Have an incredible day! Because you’re an incredible soul, you need to have incredible experiences. One incredible experience that you have daily is just breathing. it is not high, but the spirit within that does these mighty works of breathing.

***Workbook included below*** This seven-day journey is an opportunity to reset your body, renew your mind, and strengthen your spirit alongside a supportive community. Together, we'll enjoy watermelon, spend intentional time in reflection and prayer, and gather each evening on Zoom for encouragement, connection, and inspiration. Whether you're joining for better health, spiritual growth, greater discipline, or simply a fresh start, you're welcome here. Come with an open heart, a willing spirit, and let's experience transformation , together one day at a time. Challenge Dates: July 11–17 Nightly Zoom: 7:00 PM CST Welcome to the journey! 🍉💚

Why do we wait for Saturday or Sunday? Why do we wait for Sabbath when the sun goes down? Why do we wait until the diagnosis, the heartbreak, the fear, or the uncertainty becomes too heavy to carry? Why do we wait for the prayer to be answered before believing we have been heard? What if God was never far? What if God has been meeting you all along? In the breath that returned to your lungs this morning without asking whether you deserved it. In the heartbeat that has faithfully carried you through joy, grief, mistakes, and new beginnings without demanding perfection. In the wind that touched your face as you stepped outside, whispering, “I’ve got you.” In the sun that rose again without your permission, reminding you, “Worry not. I see you.” In the flower that looked broken only days ago and now bears new life, mirroring your own becoming. In the stranger who held the door. The child who laughed. The friend who checked in. The tears that finally fell. The strength you didn’t know you had. Perhaps God is not only found in sermons, sanctuaries, and desperate prayers. Perhaps God is also found in the sacred ordinary. In this moment. In this breath. In this life. You do not have to wait for a crisis to recognize that you are held. Look around. Love has been finding you all day. “Maybe the miracle isn’t that God finally arrived. Maybe it’s realizing God never left” - Nekesha Burrell

Who Is God? Flying gives me time to think uninterrupted. And the things that move through my mind are not “What’s for dinner?” When is the last time you had to identify yourself? What did you say? “I am…” “My name is…” Can someone know who you are without hearing your voice? Without touching you? Without you first identifying yourself? Have you ever met someone whose name you never knew, yet they left an imprint on your life? Did the absence of a name make the experience any less real? So… who is God? “I would love to meet God,” many say. “If I met God, I would…” others proclaim. But how would you know if you met God? What would stand out? How could God convince you? Would God need to give you a name? Would you need to touch God first? Would you want miracles? A halo? A robe of white? Would God float through the sky… or quietly walk beside you? Who is God? Black? Caucasian? Chocolate brown? Asian? Native? Alien? Wait… Aliens may or may not even have a color. God, if I were to meet You today, I would simply want You to feel my love without touch, hear compassion without my words, and witness kindness for no particular reason… just because. And if you were to meet God now, without a name tag attached, who would you be? Because perhaps God has already met you where you are, over and over again. The real question is not: “Have you met God?” The real question is: Did you recognize Him in the stranger, the child, the silence, the forgiveness, the breath, the moment you chose love instead of fear? Maybe God was never asking to be seen. Maybe God was asking to be reflected. And maybe every single day, through us, God introduces Himself again. - Nekesha Burrell

There’s a version of you that reacted faster…that took things personally…that needed to prove, explain, or defend. And then… there’s you now. The one who pauses.The one who observes.The one who feels… without immediately becoming the feeling. That shift?That space between trigger and response? That’s your power. Not perfection.Progression. Today, I want you to notice something simple: Before you respond to anything…a message, a thought, a feeling… 🛑 Pause. Ask yourself:“Is this the old version of me speaking…or the version I am becoming?” You don’t have to force a new identity.You just have to choose it… one moment at a time. 💭 Reflection Prompt:What did I handle differently this week… that the old me wouldn’t have? 🌿 Mini Practice (Stoplight Method):🔴 Stop – Notice the trigger🟡 Breathe – Feel it in your body🟢 Choose – Respond from awareness, not reaction ❤️ Reminder:What feels like rejection… is often protection.What feels like delay… is often alignment.And what feels like discomfort…is usually growth trying to introduce itself. ✨ Drop a “SHIFT” in the comments if you’re choosing the next version of you today.