Friday, September 25, 2026
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It’s that time of year. 🍎 Apple picking tomorrow. Apple crisp with American college football on a Saturday is fine with me! Hope you enjoy your weekend.
🔎 In this issue: The relationship, the business, the dream you buried. Let's see what God may do. Either way, we trust God. Also, men, beware of these trap questions from your wife!
Brian
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Each week we feature a Kingdom Dynamic …
Is is comeback time? Shift, Pray, Proclaim
The relationship, the business, the dream you buried. Let's see what God may do. Either way, we trust God. — Brian
Something sick or dying in your world? A relationship, a business, a ministry project? Could it be comeback time?
Tabitha was known for her kindness and charity. Then she got sick and died. When Peter arrived, the widows stood around him weeping, holding up the garments she'd made them.
"But Peter put them all out, and knelt down and prayed. And turning to the body he said, 'Tabitha, arise'" (Acts 9:40, NKJV).
#1 Condition the environment.
Grief is real. But Peter shifted the room away from wailing and toward Kingdom possibility. He'd watched Jesus do the same with a little girl (Matthew 9:23-25). You may need to stop listening to some things. Live from the inside out.
#2 Pray through.
Peter knelt. Some things cool and casual prayer won't win. At the throne of grace we pick up God's voice signature and find "grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:16).
#3 Pivot and proclaim in faith.
Jesus defined faith first as belief-filled speaking (Mark 11:23). Peter rose from prayer, faced the situation, and spoke. She opened her eyes.
This isn't a formula. It's a Kingdom pattern that flows from a living connection with Christ.
In Christ you carry redemptive lift. It could be comeback time.
Jesus, condition my environment for the extraordinary. I'll pray through until I receive. Then I'll rise, turn, and speak in faith.
🎧 On the pod
Tread by Faith: Claiming Ground God Has for You | Jesus Smart X, Ep. 385. There's ground out there with your name on it, but it only opens to a certain pace of faith. Inspired by the Hebrew word darach (to tread, to march), this episode calls you past strolling and walking into something more intense: treading by faith.
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Trap questions from your wife!
😬 Check out these common trap questions wives love to ask and how you should respond to each:
Q: Which one of my friends is the prettiest?
A: You have female friends? I never noticed.
Q: Does this dress make me look fat?
A: Get behind me, Satan!
Q: What do you want for dinner?
A: Whatever you're thinking of right now, sweetheart.
Q: What should we watch tonight?
A: No matter what you put on the TV, I'll just be watching you.
Q: If I died, would you remarry? 🚨
A: No, because I would die too.
Q: Do you notice anything different about the way I look today?
A: Only that you grow even more beautiful with every rising and setting of the sun.
Q: Do you remember what today is? 🫵
A: Throw a flashbang and RUN!
Nice, right men? And there’s more! Worth studying. Married men (and those who aspire to be)… go to 12 common trap questions from your wife and how to respond to each (Babylon Bee)!
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Best,
Brian Del Turco
