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Here's my weekly update for Oct 19, 2026...
🗒️ How to Stop Seeking God’s Gifts and Find His Presence
It is entirely possible to sit at a dinner table loaded with rich food every night and still go to bed starving.
You can spend your entire life breathing the air of a faith community, singing the songs, and carrying out duties, yet quietly carry an emptiness inside that you hesitate to admit to anyone […]
🗒️ Blessed Are the Meek: Why You Can Let Go of the Script
Most of us spend a tremendous amount of energy trying to secure the ending before we are willing to take the first step.
We want guaranteed outcomes, signed agreements, and a clear safety net before we step into the unknown.
Yet when we look at the ministry of Jesus, He constantly invites people into a […]
🗒️ Why God Meets Us in Our Brokenness and Burnout
We live in a culture that treats pain like a system error.
If you are struggling, if your heart is heavy, or if you feel entirely hollow inside, the unwritten rule is simple: fix it quickly, hide it well, and come back when you look strong again.
But when we look at the life of […]
🗒️ Finding Grace When Your Life Is a Mess
We live in a culture that loves a clean trajectory.
We want the resume that goes straight up, the relationship that stays smooth from the very first date, and the spiritual life that never hits a sudden, jarring roadblock.
But life rarely cooperates with our neat little blueprints.
Most of us know what it feels […]
🎥 Why I Stopped Only Seeking God's Hands (2 Chronicles 7:14)
The younger son said, "Give me my share.
" He wanted the inheritance, not the Father.
God says, "Seek My face.
" His hands are what He gives.
His face is who He is.
🎥 Why I Was Close to God but Still Hungry
The older brother ate at his father's table every day and was never once filled.
Jesus says whoever comes to Him will never go hungry.
From my book, Held Into Who You Are.
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🎥 Why I Stopped Needing to Know How It Ends (Matthew 5:5)
The prodigal son walked home with no idea how he'd be received.
No promise of a robe, no guarantee of a welcome, just the memory of his father's goodness.
That's meekness: trusting the Father's heart more than your own plan.
🎥 I Did Everything Right for God… So Why Do I Feel Numb?
Which part of this spoke to you most today—the younger son in the mud, the older brother at the door, or the promise in Ezekiel 36?
Drop a 🙏 in the comments if you are praying for a fresh, awakened heart today!
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Enjoy, Yury Alecrim Gomes Gaudard Tavares
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