Posts with the tag “distractions”

We see the same pattern in Elijah's life. Only a short time after standing victoriously on Mount Carmel, Elijah is hiding under a broom bush, exhausted, afraid and convinced that his ministry is over. It's a reminder that great spiritual victories don't make us immune to human weakness. Sometimes what feels like a crisis of faith is really a crisis of exhaustion.  Read More

He used the story in Acts 3 to explain this. The lame man at the Beautiful Gate wasn’t asking for transformation — he was asking for survival. Coins. Spare change. Just enough to get through the day. That’s the posture of many young people today: “God, just help me cope.” But Peter’s response flipped the script: “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I have I give you… rise up and walk.” The man didn’t just walk — he leapt. That’s the difference between religious routine and divine encounter. God doesn’t want you crawling through life. He wants you leaping.  Read More