Monday, September 29, 2025
Friday, September 19, 2025
Hypocritical Healing
Mercy is when you’re spared from trouble you’ve earned. Grace is when you’re given favor you haven’t earned. And we all need mercy and grace. But too often we don’t actually like mercy and grace. Because we want it for us, but we don’t want it for others. We want Jesus to pay for our sins. But we want others to suffer for their sins. If you turn to Jesus in faith, you’ll receive mercy and grace. But would you be happy if God gave your enemies mercy and grace? Or do you just want them all to burn?
Friday, September 12, 2025
Change Hurts
People say, “Lord, change me.” But when he starts to do it, they
don’t want to go through it. We want instant change with no pain. Me too. But
changing who you are and how you are means something old must go, to make room
for something new. The Bible calls this repentance. It’s a change of heart. A
change of mind. A change of direction. A change of life. It’s not necessarily
pleasant. But if repentance doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t heal.
Friday, September 05, 2025
Sin is Lying to You
Sin makes you
think things that aren’t true. It convinces you that the darkness is actually
the light. The Bible talks about the deceitfulness of sin. Sin deceives you
into thinking it’s good for you. And people fall for that because it feels
good. It gives you some fun, meets some felt need, or offers some kind of
instant relief. But sin is a lying thief. Sin says if it makes you happy, it
can’t be that bad. But it gives you happy while it steals your peace. And your
joy. Because sin is an idol. And idolatry is the enemy of joy. Because sin’s pleasure
is fleeting, and it’s never enough. And it keeps demanding more sacrifices to
it. So, sin is the ultimate dissatisfaction machine. And sin violates your
conscience, and eventually makes it unreliable. It starts by saying something
is a “necessary evil.” But then it begins to look more and more necessary and
less and less evil. Because sin makes you love a lie.
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