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  Regardless of WHAT it is that we are going through, David set an example for us on how to pray in Psalm 119, it is a vital resource for us. Whether you are going through a storm in life, recovering from hurt, people pleasing, anxiety, depression, pornography, over-thinking, addiction, etc. No matter what your struggle is, read this out loud, daily: God keep me from lying to myself. Help me to be honest with myself. Help me see myself in the mirror. Show me where my soul is unhealthy. Let me see where I need to change. Show me where I need to forgive. Help me to prevent anyone from taking my joy. Help me to release the wrongs done against me in years past. Help me to forgive myself for my past mistakes. Show me how to be more understanding and kind. Help me to start seeing myself the way you see me, as valuable. Help me to understand that I am Your masterpiece, and the apple of your eye. I encourage you, in your own walk with God, to speak the scriptures ...

          When we get ready to move into the fullness of God’s authority and anointing, we have to conquer anything that is in our lives that could possibly rule us, and we must put ourselves in the “ready position”.  If there is a stronghold in your life, it has to come down; and it doesn’t have to be everything, it could just be one area of your life that is keeping you from being in His perfect will. That ONE thing can keep you from walking in your full authority and calling, or it can hinder your God-given gifts. It will hold you down and keep you so focused on that pain, hurt, rejection, loss, and more, that you lose sight of what God has for you - therefore giving the enemy the victory.  Pin-point it, Conquer it; if you are a believer, then you know that you have the same power inside of you that Jesus did when he walked here on the earth, so speak it every single day until it is no more. We have to remove that stronghold, sin, shame, hurt...

            It just happens like that sometimes… I am a music/song person, I have been for as long as I can remember. It is most likely because during my childhood, my parents were both musicians and songwriters, my mother was the Minister of Music at our church, and my dad was the pastor - but I was raised, not only to hear the songs, but to hear the words and the emotion behind them. So it was nothing unusual when I heard a new song for the first time, I listened to the words, felt every single one, tears slowly and quietly rolled down my cheeks. THIS ONE was different, it hit me differently. Why was I feeling so much emotion while listening to the song. It ministered to me in a way I had not felt before.       I went on and decided to remember it and listen to it again later. It was just a day or so later that it came on the radio again, and I listened intently again to every lyric - and again, I felt emotion that I could not des...

💗 We are Jimmy and Shara Ybarbo, we grew up in church and have been serving the Lord since childhood. We both have a history in various ministries, Jimmy's main (but not his only) focus was to the needy, and the homeless - the forgotten and unloved; while my focus was to the youth ministry, foster kids, and fine arts ministry. We came together about 4 years ago, Jimmy has 3 daughters, and I have 1 daughter and 3 sons; altogether we have 7 kids, and 5 grandkids so far! When we married, we were in a different place, Jimmy had been through some things that were devastating and life changing; and I had experienced devastating loss; and that’s when we found each other. Together we found so much joy and hope, we were delirious in love. Then, when the dust settled and we really began life together - we quickly realized that we were both so damaged from our past that we were a very toxic combination. While we were madly in love with each other, spiritually, we were in shambles. We had nev...

Jimmy grew up in church, just like many of you reading this, he learned at a young age about the love of Christ, and the Salvation that was available through Him. However, as a young man, because of many different circumstances, most that were out of his personal control, he chose another path for himself. After trying everything else he could think of, and never finding true happiness, he found himself staring right back at what he always knew was right, and he found his way back to Christ - he knew immediately that he was forgiven and accepted by his Savior, with open arms.  As much as he loved God and served him through many different avenues; over the years, all of the hurt, disappointment, and rejection - all of the things he thought he had defeated and turned over to God, began to slowly make their way back into his heart and mind. He started to realize that maybe he had never truly acknowledged the depth of the pain and hurt he had experienced - so while he thought he had fo...

          I began the journey into my soul searching a few years ago, and it has all led me here… today, to this moment. How I got here, well, that’s a much longer story than any of us have time for, so I will tell it like this:           From early on in life, I learned to…… well…. Let me put it this way…           You know when you have a Christmas tree, and over the years, you collect ornaments. Over time, you begin each Christmas season, placing each ornament on the tree, each one representing a moment in time, a memory for you, for your kids, or even better, for the whole family. You know, the one you got on that vacation of a lifetime that you took your kids on, just ONE time in their entire childhood. Every year when you place that ornament on the tree, you smile and remember that trip, those memories, those moments. Year by year, one by one, ornaments are added, along with memories of g...