Dear A Posture of Gratitude,

Happy Thanksgiving, dear friend. Today’s letter isn’t about a table full of food—it’s about the hearts gathered around it. Before you reach for your phone or turn on the TV, pause. Breathe. Look around the room and notice the people God placed beside you. Gratitude is not a reaction; it’s a posture of the heart. It’s choosing to see the small things—parking spaces, laughter, morning coffee—as gifts from heaven. It’s choosing to see people as blessings, not problems.

When you tell someone, “I thank God every time I remember you,” you’re not just being polite. You’re watering their spirit. Gratitude affirms who they are in God. So today, speak life. Send the text. Say the words. Look someone in the eyes and tell them, “You matter to me.”

Because love grows where gratitude is practiced.

With love,
Xio

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Letter 2 | Episode 4

Dear The Dimensions of Love,

Welcome back to Abide. Today we step into the love you cannot measure yet you can feel. Paul prays that we would know how wide how long how high and how deep the love of Christ is. This is not head knowledge. It is a holy experience that lifts you heals you and holds you. His love is wide enough to welcome every story long enough to outlast every failure high enough to raise you into His presence and deep enough to reach the places you hide. When this love lands on your heart you stop striving and start resting. Shame loosens its grip. Peace becomes your shelter. And the same love that covers you begins to cover others through you. Breathe it in today. Let Him love you past your limits.

With love,
Xio

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Letter 2 | Episode 3

Dear Strength in the Soil,

Welcome back to Abide. Today’s letter reminds us that true strength isn’t about control or perfection. It’s about connection. Ephesians 3:17 says, “Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.” Strength in the soil means drawing from His presence instead of our own striving. It’s trusting that the same power that raised Jesus now lives in you.

You don’t have to hold it all together. You just have to stay rooted. When you can’t fix it, He carries it. When you can’t see the way forward, His Spirit becomes the strength that holds you steady. Every storm that once shook you becomes the place your roots grow deeper.

So today, stop trying to be strong for God and start letting His strength flow through you.

With love,
Xio

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Letter 2 | Episode 2

Dear Rooted In Love,

Welcome back to Abide. Today’s letter is a reminder that real growth happens beneath the surface. Ephesians 3:17 says, “that you, being rooted and grounded in love.” When Christ dwells in our hearts, His love becomes the soil that holds us steady. Roots don’t grow overnight. They grow quietly, deep in the dark, until they can hold the weight of what God is building above.

When you know you are loved, fear begins to lose its grip. Shame loses its voice. Striving turns into rest. You no longer work for love, you work from it. God’s love becomes the foundation that carries you through every season.

So breathe. Let His love take root today. Let it become the ground you stand on and the peace you live from. You are safe here. You are seen. You are loved.

With love,
Xio

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Letter 2 | Episode 1

Dear Home in the Heart,

Welcome to Letter 2: Abide. Today’s verse is Ephesians 3:17, Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. This is more than poetry. It’s a promise. The God who made the stars wants to live inside of you. Not as a visitor but as family. He wants to dwell, to stay, to make your heart his home.

When you let him in, he doesn’t just sit quietly in the corner. He rearranges what’s been broken. He turns fear into peace, chaos into calm, and distance into closeness. He wants your heart to be the place where heaven rests.

Maybe you’ve kept certain rooms locked away, the hurt, the guilt, the doubt. But he’s gentle. He knocks. He waits. He restores. And when you finally open the door, you’ll realize home isn’t a place. It’s a person. And that person is Jesus.

With love,
Xio

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Dear You Made It,

Isaiah 43:19 says, See, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up. Do you not perceive it?

We made it to day 21, and I hope you can feel this moment. Take a deep breath and honor what these days have meant. The stillness, the tears, the strength you didn’t know you had. You’ve planted seeds that heaven has already watered. Something is springing up inside you, even if you can’t see it yet.

This is your now. God is not just preparing your future; He is moving in your present. The new thing is already breaking through the soil. Can you sense it? Can you feel Him drawing near? You’ve released, renewed, and realigned, and now you stand reset—ready for what’s next.

Walk in it. Speak it. Believe it. God is doing a new thing in you now.

With love,
Xio

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Dear Stay Aligned,

John 15:5 says, I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit. Apart from me, you can do nothing.

Jesus said this right before the cross, reminding us that real strength doesn’t come from trying harder — it comes from staying connected. Like a branch that draws life from the vine, your peace, your purpose, your fruit all flow from Him.

You don’t have to force growth or figure it all out. Just stay close. Pray, listen, obey, and rest in His presence. Let Him be your source when you’re tired and your guide when you feel lost.

You are not behind, you are being nourished. Stay aligned with Him and you will bear fruit — not a little, but much.

With love,
Xio

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Dear Streams for Purpose,

John 7:38 says, Whoever believes in me, rivers of living water will flow from within. Jesus wasn’t talking about a trickle of faith. He was describing an overflow, a Spirit-filled life that refreshes others wherever it goes. When you believe in Him, His presence doesn’t stay hidden inside you — it moves through you.

You weren’t made to just receive; you were made to pour. Every word of encouragement, every act of kindness, every moment of peace that you carry is the Holy Spirit flowing through you. You become a vessel — a living stream that brings life to dry places.

So stay close to Him. Let His Spirit fill you again and again. And today, be that stream for someone else.

With love,
Xio

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