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Burnout isn't always a sin. sometimes, it's just physics. We often try to push through our exhaustion because we think stopping is a sign of weakness. We tell ourselves to work harder, pray longer, an...
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...
Most people translate shalom as "peace." That is like translating the word "home" as "a building." Technically correct. Deeply incomplete. Shalom is one of the richest words in the Hebrew Bible. It ap...
It is easy to miss the Savior when you are focused on the crowd. The streets of Jericho were chaotic. There was a din and bustle, a cacophony of noise. Everyone was pushing, shoving, and trying to get...
Some teaching makes believers darkness-conscious.Obsessed with the enemy.Anxious about the end times.Preoccupied with what the devil is doing. When Israel was bitten by serpents in the wilderness,God...
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...
God finished all His work, looked at everything He had made, and then did something unexpected. He rested. Not because He was tired. Because everything was complete. That single act — rest on the seve...
When we run away from our problems, we usually end up in the wrong place. Elijah ran from Jezebel until he reached Mount Horeb (Sinai). This was the mountain of the Law. God had not told him to go the...
There is a word in the Hebrew Bible that no single English word can translate. Translators have tried "mercy," "lovingkindness," "steadfast love," "loyalty," and "faithfulness." Every attempt captures...
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...
Some say the written Word is outdated.Jesus thought differently. In the wilderness, face-to-face with the enemy,Jesus didn't use a vision, a miracle, or a fresh revelation. He used Scripture. Not "I f...
We often think of complaining as just a bad habit. But the Hebrew language reveals it is actually a trap. The Hebrew word for "complain" is: (Lun) לוּן - "to spend the night, to lodge, to remain." Whe...
Israel wandered in the wilderness for thirty-eight years after their unbelief at Kadesh Barnea. "...until all the generation of the men of war was consumed..."Deuteronomy 2:14 The "men of war" represe...