Joel Figueroa shares about the quiet pressure to be self-sufficient, to have it all together and carry the weight of provision, leadership, and responsibility on his own shoulders. But in the swirl of questions, a verse in John 15:5 interrupts with a simple truth ‘apart from Me, you can do nothing’. And in that reminder, everything changes. We were never called to independence, but to live needy before Him to rely, to return, to remain.

Joel Figueroa is a Dallas-based worship leader and artist who has been part of UPPERROOM Dallas since the very beginning, back when it was just a prayer meeting above a veterinary clinic. He is married to his wife, Elyssa, and continues to serve the local and global Church through worship and songwriting.