How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who wonders why prayer feels harder with age I used to pray easily. Now I have to make myself sit still. Distraction, fatigue, wandering thoughts—they creep in slowly. That’s why I think about Jesus in Gethsemane, asking His closest friends to stay awake, only to find them sleeping. Not because they didn’t care. Because their bodies couldn’t keep up with their intentions. Scripture doesn’t shame them. Jesus names their weakness and stays anyway. If prayer feels heavier now than it used to, you’re not becoming less faithful. You’re becoming more human—and the Bible already made room for that. #PrayerLife #FaithAndAging #Gethsemane #SpiritualHonesty #ChristianDepth151Share
OneWordStudy+FollowWhen You’re Angry at God, the Bible Doesn’t Tell You to Be Quiet Many believers learn early: don’t question God. Don’t sound bitter. Don’t be angry. So the anger stays buried. But the Psalms use the Hebrew verb rib—to argue a case. David doesn’t whisper his pain. He presents it like a lawsuit. Biblical faith is not emotional silence. It is honest confrontation held inside relationship. If you’ve ever thought, “I’ve served God all my life, and this is where I ended up?” That sentence already exists in Scripture. God is not threatened by your anger. He included it—on purpose. #Psalms #FaithAndAnger #HebrewBible #SpiritualHonesty #ChristianLife231Share
OneWordStudy+FollowOne Greek word changed how I see weakness in prayer. In English, weak prayer sounds like failure. As if better words would work better. But Romans 8 uses the word astheneia. It means lack of strength, not lack of sincerity. This word is used when prayer runs out of language. When you sigh more than you speak. When silence feels closer than sentences. Scripture does not dismiss this kind of prayer. It explains it. Astheneia tells us that prayer is not judged by polish. It is carried by honesty. #BibleStudy #GreekWord #PrayerLife #Weakness #SpiritualHonesty133Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who feels quietly resentful toward God I never shouted at God. That felt disrespectful. What I felt was resentment—the kind you swallow and carry for years. Then I noticed something in the story of Jonah. He doesn’t just disobey. He resents God for being too merciful. In Hebrew, Jonah says he knew God would be compassionate, and that knowledge makes him angry. The Bible doesn’t soften Jonah’s bitterness. It records it in detail. Resentment, here, isn’t ignorance. It’s the frustration of someone who understands God’s character and still struggles with it. If resentment lives in you today, you’re not faithless. You’re wrestling with God’s goodness the same way Jonah did—and Scripture lets that tension remain unresolved. #FaithAndResentment #Jonah #BiblicalTruth #SpiritualHonesty #ChristianDepth60Share
OneWordStudy+FollowOne Greek word changed how I see doubt. In English, doubt often sounds like failure. As if real faith should be clean, certain, and uninterrupted. In Mark 9:24, the father says, “I believe; help my unbelief.” The Greek word translated as unbelief is apistia. Apistia does not mean rebellion. It means belief that cannot fully stand on its own yet. Faith with a weak leg. Trust that still needs support. This kind of doubt is common among long-time believers. You believe—but you’ve buried people. You believe—but prayers didn’t change certain outcomes. You believe—but answers came slower than expected. Jesus doesn’t correct this man. He responds to him. Scripture shows us that faith and doubt are not always opposites. Sometimes, they are holding the same sentence together. #BibleStudy #GreekWord #DoubtAndFaith #SpiritualHonesty #ChristianLife60Share
