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Psalm 51:6 “Surely You desire truth in the inner parts; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.” A few years ago, I hit a stretch in late November that looked fine on paper. The church calendar was full. People were being helped. I was preaching, teaching, leading, doing all the things. One Sunday I stepped up to preach on joy. On the outside I did what I always do. Bible open. Clear outline. Pastoral smile. But during the last song, as everyone sang about the goodness of Go

2 Corinthians 10:5“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. And we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” A leader once told me, “I handled the crisis on the outside. Vision, plan, calm voice. But inside, the sentence that kept looping was, ‘You always mess it up in the end.’ Nobody in the room said that. I did.” The meeting ended. People thanked him. The crisis passed. But he went home feeling like a fra

Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. This is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is. His good, pleasing and perfect will. Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. I remember