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Most of us want more peace and more favor. The natural human instinct is to ask, "What must I do to get it?" We assume the path to increase is increased effort-more discipline, more service, more hour...

Self-improvement is exhausting.We try to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. We use willpower, discipline, and shame to force ourselves into being better people. We try to be less angry, more patient...

Strength doesn't always come from discipline.Sometimes it comes from being loved. In John 21, the disciples worked all night and caught nothing.When Jesus appeared, the net filled with fish-so heavy t...

The greatest spiritual battle you will face is not a battle of behavior. It is a battle of focus. We often think spiritual warfare means fighting for our own obedience. We scrutinize our actions, we p...

There is a difference between prosperity for ego and prosperity for purpose. Prosperity often gets a bad reputation because it is associated with greed or self-indulgence. But in the Bible, wealth is...

There's a tug-of-war inside many believers.The feelings thinking one thing.But the gospel saying another. Paul says, "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteo...

Most of us treat the Bible like emergency medication.A dose when we're stressed.A verse when life gets heavy. But Scripture wasn't given for crisis only.It was designed for rhythm. Read, meditate, stu...

When believers hear the word "discipline," they imagine punishment.The Bible speaks of a loving Father shaping His children. Scripture says, "For whom the Lord loves He chastens" Hebrews 12:6 .Love -...

Sometimes you look at someone living in open sin and think:"They look happy. Nothing seems to happen to them." Let me explain what really happens. Solomon wrote, "The way of the transgressor is hard."...

Israel wandered in the wilderness for thirty-eight years after their unbelief at Kadesh Barnea. "...until all the generation of the men of war was consumed..."Deuteronomy 2:14 The "men of war" represe...

Many believers exhaust themselves trying to "obey harder" in their mind.But Scripture tell us to: "...bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:5 Notice what...

The Psalmist showed us 2 things on God's heart. First: forgiveness.Second: healing. "Who forgives all your iniquities;Who heals all your diseases."Psalm 103:3 Healing is not an optional extra.Not a sp...