”We can taste it in the air We can feel it in our bones The victory we have in Christ The everlasting God alone... Open up the gates of Heaven Pour out your Spirit on us now As we receive your marvelous grace We will breakthrough, in Jesus name... Breakthrough, whoa Breakthrough, whoa Were gonna breakthrough because of you Jesus Breakthrough in Jesus name” -Breakthrough song lyrics by Natalia Chase, Colin Boyd, & Craig Allen Saturday, April 23, 2022's event at Nationwide Are

“What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us...Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:12, 16 NIV). What an amazing proclamation scripture makes: by God’s Spirit, we have the mind of Christ! Although I am a follower of Jesus, I often feel like my chaotic thoughts do not align with Jesus’ perfect thinking and ways.

I once heard that deep relationships are formed in an environment where it is safe to ask questions and share the contents of one's heart without the fear of repercussion. The Bible says in Hebrew 4:16 CEV to "have confidence, then, and approach God's throne, where there is grace." God wants us to come boldly before him because he desires to be in deep relationship with us. It is safe to come to him no matter what state we find ourselves in. Some years ago, I found myself in

After 10 months of working long hours and many late nights, I set out for a moment of rest with my 9-year-old daughter by my side. I hoped to spend time feasting on some of the wonders of God's creation that I had yet to see, but I couldn't have imagined the glory that lay ahead, or the grand finale God had planned. When I'm out in nature, I often feel a greater sense of Jesus' nearness, power, and restorative presence. And, as we stood in awe of Mt. Saint Helen's volcanic bl

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘆-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿, 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀

Early this year, I was wrestling with the idea of the “goodness” of God. I knew what the Bible told me about His goodness but some things in that season of life were so challenging, I was increasingly struggling internally to believe that a loving Father-God was as good as what I was supposed to believe. One particular day in June, I began asking God, every morning in prayer, to show me that He is in fact good and that all the songs we sing about His goodness are true. About

As a biracial person, married to a black man, raising three black children, and as a follower of Jesus, I’ve found my thoughts and emotions running wild this week as I attempt to process the racial tension we are seeing in our country from these different angles. When I’m struggling to bring my thoughts in for a landing, my sweet little 8-year-old will often remind me, “Mommy, go worship Jesus.” She knows that God’s presence has a way of transforming me and giving me my sanit