Courage isn't the absence of fear—it's the presence of something greater than fear. The source of courage isn't found in our circumstances, our capabilities, or our confidence—it's found in God's unchanging character. The enemy wants you to measure your courage by your circumstances. God wants you to measure your courage by His character.

I used to think anxiety was just part of being a responsible adult. Until anxiety started controlling me instead of the other way around. See, trust and anxiety cannot coexist. Anxiety is faith in the wrong things—faith in our ability to control outcomes. Trust is faith in the right Person. It's not a one-time transaction; it's a daily exchange.

Have you ever felt like your prayers were hitting a ceiling? Like God had stepped out for coffee and forgotten to leave a note? Sometimes God's silence isn't a sign of His absence—it's an invitation to deeper faith. Silence isn't absence, and God's apparent inaction isn't indifference. Sometimes God is most active when He appears most absent.

Some seasons of life feel like earthquakes—everything you thought was solid suddenly shifts beneath your feet. But this is precisely when we discover what—or rather, Who—we're truly built upon. What feels like destruction to fear is actually construction to faith. God uses the very storms that threaten to tear us down to build us up stronger than before.

Worry whispers lies disguised as concern. It masquerades as preparation, as responsibility, as love. But worry is actually faith—faith that God isn't big enough, isn't good enough, isn't present enough to handle what concerns us. When worry knocks, learn to answer the door with prayer instead of panic.