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A man opens his phone before he gets out of bed. He scrolls past a war, an earthquake, a new virus, and a video that says a certain leader matches every mark of the Antichrist. By breakfast he is afra...

Many people feel uneasy when they hear the word prosperity. They associate it with greed or superficial teaching. Because of this fear, they limit God's promises to the spiritual domain. They believe...

Stand on a road. You can face one direction at a time. You can face the grave, or you can face the Savior. You cannot face both. Most people live with death in front of them. They treat it as a fixed...

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...

Elisha's servant saw danger.Elisha saw reality. An army surrounded their city with horses, chariots, and soldiers.The servant panicked. From a human perspective, he was right.From God's perspective, h...

Most Christians know the word "saved." Fewer know that the Greek word behind it, sozo, also means "healed," "delivered," "made whole," and "preserved." One word carries the entire package. That matter...

Paul prayed for the believers in Ephesus. He asked God to give them a spirit of wisdom and revelation, explaining that this wisdom comes when the eyes of your understanding are enlightened. In the Gre...

The Apostle Paul did not view death as an unpredictable enemy. Instead of fearing accident or illness, he spoke about his departure from this world as a conscious choice. From a Roman prison cell, Pau...

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...

A shadow has no physical substance. The shadow of a dog cannot bite you. The shadow of a weapon cannot cut you. It may look threatening, but it has no power to harm you. Many believers face trials tha...

When Jesus walked into Jairus' home to raise the girl from the dead, He brought only three disciples: Peter, James, and John. Their names reveal a message. Peter (Πέτρος): "s...

Many believers live their lives as if they are camping at the foot of the wrong mountain. The Bible contrasts two spiritual locations: Mount Sinai and Mount Zion. Mount Sinai is where God gave the law...

You can sit in a room full of people and still feel alone. A crowded office, a full church, a family dinner, and the seat next to you still feels empty. Loneliness is not about the number of people ar...

You failed again. And the first thought that came was not about the failure itself. It was about God. "He must be so disappointed in me." That sentence sits in the chest of almost every believer at so...

A man stands at the airport gate and cannot board the plane. He says he is afraid to fly. He is not. The plane does not frighten him. The crash does. Trace the fear down to its root and you find one t...

Everything that can be shaken will be shaken. We live in a world where human systems and economies are trembling. The Scripture says that God will shake the earth and the heavens so that "the things w...

Many Christians avoid the Old Testament. They read about judgments and curses, and they feel afraid. They worry that God will punish them for their failures. Read the Old Covenant through the lens of...

A common fear circulates in church pews. It is the fear that if people feel too secure in their relationship with God, they will become lazy. If we talk too much about "Blessed Assurance," believers m...

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...

Holiness has a branding problem. We have come to associate holiness with a "holier-than-thou" attitude: a cold, distant judgment of others. We imagine someone standing on a pedestal, looking down at t...