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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. In Ephesians,...
It is easy to miss the Savior when you are focused on the crowd. The streets of Jericho were chaotic. There was a din and bustle, a cacophony of noise. Everyone was pushing, shoving, and trying to get...
Some teaching makes believers darkness-conscious.Obsessed with the enemy.Anxious about the end times.Preoccupied with what the devil is doing. When Israel was bitten by serpents in the wilderness,God...
Elijah called down fire from heaven on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, he sat under a tree and asked God to let him die. That is not a story about weak faith. That is a story about a real prophet in a real b...
The world provides an endless stream of "gory" content. We see it in the news, in scandals, and in the dramas that fill our screens. Social media creates an environment where everyone else's life appe...
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...
A psychiatric textbook and a Gospel say the same thing: live in the present moment. The difference is that the Gospel said it two thousand years earlier. Anxiety is not new. It is not a modern conditi...
When Joshua took over leadership of Israel, he faced a landscape of fortified walls and giants. The natural obstacles were at their peak-the Jordan River was even overflowing its banks. Most leaders w...
There is a tendency to become hyper-aware of the opposition. We look for the problems. We analyze the "enemy." We worry about what might go wrong. But Jesus gave a very interesting instruction regardi...
The gospel transforms; focusing on morality alone breeds bitterness. Morality without grace becomes pressure.Pressure without love becomes resentment. That's why the gospel doesn't start with rules or...
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...
It is one of the strangest contradictions in the Bible. In one moment, Elijah stands on Mount Carmel, calls down fire from heaven, and defeats an entire nation's false prophets. He is fearless. He dec...
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...
We keep waiting for something new-a breakthrough, a windfall, a miracle that drops from somewhere "out there."We focus on what we lack: not enough money, not enough skill, not enough influence. And we...
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...
There are moments when life feels dim, not because the world is dark, but because our inner eyes are tired. The Bible tells us this is not new. Before the fall, Adam and Eve's spiritual eyes were clos...
Some people spend their lives chasing blessing.But the righteous don't need to. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me..." (Psalm 23:6) The word follow here doesn't mean casually stroll.In Hebrew,...
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."...
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...