Trusting God at the Crossroads: Don’t Let Anything Steal Your Joy

 

What’s up, wonderful, amazing, sweet, and lovely people? How are you all doing today? I hope you’re having an absolutely amazing day today. And I hope you never let anything steal your joy.

Welcome to Arms Joyful Life. It’s a beautiful day, and I’m so excited to be here with you again.

Today, let’s talk about something real… something deep—trusting God, especially when life doesn’t go the way you expected.

What Do You Do When You Feel Lost?

What do you do when you reach a crossroads in your life… and you really need God to move, but it feels like your trust is gone?

You did everything right.

You worked hard.

You gave it your all.

You believed it would happen.

But somehow… it didn’t turn out the way you wanted.

Now you feel lost. Empty. Frustrated. Maybe even a little broken.

If that’s you today, pause for a moment and ask yourself:

Did I start relying more on my own strength than on God?

Did I focus so much on effort that I forgot faith?

Am I standing in the way of what God wants to do?

Are You Blocking Your Own Blessing?

Sometimes, without even realizing it, we try to control everything. We hold on so tightly to our plans that we don’t leave room for God to move.

But here’s the truth:

God still performs miracles.

The impossible is still possible.

So the real question is…

Did we stop trusting somewhere along the way?

When did we take our eyes off God and start depending only on ourselves?

The Answer: Surrender

If you’re feeling stuck, the answer isn’t to try harder.

It’s to surrender.

Let go. Release control. Invite God back into every part of your life.

Let’s do that together right now.

A Simple Prayer of Surrender

Lord, I surrender.

I surrender everything—my faith, my hope, my life, my thoughts—everything to You.

Only You can make everything beautiful.

Only You can give true peace.

Only You bring lasting success.

Forgive me, God, for thinking I could do it on my own.

Forgive me for losing faith.

Forgive me for allowing my situation to overwhelm me.

Take over, Lord.

Have Your way in my life.

Move how You want to move.

Show up how You want to show up.

Because You are a good God, and You always come through.

Right now, Lord… have Your way.

Get Ready for Your Breakthrough

As you say this prayer, take a deep breath. Release the weight. Let peace come in.

And get ready…

Because you are about to see God move in your life.

You are about to experience His miracle.

You are about to have a testimony.

And I can’t wait to share mine with you… just like I can’t wait to hear yours.

Final Reminder

No matter what you’re facing today…

Don’t let anybody—and don’t let anything—steal your joy.

Are You Really Ready for the Blessing?

 What’s up, wonderful, amazing, sweet, and lovely people?

It’s a beautiful day today, and I’m super excited to be back with you for another blog post. I am truly grateful for you. Thank you for following along, for reading, and for being here with me on this journey. Your presence means more than you know.

Today, I want to share something personal—something that has really stood out to me lately. I’ve heard speakers and teachers talk about this before, and I’ve experienced it in my own life, but this time… it hit different. It became impossible to ignore.

So let me ask you a question—one that I had to ask myself honestly:

Are you really ready for the blessing?

Are you ready for the answers to the prayers you’ve been praying?

We say we want freedom—material freedom, financial freedom, emotional freedom. We say we want more. But are we truly ready for it? Or do we say we want these things because it sounds good, because it’s convenient, because we think that’s what we’re supposed to say?

What if the truth is… we want freedom, but we’re deeply committed to struggle?

Recently, something happened that really bothered me—in a revealing way. I had been praying, asking God for something, saying I was open to it. And then the signs started showing up. It looked like the very thing I prayed for was about to happen.

But instead of excitement, I noticed something else.

Uneasiness.

Hesitation.

Fear.

And I had to pause and ask myself—why am I uncomfortable when freedom is knocking on my door?

Could it be that I’ve lived with deprivation, pain, and struggle for so long that it feels familiar? And now that the freedom I prayed for is showing up, something inside of me wants to block it?

Our nervous system can become so used to struggle that struggle starts to feel normal. Pain becomes familiar. Deprivation becomes predictable. And when real change is about to happen—when God is about to answer our prayers—our nervous system resists it.

This is why prayer is so important.

When we start feeling hesitation about moving toward our goals… when we feel resistance as our dreams start unfolding… when the prayers we’ve been crying out suddenly begin to manifest—that’s when we need to be alert. That’s not God holding us back. That’s the enemy trying to keep us in a place God has already provided a way of escape from.

So today, in the name of Jesus, we take authority.

Any spirit—any demonic influence, any force of hell within us—that tries to keep us stuck in perpetual struggle, in complaining, in lack, in “not enough,” we break its hold right now in Jesus’ name.

We put an end to the spirit of struggle.

We put an end to the spirit of pain and deprivation.

We command the light of God’s presence to shine on us and elevate us into the new place of freedom and joy that we have been praying for.

Any familiarity we’ve built with suffering…

Any unconscious contract we’ve made with struggle…

Any identity rooted in pain and lack…

We break it in Jesus’ name.

Freedom is good.

When God is doing something new, it is time to celebrate—not mourn the old. Not feel sorry for ourselves. Not cling to pain just because it’s familiar.

That desire to stay in struggle? That’s not humility. That’s the enemy trying to keep us in a place that no longer serves us.

So today, we choose differently.

Any power of hell that is trying to keep us from walking in what God has already destined for us—we break its hold. We step out of what’s familiar and step fully into freedom. We say yes to answered prayers. We say yes to new opportunities. We say yes to God’s provision.

In Jesus’ name, amen.

Don’t be afraid. God is with you. It is God’s plan to bless you.

And I want you to know—I’m taking this step too. I’m right here with you. We are embracing the new. We are embracing the blessing. We are saying yes to what God has already provided.

We walk forward with confidence, knowing our Heavenly Father has our back and is with us every step of the way.

Today, I call us into making freedom and blessings normal in our lives—because that is God’s plan for us.

And one more thing…

Don’t let anybody steal your joy.