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All good things lie on the other side of fear.
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I Got Better
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“It’s good to hear you laugh again Zeke.” @sirtomr.14799
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Super grateful to have a little short vacation in AZ. God has been so good to me. I’ve always been firm on community communicates Christ. As I’ve been on this journey of unraveling and healing, I have been able to see clear and understand why bad company corrupts good character. I’ve have returned to myself these past several months and I feel good, great actually. I feel like me again and I get to see more of that this year. Been so blessed by how God’s not only surrounded me with a lot of great friendships through the years. James and I have been doing trips since 2017 and has been an annual thing to aim now for some kind of trip. These fellas have seen me through a lot of things and this time around they have seen me return back to who I always was. Someone who dreamed big and dreamed of impossible. Somebody who hoped when it all seems lost. Somebody who could laugh in the darkest places. Someone who relied on his community to bring him through. I have a lot to be grateful for and I have a lot of friends, family and community that have been and are tremendous blessings. I have reflected on where I was and where I’ve been and God’s brought me to a place that has been so restful and restorative in this season of life.

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The Lord Provided and Will Continue To Provide
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What a year
faithful through the tears

Countless provision
beyond my vision

To new and old
inspiration to be bold

No measure to His kindness
A testament of His goodness

In Him I lack nothing
Reminded in Him I have everything
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If I had the capacity to share on this platform all those moments of this year with every person God has blessed me with there would be too many. God has been so so good to me despite circumstances. He has helped me through some very tough and dark moments this year has wrought. He has brought me to places and people that have and continue to walk with me on this journey of life. He has begun a good work in me and is faithful to complete it.

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October
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October has been a full month and my cup has been filled to the brim this month with so many momentous moments to celebrate. God has been so so good to me.
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Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn
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Romans 12:15

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August Rush
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God has been so so good to me. I’m grateful for all that He is doing and all the He will do. I’m reminded that I can still enjoy every moment of my life if choose to do so. Love what I get to take part in and all the memories made. Love all the friends and family who’ve shown me great love and compassion and have kept pointing me back to Jesus.

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This month felt deeply lived and well spent — a mixture of grief and hope, both brewing in the same cup.

One of the biggest reminders God has brought me through is this: haunted things can become holy things.
When I look back at where I was and where I am now… it’s nothing like I imagined. It’s more — and it’s all grace.

I’m so thankful for the friends and family who have helped me slow down, breathe again, and rediscover joy.
God’s been gently restoring the confidence I fumbled over the years, and piece by piece, it’s returning.

I’ve been reminded that I can have hope — especially when I’m fixed on Jesus.
And when I choose to set my mind on what is true, noble, just, pure, lovely, admirable — anything excellent or praiseworthy — my soul begins to rest again.

Even when I don’t know how things will turn out, I know that in His hands, it will be good. Always good.

“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
Philippians 4:8

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Safe & Sound
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Life doesn’t look like what I thought it would — and honestly, that’s been hard to sit with.

As I’ve reflected on the past few years of ministry, I’ve realized I picked up some toxic patterns and defense mechanisms without even knowing it. I normalized harsh treatment and ignored the toll it was taking on my heart and mind.

That’s been a tough truth to face.
But healing is happening.
God has placed people in my life who’ve shown up, created safe spaces, and spoken life over me in my process.

It hasn’t been easy, but I see God’s hand in it all. I’m stepping out of dysregulation and shame, and into peace, confidence, and healing.

It’s messy — but God is making something beautiful.
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“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
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Romans 8:28
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“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
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Isaiah 43:19
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“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’”
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2 Corinthians 12:9
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Tag limits are dumb just fyi.

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Flourishing In February
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A bit of February. The Lord is good and has been doing wonders in my life in this particular season and chapter of life. I’m very grateful I can celebrate and weep and they don’t have to take away from each other. I’m loving my life again and I’m living it again.

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Yet
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Life lately has been dealing with what has yet to be. I’ve been sifting through motions of a dream that can be once more. It hasn’t looked like the way I had dreamed but it has been with the family, friends, and community to get through it with. I’m embracing the good company around me more and more, it’s been very healing to be around many people who encourage my healing and growth and not be around ones that have choked my healing and anchored it in anxious living. I’m catching glimmers of His goodness on the daily in a season that has been very difficult mentally, spiritually, emotionally and physically but I know something good is yet to come. The constant reminder as of late has been to be faithful in the little things in front of me, my response to the little, our response and stewardship of little things matters. So, I want to ensure I do that well and nurture the space for that to grow healthy. Change is hard but change is also good. I’m enjoying the moments and for the time being I will just be still and know that He is God and He is good.

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You Are The Summation Of Who You Commune With
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“Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
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‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭33‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
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I’ve been sitting on this thought for several months now and it has me very thankful to God that he has surrounded me and blessed me with really amazing family and friends. You are the summation of who you commune with. I’m coming back to God-given gifts of tremendous compassion and care that the past couple years I’ve willing hid away or put under a lampshade, in turn when I allowed myself to be deceived by certain voices in my life. I look back and really have seen how bad company corrupts good character. I’m returning back to what has made me, me. I’ve always been a huge advocate for finding your “family” whether it be blood or chosen. That we have an innate desire to be seen, to be known, and to be loved wholly. Across my years of finding my people by familial relationships or phileo/friendly relationships I’ve seen the tremendous impact it has had on me over the years especially in space where I have been able to be fully seen with faults and all. To be know with every beautiful and ugly thing in life and everything in between. To be loved with no limits and shown it unconditionally. I’ve been processing a lot lately and God has given me the opportunity to find my voice again and in and through it my community has been a huge part of that. Community communicates Christ and my community does that well.

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Big Announcement
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With 2024 coming to a close, we wanted to acknowledge the amazing things God has done in and through @collective.church the past 4 years. With all who’ve come alongside us on this journey, those who’ve helped build a home in this community, and those who’ve held us up in hardship, we want to honor those memories as an Ebenezer in our journey as a church plant. This will be a time we can look back on and see what God has done in and through this community.

For those who’ve been following and have supported, we are prayerfully considering what the next steps are and how to approach that wisely.

We’ve been in pursuit of bettering the health of our church’s leadership and have slowed down a bit to process all that’s happened.

Due to our circumstances we have undergone significant changes and, despite it, there is a lot of new opportunity. We have, through wise counsel, made necessary changes to better operate and walk in what the Lord is doing in this church. We are also continuing to work with the proper authorities as it pertains to our findings.

We are so excited for what the Lord is doing and has done in, through and for us! In 2025, our goal is to pursue wholeness and holiness, with the mission to help people FIND and FOLLOW Jesus. Continue praying alongside us as we venture into 2025 restarting and replanting.

As a reminder this is our new and only church Instagram account. We no longer use or have access to our previous account @collective.chrch This is our one and only account and will be the place of communication going into 2025

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Lots To Be Thankful For
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Thank the Lord for all the memories made. I have a lot to be grateful for in this season of life. God has tremendously reminded me that even with horrible life circumstances that I can still have moments of praise, celebration and thanksgiving. Whether moments were just for a short time I know time was well spent. I don’t regret how I spent my time with my friends, my community, my people. The Lord has blessed me with very amazing people to be thankful for and I’m so glad to be doing life and have made countless memories just this year. Thankful that I’ve been able to recognize that I can live in duality with my hurt and healing, my grief and my joy, my loss and my gain. A lot of healing is starting to happen and I’m so thankful for the things God is working in and through me. Things may not be ideal but my life is still good because I serve a very great God who is working all things for my good and for His glory. When things seem impossible He makes things possible because He is my strength.

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