Have you ever felt like your faith has gone stagnant or even disappeared? I have. Especially recently. Maybe you're going through a tough season, and it feels like God is distant. Whatever the reason, know that you're not alone, and there is hope.

In the book of Mark, there's a story of a man who brought his son to Jesus to be healed. The boy had been possessed by an evil spirit since childhood, and the father had been trying to find a solution for years. He had tried everything but had lost all hope. The man had faith in Jesus, but it was weak and overshadowed by doubt.

Jesus recognized the man's struggle and responded by saying, "Everything is possible for one who believes." The father, desperate for healing for his son, cried out, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" (Mark 9:23-24) THAT PART

Like the father in this story, we must recognize our unbelief and ask God for help to overcome it. We must also remember that God is loving and desires to draw us closer to Him. He understands our doubts and struggles and desires to strengthen our faith.

Hebrews 11:6 says, "And without faith, it is impossible to please God because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him."

So, let us reactivate our faith today! Let us seek God earnestly and believe in His promises. Let us remember that He is faithful and desires to draw us closer to Him.

Prayer: Lord, help me to overcome my unbelief and strengthen my faith. Draw me closer to you and help me to trust in your promises.

In Jesus Name, Amen.

Take a few minutes today to seek God and ask Him to help you overcome your unbelief. Read His Word and trust in His promises. He is faithful, and He will strengthen your faith.

Keep believing I Am I refuse not to.

As God works in me and my marriage, I am reminded of my past single season. Instead of romanticizing my time alone, I reflect on how I impatiently prioritized a relationship over strengthening my connection with God. This is me being raw and transparent, sharing the real truths about rushing God's timing during your single season. I feel compelled to speak to those who are in that phase currently.

It's common to covet and appreciate what other couples have without fully understanding the sacrifices that were made. Social media serves as a platform that frames others' relationships & marriages in a positive light, but not all that shines is gold.

It's vital to remember a single, powerful truth while you're alone, especially for Christians: don't rush God's timing. The enemy can manifest as what we crave and long for, and by the time we realize it, we've abandoned our intimacy with God to satisfy our carnal urges.

Sometimes, we may feel impatient or long for what we see in others' relationships. However, it's essential to remember that God's timing is perfect, and He knows what is best for us. He wants us to focus on Him and allow Him to shape our hearts and desires.

During this season of singleness, God may be working on various aspects of your lives, such as inner healing, growth, maturity, or preparing you for the future. It's a time to seek His guidance, draw closer to Him, and allow Him to mold us into the person He created us to be.

So, embrace this season as an opportunity to deepen your relationship with God and allow Him to shape you into the person He wants you to be. Focus on personal growth, serve others, and trust that God is preparing you for something beautiful. Remember, His plans are always better than what we could imagine for ourselves and everything falls in place on His time.

Place God First: Give this time as an offering to the Lord, dedicating your heart to Him. In Mark 12:30, we are reminded to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."

Patience & Trust: Don't rush into a relationship but rather patiently wait for God's perfect timing. In Psalm 27:14, it says, "Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD."

Learn & Grow: Use this season to grow in wisdom, understanding, and self-discovery. In Proverbs 18:15, it states, "An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge."

Seek After God's Heart: Delight in the Lord and let Him shape your desires and aspirations. As Psalm 37:4 beautifully says, "Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart."

Commitment to God: May you always choose to honor and commit yourself to the Lord, even when relationships come into play. In Matthew 6:33, we are encouraged to "Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

Embrace this season of singleness as a precious gift from God. Grow in your relationship with Him and trust in His perfect plan for your life.

Singles, May God guide you during this season of preparation and may you find comfort, strength, and joy in the presence of our Heavenly Father.

Share this message with others who are walking through their single season.

𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: For those who are seeking their Boaz or awaiting him, this message is for you. If you are married seek God and give Him back control of your life decisions and marriage.

We are made up of spirit, soul, and body. The spirit is the inner part of a man, it is the one that helps man to relate with God. The soul is who we are and is made up of mind will, and emotions. Finally, we have the body, which is man's physical and tangible part.

God desires that the spirit, soul, and body be found blames at the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:23)

This, therefore, means that you should be mindful of your thoughts and emotions which are part of your soul. If that doesn’t happen, the devil will corrupt your mind, affecting your emotions later. This happens especially when your faith is at trial. He will always whisper into your ears that the God you serve is not fair because He has blessed others and forgotten you. And if God was fair, you couldn’t have been going through what you are currently going through.

The devil does this so that you may miss seeing the blessings and the greatest love of God in your life. He will cause you not to have time to count your blessings. Instead, He always points you to that which you currently don’t have in life. When the devil in form of a serpent approached Eve in the garden of Eden, he started corrupting Eve’s mind with a lie.

Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:4-5). This was the beginning of the fall of man. Immediately after this influence of the devil on Eves’ mind, look at what happened next as recorded in the scriptures. So, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave it to her husband with her, and he ate it. (Genesis 3:6).

The corruption of the mind was not only done to Eve as it can still happen to us if we are not careful. This is the reason why when Apostle Paul writes his second letter to the Corinthian church, he doesn’t fail to warn them like this; But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:3)

Whatever is stored in our minds determines our emotions. If our minds are pure our emotions will be pure and if our minds are corrupted our emotions will be corrupted. This now calls for everyone who needs to live a godly life to be very mindful of what they are always meditating upon. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. (Philippians 4:8).

When Paul is writing the verse above, he knows very well that when someone is experiencing challenges in life, their minds may easily be corrupted by the devil to cause anxiety and worry. If that is about to happen, they should do as follows; Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

When we are passing through challenges in life and instead of complaining or being anxious, we commit ourselves to God in prayer, supplications, with thanksgiving, the peace of God which surpasses all human understanding guards our hearts and minds through the power of Christ Jesus. It is called the peace of God that surpasses all understanding because when people around are expecting you to complain during suffering, they are surprised to see you rejoicing in the Lord.

To surrender your thoughts and emotions to the Lord one needs to renew their mind. This is done by the word of God, which can penetrate the thoughts and intents of our hearts and align them with the word of God.  For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12),

When we meditate upon the word of God Day and night our thoughts will be guarded against the corruption of this world and the deceptive schemes of the devil. This was very hard for me to master, and I am still learning, but it is a daily practice to take my thoughts captive if they do not align with the word of God and His promises for and over me. 

𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 [“FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].” Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Faith comes by hearing. AND hearing, [listening, understanding, comprehending] comes by hearing the word of God. it’s not only enough to “read” but also LISTEN.

By Listening you have now engaged in a two-way communication with God. Watch how your questions and prayers are answered almost immediately after “𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈” the word. 

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅/𝒖𝒏𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔: Has someone ever sent you a Christian meme, reel, or video, and/or you watched a message online or went to church and 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 someone peach or testify and you identified with it? (𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛.) It’s possible that you heard from God.

Are you listening though? He’s always talking, but we aren’t always listening.