Please help me in welcoming @Tiara Manuel to the community. Im so happy you are here.If you have any questions please feel free to send me a message. This a safe place to share whatever is laid on your heart.

I’m a Christian who didn’t wait until marriage. I’m a Christian who has battled, and still battles anger. I’m a Christian who has put people down. I’m a Christian who has lied and manipulated. I’m a Christian who ran from God for most of my adult life. I’m NOT a Christian because I’ve got it all together or because I can check all the right boxes. I’m a Christian because I know I can’t do this life without God’s grace every single day. I’m a broken man learning what obedience looks like and watching God work in ways I never expected. Before my grandpa passed, he gave my dad some advice about ministry. He said, “If God can make a donkey talk, He can make you talk.” Honestly, that’s exactly how I feel sometimes, like a donkey talking. Because for some reason God has seen fit to put me in front of people to talk about Him. It doesn’t make sense to me. And anyone who has known me for a while is probably just as shocked and confused as I am! But obedience takes faith, and I trust there’s a reason God is putting me where He’s putting me. I’m unbelievably grateful that He saved me. I still don’t fully understand why He wants to use me. But the truth is, God has always used broken people. And if He can redeem a life like mine, He can use you. Just takes a willingness to be obedient and uncomfortable. He’s got you no matter what.

Micah 7:8 ESV But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me. Micah 7:8 teaches a profound biblical truth: God’s people may fall, but they are not finished. Failure, suffering, or discipline does not have the final word—God does. In the verses right after Micah 7:9 ESV Micah even says: “I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him.” So the restoration Micah speaks about is not based on innocence, but on God’s mercy. The Enemy Thinks the Story Is over. God disciplines His people, but He does not abandon them.Even in judgment, God remains the source of hope.Darkness in the prophets often symbolizes: exile, suffering, divine discipline.Yet Micah says God Himself will guide them out of it.Micah 7:8 reflects a pattern seen throughout Scripture: Fall to Discipline to Restoration. You see this pattern across the Bible, including in the message How this relates to the gospel Through Christ: humanity fell in sin Christ raises us through grace. Micah is essentially saying: “Yes, I have fallen. Yes, I am in darkness, but my enemy should not celebrate, because God is not finished with me.”

What is your favorite Bible verse of all time and why? Some people call it your "go to" verse. How has the verse impacted your life? How did you come to finding that verse? What does the verse mean to you? If you have several, then all the better. Please post below.