Isaiah 66:4 is often read as a warning about fear—what you dread will come upon you. But in context, it reveals something far more sobering. This chapter is not confronting fearful people trying to obey God, but religious people who rely on compliance instead of surrender. God is speaking. The question is whether we will listen—and respond.

“Pick up your cross and follow Me.” It’s a phrase we are so familiar with. So familiar, in fact, that I have to ask— has it lost its...

Isaiah 26:3 (TPT) “Perfect, absolute peace surrounds those whose imaginations are consumed with You; they confidently trust in You.” God...

Some choices seem small in the moment—but turn out to shape the rest of your life. When I read Luke 4:5–8 in the Passion Translation, it...