Abide and Tangible

Sunday, December 21, 2025, I was sitting in church, listening to a sermon my soul deeply needed, when one word rose above the rest—tangible. The moment I heard it, something in my spirit recognized it. I knew. That word was for me.

I had already known Abide was my word since January 3 of this year. I never expected the Lord to give me another. And yet, as Pastor Holly spoke, God met me right where I was and spoke clearly to my heart:

“Abide in Me, and I will show you the tangible—and you will walk in it.”

In that moment, I realized these weren’t two separate words. They belonged together.

Ordinarily, I wouldn’t share the words God gives me for a new year until mid-December. But nothing about this year has been ordinary. My words for 2025 were "praise" and "submit," and I have lived both at length. I’ve been sifted through more than one season, had more than one spiral—and yet, through every single moment, God has proven Himself faithful. He kept me.

So even with time still left on the calendar, I feel a clear prompting from the Holy Spirit to release this now.

My words for 2026 are ABIDE and TANGIBLE.

If 2025 taught me anything, it’s this: when you walk with Jesus, you learn what it really means to die to your flesh, pick up your cross, and follow Him daily. Abiding isn’t passive. It’s a posture. It’s surrender. It’s choosing to stay—letting Him steady you, stretch you, and keep you.

And the promise attached to that posture is this: what you abide in, you will begin to walk out. Faith will no longer remain abstract. His work will no longer feel distant. What he has spoken will become tangible.

This is the posture and the promise I’m carrying into the next season:
Abide—and walk in the tangible.

May God receive all the glory.