When pressure mounts, our instinct is to lean harder on self-trust, convincing ourselves we can carry the weight. But Jesus calls us out of self-reliance into His steady presence, where strength is not achieved but received.

Your relationships — with Him, with others, with the body of Christ — are not subscription plans to renew when you feel like it. They are sacred trusts to be guarded, nurtured, and held until the day you stand before the One who has never broken His vow to you.

It sounds humble. But it’s not. That quiet voice in your head saying, 'It’s pointless to hope,' isn’t realism—it’s rebellion in disguise. Irrational fatalism dresses up despair as wisdom, but underneath, it quietly accuses God of being absent, indifferent, or untrustworthy. The Cross says otherwise