Brian Kendrick

11/11/2025

it’s crazy when you step back, zoom out, and see God working in your life.

11/06/2025

We live our whole lives chasing things that fade.

Think about this for a second:

Most of us don’t even know our great-great grandfather’s name.
A man who lived only 50–60 years before we were born.
A man who worked, struggled, laughed, cried, bled, sacrificed, and had dreams of his own.

And yet… he’s forgotten.

And in 50 years, the same will likely be true for us.
Our cars, our clothes, our bank accounts, our muscles, our achievements —
none of it will be remembered.

They’ll clean out our house.
They’ll donate what’s left.
Life will go on without us.

So the question becomes:

What actually lasts?

Jesus said:
“Do not store up treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy…
but store up treasures in heaven.” (Matthew 6:19–20)

Because heaven keeps record of what eternity values.

Every act of love…
Every person you helped stand back up…
Every time you chose forgiveness when bitterness would’ve been easier…
Every soul you pointed back to God…

That’s what echoes long after we’re gone.

That’s how you leave a legacy that doesn’t die
when your name does.

Live for the Kingdom.
Make your ripples eternal.

11/03/2025

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“Riches on Earth vs. Building in Heaven” — Matthew 6:19–21

In today’s culture, this message isn’t popular.
We live in a world that measures success by what you drive, what you wear, and what you own. Every ad tells you that happiness is one purchase away — that prosperity equals favor, and comfort equals blessing.

But Jesus flipped that idea upside down.
He said not to store up treasures on earth — because they rot, rust, and fade.
He told us to store up treasure in heaven — because that’s the only kind that lasts.

That doesn’t mean money is evil or success is wrong. It means that what we worship matters. When our hearts chase material things, we lose sight of eternal purpose.

The world will always glorify gain.
But heaven celebrates sacrifice.
The world says “build your empire.”
Jesus says, “build the Kingdom.”

Where your treasure is… that’s where your heart will be.

11/02/2025

“Wrestling With God”

Genesis 32:24-28 — “So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak… Then the man touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man… Then the man said, ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome.’”

Sometimes we wrestle with God and don’t even realize it.
We fight against His will.
We resist His timing.
We hold onto our old identity when He’s trying to give us a new one.

Jacob didn’t wrestle because he hated God — he wrestled because he wanted God’s blessing. But to receive it, he had to be broken. God didn’t destroy him; He touched him. A single touch — enough to humble him, to mark him forever, to make him walk differently from that day on.

And that’s how it is for us.
Sometimes God lets us fight until we’re exhausted, until we finally stop trying to win on our own strength. Then He reaches out and “touches our hip.” He takes something away — pride, control, comfort — and it hurts. But that wound becomes the place where His presence enters deepest.

We don’t walk the same after wrestling with God.
We walk slower. More dependent. More grateful.

11/02/2025

📖 1 Peter 3:10-12 (NLT)
“If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies. Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it. The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and His ears are open to their prayers. But the Lord turns His face against those who do evil.”

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There’s a peace that comes when you stop fighting God and start walking with Him again.
For the first time in a long time, I can feel His presence working in my life — steady, quiet, and powerful.

The storms haven’t disappeared, but there’s clarity in the middle of them now.
My heart is being softened, my mind is being renewed, and my spirit feels alive again.

I’m not where I want to be yet… but I’m not who I was either.
And for that — I’m grateful.

11/01/2025

THIS is what God laid on my heart today

The War Within

“What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?” — James 4:1

We’re all fighting battles that no one else can see — not out there, but in here.
That tug-of-war between what our flesh wants and what God’s Spirit is calling us to be.

We want control, validation, attention, comfort… but James calls it out: “Friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God.”
Every time we chase what the world promises, we drift further from the peace He offers.

But here’s the hope — He gives more grace.
Even when we’ve been fighting on the wrong side, His grace is still enough to pull us back.

So today, take a breath. Drop the mask.
Let go of the war inside and let grace win.

10/23/2025

MANHOOD

Being a man isn’t about getting it right the first time.
It’s built on failure — forged through trial and error.
We fall. We mess up. We break things we were trying to build.
But every time we rise, we rise sharper, stronger, wiser.

Responsibility isn’t something you’re born ready for.
It’s something you grow into — by showing up when it’s heavy,
by owning your mistakes instead of hiding from them,
and by learning to lead even when you’re scared.

Manhood isn’t about perfection.
It’s about persistence.
It’s about falling a hundred times and standing up a hundred and one.

Be accountable.
Be relentless.
Be the man who doesn’t quit —
not because it’s easy,
but because it’s yours to carry.

10/22/2025

10/22/2025

truth

10/21/2025

Every day I wake up and go to war ⚔️ — not with the world, but with the voice inside my head.
That voice that questions everything I do…
That voice that doubts me, criticizes me, and tries to convince me I’m not enough.

It’s the same voice that reminds me of every failure I’ve ever had.
The one that tells me to give up. To stay comfortable. To quit.
But the truth is — that voice doesn’t want to guide me… it wants to kill me.
It wants the old me. The broken me. The weak me. The version of me that used to settle.

And some mornings, I hear it louder than ever.
But I’ve learned to recognize it for what it is — the enemy within.
That’s not my intuition. That’s not my soul. That’s the darkness trying to drag me back.

So I fight it — with prayer 🙏, with discipline 💪, with action.
Every rep, every mile, every moment of silence is a weapon in that war.
And every day I win that battle, I come out a little stronger… a little freer.

Not today, Satan.
Not today. 👊🔥