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Happy Black History Month! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Would post more black wrestlers but Tumblr mobile has a gif limit 😭
Gifs are not mine, they are from tenor.
Do you love God?
My dear friends, 💔
When you feel weary, remember that God’s grace is carrying you.
He renews your strength, lifts your spirit, and fills you with lasting peace. 💙
Rest in Him. ❤️
👉 Pray With Me
Jesus is my best friend and Redeemer, and I love Him so much! I love and adore my holy Lord Jesus, King of kings and Lord of lords! Jesus makes me so happy!
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.” For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.…1 Peter 2:21-25 That’s what Jesus did for us. Jesus bore the punishment that you and I deserve. If Jesus had not willingly endured unjust suffering, we would have remained lost in our sin. Instead, Jesus bore our sins on the cross. He actually died in order to pay the penalty for our sinful actions. He became our substitute, dying the death we deserved. The wounds—the suffering—of Jesus are the means by which we are healed—forgiven by God for our sins.
Matthew 7:7-8 NLT
Effective Prayer
7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
Jesus is coming back! Amen! 🙏🕊️🙌
[Picture from: “Women of Faith” FB]
The Bible pictures humanity as wayward like the wandering sheep. It says, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way” (Isaiah 53:6). In fact, this wayward condition is so deeply rooted in us that the apostle Paul said: “There is none righteous, no, not one; there is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside” (Romans 3:10-12). That is why Jesus came. We would never seek Him, so He came seeking us. Jesus said, “I have come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10).
Jesus came to find us, for we could never have found Him if left to ourselves. It is a clear expression of God’s love for us that He pursues us and desires to make us His own.
a god who delights in mercy
Micah lifts a question that has only one answer. “Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage. He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy” (Micah 7v 18 NKJV). God doesn’t just show mercy, He delights in it. It brings Him joy to forgive. It brings Him pleasure to restore.
God sees everything. Every moment of your life is known to Him. “Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written” (Psalm 139:16 NKJV). He has witnessed every victory and every failure. He has counted every tear. “Put my tears into Your bottle” (Psalm 56:8 NKJV). Nothing escapes His awareness. Yet with all that knowledge, God chooses how He responds. He doesn’t hold your confessed sin over your head and He doesn’t store it for future accusation. He removes it, releases it and refuses to retain His anger because mercy is His delight. “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions… and I will not remember your sins” (Isaiah 43:25 NKJV).
The struggle for many isn’t whether God forgives, it’s whether they believe they are forgiven. Feelings rise up, memories resurface and shame tries to speak louder than truth. But feelings aren’t the authority. God’s Word is. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9 NKJV). Faithful, just and complete.
So don’t rehearse what God has already released. Don’t carry what He’s already canceled. When you bring sin before Him in repentance, He answers with mercy, not condemnation. “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1 NKJV).
No matter where you have been or what you have done, the invitation is still open. Repent, turn away and receive His mercy. “Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful” (Joel 2v13 NKJV). God isn’t reluctant to forgive you, He’s ready. So stand in that truth today. Let mercy have the final word. Because the God who knows everything about you still chooses to pardon you. And He does it with joy.
1 Peter 5:7
7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
The cross was finished. The crowd had dispersed. The promise felt distant. And yet Scripture records a quiet, powerful moment of devotion. “And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment” (Luke 23v55-56 NKJV).
When everything seemed over, they stayed close. They watched where He was laid. They paid attention. They honored Him even in death. While others moved on, these women remained present. This is the kind of faith that doesn’t disappear when circumstances grow dark. “Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15v58 NKJV).
They prepared spices and prepared to serve. Even though hope felt buried, devotion was still alive. They didn’t yet see resurrection, but they still chose reverence. Faith doesn’t wait for clarity to remain committed. Faith stays faithful even when the outcome is unclear. “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7 NKJV).
Then they rested. Not because the situation was resolved, but because God had commanded it. This is discipline under pressure. Trust in the middle of uncertainty. They honored God’s Word even when their hearts were heavy. “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10 NKJV). Sometimes obedience means resting when your emotions want to react.
This moment lives between promise and fulfillment. Between crucifixion and resurrection. Between heartbreak and breakthrough. It’s the place where many believers struggle. When you can’t yet see what God is doing, will you remain faithful in the silence.
The women didn’t know Sunday was coming, but they stayed ready. Their devotion positioned them to be the first witnesses of resurrection. Faithfulness in the quiet prepares you for revelation in the breakthrough. “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much” (Luke 16v10 NKJV).
So when life feels still and God seems silent, don’t walk away. Stay close. Stay faithful. Prepare your heart. Honor His Word. Because resurrection power often shows up after seasons of quiet obedience. And those who remain faithful in the silence will be first to witness the glory.
In one night, we see both the love of Christ and the cost of that love. “As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body.’ Then He took the cup… saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins’” (Matthew 26:26-28 NKJV). At the table, Jesus gave Himself willingly. He didn’t wait for the cross to take from Him, He offered Himself before they ever laid a hand on Him.
Then the scene shifts. The same Savior who broke bread with His disciples was met by a crowd with swords and clubs. “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not seize Me. But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled” (Matthew 26:55-56 NKJV). The One who came in peace was taken by force. The One who gave truth was treated like a criminal.
This is the tension of the gospel. At the table, we see grace. In the trial, we see sacrifice. Jesus wasn’t surprised by either. He knew the bread would lead to the cross. He knew the cup would lead to suffering. Yet He remained faithful. “No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself” (John 10v18 NKJV). His surrender was intentional.
The blood of the covenant speaks to every believer. Forgiveness isn’t theory, it was purchased. Redemption isn’t abstract, it was paid for. “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins” (Ephesians 1:7 NKJV). Every time you remember the table, remember the price. But don’t miss the response of the disciples. When the pressure came, they scattered. Fear replaced boldness. Loyalty gave way to survival. “Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled” (Matthew 26:56 NKJV). This is a mirror for every heart. It’s easy to sit at the table, it’s harder to stand in the trial.
Yet even in their failure, the plan of God moved forward. Jesus was led away, not as a victim, but as a Savior fulfilling prophecy. “He was led as a lamb to the slaughter” (Isaiah 53:7 NKJV). What looked like defeat was actually divine purpose unfolding.
So remember both the table and the trial. Receive His grace, but also follow His example. Stand firm when pressure rises. Stay faithful when fear speaks. Because the same Jesus who gave Himself for you now calls you to live for Him. And when you understand both His sacrifice and His sovereignty, your faith won’t waver.