Tag: discipleship
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Day 006: Compassion Fatigue (Job 12:5)
As Job’s suffering drags on, his friends grow weary of compassion and quick with contempt. I see myself in their frustration more than I want to admit. Yet where my patience runs out, Jesus “always lives to make intercession” for us.
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Day 358: Always Learning, Never Arriving (2 Timothy 3:7)
“Always learning” can sound like a virtue—but Paul warns Timothy that learning without obedience can become a trap. Scripture isn’t meant to be mastered; it’s meant to transform us. The journey matters, but only if it has a destination.
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Day 333: Overthinking Maturity (1 Cor. 3:1-3)
Paul says the Corinthians should be spiritual adults by now—but they’re still living on milk. Maybe the problem isn’t that maturity takes forever, but that we’ve misunderstood what maturity is. What if spiritual adulthood is simply feeding yourself and helping others grow?
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Day 307: Sir, We Would See Jesus (John 12:20-21)
When some Greeks approached the disciples with a simple request—“Sir, we wish to see Jesus”—they found their way to two men who were always introducing others to the Savior. Andrew and Philip didn’t just know Jesus; they made Him known. This reflection invites us to carry that same calling into our own world.
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Day 294: The Mountaintop and the Mission (Matthew 17)
Peter wanted to build tents on the mountaintop, but Jesus called him back to the valley. True worship should always lead to mission.
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Day 293: Why Does Jesus Call Peter Simon Bar-Jonah in Matthew 16?
In Matthew 16, Jesus calls Peter “Simon Bar-Jonah”—Simon, son of Jonah. Just a coincidence after mentioning the “sign of Jonah”? Not likely. Both Peter and Jonah ran from their calling, and both were swallowed by failure before being restored. Grace still finds us on the beach, frying fish over the coals, and saying, “Come and…