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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....
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...
In the first garden, work became a curse. Because of Adam's fall, the ground was resisted, and productivity was tied to "the sweat of your face." It was the birth of stress, anxiety, and the heavy bur...
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...
We often assume that being in the right place at the right time feels like a gentle breeze. We imagine a red carpet unrolling smoothly before our feet, doors opening automatically, and everything fall...
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...
We spend so much of our lives trying to grow. We worry about our stature, our wisdom, and our future. We try to spin our own security and weave our own reputation. But Jesus points us to a different 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...
Ability to interpret God's work in your life is wisdom. We often know what happened long before we know why. Joseph experienced betrayal, slavery, false accusation, and imprisonment.But it wasn't unti...
Many people view grace as God simply feeling sorry for us. They think God looks at our mistakes, sighs, and decides to let us off the hook. But God is a perfect judge. A perfect judge cannot let a cri...
Seventy-four times, the Bible inserts a word that most readers skip. It sits at the end of a verse, often in parentheses, and most people treat it like a footnote. But what if that small word is the m...
Spiritual growth is not becoming stronger in yourself.It's becoming more confident in Christ. Paul puts it beautifully: "When I am weak, then I am strong."2 Corinthians 12:10 Growth doesn't feel like...
The world teaches us to look for a way out. When a recession hits, the common response is to flee toward immediate gratification. People look for the "quick win" or the fastest return on investment. T...
The law tells you what to do. Grace tells you what has been done. One system demands from you. The other supplies for you. And the Bible is very clear about which one you live under today. Most Christ...
There is a tendency to look at our lives-our struggles, our failures, our limitations-and accept them as our final reality. But the Bible offers a different mirror. It asks us to look away from oursel...
David once tried to bring the Ark of the Covenant-the symbol of God's presence-back to his city. He did it with great fanfare and a new cart, but it ended in tragedy. A man named Uzzah reached out to...
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...
Everyone who reached for Jesus was healed. Not everyone in Israel - only those who came.Not everyone was worthy - none of them were.Not everyone understood - but all who touched Him received. "As many...
Faith is not a feeling you try to stir up.Faith is currency of heaven and an alignment - believing in the heart and speaking with the mouth. Paul says it plainly: "The word is near you, in your mouth...
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...