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We may feel isolated, alone and forgotten, but we are not. Look up to the hills and the mountains from where our hope comes from.(Psalm 121:1-8) I woke up this morning early with a lot of emotions swirling around my soul. It was a tornado that I was not going to step into. I opened up the WORD of GOD. Deuteronomy 31:6 is my strong anchor today. My anchor holds as I stand in the strength of this Word: So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you. From the mountains we break forth in praise knowing no matter what we are growing through, we bow down before God and passionately tell Him we love Him. Perseverance is a testimony of our love for God. We stay the course no matter what, because we trust Him. Jesus is our enough, the ALL of our everything. We will go out with joy and be led forth in peace, the mountains and the hills will break forth in praise.(Isaiah 55:11-13) Praise stabilizes our soul as we look up to God, knowing He is Supreme, knowing we are positioned under His Rulership of Love. There is no greater love, a love that anchors your spirit, a love that will never forget your, never forsake you, a strong reliable, patient enduring love. This is the love God has for us and it is a lie from the pit of hell if you think we have been forgotten by God. You have not. God is right here, right now and will never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus sacrificed everything for us so we might have a future and a hope. No, we are not forgotten, we are not abandoned. The God of Justice will prevail and He will not fail us. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/firm-secure/

It is a good day when we feel secure in this world. There are not many days in times such as these where our security is anchored. Lots of crazy cultural storms going on. Not much that anchored our security is what it used to be. Do you have anxiety? Do you feel insecure? So many times, I do. Our cultural life situations in these difficult times, do not promote security? Peace in our doings is short lived. When we kindle our own fire of peace, our security will flame out and we will anxiously sit in the dark. How do you define security? I feel secure, because I am secure when I am anchored in Jesus. Jesus is the Prince of Peace, the kind of peace that surpasses all the crazy cultural nonsense going on. Jesus is my light that navigates me through all the darkness of mediatic false frenzy. Jesus is “Present” with us and the more we are positioned, heart to heart in Him, the less anxiety we will have. Our security can be anchored securely upon the Rock of Jesus’s life. What makes you feel secure, the most secure in your life? When do you have the least anxiety? Think about it. I believe the common denominator of our peace and security is Jesus Christ. The name of Jesus, it ushers in peace in the midst of our chaos. Just say Jesus. Do you want security? Do you want peace? Then we do what it takes to be securely anchored in Christ, our identity, wholly-holy in Him, being aligned with His way, truth and life. Nothing shakes up our security when we are situated in Christ Jesus, in a vital-vertical personal relationship with God. Christ, alive in us, the hope that expunges fear, anxiety, worry and despair. Decide to follow Jesus and you will be secure, no anxiety on this day as you trust Him leaning into His Sovereign sway from every moment into every choice. I hope for us, Jesus, I hope for us His peace that secures our soul in faith and stability. No Anxiety. How wonderful is that!?! God bless you and yours. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/no-anxiety/

We have hurt and killed each other from nation to nation over the power grab for supremacy over one another. We were created by God with natural, inherent, inalienable freedom. Now we all claw and climb to try to ascend to the highest authority over one another and as we do, we step on the head of the freedom we once knew and enjoyed and we damage it. We were not created to handle supremacy and we, serving no power higher than self gain have corrupted supremacy, created an illegitimate authority over one another. Only God can handle Supremacy and for humanity this power grab of God’s authority will not end well. We need to change it up and humble bow before our Lord, the only Supremacy that is pure, right and wise. We need to stop bowing to our human idols and sacrificing our common sense, our decency, our civility, our human compassion and bow our lives before the One True Supremacy Jesus Christ, Who laid down His kingly rights, sacrificed His life for us that we might have a future and hope with Him. Jesus is a servant leader, a fierce warrior for justice, with a tender heart of mercy. Who do we resemble? Jesus or the enemy of our soul who wants to kill steal and destroy us? Supremacy was not made for the human condition to be able to yield it and this is what we have done, we have yielded it like a sword of war against one another and if we don’t change it up, we will destroy each other. It is time, human race, to turn back to our God, the One we were created in the Image of and surrender our worldly ambitions becoming warriors for God’s Kingdom, tender hearted, servant warriors, just like Jesus. Dig Deeper: http://thebridegroomscafe.com/reflecting/

Is there a place for me? Is there a place where I fit? (John 14:2-3) Sometimes we just feel displaced. The best thing for us is to be the “who” we have been designed and shaped by God to be. (Psalm 139:13-16) Exactly who we are is enough. So, we don’t fit in. Maybe we were born not to fit in, but to stand out. (Ephesians 2:10) Say It And Believe It: “I am not displaced. I belong. There is a place for me.” It is more than we could dream, hope for, or imagine this place God has prepared for us. To shake off the feelings of being displaced, we need to change our focus off of ourself and what we think we need to feel like we belong, to feel like we fit in here. Focus on Jesus, and be about the business of His Kingdom and everything else here, on this side of heaven falls into place as we wait to be in the place we truly belong, with Jesus, the One we whole heartedly belong to. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/displaced/

We have a Way-Maker God, so why do we try to go through life in our own strength? Are we struggling through life situations without asking for God’s help? What I love about the Lord, one of my favorite things is that He is a Way-Maker God. We should ask for God’s help, instead of leaning on our own human ingenuity. When we use our own smarts, leaning into our own ways, we are not in sync with God’s purposes. There is such power being aligned with the purposes of God in play, and we don’t want to step out of this purposeful flow of God. God is not in the casual doings of things, where we are just doing what we think will work, instead of waiting on God to finish what He started. That is called “grasping at straws” and it is our impulsive, impatient nature at its worst. God is doing new and different things, and we miss out on it many times by doing old traditional things that worked for us before. We don’t want to step out of our comfort zone, especially if it means waiting on God, so we just go with what worked before. Bad choice on our part! God’s purposes flow in perfect sync and timing, not casual doings. God works things out purposefully for our good and His glory. It is so cool to watch God work. We miss so much when we get impulsive and impatient waiting on God to finish what He started, and we interrupt the flow of His timely purpose by stepping in with our “bright idea” and really messing things up. Sometimes our bright ideas are not so bright, and we end up sitting in the dark in a man-made mess that we created, groping in the dark and trying to find a way out of it. Definitely, we should ask God for help, but sometimes we buck up our will. God would be so willing to do so, to step in our mess and finish what He got started, before we impulsively went off on our own. He is a Way-Maker God and can absolutely finish what He started, even if we messed up. I love that about Him. He is so willing to help us willful human beings, because He whole-heartedly wants what is best for us. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/gods-sovereignty/

We don’t sin alone. So many people can be adversely affected by one person’s sin. So many bad choices happening now a days and so many bad consequences blooming all around us. It is so true that we reap what we sow. What goes around comes around as our bad actions seed into bad reactions. Yet, the past is the past. So, what does that mean? Well, it means that we can bloom in the midst of consequences that we have reaped, consequences that are not fun to bear. We can bloom by sharing love and encouragement in the place we have been planted, even if that place is full of the weeds of bad consequences from seeding bad choices. Even in the midst of bad consequences from the past, we can bloom in the present. We do bad things and the consequences of our badness, everyone around us feels. So, it can feel like we are stuck in the weeds of others choices. Yes, so true, because for bad things done by one person, bad consequences ensue for many people, and we feel stuck in the middle of someone else’s bad consequences for something we did not do. It feels so unjust, so unfair! Definitely not fun! Yet, we can choose to bloom in joy, even in the midst of suffering from the bad choices of others. If we choose to be, we can be the beautiful bloom among the weeds, that gives hope to others that this too shall pass. What say you? Will you bloom in the weeds? Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/bloom-in-joy/

What you say, is it good? Is what you say impactful? Is what you do good? Don’t you want what you do to be something that impacts the lives of others with goodness? Of course, we do. But nothing is truly impactful with a permanence if it is not done out of the power of followship of God. Are we following after God? Or are we just doing what we think is good enough? Are we watching what God is doing and joining in with Him? Or are we doing good things and asking God to join us? Of course, we naturally want to help people change things up in their lives for the better. Why? Because we have the compassion of God’s heart engrained in us. Is this enough? Are we enough? God is the only enough! In order to live a life which is impactful, it starts with God. What does that mean? I decide what I am going to do and say, but this is not impactful, the way to be impactful is to connect personally, heart to heart with God, surrender to what God wants us to do or say. Lord, what do you want me to say or do today? Followship is impactful, it is meaningful because we are following after what God wants us to do or say. Being impactful is not about what “we think we know”! Impactful is what God knows. Lasting change starts with Jesus, heart to heart with Jesus. To be God’s impactful agent of change, we have to be connected to the power source of God. The resurrection of Jesus, was the greatest transformation mankind would ever know. It was impactful. Salvation, giving our hearts to Jesus, this is impactful. To be an impactful human being, we must be connected to Jesus, heart to heart, our lives surrendered to the followship of Him. Do we know the heart compassion of God? Do we breathe, live and move in the Sovereign sway of God? God is on the move, He has a redemptive plan, He has a kingdom endgame, and it is not the way we think it is. God’s ways are not our ways. When will we learn this?! Have we let go of our will and way, surrendered to God all the compartments of our hearts, giving Him total access to our lives, being willing to be wholly-holy His agents of change? Are we willing to set aside our personal comfort, personal gain, personal lives, to add value to the Kingdom of God? Do we serve no power higher than self? Think on it. Are we impactful? Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/with-us/

The Sonshine rises upon our new day and as God’s light envelops us, His love stirs our hearts and His compassion soul saturates us, and we are ready to overflow with His abundant love today. On this day, our opportunities to add value to other people will be plenteous. God has many divine appointments for us to make. As we connect with God first thing today and keep our vital-vertical connection with God strong all day, we stay filled with His abundant love. There is no doubt about it, we are equipped by God with all we need to truly bless people today in word, action and deeds. We can show kindness if we choose to do so, and I hope we do. We can show compassion to all those around us and be merciful. Instead of ignoring or being unaware of those around us, we can acknowledge other people with a smile, and add value to their day with a good word of encouragement. With Christ in us, the hope of glory, there is no reason why everyone who crosses into our sphere of influence, does not leave us blessed and encouraged by God. Let’s be so. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/reciprocal-love/

What does it mean to have a servant’s heart, to have the heart of a servant? Could it mean that you are consistently selfless? Could it mean you are self-sacrificing for the good of others like Jesus did? Saying is not the same as doing. A servant does something about His Words and serves others. Growing forward with an active faith, constantly working for God’s good, and putting other’s interest above yourself, you do become a Servant Warrior, someone actively working toward the good of others. Jesus was a Servant Warrior, He fought in prayer, action, and words to add value to other people’s lives. A servant has a true heart, a heart with pure, selfless motives that energize their actions with deeds of goodness, which deny self, elevating the interests of others higher than their self-interests. The ultimate sacrifice of a servant warrior of God is dying to self wants, so others can have value added to their lives. The “me first mentality” is prevalent in our cultures in times such as these. How do we change it up? It begins with us, one person at a time laying down their right to get, right to win, right to have, right to be right and preferring others over ourselves, serving others with a genuine heart motive, where self-gain is crucified and unconditional love is magnified. A servant warrior of God fights to die to self, to serve a power higher than self, to love God first before self and to live for gain not of this world, but for the Kingdom of God. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/cservant-warrior/

Is your nation in cultural chaos? This happens when wrong is lifted up as right, and right is lifted up as wrong. This leads to a society who is not free. Why? Because right is written on our hearts as a human race by our God. The soul of our nation is in conflict with the deplorable human condition of our will as we press forward foolishly with illegitimate authority. We use our God given free will to do horrendous things to each other as we fight for the higher ground, by cheating, stealing and destroying each other to gain illegitimate supremacy over one another. A nation without morality in play, is a chaotic nation where everything is relative, and there is no right and wrong boundaries for human behavior. These free will choices of deplorable nature, creates havoc throughout this world. This is where we are living with a sick lawlessness within the confines of deception, like no other time before. There is very little truth spoken from us human beings, and the place where there should be truthful reporting, our national media, truth is not spoken, instead we have mediatic false frenzy in play. The scoop is now poop, that has the stank of political rot. As a human race, created in God’s image, we are not using our free will choice well. We choose to ignore the storm clouds on the horizon of our nations, that will come ashore one day, and quickly sweep away our freedoms. We will one day wake up to a society where we have no right to speak, no right to do anything freely, and where we are being lorded over by barbaric people with tyrannical ways. We need to wake up and begin standing on the side of truth, justice and liberty for all. We should make the good choice of shutting out the voices of deception, and seek God’s Truth, listening up to Him first. It would be so smart of us to ask God to help us navigate these crazy times with His wisdom, within the confines of His divine power. I hope we cherish our freedom, liberty and civility, being aware of its value and grateful for it. I hope we choose to protect our freedom and preserve our liberty by making good choices with our God given free will, choices that will add to freedom, not dimmish liberty and justice for all. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/devoured-freedom/

Change. So much is changing so quickly. Change is naturally chaotic as we try to adapt. Myriads of things we grew up with are changing quickly, a lot of things changing, it makes us feel lost. Do you feel lost in all the cultural changes going on? The best thing to do is look to God. God is with us every single movement to ever single choice. Change does not scare God. The heart of the Gospel is change. When we are in a state of flux at a cross road in our lives, the best thing to do, is look up, listen up and do the next right thing. God always has a next right thing for us to do. God is always prepared for us in our next choices, He has gone before us. God knows. We should not fear change, because God is in the change and already knows the outcome He has purposefully planned. During times of change, where God transition is in play in our lives, the enemy comes in as a source of confusion trying to drift us off course with dastardly distractions. How do we not lose our focus during a transition? What has God asked us to do? Go back to the last thing God asked us to do, real align our course and stay the course until God charts a new course, navigating us by His wisdom and revelation. God never leaves us in times of change, He is right there with us. We do not fear change. We let go of the past and let God usher in the new. God has a plan, an endgame that is magnificent and He will work it out in His way, His timing and His purpose in play will not be denied a good finish. God finishes what He starts and He finishes well. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/divine-power/

God Said: I will make life out of desolate places. I will make rivers in the wastelands. God said He would be our Living Water. God said He would lead us as a Navigator. Streams in the wilderness. Can He? Yes, He can. He absolutely can! God spoke the world into being and has maintained it every single day since then. His faithfulness to us is like no other. God is trustworthy. His Word is absolute truth. His Supremacy is pure, without even a hint of corruption. His love is abundant and flows unconditionally without a speck of prejudice. Everything God said will not be returned void. Believe it! In times such as these where our soul is parched, and we live in a worldly wilderness, without compassion, common sense, or civility, Our Awe GOD, He is an Oasis for our soul, heart to heart. When we are wandering around lost, alone without directional wisdom in this cancel God culture, we need the clarity of God’s revelation. In these times, where right is wrong and wrong is right, where wounded people are wounding people, it is clear, yes, we know exactly how much we need God. We are one human race and we have the same human condition. We, human race, we can’t make it through until the end, without Him. As people whose human authority has corrupted absolutely, as people scratch and claw their way to the top of the power chain, trying to possess illegitimate supremacy over others, these deplorable human beings leave behind death, pain, horrific sorrow and grief that consumes the human race as our soul laments. There is no doubt about it. We need God. And there is no doubt about it, He is mighty, righteous, trustworthy and has been faithful throughout all time as our Deliverer, Savior, Redeemer, Navigator and Provider. God said He is a God of justice. If God said this, then we wait for it…patiently endure, believe, trust and stretch our faith, knowing He will finish what He started and finish it well. God Said! Therefore, we Hope in God. God bless ya. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/godly-wisdom/

Why are we so afraid? Fear NOT! Who are we listening to? Are we listening to the ONE, Lord God, Jesus Christ, Who has given us a future and a hope? Peace! OR Madness! Which do we choose? Are we running around like chickens with our heads cut off screaming that the sky is falling? Or are we turning to God, the ONE Who does know, the ONE Who can navigate us wisely, protect us and provide for us abundantly and safely during these times. The best decision we can make is to shut off the access of mediatic false frenzy and listen up to God. In the spirit of God’s love tell the false narrative, fear mongering people in your life to “peace out” and share with them how God is now Your Sovereign, and You are wholly-holy His, mind, soul, spirit, and will submitted to His love and truth first. The wisdom of the wise has been confounded by God, purposefully so. He is drawing us back to Him, the ONE WHO KNOWS. Human beings trying to handle supremacy, but having no power higher than self, this is corruption of human wisdom at its best. People who don’t know what they “think they know” telling you what to do and how to do it, all the while radically changing their opinions with the sway of cultural say so. NO! Not For Us! We choose to lean into the Sovereign Sway of God, listening up to God and staying in followship of Him. Say NO to this corrupted human power and illegitimate supremacy, this confounded wisdom of human beings that has no common sense, and is corrupted by a deplorable human condition. SAY YES, to Almighty God, turn to God, listen up to God’s Holy Spirit first and follow after Him. Peace Out World, I Am Looking To God For A Kingdom Perspective. No Fear! Peace Out!

We meet a lot of people in our lives. Some people are amazing and they are instant friends, kindred spirits. But, some people you meet are like are crusty barnacles. Oh, this is so hard, when you meet people, people who can be so much like crusty barnacles! Opinionated, mean spirited, grouchy people, ugly in personality, doing everything possible to push you away from them. Oh, how we would love to do that, not engage with crusty barnacles and do everything we can to avoid them, staying as far away from them as possible, so we don’t get scraped up by them. But, sometimes God puts “crusty barnacles” in our life path. Then what? We could love them unconditionally, we could be willing to try to be friends with them, even if it means we get scraped up a bit as we try to get to know them. Even old crusty barnacles will one day see the light from the love of God we share and they will change, and even could become a really good friendship for us. Why knew?? A Crusty Barnacle could be a divine appointment from God to make a good friend! It is like this, wounded people, wound people, but if no one ever tries to love them like Jesus did, as He loved us like He had not even been hurt by us, then no one would be healed or made whole. Love people with the love of God, patiently endure with them, forbear and keep showing them love. It matters. God bless ya! Dig Deeper

Am I one who quits or gives up in the face of difficulties; one who has not the courage or determination to finish what I started? Life happens. Wave after wave, life flows into our experience. Our reality is not always perfect, but it is God purposeful. Wouldn’t you love to edit your life story? I would! But, would it really matter if I got everything I wanted, exactly how I wanted it? No. Because nothing is permanent or perfect here. Don’t Quit! Stop waiting for perfection and permanence! God is on the move, follow Him. Everything here is God purposeful, and this purpose leads us to a permanence of God character, as He changes us up. Maybe we need to wake up to the truth that no human being can make us happy. People are not enough; they can’t meet our needs. We were designed to need God, and we were shaped by God not to be quitters, but to grow through, to press forward, and keep trying to finish what we start. Not A Quitter! Like God’s character, we are wired to finish what we start, to continue growing and learning in Christ Jesus. It is not a good idea to seek permanence here on earth, it is just not possible. God is constantly remixing our lives with experiential challenges which have God purposes in play in them. In every challenge we face, the God purpose in it, is greater than the challenge itself. Don’t Quit! God is on the move finishing what He started in us. Thus and therefore, we don’t seek perfection here on earth, we pursue God. If we are looking for perfection here, we will not find it. Change it up to a Kingdom Permanence. We have a future and hope with Jesus, a permanence in perfection impassioned by God’s purposes. Joy is found in Jesus, He is simply-significantly our enough. Followship of Jesus, this is such a good decision, from every moment to every choice, we can choose to grow through with joy. I am not a quitter! I Shine Joy! https://thebridegroomscafe.com/shine-joy/

Listen up! Always, God is speaking. Just Saying! Are we listening up to The Bridegroom’s Voice? Jesus is our Bridegroom; we are His Church is His Bride. Are we listening up to the passionate voice of our Bridegroom? He loves us and has proven the length and depth He is willing to go so we can be together, heart to heart. The message of the cross portrays a picture of true inestimable love.(1 John 4:7-14) This kind of God devotion does not travel down an easy, broad path, it is a sacrificial love. We are loved well. God’s Infinite love dared to care for us, to run the race of this life on a difficult, narrow road, all in for us. Just Saying: The love of our Bridegroom, Jesus is a genuine, enduring passion, that courageously and willingly forfeited all for us.(Romans 5:8) When everything in our world is changing, leaving us insecure and unstable, God’s love does not change, it remains steady, true and patiently enduring in us, sweetly and completely for us. God is all in with us, with an undivided heart of love for us, an immense multifaceted love lavished on us. Just Saying: God is our true love, He is our enough in a changing world where sickness, lawlessness, injustice and corrupted people make us feel insecure, isolated and forgotten. Just Saying: God has not forgotten us,(Deuteronomy 31:6)He is with us through the storms of this life, working out His purposes. If we anchor our heart in the harbor of God’s Love, our anchor will hold through the storms that are rapidly approaching humanity.(Revelation 3:8-14) God bless you heart to heart. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/the-bridegroom-speaks-about-love/

Having a “pity party” with discouragement, despair, depression, disillusionment, doubt? What fun! The enemy of our soul likes to throw pity parties and invite all kinds of deplorable guests. Are you gonna stay in the pity party or get out quick?! So, there is not too much in our cultures to celebrate right now! Our cultures are chaotic with injustice, lawlessness, corrupted human nature, and hopelessness; and if we keep focusing on these things, in comes the doldrums! Shake off all the devil’s “d” words! As we look around us and in our first glimpse is all the negative things happening, there are so many of them right now, that our worldly viewpoint will overwhelm us. Maybe we need to change up our “first glimpse” to be Jesus, His character, His life, His ways, His truth, the all of Him in the all of our everything. Maybe our first glimpse doesn’t need to be this world. We are better off with a Kingdom perspective as our first glimpse, it tends to hold our attention a lot better than a worldly viewpoint, and it keeps us from falling into a self-pity pit. When our first glimpse is a Kingdom Perspective of God Adventure, we actually can have a lot of great anticipation, confidence and hope in our future. Listen up! Focus up! Get out of that pit! Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/i-listen-up/

Is God stalking your comfort zone? Life feels like a maze of density and very unclear at times. We can feel stuck in the “cattails of life” and very alone and isolated without any real clarity or fresh revelation. Nothing new under the sun. We tend to self-isolate because we are afraid of the new and what it will cost us, afraid of leaving our comfort zone. Are you not sure what the next life season will look like, yet you are very sure that it is going to change? Do you feel restless before God changes things up? I do. I don’t like change; I tend to resist change. This is a part of the human condition, the way we are shaped, in our natural, we sometimes are not open to change, yet the super force of God, pushes us up to the crossroad (https://rumble.com/vascnn-are-you-at-a-crossroad.html) of the transformation that we need. The choice is ours; God never breaches our will; He wants us to have the free choice He gifted us with. But He will not give up, He will keep asking. God wants to do something new in our lives, so we grow through, spiritually mature and don’t stay stagnant. He wants to navigate us lovingly into new life seasons, yet we resist Him, we stay focused on what we can see, and our lack of faith traps us in the same old same old. Isn’t it time to shake off the old and step out into the SONshine of a new God adventure? Be strong and courageous and go with God, as He is doing something new and, no doubt about it, this change, He is the common denominator in it. Purposefully so, God has a transition for us, into the new that He has for us. Will we know it? (Read Isaiah 43 https://my.bible.com/bible/97/ISA.43.MSG) Will we let go and let God lead us into the new thing He has for us? The amazing thing is how God has pursued us and is asking us to step out of our comfort zone and move into the deep with Him. Thus and Therefore, We don’t step out alone, God has gone before us, He is right in front of us, clearing the path, and all we have to do is look up and follow after Him. Follow the Son. Easy-Peasy! God bless you! Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/i-dont-understand/

Angry, Mad? Sometimes things change suddenly and we don’t like it, so we buck up our will against God, we get mad and we hold up our hand. No! No! We hold up our hand in that “talk to the hand” mean spirited way. We don’t want to hear from God! Our will is bucked up so high that nothing can get in. We will not move. God suddenly does something new and it doesn’t feel so good. So how does bucking up our will against God help us? It doesn’t! It makes things worse. Things were going so great and suddenly you feel like a piece of beached driftwood, cooking in the heat. Why? Lord Why? Why are you doing this? It makes no sense. This is extreme and I will not go through this. Been there and felt that, where suddenly things change and there is no way out of the heat. Surrender is the last thing we want to do, we want understanding, we want God to change it up, to get us out. But, many times God leaves us right in the middle of the roaring heat and He asks us to grow through with Him. When a suddenly uncomfortable life season comes upon us, and God does not change it up, and there is no understanding, then surrender is the way to peace. Isn’t that an oxymoron kind of like, cruel kindness? No doubt about it, surrender is the way to growing through with peace. Been there and done it and known God’s peace that surpasses all understanding. Also know that some of the hardest things God has asked me to grow through, have been, in heavenly hindsight, the most valuable times of spiritual growth for me. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/live-responsible/

We got us a “ruckus” our nations are in a bad state of affairs and many people are in an uproar, upset and angry. From nation to nation there is a ruckus. The cultural tides of good and evil are banging together in the middle. What is right is being pushed forward as wrong, what is wrong is being pushed forward as right. This makes for a cross-cultural tide and makes for a very dangerous life season for all nations. Jesus is the only One who can calm this cross-cultural ruckus. Are you stuck in this riptide? Jesus is the answer, He is powerful, He is the only Supremacy we should bow to. Jesus is in control, working things out for our good. So stop trying so hard to swim against a riptide. Call on the name of Jesus. Look up. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/inundated/

When you experience Awe and wonder in a person, thing or experience, you will naturally express it in emotions, words or actions. We experience the talents and gifts of others more than we realize and we express awe and wonder in them or the things they have made. Many times, we see art, we see movies, plays, sports competitions, ballet, opera, and we see creation of things that people have made, like cars, houses or rockets. Or we or hear songs, they have written and played and we are just in awe of them and of the outpouring of their giftedness and talents. So, we express it, the way we are so impressed with them, we express awe and wonder. But do we express it upward to the ONE Who designed, shaped and created us all, and all of creation? Do we stand in Awe of God when we experience the way He has gifted people, when we experience the Creation, He has made? The Wonder of it all, everything we experience that causes us to express Awe, it begins with God, and every day we experience the wonder of His Creation, be it a person, or a thing, it all came from Him. God is the One we should stand in Awe of and we should recognize with wonder how He created each of us, uniquely talented and shaped and how He maintains our creative nature with bright ideas and new things. Awe-GOD! Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/gods-sovereignty/

Sometimes we find ourselves in a harsh place in life. We doubt whether we can grow through it. We can. We have an “Omnipresent God”! What does that mean? It means God is continuously with us and for us. We have a great Advocate in this life. We can grow through anything. Do not doubt. We can. It is easy to position ourselves underneath the Rulership of God’s Love. His Infinite Love and Sovereign Will go hand in hand. One is not without the other. Yes, our cultural chaos in this life season is harsh and the attitudes we encounter from day to day are not civil. This is a crazy life season, a lot of lawlessness, a lot of injustice, a lot of Poo-Poo-Politics, a lot of cultural chaos, therefore, from every moment to every choice, we should decide to make the next right choice. No matter how loud our feelings are screaming to react, we respond to God first, opening our soul wide to Him and He soul saturates us with His Peace, which surpasses everything we think we know. God never leaves our side. God has a plan in play for us even in this cultural chaos, we will grow. How? Why? Because we are equipped by God, we have everything we need and it is His plan that we stand tall and strong in the SONlight of His love. This is why we dig our life roots deeply in God and His Kingdom, He loves us so much! God has an endgame to this harsh reality of truth we are growing through and it is good. Trust God. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/firm-secure/

Jesus as we connect with You, heart to heart, You break our hearts for what breaks Yours. Lord, we grieve and humble ourselves before You, asking for forgiveness for the depravity of our human choices has reached new lows and continues to plumet day after day. (A Horrific Display Of A Depraved Humanity, Which You, Lord God Have Exposed: https://www.lifenews.com/2021/08/06/university-may-be-subject-of-investigation-after-its-caught-using-body-parts-of-babies-born-alive/ ) Forgive us Lord God, as we pursue what is wrong, hurting the innocent, stealing life, destroying others, so we can gain the “temporary” of riches, and gain position in a depraved culture, as we stand on the side of evil to get ahead in this world, we were not destined to stay in. We all will leave here in death, and we will take nothing we have sold our soul to get, with us. Father God, we grieve with You, over how far humanity has fallen, chasing after the temporary and we pray for Your intervention to expose and expunge evil from our human condition and turn us back to You. Change it up in us Lord God and turn us away from evil deception to the reality of Your Truth; away from serving no power higher than self, to loving You and serving You, Almighty God, out of our vital-vertical relationship with You. Purify our hearts, Jesus, and teach us how to guard them from the enticement of evil, from the killing, stealing and destroying deception of our enemy. Jesus, we are so grieved for the depravity of our human condition and pray that You would change it up. How have we fallen this far? The depravity of people harvesting the organs of children while they are still alive, this is beyond soul sickening. Please help us Lord, turn the tide of humanity away from evil to good, help us to resist evil by doing good. Holy Spirit lead us away from seeking all the temporary things of this world, to seeking first the Kingdom of God, our future and permanent home with You. Forgive us, Lord God. Expose and expunge the evil of our human condition, break our hearts, change us so our reflection is You, Your purity of righteousness. Amen. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/thebridge/

Got fear and anxiety? The chaos in our culture is so very loud. Injustice is roaring and lawlessness is yelling and it is such a loud chaotic sound that disturbs our soul and disquiets our spirit. How do we turn down the volume and find soul peace? We first need to listen up to God and turn off the tv media, social media and all the false narratives and fake reality of people clamoring to get position and power through deceptive means. Don’t get trapped in the whirlwinds of mediatic false frenzy. This incredible fear tactic of Poo-Poo-Politics is never about you, it is all about deceptive motives, a false front of caring, with a reality of truth of hidden deceptive schemes that are not for your good, but their procuring of power, money, position and title. Jesus Christ, He is all in with You and for You, an Advocate working for your good. Listen up to Him first. Get in the Bible, the Word of God, it is powerful in hope, peace, truth and wisdom. Truth is freedom, fear based on fake reality is bondage? Which do you choose? Who do you listen to? (Matthew 8:23-27P Jesus is saying: Peace be still! Let Him soul saturate you with (Philippians 4:6-8) His peace that surpasses everything you think you know and leads you to the stability and freedom of God’s Truth. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/the-bridegroom-speaks-about-peace/

What, Heart To Heart, is God not in? God’s In That! God is Present in the all of our everything and when we tune in, connect with Him, heart to heart, we recognize His Rulership of Love, this banner of Devotion that flies over us continually. We are His, He is in the wind, the sunshine, the rain, the good times and the bad times. He is Present, with us in all of our ways. There is no escaping God, if we flee from Him, He is where we go. He is everywhere we are. Do you see a bird in flight? God is in that. Do you see a beautiful flower blooming so wondrously? God is in that. Do you see a farm with rows of vegetables growing? God is in that. Do you see the majestic ocean? God is in that. Do you see chaos and violence? God is in that. God’s Providential Care is on the move in the good things we are experiencing and in the bad things we are experiencing. God is in that. God is at the center of our living, breathing and having our being. God said He would never leave us. He meant it. Unconditionally so. God is in that. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/we-must/ Psalm 139 7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Where could I run and hide from your face? 8 If I go up to heaven, you’re there! If I go down to the realm of the dead, you’re there too! 9 If I fly with wings into the shining dawn, you’re there! If I fly into the radiant sunset, you’re there waiting! 10 Wherever I go, your hand will guide me; your strength will empower me. 11 It’s impossible to disappear from you or to ask the darkness to hide me, for your presence is everywhere, bringing light into my night. TPT