Many believers genuinely love Jesus. They worship with sincerity, read Scripture faithfully, serve others, and long to grow in their walk with God. Their faith is real, not performative. And yet, beneath that devotion, many feel a quiet tension they rarely name. Freedom feels limited. Their relationship with God feels guarded rather than open. Confidence rises and falls. Intimacy with others feels costly, risky, and exhausting. They are saved, but not fully at rest, secure, o

When Jesus met Bartimaeus, a blind man, on the roadside, He asked a question that almost seems unnecessary:  “What do you want Me to do for you?”  (Mark 10:51 NKJV). The answer appeared obvious, Bartimaeus wanted to see. Yet Jesus’ question reveals something essential about healing: genuine healing starts when we take the first step and choose to name  what’s happening inside us. In the same way, emotional healing begins when we find language for what we feel. Because it is i

“It felt like there were a thousand voices in my head, but none of them were peace.” That’s how Jenna , a 21-year-old college student, described her life before discovering Exhale: 31 Devotions for the Soul.  Growing up in a broken home left her with deep confusion about her worth and constant shame about her past. Though she loved Jesus, her thoughts often felt clouded and chaotic, like she couldn’t tell what was true anymore. One night, while scrolling through social media,