Chaplain TK

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What will you do the next time a hard conversation comes up?
Drop the sword. Pick up grace.

Lessons from Abigail in 1 Samuel 25:
A Bully wins arguments, but destroys people.
An Enabler stays quiet to keep the peace, but causes harm.
A Peacemaker stands firm with grace.

Real boldness doesn't run from the fire—it steps in to stop it.

Looking for a place to study the Bible? Our interactive and practical approach is open to all ages, levels, and interests. Every Sunday at 4pm on Zoom.

The Living Room
Zoom ID # 863 4719 6569
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It’s easy to have faith when the outcome is guaranteed, the crowd is cheering, and the path ahead is clear. But what happens when doing the right thing puts you right in the middle of a furnace? 🔥

In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego faced an impossible choice: bow to Nebuchadnezzar's golden idol or be thrown into an inferno. Their response is one of the most powerful declaration of faith of all time.

"Our God is able to deliver us... BUT EVEN IF HE DOES NOT, we want you to know we will not bow" (Daniel 3:17-18).

Notice their conviction. They didn't test God by demanding an escape plan. They trusted His ability (He is able), but they surrendered to His sovereignty (Even if He does not).

And when they were thrown into the fire, the furnace didn't consume them. Instead, Nebuchadnezzar looked in and saw FOUR men walking around unbound, and the fourth looked like the Son of God.

God didn't extinguish the fire; He joined them in it. The only things that burned away in the furnace were the ropes holding them back.

Whatever trial or pressure you’re facing this week, remember this: Jesus isn't waiting for you at the end of the fire...He’s walking through it right beside you.

Feeling the heat this week?
Come join us this Sunday at 4pm. Zoom ID # 863 4719 6569

Win Free Tix ✨

Join Chaplain TK and Be Bold for Jesus at our last Get Together Summer Worship Experience at Minnehaha Park for a chance to win two free tickets to the Be Bold for Jesus Conference on October 2-3 featuring a concert with Josiah Queen!

Must be present to win. The event starts at 6:30 with live music by AP Collective beginning at 7pm. Bring a chair and a blanket and come worship with us under the stars! 🌟

We live in a culture that honors the hustle, the solo grind, and the leader who carries the weight of the world on their shoulders. But in Exodus 18, God gives us a completely different model.

Moses was working from sunup to sundown trying to solve everyone's problems. He thought he was being faithful. But his father-in-law, Jethro, pulled him aside and delivered a blunt truth: "What you are doing is not good. You will only wear yourself out." (Exodus 18:17-18)

When you refuse to ask for help, delegate, or admit your limits, you don't just burn yourself out, you cause everyone around you to wither in line waiting on you.

It took BOLD HUMILITY for Moses, a man who spoke to God face-to-face, to put down his ego, listen to advice, and hand over real authority to other capable leaders.

Kingdom boldness isn't proving you can do it all alone. True boldness is admitting your limits, stepping back, and empowering the people around you to step up.

Ready to stop carrying it all solo? Pull up a chair this Sunday as we continue our series, "How Bold R U?"

Sundays at 4pm | The Living Room
Zoom ID # 863 4719 6569

Labor Day was created as a well-deserved pause to celebrate production, industry, and the value of a hard day’s work. But in our hyper-connected, high-performance world, even our “days off” have been co-opted. We turn long weekends into aggressive checklists of home maintenance, travel logistics, or social events, returning to work on Tuesday just as exhausted as when we left. We treat resting as a luxury we have to earn, rather than a fundamental human requirement.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy labored, and I will give you rest.” - Matthew 11:28

Here is the spiritual plot twist: biblical rest isn’t the reward for finishing all your work...it is the foundation that allows you to work without losing your soul. When Jesus offers rest to the “weary and heavy labored,” He isn’t pitching a quick nap or a long weekend away. He is offering a release from the relentless identity-trap that says you are only as valuable as what you produce. Entering His rest is a deliberate act of quiet resistance. It is declaring that your worth was locked in before you ever built a career, closed a deal, or cleared an inbox. Stopping to rest is an act of trust that the world will keep spinning even when your hands are still.