The Year of Transition 2026 Transition: to change from one state or condition to another.We have stepped into a New Year! Have you asked yourself What’sNext? God is ready to transition you. Transition is unavoidable. It is aplace where God calls you out of comfort and into purpose. Manypeople try to avoid it, delay it and deny it. He is ready to shift, stretchand reposition us and we must face it ...  Read More

Week 5: Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026 Scripture- John 14:16-17Verse 16 “And I will pray the father, and he will give you another helper, that he may abide with you forever” Verse 17 “ the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; for he dwells with you and will be in you.Reflection:We are about to transition into the year 2026 and in this week devotional...  Read More

Week 4: Your Purpose Is Greater Than You Scripture: Luke 1 verse 7,13,28-29,32,34-38Verse 7 “But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren and they were both well advance in years.Verse 13” But the angel said to him “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son, and you shall call his name John.”Verse 35 “ and the angel answered and said to h...  Read More

Week 3: Do You Know Who You Are? Scripture: Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you….”Psalms 139 1-3Matthew 10:30Reflection:Have you ever thought about how God sees you? Well, I have. This week we are going to talk about it. Let’s start with Jermiah chapter one. He talks about how God knew us before we were formed in the womb. I’m not sure how you guys feel about that but that mak...  Read More

Week 2: The 3 Things God Can’t Do Scripture: Hebrews 6:18- “That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.”Malachi 3 verse 6 “for I am the lord, I do not change, therefore you are not consumed, o son of Jacob”Isiah 55 verse 8-9 “for my thoughts are not your thoughts nor are yo...  Read More

Week 1: Can God Hear Me? Scripture:“God is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble therefore we will not fear.”- Psalm 46 1-2Reflection:In 2013 and 2016 my kidney’s were failing. I got a transplant however in 2021 that failed too. It’s annoying and frustrating because the doctors had no idea why they were failing. So, I started dialysis in November of 2021 and by February of 2022 I ...  Read More

Week 3: What You See In Others Scripture:"And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?" — Matthew 7:3 (NKJV)Reflection:One of my students often comes to tell me, “Mr. G, your hair is growing back!” I jokingly replied, “Okay, I’ll cut it then.”  But every time, he insists, “No, don’t cut it!” He sees something growing in me that I tend to o...  Read More

Week 2: When Nobody Notices Scripture Reading:"But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.!" — Matthew 6:3-4 (NKJV)Reflection:Growth often begins on the inside; discipline, prayer, self-control, and faith.  These internal factors shoul...  Read More

Week 1: Honoring God’s Servants Scripture Reading:"And now, friends, we ask you to honor those leaders who work so hard for you, who have been given the responsibility of urging and guiding you along in your obedience. Overwhelm them with appreciation and love!" — 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 (MSG)Reflection:October is Clergy Appreciation Month—a time to recognize, uplift, and thank the shepherds God h...  Read More

Week 4: Wake Up and Get Control Scripture: Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. — 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 (KJV)Devotional: In preparing for today...  Read More

Week 3: Live Intentional Scripture: Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. — Ephesians 5:15-17 (NIV)Devotional: Lately in my prayers I've been asking for the Holy Spirit to help me. I've been asking for Him to help me to read my bible, and re...  Read More

Week 2: Intentionally Peaceful Scripture: I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. — John 16:33 (NIV)Devotional: Oftentimes my mind works like a non-stop machine that doesn’t seem to turn off, produces masterpieces, and at the same time can break down like the broken ice cream machine at your fav...  Read More