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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...
We often judge a ministry by what we can see-size, activity, visibility.But Scripture tells us that outward appearance never tells the whole story. When Samuel looked at Eliab, he was impressed.God wa...
The apostles died for the gospel, not for moral causes. Martyrs don't give their lives for better behavior.They give it for better news. In Acts 4, when the authorities threatened the apostles, it was...
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...
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...
Most people define grace as "unmerited favor." That is not wrong. But it is incomplete, like a tourist who visits Rome, sees a single fountain, and calls it the whole city. The Greek word behind "grac...
Do you think that too much grace will make believers careless?Let's take a look from the bible perspectives. Paul writes, "Sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under gra...
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...
Many believers took the Holy Communion with uncertainty:"Am I really forgiven?""Is there still a curse on my life?""Is God holding anything against me?" But Jesus settled this once and for all. When H...
Jesus didn't say,"Do this in remembrance of your failures."Or your condition.Or your struggles. He said, "Do this in remembrance of Me."Luke 22:19 Healing doesn't flow from staring at your weakness.It...
Of all the titles Jesus could choose - Messiah, Son of God, King of Israel - He most often called Himself "Son of Man." This wasn't humility.It was prophecy fulfilled. Daniel wrote, "One like the Son...
The first time Jesus refers to Himself as "Son of Man" in the Gospels is this verse. "The Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."Matthew 8:20 The One who created galaxies entered His own world as a s...