Tag: surrender

  • Journal Entries Highlighting the Surrendering Process

    I thought surrender meant trusting God to lead me to the right business, the right strategy, the right opportunities. But surrender wasn’t about what I would do—it was about who I was becoming. I had spent my life measuring success by outcomes, by accomplishments, by the tangible proof that I was moving forward. Yet, in the fire of refinement, God was stripping away my need to produce, to plan ahead of Him, to validate my worth through work. He wasn’t just shifting my focus; He was rewriting my identity. And that kind of transformation doesn’t come through striving—it comes through surrender.

    Journal Entry, The Fiery Furnace

  • Breaking the Cycle: How God Led Me to Surrender

    I spent years fighting for a breakthrough, convinced that if I just worked harder, pushed through, and figured out the right steps, everything would finally fall into place. But looking back at my journal entries from 2021 and 2022, I see how consumed I was—not just with striving but with an internal battle that was wearing me down. The enemy played on my fears, frustrations, and wrong beliefs, keeping me trapped in a cycle of desperation and defeat. I thought God had abandoned me in the struggle, but He was there—allowing the fire to refine me, exposing the lies I had built my life upon, and leading me to the only breakthrough that truly mattered: surrender. The battle wasn’t about my business or my circumstances—it was about letting go of self-reliance, resisting the enemy’s deceptions, and trusting God fully to transform me from the inside out.

    Journal Entry, The Fiery Furnace

  • Sharing the Success Story from the Increasing Peak of my Faith and Bottom of my Circumstances

    Victory isn’t first experienced when circumstances change—it’s experienced when faith stands unshaken in the face of adversity. This season of my life is not a defeat—it’s a success story in motion. I am sharing the success story from the increasing peak of my faith, even as my circumstances appear to be at their lowest. The world may measure success by external outcomes, but in the Kingdom, success is measured by faithfulness, endurance, and obedience. My faith is not dictated by my situation, but by who God is. The success story is happening right now.

    The Trial of 2025

  • Not My Will, But Yours Be Done

    Faith isn’t built in comfort—it’s forged in the fire. In this post, I share how my journey of trials, testing, and surrender has deepened my trust in God. From experiencing the refining furnace to facing unexpected hardships—like eviction—I’ve learned that true faith means walking in peace, joy, and trust, even when circumstances seem impossible. This is what it means to live by faith and not by sight, to say, “Not my will, but Yours be done,” and truly mean it.

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