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PURPOSE VS CALLING

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  Many people spend their lives searching for purpose while feeling frustrated that they haven’t yet discovered their calling . What if the confusion comes from treating these two words as the same thing—when they are not? Understanding the difference between purpose and calling can bring clarity, peace, and direction to your walk with God. Purpose: Why You Exist Purpose is universal. It is the why behind your creation. Your purpose does not change with seasons, titles, or platforms. Scripture reminds us that we were created to glorify God, love Him, love others, and steward what He has entrusted to us. Whether you are preaching, parenting, leading, or healing, your purpose remains constant. Purpose is who you are in God , not what you do for Him. When you don’t know your purpose, you chase identity. When you know your purpose, you move with confidence—even in uncertainty. Calling: What You Are Assigned to Do Calling is specific. It is the assignment God gives you to express ...
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THE SILENT MISTAKE

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  In the beginning, humanity’s first mistake was not curiosity—it was silence. Adam and Eve walked with God. They heard His voice. They lived in His presence. Yet when the serpent spoke, they never asked a question. They didn’t ask God, “Did You really say this?” They didn’t ask each other, “Does this align with what God told us?” They didn’t pause to seek clarity, wisdom, or confirmation. They listened—and acted. One conversation with deception outweighed a lifetime of communion with truth. The danger wasn’t the serpent’s question. The danger was Adam and Eve’s failure to ask one. Questions are not a lack of faith. They are often the doorway to wisdom. Throughout Scripture, God welcomes inquiry. Moses asked. David asked. Mary asked. Even Jesus asked questions—not because He lacked understanding, but because questions reveal hearts, expose motives, and invite revelation. Silence in the face of confusion is not obedience—it’s vulnerability. Adam and Eve assumed instead of disc...
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STILL STANDING, STILL SACRED

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  Beloved, We have been called resilient for so long that many of us forgot how to rest. Our strength has been praised, our endurance admired, our survival celebrated—but rarely has anyone stopped long enough to ask what it cost us to survive . The chapter on resilience in Black Trauma confronts us with a holy truth: resilience kept us alive, but it was never meant to keep us silent. We learned to be strong because weakness was not safe. We learned to keep moving because stopping meant being overtaken by grief. And so we carried trauma in our bodies, prayers in our mouths, and hope in our spirits—often all at the same time. This is not a rebuke. It is a recognition. Strength Was Necessary—But It Was Not the Destination There was a season when resilience was a lifeline. Our ancestors endured what should have destroyed them, and by the grace of God, they stood. Yet the Spirit is now whispering—and in some cases, shouting —that survival is no longer the ceiling. You were not anointed...
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STOP BLEEDING ON PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T CUT YOU

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  There is a wound you didn’t choose. A cut you didn’t cause. And yet—if we’re honest—you’ve been bleeding on people who never held the knife. The Holy Spirit whispered this to me plainly: Unhealed pain has a voice, and it often speaks through us when God is trying to heal us. Many of us are anointed, called, gifted, loving, and still leaking. We shout, withdraw, overreact, mistrust, or self-sabotage—not because the people in front of us are dangerous, but because the people behind us were. Someone betrayed you. Someone abandoned you. Someone mishandled your heart. And now, innocent people are paying emotional hospital bills for wounds they never inflicted. Trauma That Isn’t Healed Will Travel Pain doesn’t stay where it started. It migrates. What Pharaoh did to you shows up in your Moses. What Saul did to you shows up in your David. What Judas did to you shows up in your faithful disciples. The Holy Spirit is saying: “You’re reacting to history, not reality.” Not ev...
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JESUS. EMMANUEL. GOD WITH US.

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  Christmas was never meant to be casual. It was never meant to be reduced to a season , a sale , or a sentiment . Christmas is sacred ground. And yet, somewhere along the way, we quietly crossed Jesus out—and replaced Him with ourselves. It didn’t happen loudly. It happened conveniently. We chose presents over Presence . We replaced the awe of God with us with the anxiety of getting everything done. We filled our calendars, maxed our budgets, exhausted our bodies—and then wondered why the season felt empty. Because you can pile gifts high under a tree and still starve the soul. So the real question becomes unavoidable: Are we honoring our Creator—or are we celebrating ourselves? We say it’s for the kids. We say it’s tradition. We say it’s culture. But Heaven is still asking, “Where is My Son in all of this?” The wise men didn’t bring convenience. They brought sacrifice . The shepherds didn’t bring perfection. They brought attention . Mary didn’t bring excess. She brought obe...
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WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE ON FROM YOU.......

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  There is a supernatural rhythm to relationships. A divine timing. A heavenly choreography that often makes no sense to the human heart. There comes a moment when people you love… People you fought for… People you prayed over… People you carried in seasons where you barely had strength for yourself… Suddenly feel ready to move on from you. And it hurts. It feels like rejection wrapped in confusion. It feels like abandonment wearing the mask of change. It feels like your heart is being asked a question it never consented to answer: “What do you do when someone’s exit wasn’t on your calendar?” But here is the supernatural truth: Heaven is never intimidated by who walks away from you. In fact, sometimes heaven authorizes it. The Opposite of Relationship: Disconnection The opposite of relationship is not hatred — it’s disconnection . Disconnection is when the cord between two hearts isn’t cut violently… it quietly thins. It’s when conversations become shorter. When ...
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MY FAMILY ERASED ME

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  There are wounds you can’t see with the naked eye—wounds that do not bleed, but ache. And one of the deepest is this: feeling erased by the people who share your blood. I never imagined I would wake up one day and feel like a stranger in the very family I once helped build, support, and love. But here I am—watching my brother, my sister, their kids, and even their grandkids move through life as if I’m no longer part of their world. It’s as if they’ve deleted me from the family album and scrubbed my name out of the memories. They interact with others freely. They celebrate milestones. They gather, laugh, take pictures. But with me? Silence. Distance. Avoidance. A cold, heavy nothing. And the hardest part isn’t the absence itself—it’s the message it sends: “You don’t matter. You’re invisible.” ✦ When Your Own Family Treats You Like You Don’t Exist People assume family pain only shows up in shouting matches, betrayal, or conflict. But sometimes the greatest heartbreak happens qu...
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