The week is not over yet, so keep going. And while you’re going, keep watching what is coming out of your mouth. Because what comes out of your mouth did not start there. It starts in your heart, moves through your mind, and eventually makes its way into your words. The Bible tells us, “as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” That means what you keep harboring internally will eventually show up externally. Your thoughts matter. Your internal agreement matters. Your words matter. So be mindful of what you are allowing through your eye gate and your ear gate. Be careful what you keep entertaining, what you keep replaying, what you keep listening to, and what you keep feeding your spirit. Because all of that has a way of settling in your heart, shaping your mind, and speaking through your mouth. This week, do not just monitor your words. Pay attention to the root. Guard your heart. Guard your mind. Guard what you consume. And when you catch yourself agreeing with fear, defeat, insecurity, or old patterns, correct it quickly. Keep speaking life.Keep choosing truth.Keep doing the work. What you are building in this season is too important to let careless thoughts and careless words sabotage it. Finish this week strong. And here’s a shorter version for posting: Remember: becoming HER takes grit! You got this, girl!

Focus: Words and Mindset This week, we are dealing with our language. Not just what we say out loud to other people, but what we say to ourselves in private. The quiet thoughts. The passing comments. The “jokes” we make about ourselves. The things we repeat so often that they have become part of how we see ourselves. Because let’s be real: You cannot build a new life with language that keeps agreeing with the old one. A lot of us want growth, healing, discipline, peace, confidence, consistency, and progress, but our words are still in covenant with defeat. We say we want to move forward, but then we keep speaking as though we are still the woman we used to be. Still stuck. Still broken. Still incapable. Still overwhelmed. Still behind. And words matter. Your language reveals what is sitting in your heart and what has been shaping your thoughts. It exposes where fear has been talking, where disappointment has been lingering, and where unbelief has gotten comfortable. Some things are not just showing up in our actions first. They are showing up in our mouths. So this week, we are going to pay attention. We are going to listen to ourselves. We are going to catch the phrases that work against our growth. We are going to stop rehearsing what is broken. And we are going to start speaking in a way that agrees with where God is taking us, not just where we have been. This is not about pretending. This is not about saying empty positive phrases while ignoring reality. This is about bringing our words into alignment with truth. Because if your mouth keeps partnering with fear, insecurity, defeat, and delay, it becomes harder to move in faith, discipline, and obedience. This week is about cleaning that up. Not perfectly. But intentionally. Week 2 Challenge This week, I want you to pay attention to the language you use about: - yourself - your future - your capacity - your healing - your focus area for this challenge Listen for what keeps coming out of your mouth.

Alright y’all, let’s go there. We are in this 40 Day Fire Challenge, and I do not want us just posting cute thoughts, shouting over good lessons, and calling that transformation. I want us to actually do the work. And part of the work is being honest about who we are, where we are, and what still needs to be confronted. So here’s your challenge: Go to ChatGPT and ask: “Tell me the cold, hard truth about myself.” Yes, for real. Then read what it says and pay attention to what hits you in the chest. What made you pause? What felt uncomfortably accurate? What did it reveal that you have been sensing but have not fully named? Then come back here and share what came up. You can post: - the full response - the part that hit hardest - or the truth you know God is highlighting for you in this season This is not about tearing yourself down. This is about stripping away the fluff. Because you cannot heal what you keep dressing up. You cannot break cycles you refuse to name. And you cannot become who God is calling you to be while avoiding the truth about what is still fighting for control in you. For these 40 days, we are choosing honesty. Honesty over image. Honesty over ego. Honesty over hiding. Ask yourself: What did this reveal about me? What patterns do I need to stop excusing? What truth do I need to finally partner with God in changing? Let’s go deeper. Let’s get free. Let’s burn away everything false. Drop it below if you’re ready. Let’s keep BECOMING HER!

Ladies, we have just come off the beauty, weight, and wonder of Resurrection Weekend. We reflected on the sacrifice of Holy Week. We celebrated the fact that Jesus got up. And now here we are, moving toward Pentecost. That matters. Because there is a space between resurrection and release. A space between God bringing something back to life and God empowering it to move. And I believe that is where many of us are right now. Some of us have things sitting in us that are alive, but not active. Ideas. Vision. Discipline. Healing. Confidence. Obedience. Boundaries. Creativity. Order. Focus. It’s there. It’s been conceived. It’s been stirring. But it has not fully taken flight yet. So for the next 40 days, I do not want us just shouting over resurrection and then sitting on what God revived. I want us to move. Not in pressure. Not in perfection. But in intentional progress. For the next 40 days leading up to Pentecost, I want each of us to choose one thing and work it. One area. One focus. One place where we partner with God and stop making excuses for why it has not moved yet. Maybe it is your home. Maybe it is your mouth. Maybe it is your thought life. Maybe it is your emotional discipline. Maybe it is your consistency. Maybe it is the thing you started, stopped, and secretly still want to finish. Maybe it is the idea that has lived in your head so long that even you are tired of hearing yourself talk about it. This is the season to stop babysitting what God already told you to build. By the time Pentecost gets here, I want there to be evidence. Not that you were perfect. Not that every day was deep. But that you moved. That you obeyed. That you got more serious. That something in your life shifted because you finally gave your “yes” some structure. The assignment For the next 40 days: Pick one focus area. Write a clear goal. Commit to a daily or consistent action. Watch your language. Track your progress. Invite God into all of it. Because revived things still need stewardship.

Yesterday during Youth Takeover, I had a moment with God that stayed with me. I watched my 12-year-old daughter step out of her comfort zone and lead with a boldness, authority, and grace that made my spirit leap. She led praise dance and then did the welcome, and while she has always been gifted, there was something different about the way she showed up this time. It was not just participation. It was presence. It was confidence. It was weight. It was the kind of moment that makes you realize God has been working in someone beneath the surface long before you ever see it manifest publicly. And as proud as I was of her, the lesson did not stop with her. Because sometimes God will let you witness the elevation of someone else not just so you can celebrate what is happening in them, but so you can confront what you have not fully embraced in yourself. That thing blessed me and checked me at the same time. It blessed me because I could see God drawing something out of her that had been sitting there all along. But it also checked me because it made me think about how often we can clearly see the gifts, potential, power, and calling on somebody else while still struggling to fully believe in what God placed in us. And if we are honest, that struggle usually is not because we are empty. It is because we are wounded. Emotional scars have a way of distorting your self-view. Rejection will make you question your worth. Disappointment will make you shrink. Comparison will make you overlook your own oil. Past hurt will make you second-guess your voice, your value, your leadership, and your ability to carry what God gave you. So while we are clapping for other people’s growth, sometimes God is trying to use their moment as a mirror. Not a mirror of envy. A mirror of revelation. A mirror that asks: What do you see in them that you refuse to acknowledge in yourself? Why is it easier for you to call them powerful than to believe that you are too? Why do you trust what God is doing in them, but wrestle with what He is doing in you?