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Eat Until the Joy Shows Up
Most people quote the first half of Jeremiah's sentence and stop. "Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LOR...
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Most people quote the first half of Jeremiah's sentence and stop. "Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LOR...
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 man gave ten percent of everything he owned to a priest — four centuries before the law of Moses existed. No command. No obligation. No temple. Just a grateful response to the God who delivered him....
If you buy a new car, you must use the correct fuel. If you fill the tank with orange juice, the engine will fail. It does not matter how much you argue that orange juice is healthy. The machine only...
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...
Some of the most important work God does in us happens in places we never label as spiritual - like traffic lights, long queues, slow drivers, and interruptions that break our rhythm. Science now conf...
Men do not speak life naturally. We casually employ the vocabulary of the grave to describe our appetite. A man says, "I am dying for a plate of chicken rice." A student makes an error and says, "I am...
There is a myth that to be a leader, you must be loud. We confuse aggression with strength and silence with weakness. We see the heroes in movies breaking things to save the day, and we think that is...
Working harder doesn't always produce more fruit.Sometimes it only produces more exhaustion. The disciples fished all night.They used experience, skill, and discipline. They caught nothing. “That nigh...
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...
Agur, the writer of Proverbs 30, was a wise man. Yet he admitted there were four things that were too wonderful for him to comprehend. "There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four...
There is a specific kind of success that the world does not understand. Most people believe that wealth must be bought with stress, sleepless nights, and declining health. They accept "painful toil" a...
The world has a specific rhythm for success. It usually involves a frantic pace, a demand for immediate gratification, and a subtle promise that if you just hurry a little faster, you'll arrive. But t...
There is a pervasive myth that the Christian life is supposed to be hard. We equate struggle with holiness. We think if we aren't grinding, suffering, or white-knuckling our way through life, we aren'...
When something thrives, people often credit luck, talent, or timing.But Scripture consistently highlights something else: "Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established."Prov...
There is a book you can hold in your hand that acts as the manufacturer's handbook for your life. It holds the answers, but it also holds something far more potent: Life. The Bible says that all Scrip...
I often seen people around me saying:"I'm getting old.""My memory is slipping.""I'm so forgetful these days." The Bible tells us confession are serious matter: "Death and life are in the power of the...
Most of us treat the Bible like emergency medication.A dose when we're stressed.A verse when life gets heavy. But Scripture wasn't given for crisis only.It was designed for rhythm. Read, meditate, stu...
Proverbs says it plainly: "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it" (Proverbs 4:23) . The heart is not fragile-but it is porous.Whatever enters it eventually directs your...
Irritation rarely begins with the person standing in front of you.It often begins with the worry sitting inside you. Unspoken pressure turns small things into sharp things.A misunderstood tone becomes...