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When your life’s focus is pleasing God, human opinions lose their power to define or control you. Our culture often places immense pressure on pleasing others, seeking approval from leaders, coworkers, or society at large.

It’s okay to admit you’re weak—Jesus did, and Paul openly boasted in it. But what does it really mean to embrace weakness as strength? Could your vulnerability actually be God’s greatest tool in your life?

Do you see the idolatry around you? Modern culture is saturated with false worship—though it rarely looks like it. From entertainment and career obsession to algorithm-fed desire and sexual autonomy, idolatry has been repackaged as normal life. This devotional uncovers the subtle altars we build and invites a return to wholehearted worship of God alone.

We live in a transactional age. We swipe, click, compare, and buy—instantly satisfying desires with precision. Online shopping is our culture in miniature. It commands. Take what you want. Leave what you don't. Customize it to your desires.

We chase moments that top off our souls—the perfect worship set, a quiet morning with coffee and Scripture, a breakthrough in prayer. And there’s beauty in those moments. But fullness, for its own sake, was never the destination.

Elijah had seen fire fall from heaven. He had confronted kings. He had prayed down drought and rain. But now he’s alone—running, empty, and asking God to take his life.

"What if today is the day it all falls apart?" We’ve whispered it in fear, bracing for ruin. But what if our catastrophizing is a sign we've forgotten God’s faithfulness? This sermon uncovers the truth—our anxieties reveal our distrust in God, but His promises offer an unbreakable foundation.

What does God do with the brokenhearted? Not the vaguely sad. Not the guilty-but-still-defensive. But the truly undone—the ones who fall to their knees because their soul can’t stand upright anymore.

Human behavior follows patterns shaped by our experiences, beliefs, cultures, brain wiring, and spiritual state. We naturally seek things that feel familiar and predictable, preferring certainty over uncertainty.

The Bottom Was Deeper Than Water Jonah wasn't just sinking physically—he was unraveling spiritually.

Hezekiah didn’t get a vague sense of dread—he got a clear word of impending death. “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die.” But in that moment, he didn’t argue. He didn’t delay. He turned his face to the wall—not to the court, not to his advisors—and he wept before God.

Hannah’s grief was not performative. She didn’t gather a crowd or deliver eloquent words. She sat in the presence of God—weeping, whispering, barely forming audible sound. And still, God heard her.

“And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us.”— 1 John 5:14, ESV

It may feel like the devil is running the show. And in many cultural systems, it appears that way— From media to entertainment, finance to education, vice is glorified, truth is distorted, and desire is constantly inflamed. But God has not abdicated His throne. He is sovereign over all things, and even in a corrupted system, He makes paths of righteousness for His children to walk in.

Discipleship is inevitable, the question is—discipleship of what?

Christianity will always be controversial—because it pushes against the grain of human self-interest. It contradicts the mindset that says: “This life is everything.” “What you own defines you.”

In a pre-technological world, there was no shortcut to survival. If you didn’t draw water, you didn’t drink. If you didn’t gather wood, you didn’t cook. If you didn’t sow seed or grind grain, you didn’t eat.

We are not just entertained by our screens—we are conditioned by them. The endless flood of reels, shorts, and algorithm-fed content produces more than just momentary amusement; it generates a neurological cycle of craving.

We live in an age of unparalleled connection. Our devices put the entire world at our fingertips—social circles, news, entertainment, and seemingly infinite opportunities for engagement. Yet, beneath this glowing promise lies a quiet emptiness.

Does the church you belong to match the pattern seen in the New Testament? If yes, how are you confirming that—by how you feel or what you've felt since early in your life? Or has your faith been tested and confirmed by the refining fire of God's Word? Seek to confirm it further.