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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, your marriage, and your family, and you see only b...
Many readers treat the Old Testament simply as a historical book of heavy laws. This method produces confusion and fear. Accurate interpretation requires you to translate the Old Testament into a reve...
In Genesis 24, Abraham sends his unnamed servant to find a bride for his son, Isaac. This historical account is a picture of the Holy Spirit's work today. For two thousand years, the Holy Spirit has b...
When sickness strikes, many people question themselves."What did I do wrong?""Why wasn't I wiser?""Is God disappointed in me?" But Jesus describes sickness in a different way. When He healed the man w...
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...
We often view our struggles and our successes on the same timeline, as if they carry equal weight. But the Bible suggests a different geometry for our lives. There is a distinction between the "evil d...
We fear death because we view it as an end. We picture a cold room, a stopped heart, and the loss of consciousness. But the Bible uses a completely different image. It compares our physical body to a...
We often think of deliverance as a violent struggle of willpower. We try to "kick the habit," grit our teeth, and hope we can resist the craving for one more day. But the flesh is a stubborn thing; th...
Creation was glorious,but redemption is greater. Creation required God's power.Redemption required God's heart. Creation shaped the world.Redemption saved it. When God created Adam, there was beauty.B...
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 gives us the architecture of belief: "Now faith is...
When a ship is in a harbor and a storm approaches, the captain drops the anchor. The anchor is heavy. It disappears into the dark water. You can't see it. But once it hooks into the seabed, the ship i...
A job title can change in one meeting. A relationship can end in one conversation. A social media audience can vanish in one algorithm update. If your self-worth depends on any of these, it sits on a...
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...
Christians should be known for what we are for (the gospel), not for what we oppose. It's easy to become defined by reaction.To be known by what you're against rather than what you bless, build, or br...
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's quite a relief when I realised that I do not have to plan an escape route, I'm only asked to trust the One who already is the escape. Paul writes, "But with the temptation will also make the way...
Failure changes how people see you.But it doesn't change how Jesus sees you. After the resurrection, Peter did something unexpected.He went back to fishing. This was the man who had sworn loyalty.The...
Look closely at the image above. Your eyes tell you the lines are sloping. They tell you the rows are crooked, sinking on one end and rising on the other. Your brain is convinced that the structure is...
Some discouragement comes from circumstances.Most comes from emptiness. Jeremiah understood that.When life was collapsing around him, he said: "Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was...
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...