Picking up the cross isn’t some soft, Instagram ready moment. It’s heavy. It’s lonely. It’s the kind of suffering that feels like it’s trying to break you. And yet the ones who actually carry it don’t walk around looking defeated, they’re the ones who somehow still have joy in their lungs. Not fake happiness. Real, stubborn, Spirit-filled joy that doesn’t make sense to people watching from the sidelines.
Because the Holy Spirit doesn’t just visit. He moves in. He doesn’t just comfort. He empowers. He turns what should crush a man into something that ends up refining him. That’s why you can be in the middle of hell and still sing. Still laugh. Still dance a little when nobody’s looking. Not because the fire isn’t real, but because the One living in you is greater than the fire.
Jesus said it plain: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” He never promised it would be easy. He just promised He would be with us in it and that the Spirit would be our strength when our own runs out.
Just another week at this FBI.
• 30 violent Crips taken down in San Diego
• Meth trafficking ring crushed in Kentucky (13 arrested)
• 20+ year murder fugitive extradited from Guatemala
• 30-year cold case closed: man who kidnapped & killed a 7-year-old girl finally faces justice
• $1.8 billion fraudster who was on the run for 3,500 days captured in Jamaica
Real results. Real impact. A safer America.
Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who have trespassed against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory!
Forever and ever, AMEN!
Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who have trespassed against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory!
Forever and ever, AMEN!
“What I care about is the reality of goodness, not the perception of it. And what I see all over the place is people who care about looking good while doing evil. Fuck them.”
—Elon Musk
This lie keeps people stuck in shame and isolation.
Scripture tells a different story.
Romans 5:8 says God showed His love for us while we were still sinners.
Jesus came for the lost, not the perfect. The Father runs to meet the prodigal son the moment he turns home.
No failure is too deep for the blood of Christ.
No past is too stained for His mercy.
1 John 1:9 promises that if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
You are not beyond His reach!
Turn to Him today!
His grace is greater than every lie the enemy whispers.