Tag: jesus
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When the Covering Is Gone: What Jehoash and Jehoiada Teach Us About Personal Faith
There is something about the story of Jehoash that I cannot stop thinking about. His life begins with preservation. He should have died. When Athaliah saw that her son Ahaziah was dead, she attempted to destroy the royal descendants and seize the throne of Judah. But one child escaped. Jehoash. He was taken from among…
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The Bride Price, the Circumcised Heart, and the Bridegroom Who Paid It All
What David, Michal, and Christ Reveal About Covenant Love As I was reading through the life of David recently, something stood out that I had never fully considered before. Saul promised David his daughter Michal as his wife. But there was a cost. Saul required one hundred Philistine foreskins as the bride price. Instead of…
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A Lesson on Stewarding the Body
When the Temple of God Became Personal The other day I was listening to a conversation between Jackie Hill Perry and Preston Perry on their episode about sex and stewarding the body. Somewhere around the twenty-eight minute mark, Preston began explaining something that made my mind stop for a moment. He referenced 1 Corinthians 6…
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When You Feel Like Giving Up but Keep Going Anyway
There Is Still Hope Under the Sun Have you ever felt like giving up? Not in a dramatic way. Not for attention. Just quietly tired. Quietly overwhelmed. Quietly wondering what the point is. There are moments when the weight of life feels so heavy that disappearing seems easier than continuing. You do not actually want…
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Consistency Is Better Than Perfection – But Consistency Requires Structure
The Hard Truth No One Told You The Lie We Were Comforted With. We’ve all heard it: “Consistency is better than perfection.” It sounds freeing. Gentle. Encouraging. And while it’s true, it’s also incomplete. Because what no one tells you is this: 👉 Consistency does not happen by accident. 👉 Consistency requires structure. Without structure,…
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Rend Your Heart, Not Your Garments: A Call to True Repentance
📖 The Call to Rend the Heart “And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him;…
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Walking in Righteousness Pt. 2: The Example of Josiah
✨ Two Young Kings, Two Different Paths Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he “did evil in the sight of the Lord” (2 Chronicles 36:9).But in contrast, Josiah also became king at eight years old—and his story is written very differently: “Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign,…
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The Unchangeable God — His Hand Is Still Stretched Out
Let’s be honest, it’s so easy for us to make God small in our minds. We question Him. We ask if He’s truly going to come through. Will He keep His word? Will He do what He promised? And when He doesn’t show up the way we expected, we start shrinking His sovereignty down to…
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