February 24, 2026

Anchored in thy Word O Lord

Have you read the Bible today? This is usually the text I would receive from my good friend in the mornings. We both exchanged texts like: "How was your time with the Lord this morning?", "What did the Lord say to you this morning in your quiet time?" or " Have you read your Word today?". Ever since we've met she has brought this type of accountability with her. It has ignited in me a fire to start to hold myself more accountable. I used to be a Christian that barely read the bible throughout the week, let alone daily. The Bible says this:

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet

and a light for my path.

- Psalm 119: 105

How can we think we are going to be efficient followers of Jesus, hear from God or know His Will for our lives if we aren't consuming His Word? Without the Word we are fumbling in the darkness. The bible refers to Christ as the morning star (Rev. 22:16) and as the Word (John 1:14).

Another one of my sisters in Christ said this:

"Wash your mind with the Word of God." That sentence has stuck in my heart. I can testify to this. The more time I spend in the Word the more my mind is renewed and transformed.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

-Romans 12:2 NKJV

We constantly need the renewing of our minds. We need the reassurance, encouragement and mere truth from the Word of God to build us up in our spirits. We are in the world all day consuming other's opinions, concerns and agendas. To counteract this we need God's undeniable truth resting in us. The more we meditate on God's Word the more it comes up and out of us.

I will meditate on your precepts

and fix my eyes on your ways.

-Psalm 119:15 ESV

Your word I have hidden in my heart,

That I might not sin against You.

-Psalm 119:11 NKJV

Just like Ezekiel was told to eat the scroll (Ezekiel 3:1), we have to consume the Word of God to battle the lies of the devil and to hold on fast to the promises of the Lord. Reading the bible doesn't have to be overwhelming either. You can start by reading one chapter at a time. I recommend reading full chapters so you will get the correct context of the scriptures. Also, ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes to this spiritual book so you can see what Jesus wants to be revealed to you. The Bible is a lamp unto our feet but it also a weapon.

Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Ephesians 6:17 NLT

Let's be anchored deeply in Christ and the beautiful Word of God.

Be ye Anchored ⚓️

ADK

The Anchoring Sound

Music......People say music is the universal language. There are studies about the frequencies and vibrations of certain music being used as therapy because it helps release chemicals in the brain. Music is everywhere. In the grocery store, humming softly in the background in doctor's offices, whispering in the elevator, pulsating through the speakers at your favorite restaurant and even when you are placed on hold on a phone call. Music is almost impossible to escape. So for a follower of Jesus Christ how should we approach music? Should we listen to secular or the same music as the unbeliever? If you’d asked me this question 4-5 years ago I would've had a totally different answer than I have now.

Hi, my name is Ayana and I am a music lover. I need music to motivate me when I workout, to help me clean my house a little faster and just feel good at after a long day of work. I have always loved music, especially rap and hip-hop music. I love poetry so rap music always had a special place in my heart. I love the combination of lyrical wittiness, metaphors, similes and self expression in rap. My guilty pleasure was female hip hop artists...... the raunchy ones. The ones that said they didn't need a man, they were only after the bag and sex. The ones that glamorized the life of being with multiple partners and showing off their bodies. Now picture me, who claimed to love & know Jesus Christ, claimed to love my husband and claimed to want to honor the Lord - blasting those lyrics in my earphones. It doesn't line up right?

So, that is exactly what the Holy Spirit convicted me of. How can we read the bible, see a Holy God's commandments, see Jesus's sacrifice on the cross and still entertain music that blatantly goes against His Word? Music that boasts about sexual immorality, greed, worshiping money, worshiping our own bodies and murder. The bible speaks of people honoring the Lord with the lips but not with the hearts.

Mark 7:6 (NLT)

Jesus replied, “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote, ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

I thought I was free to listen to that stuff because I didn't live that way. I thought I was just having fun but now I can see where the compromise was leaking into my life. I was beginning to view my husband and his authority in my marriage differently, I was unsatisfied with what I had and I started letting unclean language slip out during conversations. I know that ALL secular music doesn't reference sex, money, drugs and murder in an outright manner but I know that a majority of the music that is popular or playing on the radio does. You have to ask yourself if the music isn't uplifting Jesus Christ and His ways then what is it uplifting? Music is spiritual. There are so many instances in the bible where music was played to get rid of demons or to help defeat the enemy on the battlefield.

1 Samuel 16:23 (NLT)

And whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go away.

2 Kings 3: 15-16 (NLT)

Now bring me someone who can play the harp.” While the harp was being played, the power of the Lord came upon Elisha, and he said, “This is what the Lord says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water!

I thought I would never be able to get out of the chokehold that secular music had on me. I prayed and God answered. I feel an intimacy with Jesus that I didn't feel before. Now I fill my ears with music that uplifts the Savior. He is such a good Father and provider that he has lead me to discover some great Christian artists in the genres of Jazz, R & B and Hip Hop. I will share my playlist and songs on the blog so you can check it out. I strongly encourage you to talk to the Lord about this and ask for discernment from the Holy Spirit. He wants you to be anchored in Him in every way.

Be ye Anchored ⚓️

ADK

The Good News

If you have eyes to see and ears to hear then you know that we live in an evil world. Yes, indeed there is beauty in this world and good things too but there’s also corruption, greed, envy, hatred , murder, rape and so on. God did not intend for the world to be this way.

Genesis 2:15-17 (NLT)

The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. But the Lord God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden— except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”

Adam and Eve were created sinless, fearless and unashamed but then they rebelled against God’s only warning and died spiritually. They let sin into the perfect world that God created.

Genesis 3:7 (NLT)

At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

To save us from spiritual death and being eternally separated from Our creator, God sent someone to pay the ultimate price for sin that we could not pay. He sent his son, Jesus.

John 3:16 (NLT)

For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Jesus came to Earth to sacrifice His life to make us right in God's eyes again. Jesus led a sinless life that we could not live and died an excruciating death for you and I. So if we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that He died for us and rose from the grave then we are saved from eternal separation from God.

If you are interested in putting your faith in Jesus Christ and need some guidance, go to the CONTACT tab at the top of the blog and leave your contact information. You can accept Jesus into your heart anywhere. You do not have to be at a church to do this. If you feel the pull of Jesus on your spirit answer Him. ❤️

Anchoring in Intimacy

Pray for me. How many times have you heard that in your life? Probably too many to count. As good Christians we are taught to pray over our meals, pray for the poor and broken hearted and pray before bed. A lot a Christians treat prayer as an "add-on"....... I was in that group of Christians.

I did a quick speed prayer in the mornings sometimes right out of bed or while brewing my morning coffee.I would pray for family members if they had fallen ill or pray when I needed something. I would talk to the Lord in the car on the way to work but I didn't consider prayer as a weapon or a tool. I surely didn't view it as one of the most MIGHTIEST OF TOOLS for a Christian!

Now, I do not think that the Lord doesn't want us to pray on the way to work or while making breakfast. The bible says to pray without ceasing.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV )

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

This being said, I do know that there is power, healing and peace when you designate a special, set apart time for the Lord in prayer.

Last year, I started waking up early to meet the Lord in my secret place. As my kids were sleeping in their warm beds, I crept into my closet and began to pray. Was this intimidating? Yes. I didn't know where to start but I just remembered that God is a good Father and I bore my heart to him. I also used this model of how Jesus told His disciples to pray:

Matthew 6: 9-13 (ESV)

Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come,

your will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.”

Jesus commanded us to pray. Jesus prayed......a lot. The bible shows Jesus taking time apart from the disciples to go in secret and pray to the Father. If Jesus needed to pray, how much more do we need to?

Our prayers are petitions to our Lord and they produce intimacy with Him. As we get to know Jesus more intimately we grow more sure of our place in His Kingdom and our faith grows. The enemy is always after our hope and faith. This is one of the biggest reasons that prayer is a weapon. I can now testify to many of my battles being won in the secret place.

Sometimes the battle isn't even ours...It's the Lord's.

2 Chronicles 20:15 (NLT)

He said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid! Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

Choose to fight at His feet! Fight your battles at the feet of the King in prayer and intercession because prayer is a weapon.

Be Ye Anchored ⚓️

My Testimony

I was a church kid, meaning I grew up in church. Our local church was my happy place but when my parents moved our family to another state my “happy place” was hours away. My relationship with our church and church culture was stronger than my relationship with the Lord. Through my later teenage years and earlier adulthood I had a relationship with God but it was shallow. I didn't seek the Lord for guidance and I was a lukewarm Christian.

In 2023, I felt God calling me to go deeper. My eyes were opened and as I got closer to Him I noticed that certain habits began to fall away from me. I didn’t have an appetite for the things I did before. I no longer listen to the things I used to, I didn't go to certain places or delight in the things that hurt my Savior. I got re-baptized in a backyard pool that was prayed over by a sincere man of God. When I came up from that watery grave I knew that this time would be different because this baptism was me as an adult choosing Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

January 25, 2026

The Anchoring

Cambridge Dictionary gives these two definitions for an anchor :

(1) Anchor (noun)

A heavy metal object, usually shaped like a cross with curved arms, on a strong rope or chain, that is dropped from a boat into the water to prevent the boat from moving away:

(2) Anchor (noun)

Someone or something that gives support when needed:

Jesus Christ our Lord is both of these. ♥️

Hebrews 6:18-19 (NLT)

"So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary"

We, as believer's, have to anchor ourselves in the Lord so deeply because He'll be the only one to hold us in the future. I ask myself these questions sometimes: Are you willing to die for the Truth? When that time comes will your courage waiver? I pray that God blesses me with the courage of the disciples, men and women who came before us that died for the sake of the Truth. If we are drowned in Christ's love and peace what could EVER pluck us from His hand? Nothing and no one

John 10:28-30 (NLT)

"I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”

BE YE ANCHORED ⚓️

The Anchored Life