CENTCOM Update
TAMPA, Fla. – As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury.
Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing.
The situation is fluid, so out of respect for the families, we will withhold additional information, including the identities of our fallen warriors, until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.
The Bible warns us not to look back at old friendships or relationships that God has delivered us from. Lot's wife did and became stuck in time. My prayer is that when you're tempted to return to the past, the spirit reminds you there's so much more ahead of you!
Pastor John P. Kee & New Life singing “I Believe” on Tiny Desk.
The full set list: “Jesus is Real,” “Life & Favor,” “Oh How Wondrous,” “Stand!,”
"I Believe,” “Lily in the Valley,” “Clap Your Hands,” “Standing in the Need,” and “Mighty God.”
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In order to become a better person, you must first realize how horrible you really are. Not in the dramatic sense, but in the quiet ways you sabotage yourself, repeat unhealthy patterns, hurt people who care about you, or tolerate what wounds you. You cannot grow if you keep .
The Waiting Room
We often treat the in-between seasons of life like punishment, as if the silence means we've been forgotten. We see closed doors and unanswered prayers and assume we've reached a dead end.
But the Waiting Room suggests this pause is actually divine mercy. You're kept in the lobby not because you're uninvited, but because the room ahead is still being prepared for you and, more importantly, you are still being prepared for it.
The truth is, if you received everything you wanted the moment you asked, you wouldn't have the capacity to sustain it. You would be crushed by the weight of a harvest you haven't grown strong enough to carry.
The waiting isn't a delay; it's a deepening. It's the season when your roots go down deep so that when your life finally blooms, it won't topple over.
Trust the stillness. You aren't being made to wait you're being made ready.
God will literally sit you down and break you to humble you, then will isolate you to build you. Then give you back everything 10x to prove to you He’s real and everything is for a reason. Keep your trust in Him.
No one really warns you about this part of adulthood where you start to feel homesick, not for a house, but for a moment in time. A version of life that doesn’t exist anymore. A place you can’t return to, and a feeling you didn’t know you’d miss so much until it was gone.
The ONLY reason I'm not drowning in my sorrows right now is bc I strongly believe that everything that's happening is according to GOD's plan & I'm no longer getting in the way of that. I can't pray, walk by faith & still be worried at the same time. At this point I've washed my hands with everything that's out of my control. Here you go GOD, it's yours!