them to know when to circle their horses to make space, recite horse anatomy and tack, and understand the basics of how they should ride and interact with horses, even if they mess up sometimes.
In my mind, my students are transitioning from simply being horse admirers to becoming true horse riders.
This transition isn’t just a joy for instructors, like myself, to witness. I notice the smiles on my students’ faces when they are able to feel independent and try harder activities during lessons.
But this next stage in riding development comes with its own challenges too. I have higher expectations for my students because I know that they know how they are supposed to ride. If their heels are up or their horses are crowding another horse, I will remind them of how they should be. As they perform harder assignments, I might point out more detailed things for them to work on than before.
Before, it was simply about getting their horses where they wanted them to go without falling off. Now, it’s about the refinement period. Making sure my riders not only ride confidently, but with intention and poise.
Even deeper than that, it’s about getting my riders to make the last transition. Not from students to jockeys or olympians. But from horse riders to horse lovers.
In order to be a horse lover, you must ultimately care more about your horse than about whether or not you successfully rode a pattern or cantered faster than your friends. You must know your horse so well, you can notice and understand their movements and expressions and fears. You must be willing to do what it takes to care for your horse, whether that means cleaning their stinky stall or giving your horse a break when they are tired.
If you’re a regular on my blog, you might be wondering why you just had to read all about becoming a horse lover when you don’t spend any time with horses. (Though if you are a fellow horse lover, big high-five!) But I promise, the process of becoming a horse lover is relevant to your life, even if you never get on a horse.
That’s because this process mirrors our spiritual journey with God.
Consider it this way:
We must first express interest in having a relationship with God and ask for His forgiveness. Then, we make a commitment, whether it be attending church or small group or Bible study, to grow in that faith. Even as we participate in Christian community, we are still baby Christians at this stage. We are often reliant on others to hold our hands through this process and help us understand a God we admire, but do not fully know for ourselves.
Through prayer, discipleship, and ultimately the work of the Holy Spirit, we transition into independent Christians. Community is still vital to our faith–it always will be–but perhaps we are doing some of the leading. We feel more comfortable reading the Bible on our own and bringing our thoughts to the table. We have a sound understanding of what it means to be a Christian and we are starting to know what God’s voice sounds like.
While this season is exciting, it comes with its own challenges. Our faith might be tested for the first time. We may have harder questions to grapple with. Sometimes we experience loneliness or isolation where we must rely on God fully. This is a season of preparation, though, for the beauty that is to come.
And this stage is what generally lasts the longest because we cannot enter the third stage until we are reunited with Jesus in Heaven. We can become more mature as we wait on the Lord by spending time with Him and becoming more like Him in word and deed.
But we cannot fully know or love Him until we have completed the process of sanctification. Another word for this is glorification, which means we have been brought to perfection in Christ.
So what does this mean for us today?
We must prepare for when we will be reunited with God again. We shouldn’t be obsessed over when exactly that will happen–that will just create fear in us. But we should spend this time getting to know God and allowing His love to influence our daily lives and decisions. Through this process, there is grace, for we can trust that even when we make mistakes, God’s love for us remains.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Romans 5:1-5
Reflection Questions:
How might God be calling you to grow to become more like Him today?
What in your routine or relationships might need to change?
When we remember what an extraordinary God we serve, everything else falls into perspective.
As I was discerning the passage for this week’s devotional, I felt God pulling me away from Acts and toward Psalm 57.
This psalm has been on my heart over the past few months, particularly as I’ve faced unknowns and entered new situations. Let’s read through this passage and ask God how He’s speaking to us today.
Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
for in you I take refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until the disaster has passed.Psalm 57:1
This passage makes me imagine a warm, feathery bird wrapping its wings around little chicks in a thunderstorm. Together, they huddle in a little cave, kept safe by the parent bird’s wings. On their own, the little chicks wouldn’t be able to protect themselves in the storm. They would get all damp, cold, and muddy–they might even get swept away. But it’s within their parent’s nature to hold them close and keep them warm.
It’s within God’s nature to hold us close to His heart. Sometimes this means providing us comfort and rest. Other times, God sets us free to try out our own wings, but even then He is with us. He never lets us fly out of His loving sight.
How might you want to experience God’s refuge this week?
I cry out to God Most High,
to God, who vindicates me.
3 He sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking those who hotly pursue me—
God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.Psalm 57:2-3
When we experience injustice, regardless of its magnitude, our natural instinct is to take matters into our own hands. But because we are broken people, we will never be able to handle situations perfectly on our own. When we rely on God to help us handle difficult situations, we will feel strengthened by His love and faithfulness.
What is a difficult situation you’re currently experiencing? How is God leading you to respond to it?
I am in the midst of lions;
I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.They spread a net for my feet—
I was bowed down in distress.
They dug a pit in my path—
but they have fallen into it themselves.Psalm 57:4,6
I’m not sure about you, but the most “ravenous beast” in my life is my growling dog guarding his treat. However, there can be metaphorical lions and beasts in our lives that cause us suffering.
For example, perhaps you have a difficult person in your life whose words have pierced you like sharp swords. Or maybe you’re facing a problem that feels as ginormous as a ravenous beast.
No matter what you are struggling with, God is bigger than it. Your burdens are too heavy for you to carry alone, but they will never be too much for God.
What is a burden that you’ve been reluctant to give to God?
My heart, O God, is steadfast,
my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and make music.
8 Awake, my soul!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.Psalm 57:7-8
Having a heart that’s steadfast means even when our circumstances aren’t ideal or our faith isn’t as fiery as in past seasons, we are still devoted to God. Often, the reason why we don’t feel as close to God isn’t because He’s gone anywhere, but because we haven’t taken the time to praise Him.
When our faith is reliant on God’s character rather than our shifting emotions and circumstances, we won’t fear losing our faith because it is grounded in what always stays the same: God.
Go through the alphabet and list out at least one corresponding characteristic of God for each letter. As a bonus, think of specific instances when you’ve witnessed God revealing that characteristic in your life or in the Bible.
I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.Psalm 57:9-11
When we step back and realize what an extraordinary God we serve, everything else falls into perspective.
Yes, there are frustrating, even harmful people, out there. Yes, the world is broken. Yes, we might be in the middle of a storm right now. There are so many difficult things in the world, things to be afraid of.
Except that the most powerful being in the universe loves us and has given us a purpose. He hasn’t abandoned us. He is here even now, wherever you are, listening patiently and ready to guide you on your life path.
We can be faithful to God by obeying His commands and asking for forgiveness when we make mistakes. We can obey God by transforming each day to become more and like Jesus through loving others, living out His truth, and cultivating the fruits of the Spirit.
Thankfully, our faith doesn’t rely on whether or not we do things perfectly. God’s faithfulness is perfect, and through it all, He is our refuge.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1
Here is a wonderful worship song based on Psalm 57!
Do you ever wish you could directly hear God’s calling on your life?
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel a little jealous of the early Christians, mainly because of how clearly they heard God’s calling.
Take the disciple Philip, for example. The Holy Spirit whisked him away from one location to the next so that he would reach the exact people he was meant to reach (Acts 8:26-40). He likely didn’t spend days, weeks, months, or years on his knees asking God where he was meant to go. He was just sent!
In many ways, the early church’s relationship with God resembles the Israelites’ relationship with Him in the Old Testament. They heard God’s voice audibly and/or through His appointed prophets. They always knew what He wanted them to do, even if they unfortunately didn’t obey Him.
As I’ve been learning how to discern in my own life (without God’s audible voice telling me what to do), I came across this passage:
Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. 8 So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. 9 During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
– Acts 16: 6-10 (NIV)
Notice these phrases:
I was reminded through this passage that God spoke to the early church in different ways and He continues to speak to us in different ways, too. And even when He spoke directly to them through visions or the Spirit, they still had to exercise patience and discernment.
The Christians thought they were supposed to preach in one location, only for the Spirit to call them elsewhere. They might’ve felt frustrated or confused at first, wondering why God would tell them no. But they obeyed, allowing themselves to finally hear a direct calling from God.
You might’ve noticed that the vision didn’t come overnight. They traveled to multiple places, repeatedly being prevented by the Spirit (I’m curious what that looked like), from spreading the good news there. But once they heard the call, they “got ready at once,” or in some translations, “immediately” left for Macedonia.
The Greek translation for “calling” in verse 10 means “to call to one’s self, to summon, to invite”. When we wait and listen patiently for God’s call, we aren’t just waiting to hear what task He has in store for us. We are being invited into God’s presence. When we say yes to His call, we are being drawn closer to God’s own self.
Just sit with that for a moment. We, God’s mere creation, are given the invitation to be brought to God’s own self.
Even if that invitation is brought to us differently than it was in the past, it’s still the same invitation. An invitation to not only do God’s work, but to be part of God’s family.
Today, we have many ways to hear God’s voice, even if they feel less direct than in the past.
Here are a few examples:
The Spirit moves in many ways, whether through the above avenues, or through visions, prophetic words, or miracles. While we shouldn’t necessarily expect these less common things to happen, we should never place limits on what the Spirit can do. Even having the Spirit inside of us is supernatural in and of itself.
We often talk about how the Holy Spirit is living inside of us, but the Spirit is not limited to our bodies’ capabilities. When we realize we are just one little sliver of a reflection of God, as we are created in His image, we can tap into the supernatural fruits the Spirit offers: love, joy, peace and patience, to name a few.
I encourage you to spend time with God today and ask Him how He might be leading you. Have peace in the process, knowing that all good things take time. And being in God’s presence is the best thing of all.
Join us for this week’s devotional which introduces lectio divina and encourages us to reflect on Peter’s miraculous escape from prison.
For this week’s devotional, we’re going to do something a little different! There’s a spiritual practice called lectio divina, which centers around listening to what the Holy Spirit might be saying through scripture by rereading a shorter passage multiple times and asking ourselves different questions each time.
Before we get going, I’ll share some context about our passage.
As the early church gained believers, outside leaders, such as King Herod, grew angry and violent toward the Christians. Peter, one of Jesus’ disciples and a prominent leader in the early church, was arrested for preaching the good news of Jesus’ love and salvation. He was supposed to face a death sentence, until something unexpected happened…
One of my friends who introduced me to lectio divina always starts the process by asking the Spirit to be present with us, and I encourage you to do the same.
Holy Spirit come. Fill us with your presence and guide our reading today.
For our first reading, let’s just understand the story.
Today’s passage: Peter’s Miraculous Escape from Prison
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”
12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”
15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers and sisters about this,” he said, and then he left for another place.
– Acts 12:5-17 (NIV)
This time, close your eyes and listen to the reading (this is a recording of all of Acts 12, so feel free to pause when you get to verse 17). As you listen, notice if there are any words or phrases that stand out to you, and write them down.
For our third reading, listen to the passage again. Ask yourself these questions:
For our fourth reading, consider these questions:
To end our lectio divina, pray and ask God to guide you in the challenges you may face in your faith and thank Him for His provision. Ask Him if there is someone in your life He wants you to pray for. Prayer is more powerful than we can even imagine!
Learning from the early church’s faithfulness amidst great obstacles.
Have you felt disappointed in your church? Perhaps attendance is low or the preaching feels repetitive. Maybe there’s division in your church over political or doctrinal differences. Or perhaps everything seems okay on the surface, but there’s just something lacking.
While the early church in the book of Acts struggled with many of the issues we still have today, through their faithfulness to Jesus and commitment to gathering, they were able to survive and even enjoy times of peace and joy.
As we read through today’s passage, I want you to consider two questions:
Read:
Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. 20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. 21 All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?” 22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.
23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him, 24 but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. 25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him. 30 When the believers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
– Acts 9:19-31 (NIV)
We often forget what Saul (otherwise known as Paul) was like before he surrendered to Jesus and became the apostle who wrote most of the New Testament. The early believers had every reason to be afraid of him. He participated in the killing of their fellow believers, who were their friends and family.
Their first act of faith in this passage, taken first by Barnabas, was believing in the transformative work of the Holy Spirit. In order to be a Christian, you must believe that God is supernatural. Just as Jesus died and rose again, when we are saved, we go through the process of becoming a new creation.
But easier said than done when it means believing that another person, especially a person who has hurt us, has changed.
While Paul was was clearly zealous for the Lord, given that he put his life at risk to share the gospel, I’m sure the believers weren’t thrilled by the prospect of inviting him into their sacred spaces. They were putting their lives at risk.
Though once Barnabas shared Paul’s testimony, the believers were willing to accept that God’s powerful work had changed Paul’s heart. This act of faith revealed their deep trust in God with their lives.
Once they helped Paul, they experienced a time of peace and strength from the Holy Spirit. I believe that this peace and strength came out of their act of faith. They were confirmed in their trust in God, and they were strengthened by the testing of their faith.
Today, we aren’t often willing to go out of our comfort zone, especially to put ourselves at risk for others. What if we were not only more trusting in God, but we were also willing to sacrifice our own comfort or resources to help others, especially other believers? Imagine how bonded church communities would be if we were willing to sacrifice for each other.
Unfortunately, churches often make it their primary goal to increase the number of their congregants rather than focus on strengthening the relationships within their current congregation. While one of the blessings the early church received in this passage was an increase in believers, that only came after they were intentionally glorifying God and listening to the Holy Spirit.
What if we made it our mission to honor God, follow the leading of the Spirit, and love each other as Jesus loves us? I believe the numbers would follow, only because of our supernatural example of faithfulness.
Though it will take time, patience, and perseverance to see changes in our faith communities, and even in ourselves, with the help of the Spirit, all things are possible.
Reflection:
You may not be in a position to change your church’s mission, and that’s okay! Change starts with us individually when we align our hearts to Jesus.
Prayer:
Thank God for specific ways He’s been faithful to you. Ask Him to help you discern how you might live out this passage today.
Join us every Thursday for the next 4 weeks for encouragement from Acts!
Hey everyone! 🙂
I hope you are doing well. As I’ve been discerning how to reengage with this blog, I remembered “Encouragement Thursdays,” which I created because Thursdays have always felt like a “blah” day to me that could use a little encouragement. So I would intentionally post every Thursday to encourage all of you (and myself 🙂 ).
In a chaotic world, what we need most is rest and reconnection with the Lord. When we take the time to rest, we can turn back to Him and remember that He is faithful, so we should be faithful to Him.
For the next month, I will be sharing Encouragement Thursdays again, going through a few sections of Acts to explore how the early church was able to survive despite persecution, differences of opinion, leadership issues, and temptations — essentially the human brokenness we still experience today.
I hope you will join me in prayer that together, we can grow closer to God and deepen our understanding of His character, as well as learn how we are to live a life of faith and love to all those in our communities.
The Will to Wake Up 