Can Dry Bones Live Again?

Can These Bones Live?

The Spirit of the Lord once showed the prophet Ezekiel a valley filled with dry bones—scattered, lifeless, and completely without hope. Then God asked him a question: “Can these bones live?” (Ezekiel 37:3)

Later, God explained that the bones represented the people of Israel. They weren’t just struggling—they felt completely spent. Dry. Disconnected. For all practical purposes, they felt dead inside. Cut off from God and from one another. Hopeless.

And then God did something unexpected.

He told Ezekiel to speak to the bones—to prophesy life, hope, and restoration. To declare that God could bring resurrection, rebuild what was broken, and restore true community rooted in relationship with Him.

 

So… how are you doing?

I mean, really doing.

Are you feeling worn out or dry in your soul? Has your sense of passion or purpose faded? Does your faith feel more like going through the motions than living with expectation?

Are you seeing growth and tr

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Vulnerable Love

 

Let’s start with a simple question: When do we not feel loved?

Some answers come quickly:

  • When we’re ridiculed or belittled
  • When we’re taken advantage of or used
  • When we’re dismissed, overlooked, or not taken into account
  • When we’re neglected—noticed, maybe, but not truly cared for

But there are other, less obvious ways we can miss love:

  • When someone cares for us, but never really connects with us
  • When we’re served, but not allowed to give anything in return
  • When we’re known, but not invited to know the other person

At its core, real love is vulnerable.

It doesn’t hold back. It doesn’t hide behind self-protection. It moves toward connection—and in that connection, something new and shared begins to grow.

This is the kind of love we see in Jesus.

He became fully human and fully engaged with people. He allowed Himself to be misunderstood, rejected, and hurt—and yet He kept loving. How? Because He lived rooted in the love of His Father. His wounds were met with hea...

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“Learning to See Beyond the Surface”

 

How well do you really see what’s happening around you?
Not just what’s obvious—but what God is doing beneath the surface?

Isaiah 53 gives us one of the clearest and most powerful pictures of Christ in all of Scripture—written nearly 500 years before Jesus was born. It describes both His suffering and the purpose behind it. But it begins in a surprising way:

“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain… we held him in low esteem.” (Isaiah 53:2–3)

Think about that for a moment.

There was nothing outwardly impressive about Jesus. Nothing that made people naturally stop and say, “This is the One.”In fact, many turned away from Him. They dismissed Him. They missed Him entirely.

Why?

Because they were only seeing the surface.

And if we’re honest, we can do the same thing.

Life moves fast. We’re constantly pulled in different directions—n...

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Dig Out The Root

How important is money… really?

What role is it playing in your life right now?

And—let’s be honest—how well are you actually managing it?

Paul once wrote to his young protégé, Timothy: “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” (1 Timothy 6:10)

That’s a weighty statement.

So what did he mean?

Money Isn’t the Problem… But It Can Become One

Money, in itself, is not evil.

It’s useful. Necessary. Even enjoyable.

But it becomes dangerous when it takes on a role it was never designed to carry.

Money makes a terrible god.

Let’s Name This Honestly

An idol is anything you look to for what only God can give.

And money… quietly steps into that role all the time.

  • Security about your future
  • A sense of identity
  • A measure of your worth

Have you found yourself leaning on money for any of those?

The False Promises of Money

Money whispers…

“If you just had more, you’d feel secure.”

“If you just reached that level, you’d feel like enough.”

But let’s tell the truth:

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The Question Beneath the Question

How are you doing today?

We hear this question all the time. Most of the time it’s little more than a greeting we exchange in passing.

Good.”
Busy.”
“Fine.”

But what if, just for a moment, we treated it like a real question?

How are you doing today?

Most of us would answer by describing our concerns, pressures, and activities. We talk about our schedules, our problems, and the things demanding our attention. But that’s really just a description of our circumstances.

If someone presses a little further, we might begin to talk about how we feel about those circumstances. Now we’re getting closer—but we may still not have reached the deepest place.

Because beneath our circumstances and emotions lies something deeper still.

Your soul.

Your soul is the core of who you are. It interacts with your circumstances, but it is not defined by them. The true condition of your life cannot ultimately be measured by what is happening around you, but by what is happening within you.
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The Measure of a Mature Faith

What does it look like to be maturing in faith?

That’s an important question. And many people answer it by creating a list—attributes to develop or behaviors to master. The thinking often goes something like this: the more we understand, and the better we perform certain spiritual practices, the more mature we must be.

But there’s a danger in that approach.

The focus can slowly turn inward. Without realizing it, we can begin to think that spiritual maturity is mainly about usabout what we know, what we say, and what we are able to do.

When that happens, our faith can quietly drift into something we manage apart from God and His active work in our lives.

Some of the very things that look spiritual on the outside can actually become self-referenced rather than God-responsive.

If a community rewards that kind of living for long enough, it can slowly become legalistic. Instead of helping people grow in freedom, it can begin to build subtle forms of spiritual bondage—even discouragi...

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Trust, Align, Rest

What Are You Looking For When You Come to the Lord?

When you come to the Lord, what are you really looking for?
What do you hope to receive from Him?

Relief? Direction? Provision? Peace?

Those are all natural things to seek. But David shows us a deeper perspective.

When David came to the Lord, he wasn’t simply looking for answers—he was seeking more of God Himself. Again and again in the Psalms we see the longing and motivation of his heart.

Psalm 4, in particular, gives us a glimpse into a way of approaching God that can shape our own souls.

“Know that the Lord has set apart His faithful servant for Himself; the Lord hears when I call to Him.” (v. 3)
Faithfulness deepens intimacy. As we walk consistently with the Lord, we begin to live with quiet assurance: He hears us. He is involved. We are not overlooked. We belong to Him.

“Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.” (v. 4)
Still your heart. Reflect regularly- even nightly. Pay

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Is Your Faith Walk Generic?

Have you ever started a new job and felt that familiar mix of excitement and anxiety? The first few days—or even weeks—are often disorienting. You’re learning your way around, figuring out relationships, and trying to understand how things really work. Usually, you’re given some kind of manual: a bit of history, a mission statement, maybe a list of policies and definitions.

But imagine if that’s all you received—no clear job description, no sense of what your role actually is. Just a general picture of the organization.

That’s how many Christians end up living their faith. They live a sincere but generic spiritual life, without much sense of personal assignment from the Lord.

Discipleship is often done this way. We hand people a long manual (the Bible), or sometimes a shorter one—guidelines, beliefs, expectations—and we encourage them to learn the content and behave well. But we rarely help them discern their specific calling: what God may be entrusting to them, in t...

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Choosing Stillness in a Noisy World

We are so full of chatter.

Noise presses in from every side—opinions, opportunities, distractions, demands. Life can start to feel like a barrage, and before we know it, we’re reacting more than choosing. Pulled here and there, we may feel slightly out of control. God isn’t really guiding our lives—not because He’s absent, but because we’re not slowing down enough to notice or respond.

And the beat goes on.

So how do we step off this treadmill of shallowness?

One simple, difficult, and deeply transformative practice: intentional silence.

Silence creates space—for connection with your real self (which can feel unsettling at first), for encountering the real God, and for learning to speak and live with greater depth, clarity, and authority.

When we intentionally slow down, step away from the noise, and allow ourselves to be still, things begin to surface. What has been hidden or dormant in us often rises to the top. This isn’t always comfortable. In fact, much of our busyness may b...

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Hearing God’s Voice – Part 2

So, you want to hear God’s voice—now what?

The first and most honest question to ask yourself is this: Am I willing to obey what I believe God is saying to me?
This is a crucial starting point. A genuine “yes” is not the outcome of hearing God’s voice; it is the precondition. A willingness to obey creates the soil in which discernment can grow.

Jesus once asked His followers, “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46). His words are sobering. If we consistently ignore what God makes clear, we begin to live as though He is not truly Lord. Over time, something subtle but serious happens: our ability to hear dulls. Our spiritual sensitivity fades. It’s much like slowly losing your native language after living for years in a place where it’s never spoken.

As followers of Christ, we are invited to receive His direction above every competing voice and opinion. When we sense that God is leading, our posture matters. Let’s receive His word thoughtfully—and then...

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