Transition can be uncomfortable.

The terrain can change.
What once felt familiar can suddenly feel uncertain.
And sometimes, what God is doing doesn’t look anything like what we expected.

But in this Heart Share, Veleta Whitfield reminds us of something we cannot afford to forget:

God can be trusted in the transition.

Through 2 Corinthians 4:16–18, Psalm 121:5–8, and Isaiah 43:18–19, Veleta calls us to take our eyes off what is temporary and visible and anchor ourselves in the promises of a God who already knows the end from the beginning.

And with a simple pair of transitional lenses, she gave the Table a picture we could carry with us: as the environment changes, the lenses adjust to provide the protection needed for that environment.

In the same way, we are never navigating transition alone.

God is present.
God is protecting.
God is providing.
And God knows exactly what this season requires.

Then the Table opened—and the revelation kept moving.

What will be the fragrance coming from us while we transition?

Can we trust God when transition feels lonely?

Can we recognize that the shedding, pressing, agitation, and reconstruction may actually be evidence that God is producing something new?

The women began to see transition as a place of renewal, preparation, unlocking, shedding, strengthening, and producing oil—even describing it as being “Open during RE-construction.”

Because we may go into transition one way...

but when we yield to what God is doing, we will not come out the same.

So hold on.

Declare His promises.

Trust His protection.

Praise Him while you’re going through.

And remember:

There is another side to the transition.

We are not merely trying to survive it.

We are learning how to triumph through it. 👑

Scripture Anchors: 2 Corinthians 4:16–18; Psalm 121:5–8; Isaiah 43:18–19; Isaiah 46:10; 2 Corinthians 2:14
September Theme: Transition — Move With God
Heart Share: Veleta Whitfield

Grief changes the landscape.

Sometimes it comes through death.
Sometimes through disappointment.
Sometimes through a relationship that has changed.
And sometimes we find ourselves grieving someone who is still here.

In this Heart Share, Tre’ Burks takes us into Joshua 1:1–9, where Joshua is called to move forward after the death of Moses.

The loss was real.

The transition was real.

And so was God’s instruction:

Be strong.Be courageous.Do not be afraid.Do not be discouraged.For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

Tre’ reminds us that grief does not have to be denied in order for us to keep moving.

We can acknowledge what hurts.

We can grieve what was lost.

We can bring the weight of it to God.

And then, with His strength, take the next step.

Because sometimes grief feels like a whole lot of love with no place to go.

But even there, God is present.

He strengthens the weary.
He goes before us into the unfamiliar.
He carries us through heartbreak and heartache.
And He gives us courage to walk through what we never expected to face.

The Table gave us a simple posture for this kind of transition:

Acknowledge it.Grieve it.Give it to God.And walk in the transition.

You do not have to know the whole way forward.

You only have to be willing to take the next step with God.

Scripture Anchors: Joshua 1:1–9; Psalm 119:28; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 59:1
September Theme: Transition — Move With God
Heart Share: Tre’ Burks

Heart Share By: Takeia WattsTransition can move you into a new season.

But transformation changes you for the new season.

In this Heart Share, Takeia Watts takes us deeper into September’s theme of Transition by revealing a critical distinction:

You can transition without being transformed.

You can enter a new season with old mindsets.

A new opportunity with old insecurities.

A new season of marriage with old reactions.

A new place while still carrying the same familiar patterns.

Through the life of Peter, Romans 12:2, the chrysalis, and the pressing of the olive, Takeia reminds us that God is not only interested in changing where we are.

He wants to change who we are.

And sometimes failure reveals the very place where transformation is still needed.

Sometimes pressure exposes what was already there.

Sometimes familiarity looks attractive simply because transition is uncomfortable.

But familiar does not always mean fruitful.

So the prayer becomes:

“Lord, don’t just change my season. Change me in the season.”

This Table also challenges us to surrender what cannot travel with us, resist being governed by our feelings, and allow God to purify, mature, and prepare us for what is next.

Because there is a version of us that cannot go where God is taking us.

And there is a transformed version of us He is calling forward.

Don’t just move.
Be transformed.

Scripture Anchors: John 1:42; Luke 22:31–32; John 21:15–19; Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Samuel 22:34

Transition is not simply the space between where you were and where you are going.

Transition is a place.

On this Labor Day edition of A Seat at the Queen’s Table, Latisha “Tee” Bowen challenges us not to become so focused on there that we miss what God is doing here.

We often want to jump from A to B.

But Tee reminds us that there is a place after A and before B—a place of doors, opportunities, fine-tuning, consecration, and what she calls “prosperous growth.”

And God’s instruction in that place is simple:

Be faithful here.

Through Colossians 3:2, Proverbs 16:9, and Isaiah 30:21, we are reminded to set our affection on things above, allow the Lord to direct our steps, and listen closely for His turn-by-turn instruction:

“This is the way, walk ye in it.”

Then the Table opened—and the revelation kept building.

We talked about marination.

The cocoon.

Pressure that builds spiritual muscle.

Crushing that produces oil.

Clearing the table.

Decluttering the heart.

Releasing what cannot travel into the next season.

And refusing to rush out of a place before God has completed what He intended to do there.

Because some things must be worked out here before we can carry what God has prepared there.

So don’t despise the in-between.

Don’t hurry the process.

Don’t keep looking over your shoulder.

And whatever you do—

DON’T MISS HERE.

Be faithful in the place between.

Scripture Anchors: Colossians 3:2; Proverbs 16:9; Isaiah 30:21

Transition is not simply about movement.

Because you can be moving...

and still be going in circles.

In the first full Heart Share of September, Denise unpacks what it means to walk through Transition—the space between what was and what is becoming.

Some changes happen in a moment.

But transition takes us through the process of releasing what is complete, navigating unfamiliar territory, discerning God’s direction, and learning when to stay and when to move.

Through Numbers 9, we see a people whose movement was governed by the presence of God:

When the cloud stayed, they stayed.

When the cloud moved, they moved.

But once the Table opened, the revelation went deeper.

A conversation about ships, alignment, connection, and being yoked to God gave us a warning for this season:

“Lord, I don’t want to drift in the transition.”

Because movement is not the same as progression.

Busyness is not the same as obedience.

And being almost aligned can eventually take us far from where God intended us to be.

So the question is not simply:

Am I moving?

The question is:

Am I moving with God?

This month, we are learning to stay close enough to hear Him, connected enough to recognize His movement, and surrendered enough to remain when He says stay—and move when He says go.

Because even in unfamiliar territory...

God is familiar.

Scripture Anchors: Numbers 9:17–23; Joshua 3:4; Ecclesiastes 3:1; Isaiah 43:18–19; Hebrews 13:8
September Theme: Transition

August closes with a gathering of everything God has been building at the Queen’s Table.

Not a new lesson.

A storehouse.

Scripture by scripture.
Testimony by testimony.
Woman by woman.
Revelation by revelation.

In this final Heart Share of the month, Denise revisits the journey through Faithfulness and the progression becomes clear: God was not simply teaching us how to remain. He was preparing us for Transition.

We learned to recall His track record.
To remain when waiting gets long.
To abide when pressure comes.
To worship when life gets hard.
To stay positioned.
And now, to move when the Holy Spirit says move.

Because transition stretches us. It takes us into unfamiliar territory. But even there—

GOD IS STILL GOD.

And as Gwendolyn declared at the Table:

“When He moves, we move… just like that.”

No manipulation.
No running ahead.
No staying where God has said leave.

Just obedience.

Faithfulness taught us how to remain.
Transition will teach us how to move when God says move.

The landscape may change.

But our God does not.

Scripture Anchor: Hebrews 13:8
August Theme: Faithfulness

What happens between what God promised and what God fulfills?

At Friday’s Queen’s Table, a Heart Share centered on Simeon reminded us that faithfulness is required not only when the promise comes—but in the waiting.

Promise. Waiting. Position. Fulfillment.

Simeon waited, but he remained sensitive to the Spirit. He didn’t manipulate the promise or run ahead of God. And when the Spirit said move, he moved.

In this episode, Denise revisits what happened at a Table whose recording was never captured—including the worship that broke out before the Heart Share even began and the testimonies that became receipts of God’s faithfulness.

Because perhaps the question isn’t only, “Do I trust God with the promise?”

Perhaps it is:

“Can God trust me between the promise and the fulfillment?”

And maybe August wasn’t simply instruction.

Maybe August was preparation.

The recording didn’t capture the Table. But the Table captured us.

Scripture Anchor: Luke 2:25–35
August Theme: Faithfulness

What is the appropriate response to a God who has never stopped being faithful?

Hallelujah.

In this worship-filled Heart Share from A Seat at the Queen’s Table, Latisha “Tee” Bowen calls us back to Zion—to recognize where we have come and the King before whom we are seated.

He is Elohim. El Shaddai. El Roi. Adonai. Yahweh Sabaoth—the Lord of Hosts who fights for us.

Through Revelation 4 and a powerful time of worship, we are reminded that when our perspective rises to the throne, what is happening around us no longer gets to define what we believe about God.

He reigns.
He sees.
He fights.
He remains faithful.

And when we truly behold Him, our response changes. We bow. We worship. We patiently endure. We abide. And from that place, we do everything else.

Because faithfulness isn't only demonstrated by what we endure.

Sometimes faithfulness sounds like:

“Holy, Holy, Holy.”

Sometimes it sounds like:

“Thank You for fighting for me.”

And sometimes our entire response is simply:

Hallelujah.

Key Scriptures: Revelation 4 • Isaiah 6 • Matthew 6