If today feels heavy, this is for you. 𝟱 𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗠 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 It is easy to become discouraged by the surge of evil in the world, but the Bible offers us real hope. In Ephesians 5:15-16, Paul urges us not to walk as fools in dark times, but to redeem them. Paul then gives us five ways

𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 The idea of trading Jesus for something dark is repulsive to Christians. We love Him and plan to keep loving Him. Yet most of us have a private habit, an entertainment choice, a burning resentment or a cold fear we're intent on keeping. We place those things right alongside

𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗧 Numbers 16 records one of the most terrifying judgments in Scripture. Korah rebelled against Moses, and the ground split open beneath him and those who followed him. The earth swallowed them alive and closed over them. Rebellion had quite literally dragged them down

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗛 Goliath fell in a moment, but Israel had spent forty days learning to fear his voice. Every morning the giant stood before God’s people and told them it was useless to resist. Christians acknowledge Jesus’ victory at the cross, but we can still listen to the ghostly taunts

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 There are moments when life doesn’t merely hurt. It feels like it is pulling you apart. Pressure comes from every direction. People fail you. Circumstances turn against you. Your strength disappears. Even God can seem impossibly far away. Psalm 22 describes that k