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4191 The First Step is Asking

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Release Date: 09/20/2026

4220 You Were Never Meant To Think Alone show art 4220 You Were Never Meant To Think Alone

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

There's a room inside of you that rarely gets a visitor. It's where the replaying happens — the conversations you wish you'd handled differently, the fears you won't say out loud, the questions you're not sure you're allowed to ask. Most treat that room like it belongs only to them. Private. Personal. Locked. You were never meant to think alone, sitting there sorting through your thoughts. That's not a flaw in you. It's a feature of how God made you. God didn't hand you a mind and say, "Good luck in there." He gave you His Spirit. He gave you His Word. He gave you His presence—not just for...

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

There's a quiet ache that comes from doing all the right things and still not seeing the breakthrough. The prayers have been prayed. The steps have been taken. The showing up has happened even on the days when quitting felt easier. And yet — the door hasn't opened. The answer hasn't come. The thing that's been hoped for and believed for still feels like it's sitting somewhere just out of reach. What happens when the answer is wait? If any of that sounds familiar today, sweet friend, hear this clearly: faithfulness is not falling on deaf ground, and no one who walks with God is ever...

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

The love is real. You know you love him. But somewhere between the school pickups, the dinner, dishes, and dogs, and the dozen things on tomorrow’s list, you realize something unsettling. You have not actually been with him in days. Not really. You have been in the same house. Maybe even in the same room. But making room for us — for the two of you — has quietly slipped to the bottom of a list that never seems to end. And what gets pushed to the bottom eventually gets forgotten. That is not because you do not care. It is because life is loud. And marriage, by nature, is patient. It does...

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

There’s a tiredness that sleep doesn’t fix. It’s not in your body — it’s in your soul. It’s the kind of exhaustion that shows up when you’ve been pouring and pouring and no one ever thought to ask if you were empty. You made breakfast, signed the permission slips, held the crying child, smiled through the chaos, late-night conversations — and when the house finally went quiet, you realized you had nothing left. Not for them. Not for yourself. Not for the woman you used to recognize. She gave everything and called it love — and you know her because you’ve been her or might...

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Some seasons ask you to keep going when nothing around you looks any different. The bills are still there. The relationship still aches. The answer you’ve been praying for hasn’t shown up at your door with a bow on it; no overnight delivery. And somewhere in the quiet of another ordinary morning, you wonder if anything is actually happening at all. My friend — you can hold on to what you cannot see. Because the most important work rarely announces itself. It moves underground, in the places your eyes will never reach, building something your circumstances haven’t caught up to yet....

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

You see it happening. Something in you is shifting — the way you pray, the way you respond, the way you hold your peace when you used to lose it. There’s new growth forming in your spirit, and it’s real. But before you rush to show the world, before you post it, proclaim it, or perform it for an audience, don’t pick the bud. "The bloom’s beauty comes from its budded heart that has had time to become. You can’t rush what is not ready." ~ Kristianne Wargo Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #WellspringWednesday #CreateYourNow...

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Pretending takes so much more energy than people realize. It’s not just one lie — it’s a thousand tiny adjustments every single day. You’ve been carrying it for a while now, haven’t you? That careful smile. That practiced answer — I’m good, I’m fine, everything’s great. And maybe you’ve gotten so good at wearing it that even you’ve started to believe it. But it’s time to put the mask down because you’re finally ready to be whole. Otherwise, you find youself adjusting your voice and your posture. You rearrange your face before you walk into the room. You swallow the...

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4213 The Weight of What-If show art 4213 The Weight of What-If

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

You've done it before: lying awake at night replaying a conversation that hasn't happened yet, mapping out every worst-case scenario before getting out of bed. You've carried the weight of what-if, and you didn't even realize how heavy it was until you couldn't stand up straight anymore. Fear-based thinking doesn't always look like panic. Sometimes it looks like planning. What a concept!  Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #MindsetMonday #CreateYourNow #PersonalDevelopment It's the mental rehearsal of everything that could go wrong —...

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

You know that moment right before the words leave your mouth —  your pulse is up, your thoughts are racing, and everything in you wants to say the thing. To set the record straight. To be heard. To fire back. But before you say a word, what if the most powerful thing you could do in that moment is nothing at all? What if the gap between the feeling and the speaking is actually one of the wisest places God has given you to stand? Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #SweetSpirit #CreateYourNow #SoulfulSunday We live in a world that...

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4211 The Power of 4211 The Power of "I See You"

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Something powerful happens in a marriage when one person turns to the other and says, with quiet, deliberate presence — I see you. The power of “I see you” is not about fixing anything, solving a problem, or checking something off a list. It is about pausing long enough to notice the human being standing right in front of you.  The one who shows up day after day, doing the things no one claps for. The one who carries burdens they have not fully named. When was the last time you looked at your spouse and let them know that who they are matters to you? Desire to be supported and...

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There are moments in life when you stand at the crossroads, and everything in you wants to know which way to go. You've prayed. You've weighed the options. You've asked the people closest to you what they think. And still, the path ahead feels uncertain. But what if the breakthrough you've been searching for doesn't start with more information, more advice, or more time? What if the first step is asking — not the people around you, but the God above you?

That's where wisdom begins. Not with having the answers, but with being brave enough to admit we need them.

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James 1:5–6 tells us, "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt."

God gives generously, without finding fault. He doesn't roll His eyes when we come to Him confused. He doesn't keep a tally of how many times we've asked the same question. He gives — and He gives freely.

But here's the part we sometimes rush past. James says we have to ask in faith, without doubting.

That doesn't mean we have to be perfect. It means we have to be willing to trust that when God speaks, He means it. Asking without faith is like opening your hands to receive a gift and then pulling them back before it's placed in them. God is extending wisdom to us, but we have to keep our hands open long enough to receive it.

Proverbs 2 paints an even fuller picture. Solomon writes, "If you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding."

There's urgency in those words. Call out. Cry aloud. Search for it like treasure. Wisdom isn't something that just falls into our laps while we're scrolling through our phones. It takes pursuit. It takes hunger. It takes the kind of seeking that says, "God, I'm not moving until I hear from You."

And that might be the most countercultural thing a woman can do today — slow down long enough to seek God before she makes the next move.

The K.I.S.S. ~ The first step is asking!

We live in a world that celebrates speed. Quick decisions. Fast results. Instant answers at our fingertips. But speed without wisdom is just motion without direction. You can be busy every single day and still be walking in circles. Wisdom is what gives your steps purpose. It's the difference between running hard and running toward something that matters.

Think about the women in your life who carry a quiet strength. The ones who don't panic when everything shifts. The ones who seem to know when to speak and when to stay silent, when to move and when to wait. That's not luck. That's not personality. That's the fruit of a woman who has spent time in the presence of God, asking Him for what she cannot manufacture on her own.

You don't have to have it all figured out today. You don't have to see every step ahead of you before you take the first one. But you do have to be willing to ask. And not just once — every morning, every decision, every conversation that matters. "God, give me wisdom for this." It's one of the simplest prayers you will ever pray, and it's one He has promised to answer.

So wherever you are right now — standing at a crossroads, sitting in uncertainty, or just trying to get through a season that feels heavier than you expected — start here. Ask Him. He's not withholding. He's waiting for you to come to Him with open hands and a willing heart.

This is the beginning of something beautiful. Over the coming weeks, we're going to walk through what it looks like to live in wisdom every single day — in our homes, in our relationships, in our decisions, and in our faith. But it all starts right here, right now, with a single, honest prayer: "Lord, give me wisdom."

With God, nothing is impossible.

"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"

 

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Music by Mandisa - Overcomer

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Song ID: 68209
Song Title: Overcomer
Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia
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