Posts with the tag “spiritual-growth”
When Fear Leads, Faith Suffers
by Aaron Kennedy on December 15th, 2025
Today’s devotional explores Proverbs 29:25 and the way fear can quietly trap our hearts and shape our lives. It examines how these fears distort our view of God while revealing why intentional trust and abiding in Him bring peace, clarity, and freedom. This reflection invites readers to recognize the subtle power of fear and return to the safety found in God alone. Read More
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Search My Heart
by Aaron Kennedy on December 8th, 2025
Today’s devotional explores David’s vulnerable prayer in Psalm 139 and why asking God to search our hearts is both powerful and necessary. It unpacks our tendency to misunderstand our own motives, the danger of hidden roots, and the hope of God’s leading toward abundant life. This reflection invites readers to embrace humility and allow God to reveal what’s beneath the surface. Read More
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Serious and Watchful in Prayer
by Aaron Kennedy on December 2nd, 2025
A short devotional on 1 Peter 4:7 exploring why Scripture calls us to be “serious and watchful” in prayer, and how shifting from performance to presence opens our spiritual eyes and deepens intimacy with God. Read More
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The Fight Inside You Isn't Failure
by Aaron Kennedy on November 21st, 2025
This devotional explores the battle between flesh and Spirit in Galatians 5. It encourages readers that this tension is evidence of the Spirit’s work and highlights how the Spirit transforms desires and produces spiritual fruit. Read More
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Do Not Abort the Test
by Aaron Kennedy on November 18th, 2025
This devotional unpacks the call not to “abort the test” but to embrace the process God uses to strengthen our faith. Through the lens of James 1 and Philippians 3, it explores how trials reveal our true selves, strip away self-dependence, deepen intimacy with Christ, and build a faith anchored in Him alone. It’s a vulnerable, practical look at what real spiritual formation requires. Read More
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Saying Yes to Jesus' No
by Angie Cline on November 14th, 2025
"Saying Yes to Jesus No" explores what it truly means to follow Jesus when His leading involves a “no.” It challenges readers to embrace consecration, surrender fear, and trust that Jesus’s redirection always leads to something better. With practical steps and a heartfelt prayer, it encourages believers to say “yes” to His higher purpose.
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Ceased From My Work
by Aaron Kennedy on November 13th, 2025
In this devotional, we’re reminded that God’s rest isn’t found at the end of our work. It’s meant to be the place we work from. Through personal reflection and Scripture, we see that anxiety often signals misplaced trust and that true peace begins when we stop striving and start surrendering. Read More
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You're Too Hard On Yourself
by Rebecca Alfred on November 12th, 2025
In this devotional, Rebecca Alfred shares a vulnerable conversation with God about the weight of self-imposed expectations and the exhaustion of constant comparison. Through Scripture, we’re reminded that our worth isn’t something to earn. It’s already established by the One who created us. Read More
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Fountains, Cisterns, Wells, and Streams
by Aaron Kennedy on November 11th, 2025
In this devotional, Pastor Aaron explores how God designed marriage to be a continual source of life and renewal, like fountains that stir, cisterns that store, wells that sustain, and streams that flow from Him as the source. When love feels stagnant or seasons grow dry, God invites us to dig deeper and let His living water restore what feels empty. Read More
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Breath Prayers
by Brittany Hoyt on November 6th, 2025
In Breath Prayers, this devotional offers a simple and transformative way to renew your mind through the rhythm of breathing and Scripture. Drawing from Matthew 6:33, it reminds us that transformation happens when we quiet our thoughts, focus on truth, and steep our lives in the presence of God. Read More
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Leaning Into the Fire
by Rebecca Alfred on October 31st, 2025
In Leaning into the Fire, we’re reminded that growth doesn’t come from avoiding pain but from trusting God in the middle of it. Through a deeply personal story of walking through hardship and learning to surrender, this devotional invites us to see refinement not as punishment, but as preparation for something beautiful. Read More
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The Real Deal
by Aaron Kennedy on October 30th, 2025
In this devotional Pastor Aaron Kennedy explores what it means to live authentically in a world that craves the real thing. Drawing from Titus 2, it challenges us to align our hearts, minds, and actions under the authority of Christ and to let the Word of God shape every word we speak. Read More
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Joshua's Big MistakeBo Berries and the Holy SpiritFrom Waiting to Walking – Life After PentecostFreely Given, Fully YoursHelper, Bride, GiftHe Must IncreaseNo One Fights AloneNo Pain, No GainBetrayed Yet StableDiscerning God's VoiceThe Pride of SamsonA Generational GodTrust Without BordersPruning SeasonSacrifices and OfferingsI Choose DeathChoose Your HardRestored by Grace: The Covenant Relationship in the Prophetic BooksThe Hardest GapGod's Love is UnfathomablePart 2 | Don't Skip the CaveThe Weight of Our Choices
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When the Game StopsTheseRestorationDevour and DigestLegacyGod's Heart for His PeopleMercy and TruthEmpty WorshipAncient Practices | Part 1: Silence and SolitudeWaiting on GodEmpty AltarsAncient Practices | Part 2: Divine ReadingsProphet or Prostitute?Ancient Practices | Part 3: Sacred DelayDo They Know?Known by GodJoy and HappinessMy First Cinematic ExperienceCan We All Just Get Along?Reluctant Prophet, Relentless GodSeek Peace
