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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...
We have a problem with the word "hope." In modern English, hope is a flimsy wish. We say, "I hope it doesn't rain," or "I hope I get the job." It implies uncertainty. It suggests that the outcome is u...
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...
Most of us have no issue believing God can. It is believing God will, and believing it now. But Jesus never placed salvation into the distant future.He stepped into people's present moments. To the wo...
Read a promise in the wrong tense and you will file it in the wrong drawer. Many believers do this with Romans 8:11. They read it, feel a moment of hope, and then push the whole promise into the futur...
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...
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...
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...
A lack of hope affects the physical body and the mind. When you lose hope, you wake up tired. You feel a sense of despondency. You look at your work and your family, and you see only bleakness. This s...
We spend so much of our lives trying to grow. We worry about our stature and our future. We try to spin our own security and build our own reputation. But Jesus points us to a different way: the way o...
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...
Ability to interpret God's work in your life is wisdom. We often know what happened long before we know why. Joseph experienced betrayal, slavery, false accusation, and imprisonment.But it wasn't unti...
Jesus stated that the period before His return would mirror the conditions during the life of Noah. During that era, the Bible records that fallen angels took human form and cohabited with women. Thes...
In the Old Testament, God gave a unique command for any king who ascended the throne. He didn't ask the king to build a bigger army or a taller palace first. He asked him to pick up a pen. "Also it sh...
Humanity committed high treason by trusting Satan instead of God. This single action introduced physical aging, sickness, and death into a previously flawless world. We typically identify ourselves by...
We often give the devil too much credit. We assume he knows our thoughts and God's specific plans for us. He doesn't. The enemy is not the opposite of God. God is omniscient (all-knowing); the enemy i...
We are often told that faith is the currency of heaven. And it is. But you cannot spend currency if you don't know what you are buying. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped f...
There is a Chinese proverb: "Don't ask the fish about the water." Why? Because the fish is so immersed in the water, it cannot describe it. It has no point of reference for anything else. We are the s...
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...
Christ died for us while we were still sinners, before we cared about God. God didn't wait for you to improve.He didn't even wait for you to notice. Paul says: "While we were still sinners, Christ die...
