Welcome to 2025! We are excited for new beginnings and prosperity for Treading Faith and for you. We are praying that God will light your path, keep you, bless you, and help you overcome all obstacles. We're looking forward to a new year with you!

In this series called Ripened and Ready, Treading Faith is diving into the Fruit of the Spirt for this season (Galatians 5:22-23). On this episode, we are covering the last characteristic of the fruit, Self-Control. The Bible says that self-control is a fundamental virtue that is essential for living a Godly life. The Bible also says that self-control is a gift from God and that it is a fruit of the Spirit. Proverbs 25:38 says, "A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls." While we sometimes don't want to admit it, the only person in control of anything is God.

In this podcast episode, Yemi and Philia outline our next corporate fast, 40 Days Through The Wilderness, and the goals we hope to accomplish during this fasting period. This corporate fast will begin on October 14th and continue through November 22nd. We will fast from 8:00pm to 8:00am daily and refrain from added sugars in our diet. During this wilderness fast, we are focusing on the 40 year period where the tribes of Israel wandered the wilderness on their way to the promised land. We are presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice to God as we focus on a deeper spiritual connection and lessons to learn in our wilderness season. "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." (Romans 12:1 ESV)