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Saul lost his throne because he feared people. David kept his because he knew he was loved by God. The difference between these two kings is the difference between a life built on human approval and a...
Leviticus opens with five offerings. Israel brought all five to the same altar, and the same fire consumed them. Yet God attaches the phrase "a sweet aroma" to only three. The last two, the sin offeri...
Imagine driving on a long road trip in an unfamiliar country. You are tired and looking for your hotel. You keep checking your GPS, worried that you missed a turn. Then you look up and realize the hot...
Your brain will not stop. You lie down at night and a crowd of thoughts shouts over each other. You replay conversations. You rehearse disasters. You solve problems that do not yet exist. And the hard...
Before Jesus healed a single sick person, He stood in the Jordan River. He had not turned water into wine. He had not fed thousands or preached a sermon to the crowds. He had performed zero miracles....
The Greek language has four words for love. English has one. That single fact has caused more confusion about God than almost any theological debate in history. When a husband says "I love you" to his...
A doctor can prescribe medication for your panic attacks. A therapist can teach you to reframe your thoughts. But the Bible does something neither one can do: it tells you where fear came from, who de...
A prophet called down fire from heaven, won a national showdown against 450 false prophets, and outran a king's chariot. The next day, he asked God to let him die. That is burnout. Not a lack of talen...
A job title can change in one meeting. A relationship can end in one conversation, and an entire audience can vanish overnight. If your self-worth depends on any of these, it sits on a foundation that...
Most people spend their entire lives trying to become someone. The gospel says you already are. You did not receive a project at salvation. You received a new identity. God did not hand you a to-do li...
We tend to see our flaws first.God sees something different. When Scripture describes how Christ views His people,the language is almost hard to believe: "You are altogether lovely; there is no spot i...
Many people imagine God evaluating them like a teacher marking exams, grading their thoughts and measuring their failures. Paul writes: "For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God."Colos...
One of the hardest things to believe is that God sees you as clean even when you still see flaws in yourself. Jesus told His disciples, "You are clean because of the word which I have spoken to you" J...
The Law is perfect, but it was never designed to give you life. Paul says, "The law is not of faith" Galatians 3:12 .You can have faith or you can have law, but you cannot stand on both grounds at th...
God does not relate to you based on your record.He relates to you based on Christ's. Paul says, "You are accepted in the Beloved."Ephesians 1:6 Accepted, not tolerated.In the Beloved (ἐν τῷ ἠ&g...
It is easy to think:"Good week = God is pleased.Bad week = God is distant." Scripture says: "God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."Romans 5:8 If...
Righteousness doesn't grow on you slowly.It was placed on you instantly the moment you believed. Paul writes, "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness...
