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Dispatch No. 23: Why Most New Year’s Resolutions Fail, and What the Bible Says About Change
Every new year, millions of people make resolutions. To lose weight, save money, read more, travel often. Yet by February, most of these commitments have faded. Why? Because many resolutions are rooted in willpower rather than in worship. As believers, we have an opportunity to approach the new year differently not as a self-improvement project,… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 22: Christmas Unwrapped – The Final Unwrapping
Have you ever opened a gift only to find another box inside? The gospel story works like that. After the manger and the ministry, there’s one more wrapping: the linen of burial. For a moment, it feels as though the gift is gone, sealed in darkness. But Easter morning changes everything. The grave cloths are… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 21: Christmas Unwrapped – Unboxing The Kingdom
We love the moment when the box is opened and the gift inside is revealed. If Christmas is the wrapping, then Jesus’s life is the unboxing. The manger introduces the Gift; the ministry unveils its meaning. From Bethlehem’s swaddling clothes to Galilee’s dusty roads, the Kingdom of God is slowly, beautifully unwrapped not in a… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 2o: Unwrapping Christmas – The Swaddled Savior
Think about the moment before a gift is opened. The paper still intact, the ribbon tied just right. There’s a thrill in the mystery, a joy in the waiting. Christmas morning hums with that anticipation. We hear it in the rustle of wrapping gifts, the careful folding and taping, the delighted tear and excited reveal.… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 19: Mission Killers – Hurry, The Buzz That Drowns Out Love
The Envoy exists to steady the hands and strengthen the knees of Christ’s ambassadors, ordinary saints entrusted with an extraordinary dispatch. In this series, “Mission Killers,” we’ve named pride, fear, envy, and unforgiveness. Now we name another saboteur: hurry. Hurry is not speed; it’s strain. It’s the inner posture that says, I must outrun grace.… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 18: Mission Killers – Fear, The Mute Button on the Envoy
The Envoy exists to steady the hands and strengthen the knees of Christ’s ambassadors, ordinary saints who carry an extraordinary dispatch into ordinary places. In this series, “Mission Killers,” we’re naming the inner saboteurs that thin our witness and unravel our calling from the inside out. We’ve unmasked pride, the quiet saboteur that centers the… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 17: Mission Killers – Pride, The Quiet Saboteur of the Envoy
The Envoy exists to steady the hands and strengthen the knees of Christ’s ambassadors, ordinary men and women who carry a royal dispatch into ordinary places. In this series, “Mission Killers,” we’re naming the enemies within—the habits of heart that quietly lodge in us and slowly make us unfit for the mission we’ve been sent… Continue reading