Two meals...one burnt after an hour at 900°F, the other cooked to perfection after three hours at 300°F. Same ingredients. Different results. It was such a solid reminder: Growth isn't about rushing. It's about the right pace. In a world that glorifies speed and hustle, we forget that some of the best things in life.... skills, success, even healing...take time. So if your journey feels slow right now, don't stress. You're not falling behind. God might just be slow-cooking something exceptional.

As parents, we want to protect our children. Part of doing that, is teaching them to which family they belong. Knowing we belong brings both security and responsibility. With security, we feel loved and cared for. With responsibility, we sense our duty of loyalty to our family. Let's think about the kind of kinship - ambassador we are for Jesus! Although we aren't worthy to be called 'joint heirs with Christ', God calls us that. Let's remember Whose we are! Feel loved by God, and let's conduct ourselves to attract others to Him. He wants each person He's created to be part of His royal family!

MONTANA STATE TROOPER In most of the United States, there is a policy of checking on any stalled vehicle on the highway when temperatures drop to single digits or below. About 3 AM one very cold morning, Montana State Trooper Allan Nixon #658 responded to a call there was a car off the shoulder of the road outside Great Falls, Montana. He located the car, stuck in deep snow and with the engine still running. Pulling in behind the car with his emergency lights on, the trooper walked to the driver’s door to find an older man passed out behind the wheel with a nearly empty vodka bottle on the seat beside him. The driver came awake when the trooper tapped on the window. Seeing the rotating lights in his rearview mirror, and the state trooper standing next to his car, the man panicked. He jerked the gearshift into drive and hit the gas. The car’s speedometer was showing 20-30-40 and then 50 MPH, but it was still stuck in the snow, wheels spinning. Trooper Nixon, having a sense of humor, began running in place next to the speeding (but stationary) car. The driver was totally freaked, thinking the trooper was actually keeping up with him. This goes on for about 30 seconds, then the trooper yelled, “PULL OVER!” The man nodded, turned his wheel, and stopped the engine. Needless to say, the man from North Dakota was arrested and is probably still shaking his head over the state trooper in Montana who could run 50 miles per hour. Who says troopers don’t have a sense of humor?

Click this link to watch the news interview !!! https://www.wbir.com/article/news/national/josh-sullivan-east-tn-pastor-freed-from-kidnappers-speaks/51-ca4c03f9-d8a3-43a9-9322-4db4214e9edd?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WBIR_Channel_10&fbclid=IwY2xjawKLJH1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjlqFNWRpDEakio6LvW-I9c_c2QeWYTIBrzrb_Cgdm3OztSCUywe-E8e0ixf_aem_AkqIJCXs7WfFW-svhi1t5w