January stretched me in ways I didn’t expect. Sickness in our home. Hospital visits. Spiritual warfare. And a question I couldn’t ignore: Why does it sometimes feel harder when you get closer to God?

In this episode of Eat Don’t Compete, I share how one of the greatest lessons from this season wasn’t strength — it was spiritual stamina.

Spiritual stamina is the endurance to stay faithful when storms don’t stop. It’s the sobriety, consecration, and discernment required to withstand weight you once prayed for.

We talk about:

• The cost of anointing
• Accepting what the Lord allows
• Why spiritual preparation matters
• How knowing God builds discernment
• Why comfort can weaken spiritual endurance
• What it means to stand firm because you know whose you are If you’ve been feeling stretched, opposed, or spiritually fatigued… this conversation is for you. You’re not being broken. You’re being built. 🤎

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Today we slow down and sit with Romans 12:1 together.

For years, I thought “present your body as a living sacrifice” meant simply giving something up for God. But through fasting, prayer, and consecration, the Lord revealed something deeper:

Transformation doesn’t happen without surrender. Holiness doesn’t happen without offering ourselves fully.

In this devotional episode, we walk through Romans 12:1 in multiple translations and talk honestly about:

• what a living sacrifice really means
• how fasting becomes an act of worship
• why consecration precedes transformation
• and how God uses obedience to shape us from the inside out

This isn’t about performance. It’s about posture.

This episode is an invitation for you to slow down, sit with Scripture, and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal what God wants to correct, heal, and sanctify—not just through you, but in you.

If you’ve been praying for change, renewal, or growth with God… this conversation is for you.

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At the start of the year, I went into a 21-day fast looking for clarity from God. What I didn’t expect was that fasting wouldn’t just give me answers—it would give me more of Him.

In this episode of Eat Don’t Compete, I share honestly about why I fasted, what was revealed during that season, and how surrender, consecration, and sober-mindedness opened the door to deeper intimacy with God. From family illness and exhaustion to hidden ambition and the call to slow down, this fast exposed more than I planned—but it also transformed me.

We explore what Scripture really says about fasting, why obedience often comes before understanding, and how yielding to God is not weakness—it’s freedom. This conversation is for anyone who feels stretched, called deeper, or aware that God is inviting them to let go of control and trust Him more fully.

Scriptures referenced:

• Acts 13:2
• Matthew 6:16–18
• Psalm 139:23–24
• Romans 12:1–2
• 2 Corinthians 3:17–18

This episode is an invitation to reflect, surrender, and ask an honest question: What are you laying down before the Lord right now?

🎧 Listen, reflect, and sit with God—without rushing the process.