All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, fro reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. (2 Tim. 3:16)
Many innocent people in America have gone to prison for years because of circumstantial evidence against them. From all outward appearances, it looked like they were guilty, and there were no witnesses of the crime to declare their innocence.
We have all had times in our lives when we were unjustly accused of things. There may have been circumstances that made us look guilty, but only we knew the truth.
Our adversary, the devil, tries to bring circumstantial evidence against us all the time. He’ll mount some kind of circumstantial case against you, telling you you’re depressed or broke or sick or useless.
The good news is that we have a witness that will come to our defense—the Word of the living God! Second Timothy 3:16 says God’s Word is profitable for reproof. The Word reproves us for real, not circumstantial, evidence.
So when circumstances challenge you that are contrary to the will of God, found in His Word, you must give voice to the witness of God’s Word to plead your case and walk away free and delivered!
Commitment Prayer
Father, I thank You that in every trial of my life, You have given me an Advocate, Your own Son, Jesus Christ. And Jesus has given me Your Word as a witness that testifies against every circumstance in my life that is contrary to Your purpose and will for my life.
I stand firm against depression, lack, sickness, and and other destructive force sent my way. Your promises to me are true and sure! In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
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Blaine and Lori Bartel didn’t set out to build a place like this. They became it.
Blaine once lived at the top of the ministry world—national TV, a booming youth movement at Church on the Move, and a growing church in Dallas. But while the stage lights were bright, the darkness underneath was darker. A secret 23-year sexual addiction buried everything he valued—his marriage, ministry, finances, reputation, and identity.
Crushed and barely holding on to life, he spent over a year in deep therapy, wrestling with shame and fighting for healing. Then, somewhere on a windswept highway between Kansas City and Tulsa, he heard the voice that lifted him out of the soil:
“I am not going to give you a recovery. I am calling you into resurrection.”
Everything changed.
Blaine found complete freedom and began decoding a Jesus-centered path that leads men out of the grave and into new life. For more than a decade, he’s been guiding other men through that same resurrection.
Lori was walking her own road—rebuilding after 17 years married to a chronic alcoholic, carrying both the wounds and the courage of a woman who refused to stay broken. She was searching for purpose, for peace, for somewhere her heart could breathe again.
Then God crossed their paths.
They met over pasta at Ti Amo (“I love you”—God’s little wink).
A year later, in a simple wedding wrapped in hope, they said yes to each other and to a calling bigger than themselves.
Today—13 years in—they share one mission:
To pull men out of addiction and to rebuild the marriages addiction has shattered.
House of Resurrection is the fruit of the very ground that once tried to bury them—a sacred space for honesty, healing, and brand-new beginnings.
They are joyful parents of four grown kids, proud grandparents of two, and happiest anywhere with lakes, beaches, sunshine, and reminders that darkness never gets to write the final chapter.