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He tempts with successes and hypnotizes with comforts until we are numb to and apathetic about all that matters.
We build entire narratives that begin to take on lives of their own, based on assumptions and our overactive imaginations—all because we attend to fears, attend to distractions, attend to worst-case scenarios.
My life. Break the cycle.
The entirety of Scripture assumes community as a given in the life of a God follower.
We were meant to be in and participate in a community.
I choose to believe God wants me to seek His approval only and release the pressure to please people.17
You and I were made to be active, purposeful participants in God’s eternal story. Complacency rewrites that script entirely.
Complacency is finding comfort in mediocrity, in accepting things as they are, clinging to the status quo.
We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it
What is in store for the person who serves consistently? Should we ever pay attention to our own problems, or are we supposed to just pretend those don’t exist? What if we’re tired? What if we’re overwhelmed? What if we don’t feel like doing good? Do we just fake it till we make it, or is there a more authentic path?
