THE SPRINGS

January 9 In your patience possess ye your souls. Luke 21:19 What if the win isn’t speed, success, or applause—but endurance ? Luke 21:19 (KJV) cuts straight through the noise: “In your patience possess ye your souls.”   Focus  here means guarding your inner life when everything around you is trying to rush, distract, or wear you down. To live High And Lifted Up  is to refuse to let chaos dictate your spirit or your direction. For Black people and our communities, patience ha

January 8 So don’t throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It’s still a sure thing! But you need to stick it out, staying with God’s plan so you’ll be there for the promised completion.  It won’t be long now, he’s on the way; he’ll show up most any minute.  But anyone who is right with me thrives on loyal trust; if he cuts and runs, I won’t be very happy.  But we’re not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We’ll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way. Hebre

January 7 Relax, Daniel,’ he continued, ‘don’t be afraid. From the moment you decided to humble yourself to receive understanding, your prayer was heard, and I set out to come to you. But I was waylaid by the angel-prince of the kingdom of Persia and was delayed for a good three weeks. But then Michael, one of the chief angel-princes, intervened to help me. I left him there with the prince of the kingdom of Persia. And now I’m here to help you understand what will eventually

January 6 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: Isaiah 30:8 Our community knows what it means to be told to move on, forget, or stay quiet—but Isaiah 30:8 says some truths must be written and made permanent . God tells the prophet to record the vision so it can outlive the moment, reminding us that Focus is about preserving what matters when pressure tries to erase it. This is a High And Lifted U

January 5 Show us your unfailing love, Lord, and grant us your salvation.  I will listen to what God the Lord says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants—but let them not turn to folly.  Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.  Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.  Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.  The Lord will indeed gi

Series: FOCUS “WHERE YOUR VISION WAITS – PT. II” Habakkuk 2:1–4 (The Message) BIG IDEA (For Everybody) Vision doesn’t wait in pretending places. Vision waits where you’re honest, willing, and hopeful—even when the world is a mess. Habakkuk isn’t fragile—he’s focused.He doesn’t suppress questions—he brings them with expectation. 🗣️  POINT 1: IN THE PLACE OF YOUR HONESTY (v.1) What’s Happening Habakkuk says the quiet part out loud: “I’ve got questions.” “I’m braced for disapp

Series Theme: FOCUS “WHERE YOUR VISION WAITS – PT I” Habakkuk 2:1–4 (KJV) BIG IDEA (For Everybody) Vision doesn’t show up in chaos or haste. Vision waits in focused spaces—where perspective is higher, patience is practiced, and faith stays active. Habakkuk isn’t whining. He’s wrestling.He’s not walking away from God—he’s leaning in . 🔭  POINT 1: IN A PLACE OF AN ELEVATED VANTAGE POINT (v.1) What’s Happening Habakkuk climbs the watchtower.That’s not geography—that’s intentio

January 4 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.  For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.  Behold, his soul which is lifted up

January 3 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before

January 2 And then, as they stood with folded wings, there was a voice from above the dome over their heads. Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne, sky-blue like a sapphire, with a humanlike figure towering above the throne. From what I could see, from the waist up he looked like burnished bronze and from the waist down like a blazing fire. Brightness everywhere! The way a rainbow springs out of the sky on a rainy day—that’s what it was like. It turned