Psalms‬ ‭143‬:‭8‬-‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬ This was the verse of the day over a month ago and I’ve read/prayed it almost every day since. I feel like it covers everything you’d want to pray for to start a day. I’ll break down the way I see it: “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Beginning of every day God’s word reminds me that He loves me. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Prayer for general guidance, which dire

We attended a Celebration of Life service for a friend of ours’ Dad that passed away beginning of this year. I took a few things away from it that will help me the rest of my life. When we pass away from this earth there are two main things that will matter. 1) did you know Jesus Christ and receive salvation? 2) what was your impact on others? If you received salvation, you know you’re going to be glorified with Christ and there is immense peace in that. You are saved. The ot

Motivation is a terrible master. It shows up when conditions are perfect and disappears the moment things get hard. If your faith or your training depends on how you feel, you will always be inconsistent—and inconsistency produces weak results, spiritually and physically. Consistency is what carries you when motivation dies. There are days you wake up fired up to open Scripture. There are far more days when you don’t. That’s normal. But discipline isn’t built on normal—it’s b

God’s timing is one of the hardest truths to live and one of the easiest to confess. We say we trust it—until our plans stall, doors stay shut, or prayers seem unanswered. Then impatience creeps in, and doubt starts whispering that maybe God forgot us. He didn’t. Scripture is clear: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Not some things. Everything. That includes the breakthroughs you’re begging for and the delays you’

We live in a world obsessed with instant results. But the Kingdom doesn’t operate on our clock. It operates on Christ’s. As believers, we’re called to work hard—not for our own glory, but as an act of worship. Scripture reminds us, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters” (Colossians 3:23). When we grind, hustle, and pour ourselves into the gifts God has given us, we’re planting seeds. But the harvest? That’s up to Him.

It’s easy to look at a setback and feel like God is against us. A lost opportunity… a door that shuts right when we were finally excited… a plan that falls apart even after we prayed over it. But what if those closed doors aren’t punishment? What if they’re protection? What if they’re redirection? God isn’t in the business of harming His children. He’s in the business of shaping us, guiding us, and positioning us for something more meaningful than we could see at the time. Th

I’ve recently had to lean hard on prayer to God to help a situation I have no control over, but I care deeply about the outcome. I’ve prayed about the outcome and I’ve prayed for peace. I don’t know the outcome yet, but in recent days I’ve felt no more pressure about what will happen. At first, I felt bad like my brain just forgot about it. But I haven’t forgot, I think I just fully gave it to God and am trusting Him therefore I am no longer anxious. He took that for me. I co

One of the most incredible things about walking with God is learning to recognize the voice and guidance of the Holy Spirit. It’s not always loud or dramatic — in fact, most of the time, it’s a quiet nudge. But when you’re consistently in the Word and in prayer, that nudge becomes easier to feel. You start to notice conviction in certain areas of your life — maybe to help someone, change a habit, or step away from something that’s pulling you away from God’s best for you. For

When I look back on my baseball journey, I can see God’s fingerprints all over it — even in the moments that broke me. I had sat out my first year of college ball with a redshirt and battled through back pain that kept me from playing the game I loved. By the time my second year rolled around, I was rusty, unsure, and trying to find my footing again. That fall, we got a new head coach, Johnny Wiggs, who had come from Polk State to take over the program at Santa Fe College. I

Sometimes life moves faster than we can keep up with — plans fall through, unexpected bills hit, relationships get complicated, and the world feels heavy. We pray, we plan, and yet sometimes it still feels like we’re just trying to catch our breath. It’s in those moments that God reminds us: “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10) Those words aren’t a call to give up — they’re an invitation to shift our focus. Because when life gets hectic, our peace doesn’t come fr