DISCLAIMER - (63)
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Welcome all my new friends here. Psalm 34:18 — “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” If God is close to the brokenhearted, then being brokenhearted is not a disqualification. It’s a location where He meets us. Shalom baby, Kenn
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Worship in the Valleys of the Shadow of Death - 62
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Psalm 23:4 Family, everybody loves to talk about worship on the mountaintop. When the sun is shining, the bills are paid, the body feels strong, and the future looks bright — oh, we know how to worship then. But the older I get, the more I realize: the deepest worship doesn’t come from the mountain. It comes from the valley.
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When the Boat Is Empty
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Proverbs 19:11 — “A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”
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Written Chosen and Still Becoming
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“Written, Chosen, and Still Becoming” Scripture Reading: Psalm 139:1–16; Romans 7:15–25; Psalm 34:18
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When God Teaches You Through Family Pressure (59)
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“Lessons From the Tight Place: When God Teaches You Through Family Pressure” Genesis 37 • 1 Samuel 16–19 • Mark 3:21 • 2 Corinthians 4:8
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WHEN LOVE MEETS BOUNDARIES - 58
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Every one of us knows what it feels like to love people who don’t always love us back. Some of the deepest wounds don’t come from strangers — they come from kinfolk. People who share our blood but not our values. People who take our time, drain our peace, and expect access without accountability. The Bible does not hide this reality. It speaks honestly about takers, users, manipulators, and relatives who bring strife instead of peace. Today’s message is not about bitterness. It’s about clarity, wisdom, and boundaries that honor God.
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Life is Life. Perspective is Everything
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Brothers and sisters, we often hear people say, “Life is good” or “Life is hard.” But the truth is—life itself doesn’t change. Life is simply life. You either have it, or you don’t. The labels we put on it—good, bad, hard, joyful—are shaped by our perspective in the moment.
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What Age Has Taught Me About Noise, Truth, and Time
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“My God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 4:19 “Even to your old age, I will be the same… I will carry you.” — Isaiah 46:4 “Forsake me not when my strength faileth.” — Psalm 71
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Leave it at the altar
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Isaiah 43:18–19 (KJV) I Resolve I resolve… To seek God daily, not just occasionally, To breathe His Word in rhythm, faithfully, relationally. I resolve… To trust His timing, not rush the plan, To wait with patience, resting in His hand. I resolve… To walk in obedience, though the path feels tight, To step through discomfort, still choosing what’s right. I resolve… To guard my mind, my heart, my soul, To keep His Spirit steady, making Him my goal....
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Goal Setting in 2026
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
the importance of goal setting with God.
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- The Bible teaches us that God is love. Am I right? 1 John 4:16 says:
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”
However, the adversary of God knows this too. So he does the opposite. The Bible says he comes to kill steal and destroy.
- The devil uses the same 3 tricks most of the time and we miss it. We don’t see it.
- We don’t recognize when we are being used by him to do his work. It’s either Love or it’s everything else.
We don’t know that “friendship with the world is an enmity with God - James 4:4
You can’t be worldly and be Godly. You can’t be left and be right. You are either hot or cold. Lukewarm coffee is nasty. So is a lukewarm spirit.
God is love. We like love. I like love. Growing up I couldn’t wait till I got a girlfriend to love. I used to dream about it all the time. Were you like that? I was romantic too. Couldn’t get a girlfriend to save my life. I was awkward. I didn’t have any game. I used to go to skating rink with my friend Chuckie. Chucky was smooth. Chuckie could skate like he was flying. All I wanted back then was to be on the skating rink floor when they had the couples skating. That was going to be fire for me. Me and her, skating through life together.
That was the extent of my love knowledge back then. That wasn’t God. It’s like how we think church is supposed to be but don’t have Gods love in it.