Kellen Lake

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

My default when something isn’t working:

Work harder. Do more. Push harder.

Then Mark 6:31:

“Come away…and rest a while.”

Work hard. Be disciplined. Pursue excellence.

But your productivity isn’t your identity.

You’re a creature, not the Creator. Rest like you believe it.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

Ever wondered if you should stop praying?

Jairus was told: “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”

Mark 5 doesn’t promise every outcome we want. It reminds us that Jesus never becomes powerless.

Keep praying. Keep trusting. Jesus gets the last word.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

You can plan.
You can prepare.
You can work hard.

But you still can’t control the outcome.

Mark 4: the farmer scatters the seed, and it “sprouts and grows; he knows not how.”

Do the next faithful thing. Trust God with the growth.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

Church growth isn’t the mission.

Growth serves the mission.

We want better systems, stronger leaders, more volunteers & greater capacity for one reason:

To reach more people with the Gospel.

We grow so we can go. And we go so more people can know Jesus.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

Maybe the problem isn’t your life.

Maybe it’s the lens you’re looking through.

Social media shapes success. Entertainment shapes love. Work shapes worth. People shape priorities.

Jesus shows a better way in Mark 1:

The crowd didn’t determine His mission. The Father did.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

Jesus sent disciples who still had doubts to take the Gospel to the world.

He didn’t say, “You’ve got this.”

He said, “All authority…has been given to ME.”

Then: “I am with you always.”

Keep growing—but obey now.

Grace comes before the assignment.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

Nobody wants to identify with Barabbas.

But Matthew 27 reminds me:

The guilty man walked free.

The innocent Man was condemned.

That’s the Gospel.

I don’t need Jesus to make me slightly better.

I need a substitute.

Jesus took my place.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

Sometimes faith is one word:

Nevertheless.

“Father, let this cup pass from me… nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

Faith isn’t pretending you don’t want something.

It’s trusting God more than your preferred outcome.

Also, Chester attacks me at the end. 😂

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

There will always be someone more talented than you.

That’s okay.

Matthew 25 reminds me: God isn’t asking me to be them.

Comparison asks, “Why did they get more?”

Faithfulness asks, “What has God put in my hands?”

Steward your time, talent & treasure well.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

Maybe God doesn’t want to be your #1 priority.

Jesus says love God with ALL your heart, soul, and mind.

He doesn’t want one compartment of your life.

He wants all of it.

And the King asking for everything already gave everything for you.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

Matthew 21 scares me.

The fig tree LOOKED healthy.

Lots of leaves. No fruit.

I can go to church, read Scripture, serve, know theology—and still resist Jesus.

The question isn’t: “Do I look like a Christian?”

It’s: “Is Jesus actually changing me?”

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

I love grace when I receive it.

I struggle when someone I think doesn’t deserve it gets it.

Then the Gospel reminds me:

Neither do I.

Jesus gave His life as a ransom for me.

Grace feels unfair when we keep score. It feels amazing when we remember none of us earned it.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

I’m an achiever. Give me a goal and I’ll figure out how to get there.

Then Jesus says:

“With man this is impossible.” — Matthew 19

There’s one goal I can never accomplish:

Saving myself.

The greatest accomplishment of my life isn’t mine.

It’s Christ’s.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

What if you never knew whether you’d done enough good to be accepted by God?

Matthew 18 reminds me:

I can’t outwork my sin.

Jesus didn’t come to give me a payment plan.

He paid the debt.

My hope isn’t: “Look what I did.”

It’s: “Look what Jesus did for me.”

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

My 6-year-old insisted our cat loves her. The evidence is…questionable. 😂 Then Matthew 17 exposed me: Jesus didn’t come to agree with me. He came to be King.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

I watched God seemingly perform a miracle…and was annoyed He hadn’t done it sooner. 😂

That exposed my heart:

I didn’t doubt God’s power. I doubted His plan.

Peter did the same in Matthew 16.

Thank God Jesus ignored Peter’s advice and went to the cross.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

My son turned 13.

I want him strong, disciplined and successful.

But my #1 prayer is bigger:

God, give him a heart that loves You. Let him use his time, talent and treasure to make Jesus famous—not himself.

If he gains everything but misses Jesus, none of it matters.

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

You’ve got this.”

Sometimes…you don’t.

In Matthew 14, the disciples knew they weren’t enough. Jesus didn’t say, “Believe in yourselves.”

He said: “Bring them here to Me.”

Culture: Look within.

Gospel: Look to Jesus.

I’m not enough. Jesus is. ✝️

[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

“I don’t have time.”

But somehow, when I REALLY value something…

I find the time. 😬

Matthew 13 made me ask:

Maybe the problem isn’t my calendar.

Maybe it’s what I treasure.

We make room for what matters to us.

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[Kellen Lake @kellen5662]

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