God's love says come as you are...

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

God’s love is the greatest of all. His love came to redeem,restore, and revive us. It positions us back into the purpose and priesthood He designed for us on this journey of life.

His love shows us how to live—what true love looks like and how it feels. Out of love, He gave us His Word, the Bible, as a guide for every season. Through it, He gently shapes us and always seeking to bring out the best version of who we are.

Love is patient.

Love is kind.

Love is most deeply experienced when it is genuine.

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4

Yet many of us have faced love that wounded instead of healed—love that shut our hearts to the true love Jesus offers. But God is love. Until we know Him, we cannot truly love our neighbor, our family, or our friends.

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” — 1 John 4:7–8

Today, during our church’s vow renewal service for couples, I found myself reflecting on the love of Christ. What kind of love is this, that Jesus—the Son of God—would take us the church as His bride? A Groom who patiently tends to us, nurturing us until the very best within us comes forth.

Friends, to truly know love, you must know God. He alone is love. He alone searches the deepest parts of our hearts and teaches us how to love rightly.

God’s Word is His love letter to you. It is living, powerful, and healing. His Word pierces through pain, restores the broken, fills the empty, and covers you with love everlasting.

“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” — Hebrews 4:12

God’s love is calling out to you, today His love is saying come as you are.

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When We Choose to Arise

“Do you know that I just realized when we rise up to confront certain forces—resistance, for instance, maybe in our bloodline—we also confront territorial devils?” This was one of the conversations I had with my sister early this morning. And the scripture that immediately rose up in me was: “Casting down every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of Christ.”

Confronting our personal challenges is not really the issue. The real matter is that God has an agenda far bigger than our personal struggles, and that agenda also needs to be confronted and rebuked. When we choose to arise in Christ, it isn’t just a choice that affects us personally; unknown to us, we are battling high things in our workplace, our neighborhood, our nation, our continent, and sometimes even the world at large.

God is saying to us: “The plan isn’t just about your inability to pay the rent—I have called you to lend to nations. It isn’t just about the infertility or constant miscarriages—you are the well through which I want to deliver men and women in seasons of barrenness.” The enemy highlights the challenge, but God says: “This is the very thing I want to use to bruise the head of the serpent. If you can war with this, I will make the enemy your footstool.”

The marriage struggles, the divorce, the child-related issues, the debts, the failures, the stagnation, the business crises—these are tools through which God can bring victory. But first, can you rise and go to war?

Can you make a sound? Can you release a statement that will be recorded in the realm of the spirit?

Yes, there are high things that need to be cast down, but often all we see is the unpaid light bill or the empty food store. Still, we can choose to find peace in God, who has a complete plan for us. He is enough. So arise—take your stand and make the move.

When we move, we knock and the door opens. We ask, and we receive. We seek, and we find. But now we no longer do this with only ourselves in mind—we look at the bigger picture: God’s future.

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Has Your Heart Become Hard?

It’s easy to declare our love for God—especially when everything we desire seems to align the moment we pray or apply certain biblical principles. In those moments, when our reality is shaped by answered prayers, we might not fully grasp the weight of Proverbs 4:23:

Proverbs 4:23 (AMP):  

"Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life."

At first, this may sound like just an instruction. Then it becomes a command, and eventually, a loving counsel. But embedded in these words is a divine warning and a heartfelt appeal from a loving Father who knows that the heart is the most valuable asset in our journey through life.

The heart is the legal tender through which we relate with others and with God. Because of its value, the enemy targets it. He knows that a truly broken heart can either drive us closer to God—or away from Him. Yes, God is close to the brokenhearted, but the enemy also lurks there, waiting to distort, mislead, and harden.

That’s why God urges us: Do not let your heart become hardened.

The Hebrew word for "guard" in this verse is shamar, which means:

- To keep

- To observe  

- To give heed  

- To preserve  

- To protect  

- To care for  

Guarding our hearts is our personal responsibility as we navigate life’s seasons.

It's tempting to say, “Oh, I’m fine, it didn’t get to me,” when disappointment comes. But often, when things we hoped for don’t materialize, we quietly close off that part of our heart. Hurt is natural—but rather than bury it, we should present it to God. Whether it’s the pain of waiting, rejection, miscarriage, or loss, we must not let unprocessed pain fester into hardness.

God is inviting us today: Don’t let your heart grow cold or numb.  

Instead, offer it to Him—fully, openly. Ask yourself:  

What is the state of my heart?  

Is it tender before God, or have I allowed it to be covered in layers of disappointment?

Refuse to let your heart harden. Guard it. Protect it. Present it.

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The Goodness of God

Have you ever wondered what the good, perfect, and acceptable will of God actually looks like?  

If I were asked to list the moments that revealed God's goodness to me, I’d probably write down all the times I felt joyful, peaceful, and happy — and confidently say, “That’s the goodness of God.”

But while praying this morning, I kept declaring, “Lord, thank You for being so good to me.”

At first, I didn’t really feel it. I had already whispered those familiar words we often say when we feel like God didn’t show up — the questions of doubt, the outbursts of frustration.

And yet, the goodness of God isn’t just found in the moments when things feel “good.” It’s also present in the times when we don’t feel like anything is good.  

Yes, the Bible says “All things work together for good…”(Romans 8:28), and because of that, I can choose to believe that God is working in me, through me, and for me — to lead me to His good.

God isn’t just good. He is Good — the very personification of goodness.  

So we don’t judge what’s “good” by the world’s standards but by Tov— the divine, God-defined goodness.

Has God been good to you?

 You may want to answer “Yes” in a religious reflex. But do you truly feel it? Or lately, has it seemed like you don’t see it?

Still, beloved, you can declare it — not because of what you feel, but because of Who He is: God is good.  

Say it until your spirit, soul, and body believe it.

God is good. I know it.

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