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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...
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...
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...
In Galilee in the time of Jesus, a marriage started with two fathers at a table. They agreed on the match. The young man and the young woman were betrothed, and from that day she was his. A betrothal...
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...
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 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...
Leviticus opens with five offerings. Israel brought all five to the same altar, and the same fire consumed them. Yet God attaches the phrase "a sweet aroma" to only three. The last two, the sin offeri...
Sometimes the deepest struggle isn't the sickness itself.It's the pressure you place on your own heart. You want to be healed so badly that you begin to strive:Have I confessed enough?Am I believing t...
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...
An ancient city lived or died at its gates. Guards stood there. Merchants came and went through them, and an attacking army aimed for them first. Whatever passed through the gates ruled the streets in...
At Mount Sinai, Israel asked for a middleman. God came down on the mountain. The people stood at the bottom. And instead of drawing near, they pushed Moses forward. "You speak with us, and we will hea...
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...
Famine has one job. It empties barns and raises prices. Everyone gets poorer together. That is why three scenes in Genesis stand out. Three men faced famine. All three came through it with more than t...
We often define sin as breaking rules or committing bad acts. But the Bible defines sin as falling short of the glory of God. It is a loss of status and environment. Therefore, salvation does more tha...
Genesis 5 looks like a dry list of names and numbers. It records ten generations from Adam to Noah. Most readers skim this chapter to reach the story of the flood. God hid a message in this genealogy....
