Anthony Carpenter

Assistant Coach for BSU MBB | Rest up Granddad ❤️ | #2FOREVER

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, teach me to sit with You before I run from what’s trying to grow me. Sit me in the lesson until I stop blaming everybody else. Sit me in the wait without letting me get bitter. Sit me in the blessing without making me careless. And if I try to get up before I change, sit me back down—because I’m tired of new doors exposing old problems. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[BSU Basketball @BowieStateHoops]

Welcome back, Coach Anthony Carpenter!

We’re thrilled to have Coach Ant return for his 3rd year on staff. He continues to excel in player development and recruiting while building strong relationships with our student athletes. He is an essential part of our team.

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, send me into this day with my head up and my heart awake. Let me notice the good before I walk past it. Put my feet near the right door and my name near the right yes. Keep my mouth from canceling what my faith is building. I’m not begging this day to be kind; I’m walking in knowing You are ahead of me and I cannot fail. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, close this month with Your fingerprints on my next step. I don’t need a perfect ending I need a clean handoff. Take what tried me, and teach me from it, don’t let it pack up with me. Let June meet me with fresh sense, better habits, and doors that know my name. I’m walking out thankful, not empty. In Jesus’ name.
Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, help me stop treating focus like punishment. I asked You for better, so don’t let me get lazy when better starts asking for discipline. Let me enjoy the work without dragging my feet through it. Keep my mind in the room. Keep my hands on what matters. And if distraction shows up dressed like a break, don’t let me entertain it too long. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, help me stop bringing old reactions into a new chance. I don’t want to ruin a good thing because I’m still bracing for what happened last time. Teach me how to receive without flinching. Let me laugh without waiting for bad news to interrupt it. And if this is the season You’re opening my life up again, don’t let me stand there acting suspicious of the door. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, thank You for the stuff I never saw coming. The wreck that almost happened. The call that never came. The door that stayed shut even when I was mad about it. Some people really would’ve wrecked my peace if You let them stay close. Help me trust Your no even when it bruises my feelings. And stop me from calling every delay a bad thing when You might really be keeping me alive from my own pride. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, walk into this week before I do. Touch what I haven’t put on my calendar yet. Let my name come up in the right mouth, at the right time, for the right reason. Keep my attitude from blocking what my faith is asking for. And when opportunity shows up, help me recognize it, respect it and walk in ready. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, put my fire back. Not the perform-for-people kind. The kind that gets me up and reminds me I’m not done. I’ve been smiling through what I can’t name. You know what that took. Don’t let life make me dull where You made me dangerous. Put yes back in my chest. Anything making me act dead while called—burn it off me.
Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, help me stop trying to explain the part of me You had to rebuild in private. Everybody won’t understand it, and that’s fine. Keep me focused. Keep me humble. But don’t let me waste breath cleaning up a story I didn’t write. Keep me strong in rooms where my side never gets told. And don’t let me water down the wisdom, grit, and backbone You gave me just because somebody only respects it when they can use it. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, I don’t need everything to go my way. I just need You to keep me steady when it doesn’t. Let me smile without faking it. Let me breathe before I answer. And God, don’t let one bad moment make me act like I forgot who raised me, who called me, and who kept me. I’m not lost. I’m just having a moment. Bring me back to myself. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, I need You in my head before I mess around and trust the wrong feeling. I’m tired of guessing and calling it wisdom. If I’m reaching for something You warned me about, snatch my hand back. If fear starts making sense, expose how dumb it sounds next to what You promised. And if my emotions try to take over my judgment, shut them down. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, I need wisdom before I mess around and choose off emotion. Don’t let me mistake doubt for discernment. If I’m making stuff harder than You made it, check me. If I’m chasing the wrong answer because it feels familiar, block me. And if my feelings start talking over You—shut them down. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Lord, mute my overthinking.

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, going into this new week… don’t let me walk around expecting the bare minimum like that’s all life got for me. Surprise me a little. Let me laugh this week. Let me check my phone and have to reread the message because there’s no way You answered me that fast. And please don’t let any good thing come with stress attached to it. I need a week that don’t feel like I’m fighting through every single day just to make it to Friday. In Jesus name. Amen🙏🏾

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[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, I know what it look like… but I also know what You said. Some days my faith high in the morning and low by nighttime. Some days I’m speaking life out my mouth while lowkey expecting the worst in my head. Don’t let me sabotage good things just because I got used to disappointment. And if I’m closer than I realize, don’t let me quit out of frustration. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, my patience been ugly lately. I’ve been side-eyeing everybody else’s blessings trying not to ask what’s taking so long with mine. Fix my attitude before disappointment turns into bitterness. And stop me from making rushed decisions just because I’m tired of waiting. I won’t be in this place forever. I prophesy that one morning, everything gone start moving at once for me. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, I’m not available for anything that makes me question my worth. I don’t care how familiar it feels—if it pulls too much out of me, I’m done with it. I ask You to block what wounds me, expose what weakens me, and protect the peace I had to fight to keep. I’m choosing what lifts me. I believe better days can still find me from here. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏾

[Pastor West @Pastor__West]

Dear Lord,

Today, bless the women who became mothers without ever giving birth to us. The aunties that stepped in, the grandmothers that carried generations, the older sisters that had to grow up too fast, and the women who loved us like their own when life got rough. And bless every mother who kept showing up, kept holding it together, and kept loving us through seasons we were too young to understand. Today we honor them all. In Jesus’ name. Amen🙏🏽