There is a different kind of faith that develops when life hurts and you still know how to find God. Anybody can praise when the prayer has been answered. Anybody can worship when the doors are opening, the money is flowing, the family is well, the relationship is good, and life finally makes sense. But what happens when you’re bleeding and still praying? When you’re disappointed and still worshipping? When you’ve been waiting longer than you expected and still believing? Whe

Sometimes people don’t treat you poorly because they don’t know better. Sometimes the behavior continues because nothing has required them to do differently. You have to teach people how to treat you—not by controlling them, arguing with them, threatening them, or constantly explaining yourself, but by communicating what is hurting the relationship and allowing their response to show you what happens next. If something hurts you, say it. If something feels disrespectful, addr

Some of us are praying against voices that aren’t coming from other people anymore—they’re coming from within. Somewhere along the way, somebody’s opinion, rejection, criticism, mistreatment, abandonment, or disappointment became part of the way you describe yourself. I’m not good enough. Nobody really wants me. I’m always the problem. Nothing ever works out for me. I’m too old. I’m too damaged. I’ll probably mess this up too. Maybe love just isn’t for me. But wait a minute…

HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE IS TIED TO YOUR SPIRITUALITY… Think about it. You can pray every morning, quote Scripture all day, attend every service, fast until your stomach growls, and shout until your shoes come off—but eventually, your spirituality has to show up in how you treat people. Because spirituality isn’t only demonstrated in how you communicate with God. It is also revealed in how you handle the people God created. “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if

TODAY’S DECLARATION I Declare Safe Spaces Over My Life Today, I declare that I will no longer confuse familiarity with safety. I welcome spaces where I do not have to constantly guard my heart, measure every word, question every intention, or wonder whether what I share will someday be used against me. I declare that God is sharpening my discernment to recognize the difference between being welcomed and merely being tolerated, being loved and merely being accessed, being prot