Greetings Everyone,
I hope you had a good week.
For those of us who have committed our lives to following Jesus Christ, we can be certain of this: God takes a personal, active interest in our spiritual training and transformation. He has given us the Holy Spirit to carry out the ongoing work of sanctification within us, but it is the Father's loving hand that designs, molds, and shapes every step of our growth.
Often, God uses seasons of crisis and hardship to capture our attention in ways comfort never could. He allows calamity not to destroy us but to rebuild us—stripping away pride, false security, and self-reliance so that we can be reformed into the image of Christ. These life-altering moments humble us, teach us gratitude, and remind us that apart from Him, we can do nothing.
Sometimes the challenges we face feel impossibly large—yet in the middle of it all, God's faithful provision carries us through and brings us out stronger, wiser, and more surrendered on the other side.
We must remember that God's greatest desire is for us to trust Him fully. When our trust falters, He lovingly creates circumstances that confront our doubt and push us back into dependence on Him. In His hands, even our breaking becomes a blessing—an invitation to deeper faith and greater intimacy with Him.
God Bless
Mark
Broken
How God Uses Our Hardest Moments to Shape Our Strongest Faith
In Broken, Mark explores how God lovingly uses our hardest seasons—loss, failure, waiting—to strip away self-reliance and build a deeper, stronger faith. Through honest reflection and biblical insight, this blog encourages readers to surrender control, trust God's process, and discover blessing in the breaking.
A 5.4-minute read
Last Week’s Blog
The Silence of God
When Heaven is Silent: Learning To Hear God in the Quiet
In this blog, Mark explores the unsettling experience of God's silence and why even faithful Believers can go through dry spiritual seasons. Drawing from Scripture and personal insight, he offers encouragement to lean into the quiet, trust God's timing, and discover the deeper work God may be doing behind the scenes.
A 4.8-minute read
Voddie Baucham: Brokenness
Watch Time: 53:59-minutes