In today’s episode we’re unpacking our progress this year… or maybe the lack of progress. Have you reached any goals you set to accomplish this? Did you start? Or have you lost momentum along the way? Gotten discouraged? Feeling like it’s too late?

Whatever category you may find yourself in currently, there is still time to get it started! Lock in Sis! With a little over four months in 2026, you can still make great strides if you start now. Even if it’s not fully completed by December 31, we have more than enough time to get it started or continue in what set out to do.

And even more encouraging, God is not retrained by time, just our lack of faith. Nothing is impossible with God.

PAUSE.  PRAY. PATIENCE. PRINCIPLE. PURSUE.
Let’s LOCK IN and Finish Strong!

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On today’s episode, we take a journey back to May, Mental Health Awareness month.
 
Often, we dismiss our hurt, disappointment, struggle, feelings of anxiety to just life…we’re just crazy, they’re just crazy. We, the people, in our lives struggle because we fail to seek the help we need.
 
We pass down depression, oppression, unhealthy cycles, mental health struggles because we suppress, ignore, and cover what needs to be revealed so that healing comes forth.
 
3 John 1:2, Beloved I wish that you prosper, be in health, even as your soul prosper. We should flourish, not just in our finances, but in your spirit, in our thoughts, in our lives.
 
If you’ve been struggling to identify the root of cyclical patterns, thoughts, decisions, let this be your reminder that you’re not alone and that help is here.
 
Navigating your mental well-being or helping a loved one can be challenging, but many localized and immediate resources are available to support you:

Immediate Assistance: Call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or the State of Alabama's Department of Mental Health at 1-844-307-1760.

Local Crisis Support: Call the Crisis Center of Birmingham at 205-323-7777, or reach out to the United Way's 211 service by dialing 211 for comprehensive resource navigation.

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Often we stay bound to place, to a version of  ourselves that we struggle to divorce because we fail to truly walk in accountability.
 
We have mastered acknowledgement and accountability. Our reasons and justifications of why…
In this season, I have learned that acknowledgement is not accountability. Acknowledgment is recognition, accountability is ownership.
 
Not owning staying in the same place, the same condition. But owning that it was my decision, my choice that led me here. Accountability says, I recognize I’m here, in the place, this condition. I don’t want to be here again, so there are things I need to shift from to see a different version of myself.
 
In today’s episode we take a deeper look at King David and one of his greatest acknowledgment and accountability moments. Right after the encounter with Beersheba, the murder of Uriah, her husband, and his restored  and reconciled relationship to God through his acknowledgment and accountability.
 
Accountability requires vulnerability, honesty, and self-awareness.

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With so much going on and being the in the midst of transition, it sometimes feels we’re stuck in the middle. That’s how I have felt lately. Stuck in the middle of where I am and where I’m going. What I want to do and what needs to be done.  In the middle of giving up and know I could never! I have too much to do, giving up…NEVA!

I PART II, we delve deeper in the cost of moving in the middle… what to do when you’re in the wait of the Present to the Promise.
 
Today, we unpack what happens when make decisions in the “middle that compromises not only your future but those attached to you.
 
Sarai, Abram’s wife, made a life altering decision when she was in the middle of being barren and seeing the promise of God. Feeling stuck in the middle can lead to chases and confusion. Genesis 16
 
“Legacy is Built in the Middle.”

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With so much going on and being the in the midst of transition, it sometimes feels we’re stuck in the middle. That’s how I have felt lately. Stuck in the middle of where I am and where I’m going. What I want to do and what needs to be done.  In the middle of giving up and know I could never! I have too much to do, giving up…NEVA!
 
Today, we unpack what happens when make decisions in the “middle that compromises not only your future but those attached to you.
 
Sarai, Abram’s wife, made a life altering decision when she was in the middle of being barren and seeing the promise of God. Feeling stuck in the middle can lead to chases and confusion. Genesis 16
 
When feeling stuck, remember and reflect on the “Footsteps” poem.
 
"One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each, I noticed footprints in the sand. 

Sometimes there were two sets of footprints; other times there was only one." 
 
"During the low periods of my life I could see only one set of footprints, so I said, 'You promised me, Lord, that you would walk with me always. 

Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?'" 

"The Lord replied, 'The times when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you

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Have you ever looked at someone and thought, it happened over night for them? It was easy for them? They weee overnight success.

 I would to implore you to think a little deeper. To think outside of the hurt of your feelings and emotions to consider the discipline, the consistency, the commitment it took for them to get where they wre.

Even the change in your own life didn’t happen over night. If you haven’t experienced the change and manifestation you’re been expecting, consider if you’ve stopped trying. If you’ve lost the discipline and consistency to see it come to past. Have you been focused on the others that you’re missing what God has spoken over your life and purpose.

Today, we get personal and discuss how when doing the hard work, you’re sure to see the results you’re looking for! 

…When the time is right, I the Lord will make it happen.  Isaiah 60:22

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Self-awareness with no changed behavior is self-sabotage. What does that mean? To know what needs to be done or changed, and to not do it is your willing submission to sabotage. Sabotage is not from anyone else, but yourself. You're your own worse enemy.
Galatians 6:4 encourages us to examine our own work that we may rejoice. It's not enough to know what to do, we must put the work in to get it done. 
So today, examine in what ways are you self-sabotaging? Is it fear of failure, laziness, lack of purpose? Get out of your own way and allow for the opportunity and space for you to go further than you imagined!

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Have you been stuck in the fear of failure? Consider your failure as research and development, advancement into your purpose. Failure is inevitable. We lose, we will….but we OVERCOME!

Don’t allow the enemy to stifle you at the thought of fear!

Just as King David was instructed to pursue and recover all after greater loss and failure, you have been giving the same command..pursue and  recover all! 

You can’t overcome what you’re not willing to face. So face the fear of failure head on!! You’re one pursuit away from recovering all! One pursuit away from experiences great success 


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Often we don’t desire to look back, to reflect on the beginning. On where we’ve come from. But today, I encourage you to look back to thank God you’re not where you once was in the past. But going back to the beginning to get your original marching orders. Your original blueprint from God. 

 Today, let’s go back to the beginning and it will all make sense why and how you made it. And more importantly, to ensure you are moving as you were originally designed. Go back to the beginning and it!

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Have there been a moment, or moments in your life where you have felt ashamed of your choices or situations that you may have found yourself in?

Yes? Well you are not alone. In this episode, we discuss shame, overcoming shame and why it’s necessary that we don’t allow ourselves to be stuck in shame and condemnation.

It’s time, move from there!  Hiding in shame robs God out getting the glory in and out of our lives.