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The Key to Breakthrough

3 days ago
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The other day, I bent my key. It wouldn’t fit in my front door. The door would not open. I had to unbend the key to fit the lock and open the door. This got me thinking of the power of one simple key…

The right key opens the door.
The wrong key does not open the door.

Some of us may be using the wrong key on the right door. Others, may be using the right key on the wrong door. Either way, the door won’t open.

This is why prayer leads us to the right key to open all right doors.

Jesus tells us:

““Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” (Mt. 7:7 NLT)

Keep asking.
Keep seeking.
Keep knocking.

In the asking, we will go about receiving. Sometimes we receive the understanding to shift two doors to the left or right.

In the seeking, we will go about finding. Often, seeking shows us what we first wanted, is not what we most needed at all.

In the knocking, our persistent hunger calls on His hand to feed us. He responds.

“Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.” (Ps. 50:15)

Calling, with God, is not a one-time event and we give up. It looks like persistence, being fervent and expectant.

“Persistence”
per·sis·tence
Merriam-Webster definition: “to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning”

“Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” – Luke 18:1

“Fervent”
fer·vent
Merriam-Webster definition: “exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling”

“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:16)

“Expect”
ex·pect
Merriam-Webster definition: “to consider probable or certain”

“Wait for and confidently expect the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord.” (Ps. 27:14)

We persist with great intensity and know the probability of our Faithful God showing up! This is a key that opens doors of faith. Without faith, it is impossible to please God.

Prayer: Father, I want to have steadfastness and diligence to keep seeking you. I want to seek you and find you. I want to pursue you with all my heart, all my soul and all my strength. Give me the ability not to give up. Make me strong of heart. Give me the gift of intercession that keeps on, keeping on. In Jesus’ Name.

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Only Just Believe!

4 weeks ago
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God has a plan for your life, but so does the enemy.

I stayed back in third grade, wrote my sentences backwards, had a boss who hated my writing — and yet, here I am a writer, an author of 4 books, a speaker on national television. Who would have dreamed? Certainly, not me.

Sitting here on the couch, about two minutes ago, I considered this, but on a grander scale… As much as God has a plan for our lives, so does the devil. I also thought about how the natural is often the opposite of the supernatural — if only we believe.

(Jesus said), “Do not fear, only believe.” (Mk. 5:36)

Now, I am a four-book author (clearly, not because of me, but because of Him). My point is? God can do anything — if only we will just believe. If we believe He can, He often will.

““What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”” (Mk. 9:23)

Where have we decided God can’t or won’t for us? Where have we figured our situation is impossible? Where have we resigned?

That very place, God CAN work… God can!

Let that soak into you – God can. It is high-time to believe GOD CAN.

For me? Sometimes, I have been left out of things. Cast aside. Excluded. Removed.

So what? God can!

For me? Sometimes, I have felt defeated. So, what? God can.

God can defy anything and everything at any given moment. God can include me in something SO great, with great people, for a great cause. God can. Either the past will rule my mind, or faith will.

I believe there are better days ahead. The people are out there. Maybe, He’s getting them ready. Maybe, He is preparing something. Maybe, He is readying His bride. I only just believe.

What do you need to believe for?
God can.

Prayer: Father, thank You that You always have a better plan. Thank You that you are famous for turnarounds. Give me faith. I need Your faith, the very faith of God to hope again. I ask this from You, right now. Thank You, Father. I am so grateful. I am so thankful. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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What You Doubt – God May Most Use!

2 months ago
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I drove past a vast field of soy. Yet, on the horizon — there it was — a solitary and striking brown corn stalk. Standing alone. Standing odd in the midst of soy.

Why it was there…? I didn’t know.

What I did know was that I felt sort of proud of it — for being who it was, amidst a field of green.

I had to admire that stalk. I imagined the soy plants whispering, “You are not a corn stalk; you are soy.”

But maybe that little stalk kept believing anyway. Maybe it kept standing in who it was created to be. Maybe it still believed God made it right — even in an all-green world.

To God, that corn stalk, in all its glory, was purposed just right.

I hope the stalk knew that — because God never makes a mistake, nor does He waste how He creates His creation. That includes you, my friend. You are His wonderful workmanship.

Maybe today you feel like that stalk.

You wonder:
“Why did God make me like this?”
“Why am I so different?”
“How come I haven’t quite figured myself out yet?”
But what if you weren’t created to fit in, but to stand out?

What if the thing you most hate about yourself is what God most plans to use — powerfully?
And what if everything feels dull, not because you’re broken, but because God is longing for you to step into His more?

That’s a thought, isn’t it?

If He can speak through a corn stalk, how much more won’t He speak through you?

“For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.” — Romans 8:19

I want to personally invite you into a weekend set apart. A sacred space to step into deeper identity, purpose, and healing in God.

Join me this September in Charlotte, NC for the Transformation Prayer Intensive.

An immersive 4-day retreat of prayer, healing, God’s Word, and Spirit-led breakthrough.
It’s time for striving to end and surrender to find real legs.
It’s time to understand how what you hate is not only what God loves, but what He will use.
It’s time to hear what God uniquely has to say to you.
And to leave knowing — without a doubt — that God loves you and has a purpose for you.

Dates: September 18–21
Location: Charlotte, NC
Total Investment: $1600 + tax (includes all lodging, meals, ministry, and materials)
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A past participant wrote:
“It exceeded every expectation. The warmth, the welcome, the personal breakthroughs — I left changed.”

If your heart is stirring, listen.
If you’re ready to step into more — act on it.
God wastes nothing about how He made you.
You’re not “too much.” You’re exactly right.
And maybe it’s finally time to believe it.
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Be You & Be Free & True

2 months ago
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Please them. I must be who they want me to be.
That’s what I thought, anyway, during this period of my life. Rail-thin, I hadn’t the faintest idea of who I was or what I was called to…
I just knew happiness seemed to be:
a.  keep you happy
b. make you like me and,
c.  don’t fail at it.
If you were a happy person, I’d morph and be happy (even though I was miserable inside). If you valued service, I’d serve you (even though I might whine on the inside).  If you wanted me to be funny, I’d try that (and walk away feeling completely unknown).
Once, a company was interested in hiring me. I studied their whole website for hours, determined the exact profile of a person they wanted to hire and presented that image. I got hired, and hated every second of working there.
Why? Because I was a walking lie.
By trying to be everything to everybody, I became a no one to myself. Many who defy who God made them to be, walk living the ultimate lie.
Ever been there? Do you walk with a smile, but feel defeat in your heart? Do you serve people exactly what they need, but feel your needs are unmet? Are you good at taking care of others, while no one knows or cares about you?
Maybe you’ve spent years, accomplishing someone else’s goals for you. Maybe you’ve gone decades living up to a set family standard. Maybe you feel obligated and obliged to follow some inner set of (perhaps unrealistic) standards, otherwise you will be judged. Maybe these things have held you captive.
Step back from this for a second and begin to ask yourself:
a. Who has God created me to be?
b. How has God created me uniquely?
c. Why has He created me uniquely?
d. Does He care that I am created uniquely?
These are important questions to answer.
As I’ve unpacked these questions and scripture, I’ve come to learn: one of the greatest forms of honesty is to be true to be, as God created me. Likewise, one of the greatest lies is to defy God’s truth of how He created me and the unique personality He gave me.
My job is not to fit in; my job is to stand apart, to stand out. That is, in part, what it means to be “holy”.
In all this, it is critically important to remember how loved, known, and purposed we are in Christ Jesus, for instance:
God knows personally what we will speak:
“You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.
You go before me and follow me.” (Ps. 139:4-5)
God, like a master worker—like the ultimate carpenter—makes us a collectible, an original piece of workmanship, (in personality and appearance, in thoughts and in heart):
“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.” (Ps. 139:13-14)
God has precious thoughts about who He made us to be:
“You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.”
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!”
(Ps 139:16-18)
We are created with amazing and unique things to do:
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Eph. 2:10)
To be less than you, is to not only negate what God wants to do through you, but it is also to reduce the glory that will be given — to Him.
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”  (Eph 2:10)
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (Mt. 5:16)
Are you unsure of who you are? Are you tirelessly seeking to please others more than joyfully knowing who you are in Christ Jesus? Are you unsure of what God has called you to? Are you lost to His purpose for your life?
If this is you, I highly encourage you to come to one of the final two Transformation Prayer Intensive events. There are times to wait on God for life change and there are times to take steps of faith that change everything. To step out is often to step into the arms of Jesus (think of Peter hopping out of the boat). It takes great faith to move.
With this, my prayer for you today is that you can discern what to do and that He will give you great courage to take bold steps. And, if He is calling you to wait on Him, that He give you the great enduring power to do so! In Jesus’ Name.

Either way, having a firm grip on your Christ-identity will change your life incredibly.

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1. Aug. 21–24 (Naples)
2. Sept. 18–21 (Charlotte)
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• All meals
• Prayer that sets free
• Spirit-led workshops & devotionals
• Life-long heart transformation
• Personal and intentional ministry time
Cost: $1,600 for the 4-day experience (plus sales tax)
Spots are extremely limited—only 3–4 women will attend each weekend due to my house size, so sign up soon.
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Gain Right Perspective

3 months ago
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I was driving, but I couldn’t see. My glasses were smudged. Gray smudges blurred the lenses through which I saw life. I tried redirecting my eyes—look toward the yellow and white lines. Still, I kept going back to the splotch.

When vision is blocked, moving forward is hard. A blind person can’t easily move ahead.

Think about times you’ve encountered these situations:
Snow on your windshield…
Rain pouring down…
A fogged-up front window…

How can you go when you can’t see?

You know, spiritual blindness is much like natural blindness.

We get so caught up in something that we can’t see God in anything.

  • Offense smudges our perspective of love.
  • A critical spirit blocks potential relationships.
  • Bitterness turns us inward because we’ve been hurt so much.
  • Jealousy blots out a friend’s valid attempt to love us.
  • Envy makes us hate the people God has called us to love.
  • Comparing makes us feel prideful—or hateful—toward ourselves.
  • Putting too much emphasis on hard times makes us believe our future is catastrophic. “It will all turn out horribly,” we think.

What do we do with this eye situation?

First, we can start by praying this scripture over ourselves:

“[I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you—the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people).” (Ephesians 1:18)

When God starts illuminating distractions, start paying attention.

Many of us don’t even realize how smudged our lenses of life actually are. We go around unaware. But the moment we begin to see, we really begin to see. Then hope comes back. Expectation returns. Joy surfaces.

You know, it’s easy to see smudges in other people’s eyes. But ask Him to show you the smudges in yours—and then allow the light of the Holy Spirit to guide you in His way, as you turn from what hinders.

Prayer: Father, open the eyes of our heart; we don’t want to be blind. The Pharisees were called “blind guides” by Jesus. Let this not be true of us. Let us not be the blind leading the blind, but rather those who walk with hearts enlightened and illuminated by your truth, love, and grace. May we know the riches of our glorious inheritance in You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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Freedom is not far away; it is for freedom that Christ set you free. If you need freedom, come join us. Partial Scholarship Details: For the Naples, FL event, we are able to offer a partial scholarship—praise God! If you—or someone you know—is supposed to attend, please email me with your phone number so we can talk about the details.

My greatest places of freedom and purpose have come when I’ve set aside time to connect with God. In these spaces, God has both healed me and gifted me with understanding of my purpose—speaking and writing for Him. If He did it for me, He can do it for you.

Upcoming Dates:
1. Naples, FL – Aug 21–24
2. Charlotte, NC area – Sept 18–21
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Ditched, Dissed and Dismissed

3 months ago
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I gave my whole heart to this project I was invited into… I thought about it in the morning, sent text messages at noon, and prayed at night. I was going to –come hell or highwater — be. faithful. to. this. mission.

Yet, something was wrong. Way wrong. Despite my best attempt to see things through, I couldn’t lie to myself any longer. Pressing questions remained, like: Why are they engaging so little and pushing off meeting? Where is their enthusiasm and feedback? Why do I feel a door shut in my face when I have something to say? Why am I continually (and, seemingly foolishly), pressing in while they are pulling back?

In love, I kept pressing in (because I thought this is what God wanted): Be faithful, Kelly, the bible says to be faithful. So, I pushed harder.

Yet, there comes a day when the message of rejection finally breaks through to a soul — and spells out clearly: This is God’s redirection.

The grace isn’t there any longer. You’re throwing pearls to swine. The Pharisees have closed their hearts. Your prayers are hitting a brick wall. Or, bottom line — it’s none of these things — God just wants to do a new thing…

At this point, you may know: you can’t carry on to the new thing, tied up to this old rag-savaged thing. Old hurts don’t perceive new things. It’s time to let go…

It doesn’t mean what was old doesn’t still have beauty or the people aren’t still lovely. I love them a lot. It just means He wants to do something new.

“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.” (Is. 43:19)

We may not always know what the new thing is, but He does. New steps often require a step of faith. That’s ok. All we need to know is that He knows. More important than us knowing is positioning ourselves for HIs coming will.

I won’t say it is easy. I won’t say it doesn’t hurt. Rejection hurts. But rejection is both God’s redirection and HIs compassion, so we don’t keep scraping our knee on that same old sharp edge.

With all this said, my dear friends, I am adjusting course and changing the direction of my sail, my friends. I am not a panderer, a flatterer, a greedy and needy pauper, one who is begging for a scrap. No. I am a daughter of The King who does His will, big or small. And, I surrender afresh and walk in His ways.

You can do the same too!

It doesn’t mean I don’t I love them, because I do. It just means that God has more grace elsewhere. I move to that place. I come to terms with this reality. I come to peace with it. This is hard, but critically necessary.

What do you need to come to terms with?

” [What, what would have become of me] had I not believed that I would see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living!
Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.” (Ps. 27:13-14)

Prayer: Father, help us to let go of the shores we are determined to hold on to, because only then, on your wide-open waters, will we sail. May your hand help us and winds meet us as we trust you entirely. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Update:

I have a few more spots left for the Transformation Prayer Intensive in August and September. This will be a time of deep and radical connection with God, miraculous stories and breakthroughs and a time of renewal unlike anything you’ve experienced before. I can’t wait. Reply to this email if you want to sign up.

I love you all so very much.

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God Really Loves You

July 3, 2025
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God really loves you.

He doesn’t, some days, love you… He doesn’t love you only after you nobly bought a home-baked meal to a cancer patient. He doesn’t only love you when you went out of your way to carry an old lady’s grocery bags to her car. He doesn’t only love you when you had a beautiful, candle-lit moment with God and then kept worship songs on during the day.

He loves you.
He loves you on your good days.
He loves you on your bad days.
He loves you when you are at your best.
He loves you at your worst.

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)

Your mess-ups are never bigger than God’s love. Your conception of how bad you are doing is never greater than the price Jesus paid. In fact, the price Jesus paid actually paid for grace, for you. Grace is the highway back on track with God; not only that, but His unmerited favor, like wind behind your back, goes with you.

Don’t discount yourself.
Don’t compare yourself to others.
Don’t deny that God still wants you.
Don’t believe that His grace is broken on account of you.
It is not. The devil is a liar.

You are all right with God, thanks to Jesus.

God gave you Jesus’ rightness, so that you could always come back on the road of righteousness and obedience, with ease.

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21

Oh, isn’t the grace of our Lord Jesus so amazing?!

If you feel off track, repent of sin, receive His grace and hop back on the highway of holiness.
If you feel left behind by God, humble yourself, release mistruth and run back into His arms.
If you feel unwanted, ditch the sob story and receive the fact that the Holy Spirit chose to make His dwelling place in you (1 Cor. 6:19)

God wants you, God wants you, God wants you. Period. Exclamation point.

God’s grace is enough to make you right in God’s sight even when you feel horribly and terribly unlovable.

Glory to God!
Praise to the Lamb!
Jesus died with arms wide open.
Always waiting for your grand return.

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Hoping For the Best is Tough, but Possible

May 15, 2025
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My son’s finger was bleeding — badly.

Heart-thumping, my mind tracked to the worst-case scenario. Oh great. He’ll need stitches now. How will I grab my stuff to leave this camping trip (with all the kids I’m supposed to be chaperoning) to get him to the hospital?

My mind was living miles ahead of where I was presently seated. That’s what worry does to a mind.

All the feelings of my insides demanded that I rush up to my son, tightly wrap my hands around his finger and compress it, maybe while internally freaking out a little… Instead, I sat on that dirty picnic table plank of wood with my lips zipped. I knew better than to rush in. Keep quiet, Kelly.

The leader, the skilled trip teacher, addressed my son, “Michael, you’ll be fine. Apply pressure and come back in 20 minutes if it is not better.”

I implored my heart to be still. My 13-year-old son rushed off to the woods or wherever 13-year-olds go when in the wild.

The teacher then asked me, “Kelly, was that hard for you as a mom? He’ll be fine.”

Ummm…YES!!! I wanted to scream. It was brutal.

“I have been working on believing the best, instead of immediately expecting the worst,” I told the man. “With my son, I saw myself rushing to the hospital before the worst even happened. But I am challenging myself now to believe he will be fine, instead of expecting everything will go horribly.”

It is easy for me to think things will go bad, to bunker down and to prepare for the worst, but God challenges me, because loving others is actually believing for their best.

“If I love people, I will always accept their problems. I will always believe them. I will always hope for what is best. I will always be patient in troubles.” (1 Cor. 13:7 Easy)

Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening]. (1 Cor. 13:7 AMPC)

I love my son by hoping the best for my son. I detract from my son by worrying, disaster planning, and by quickly jumping in.

I wonder, are any of you like me? Do you ever jump in early? Build story lines in your mind before they even happen? How might you more greatly love people as you trust God in those gaps? What would it look like to do this?

Twenty minutes passed. Thirty minutes. With no sight of my son. The teacher was right; his finger would be just fine.

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What Calms The Storm

April 25, 2025
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faith, hope, Love & Health
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The person said to me, “Anger is chaos.”

I never considered this point, but they’re right. Anger is the violent upheaval of order in exchange for the wild reaction of man. Everything gets out of order as wildness is released.

I know I get angry sometimes. Mostly it is when I know what people should do and they don’t. Or, when what I thought would happen, doesn’t. Or when what I wanted to say is not heard. Apparently, anger is also pride. It’s upheaval about what we cannot control.

What makes you angry?

Is it when you do your best and you are misunderstood? When you teach your kids and they don’t obey? When someone disagrees? When someone triggers you?

You know, Father God could have been angry at us. Before Jesus, we as mankind, chose idols and natural kings, bad mindsets and sin, affairs and rebellion, besides Him.

God had every reason to be angry and to unleash the fury of disorder on our lives. He could have said, “I’m so angry at you, I will not send my Son. I am bitter because you all aren’t better!”

I may have acted like that.

But, God didn’t. He sent HIs son. He sent His Son even though God could have been bitter. He sent His Son even though God had every right to hold anger against us. He sent His Son even though we walked in idolatry and witchcraft.

He could have been angry, but “God so loved the world, He sent His only Son.”

And, Jesus’ love brought all order back to Earth.

Love is order. Love brings order. And, life. Especially when we release it in situations and to people who don’t deserve it.

But there is also one other thing that brings order to disorder.

Do you know it?

“And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling…”
“Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.” (Mark 4:37, 39)
Peace turns chaos into order.
The opposite of anger is peace. When we operate in peace, we keep order.
How can you bring peace to chaotic situations? How can you keep your peace? How can you focus on peace?

For me? I aim to do 3 things:
1. I create space by taking deep breaths and giving myself room to think before responding. This means I don’t have to have an answer right away.
2. I reply calmly. Not everything I want to say has to be said.
3. I pray more than I say. When I trust God to fix what my anger thinks it can, I walk in humility that trusts the Lord.
Peace calms storms.
Prayer: Father God, I need you. I need your help and your peace. I ask that the Peace of God would guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus. I ask that your peace would bring order and also protect me in all my ways. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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Controlling What’s Out of Control

March 28, 2025
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Pull yourself together!
Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
God doesn’t help those who don’t help themselves.

Have you ever heard these Americanized phrases? Because they sound good, we figure they should work. Because people say them so adamantly, we figure they’re our ticket. That our hard work will improve our good standing.

But I don’t know if any of you are in a situation like me?

Maybe you’ve tried… Maybe you’ve done all the good to all the people you can… Maybe you’ve worked extra hard to get a job… Maybe you’ve made every effort in your relationship…yet, still, despite all your hard work, your best effort, where you are doing your part — no progress is being made.

It’s frustrating, I know. Agonizing at times, yes.

But, the real question. is — how does the Lord have us to approach this? And, do we just give up?

Scripture says, “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” (1 Pet. 5:7)

When we cast something (consider a fishing line), we must let it go, lest the line go nowhere. No one ever has ever cast a line into the water while holding the hook.

You have to let go —  to let God.

To effectively let go is to know that God cares for you. To let go is to say, “Father, I hand this issue to you. I release to you, my worries. I release to you the tension in my body. I let it go. I trust you to carry and to handle this situation. I know you will help. I trust your way.”

To let go is to ditch all the mental ruminations and rehashing.

God will not abandon you. He will help you and He will help me. Never once has He left a daughter behind without caring for them.

Be not discouraged.

“Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.” (Ps. 127:1 AMP)

When God builds it — it will be built well and right.

The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it]. (Prov. 10:22)

When God brings increase, however He chooses, He brings it the right way.

Prayer: Father, I trust you. I release to you what I am worried about. I abandon my cause to your ways. Come, help. Show me your way. I want this to be built by you not controlled by me. I surrender afresh. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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