Mark 5:41 gives an account of Christ raising a little girl back from the dead.

While looking deeper into this passage we find so much more that can speak to each of us. God is accomplishing many things while healing the little girl in the big girl and the process is one that creates stability and firm foundations. He is building and birthing something within you and I while also bringing us back to life.

If you've listened to the past few podcasts you already know I've been reading through the book of Jeremiah.

While pouring my heart out before the Lord in regards to some of the passages, He asked me a most tender question. I actually wasn't expecting it but it was so clear I couldn't miss it.

Maybe you need to hear what I heard so you can also have peace in your trying moments with Christ. The Holy Spirit is here to help us. He doesn't leave us all on our own.

I hope this encourages you as much as it did me.

Personally, God had to walk this out with me lately. Very lately. I felt I should share this snare with you so you can also have help as you navigate seasons with Christ.

Often we do not realize we think we are "all in" but we really are not.

Let's talk about it:)

Sometimes we enter into a "thing" with an expectation of what it might look like. When all the while the assignment has more to do with something else entirely.

This came into my heart while driving this past weekend. We must learn to hold all things loosely with Christ so that when we find ourselves in the middle of an unexpected "work" we will be able to surrender fully to it rather than be dissapointed by it.

Today we're going to talk about the importance of being focused and staying focused for the Kingdom work entrusted to us.

After last week's message, Take the Step, the Lord put His finger in my own heart to "take my own medicine."

He reminded me of a passage in Joshua He has been ever so quietly whispering to me for months. However, I know it will be for some of you as well.

I hope it brings you confirmations, as well as encouragement.

In prayer today the Lord brought back to my mind a writing He gave me called, With Every Step. As I broke open the scriptures I began to consider the lepers who were healed.

Digging into it a bit more left me with such an unction to share what I felt God might want to say to us. I pray it offers breakthrough to some and encourages you to trust Him in the next step.

It is such a wonderful adventure to study a matter out in the scriptures. You begin to see how often the Lord is making a thing important to Him.

Embedded in the scriptures were not just plenty on the fear of the Lord but I began to see that there were also many benefits noted that perhaps we might have missed in our reading.

God's Word is a deep treasure to be found friends:)

One of our ladies brought us a message in our Equipped class orchestrated by the Lord that linked to the fear of the Lord. It led us into a very deep and transparent discussion.

The next day God confirmed His message to many of us over and over again so I decided to begin studying the scriptures on the fear of the Lord.

Today I'm looking through Proverbs 1-3. We believe God is serious about this topic in this hour and are doing all we can to understand it better from His heart.