Posts with the tag “pressure”

"But even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all" - Philippians 2:17When you study Philippians, you see that Paul knew that following Jesus wasn’t going to be easy. He wrote this letter while locked in a Roman prison, with the real possibility that his death was near. And yet, he talks about being poured out like...  Read More

"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." – James 4:7You’ve probably heard it before. Try harder. Do better. Read more. Pray longer. Just fix it. And maybe for a while, you even believed that if you could just push yourself harder, you’d become who God created you to be. But what happens when that effort doesn’t work? What happens when trying harder leaves ...  Read More

"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." – Ephesians 2:10    In a world that constantly tells us to perform, achieve, and succeed, it’s easy to tie our worth to what we do. From the time we’re young, we’re conditioned to believe that our value is based on our performance, whether it’s excelling in school, succ...  Read More