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

TODAY’S DECLARATION Though It Tarry, I Will Wait “For the vision is yet for an appointed time… though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” — Habakkuk 2:3 (KJV) Today, I declare that I will not abandon what God showed me simply because I haven’t seen it happen yet. I will not allow waiting to make me question what God said. I understand that an appointed time means there is a time already known by God—even when it is unknown to me. I declare

TODAY’S DECLARATION You Don’t Get to Disturb Me Today, I declare that everybody does not get the privilege of changing my mood. A comment will not ruin my day. A look will not make me question myself. A snide remark will not send me into defense mode, and somebody else’s attitude will not become mine. I am learning the power of not taking the bait. People may misunderstand me, disagree with me, overlook me, whisper about me, or intentionally try to get under my skin—and I can

Feel It. Face It. Give God Access to It. Allow yourself to go through the process of being hurt. You don’t have to rush yourself into saying, “I’m okay,” when you’re not. You don’t have to smile through something that broke your heart just to make everyone else comfortable. If it hurt, acknowledge that it hurt. If you’re disappointed, admit you’re disappointed. If you need to cry, cry. But while you give yourself permission to hurt, also give yourself permission to heal. Ther