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Paul doesn't begin marriage instructions with effort.He begins with a Person. "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church."Ephesians 5:25 Most people read that as a command.Paul m...

The New Testament makes a clear distinction between two kinds of teaching. One kind brings freedom.The other brings burden. Paul confronted this often. Some believers had started mixing the gospel wit...

Many believers fear God's light because they think it will expose their failures.Scripture says it exposes Christ's righteousness on them instead. John writes,"God is light and in Him is no darkness a...

We talk a lot about "only date Christians."And yes-shared faith matters.But the conversation is often oversimplified. Let's zoom out. Let's look at Rahab. Before she ever met an Israelite man...before...

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" (...

Want definite, secure victory on earth? Don't look for a better strategy; check your address. The guarantee of protection (no evil befalls you, no disease comes near your dwelling) is conditional on o...

You are constantly trying to manifest blessings on earth first. Stop. God always begins with heaven, then earth. Your reality begins with status: you are already set high above all nations of the eart...

Ever notice how a clenched fist can't receive anything?That's the difference between Law and Grace. For centuries, we've argued about the Gospel's center-Is it God working, or us? But the answer quiet...

Many people secretly carried a wrong belief in their walk with God-an invisible checklist in the back of their minds that goes like, "You need to do more. Try harder. Be better." It feels holy, but it...

The Law is perfect - but it was never designed to give you life. Paul says it like this, "The law is not of faith" (Galatians 3:12).You can have faith or you can have law - but you cannot stand on bot...

In Eden, after the fall, God said to Adam,"By the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread" (Genesis 3:19). Sweat became a picture of painful toil-working for survival, earning what once came freely,liv...

If you listen closely to the Christmas story, a pattern emerges.Every time heaven touched earth, the first words were the same: "Do not be afraid." To Zechariah:"Do not be afraid... your prayer is hea...

If a child has cancer, a parent doesn't hate the child - they hate the disease ravaging the child. That's how God views sin. "Sin brings forth death." (James 1:15) He hates what steals your peace, you...

"Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away..."- John 15:2 Most people read that and feel a sting."If I'm not fruitful enough... God throws me out?"That fear keeps Christians pretending...

A wildfire once raced toward a group of settlers.They couldn't outrun it.Then one man shouted, "Burn the ground!"They lit a controlled fire behind them, stepped onto the charred earth, and waited. Whe...

Sometimes a thought rises from so deep inside you that you know you didn't invent it.A whisper. A nudge."There must be more." It shows up in quiet moments-after a win, after a loss, after a normal Tue...

There's a reason introspection feels heavy.When you keep looking inward, you eventually find everything that's wrong. Corrie ten Boom said:"Look within and be depressed.Look to Christ and be at rest."...

Paul's question-"How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?" (Romans 6:2)-isn't a question. It's a reminder. To answer it, you must understand how Christ died to sin. Jesus was never under si...

The Law demands fruit.Grace produces fruit. Jesus said,"A good tree cannot bear bad fruit."Matthew 7:18 Fruit is not forced.Fruit is the natural outcome of the life inside the tree. Paul writes,"It is...

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&...