The agony of breaking through personal limitations is the agony of spiritual growth.
03647 – Spiritual Growth
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02904 – Is a Lie Ever Kind?
Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow-eating agony of a lie is never lost.
02029 – Authentic Conversion
Before conversion, we tend to think that God is out there. After transformation, God is not out there and we don’t look at reality. We look from reality. We’re in the middle of it now; we’re a part of it. This whole thing is...
01899 – An Untold Story
There is no agony greater than bearing an untold story inside of you.
01578 – The Struggle is Real
Who can stay awake in this night of God? Who will not be as if paralyzed by it? Jesus' friends were protected from its terrors by a profound sleep. Luke, the doctor, and other witnesses speak of a "bloody sweat" which fell on the ground from the wakeful, imploring...
00396 – Agony Filled Gethsemane
With the lingering taste of bread and wine, broken bread and empty cup, Jesus stared into the depths of the cup before him, the cup filled to the brim with suffering and death, even more, dereliction and abandonment. Agony filled Gethsemane. from A Scandalous...