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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 read the Bible as a manual for self-improvement. They open the pages to find rules or steps to make themselves better people. They look into the text to find themselves. But you cannot fin...
We live in an age of information overload. We listen to sermons and read devotionals every week. Yet we often struggle to remember what we learned. Most of what we hear slips away within days. Hearing...
It is the easiest thing in the world to look at your problem. In the wilderness, the Israelites were bitten by venomous snakes. They were in pain. Their wounds were swelling. It was natural to look do...
When God spoke to Isaac, He used a specific word for "bless." "Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you." Genesis 26:3 The Hebrew word used here is (barak) בָּרַךְ. This is the verb, t...
Jesus did not die to redeem fallen angels or take on the nature of heavenly beings. He focused His help directly on you. "For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of...
We often treat the Bible as a collection of general ideas. We think God inspired the concepts but left the details to human writers. However, the writers of the Bible did not view Scripture this way....
A cynic examines a beautiful room and points out the dust. The Book of Jeremiah contrasts two types of people. The cursed man is like a dry shrub in the desert. <scripture> "For he shall be like a shr...
In the Old Testament, the enemies of Israel waited for the harvest. When the crops grew, the Midianites swept down and stole the food. Gideon had to thresh wheat in a winepress at night just to hide i...
We are tripartite beings: spirit, soul, and body. This mirrors the ancient tabernacle: the outer court (the body), the holy place (the soul), and the Holy of Holies (the spirit). Most of our lives are...
Many believers spend a lot of energy studying what's wrong with them.Lab reports.Symptoms.Pain levels.Google searches and ChatGPT that only make everything scarier. Abraham lived differently. "And not...
When sickness strikes, many people question themselves."What did I do wrong?""Is God disappointed in me?" But Jesus describes sickness in a different way. When He healed the man with dropsy, He asked:...
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...
Faith doesn't ignore failure.It simply refuses to stare at it. Peter knew exactly what he had done.He remembered the fire, the denial, and the rooster. But when Jesus appeared, Peter didn't replay the...
The law asks, "What did you do?"Grace asks, "Who are you with?" If Peter had been led by law, he would have stayed in the boat.The law would remind him of denial, failure, and broken promises. But gra...
The law tells you what to do. Grace tells you what has been done. One system demands from you. The other supplies for you. And the Bible is very clear about which one you live under today. Most Christ...
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...
When we go through a difficult season, it feels like it will last forever. Time seems to drag when we are in pain or uncertainty. But Scripture gives us a different perspective on time. Paul writes in...
It is easy to miss the Savior when you are focused on the crowd. The streets of Jericho were chaotic. People pushed and shoved to get a glimpse of Jesus. But there is a difference between looking at a...
Some teaching makes believers darkness-conscious. It leaves people anxious about the end times and preoccupied with what the devil is doing. When Israel was bitten by serpents in the wilderness, God d...
