When Faith Feels Like a Habit
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When Faith Feels Like a Habit

B1IntermediateOctober 13, 20262 min
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  • Religion

You still go to church. You still pray. You'd still call yourself a Christian. But if you're honest, it's been a long time since any of it felt like more than routine.

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See in Revelation 2, Jesus is speaking to the church in Ephesus, and what's fascinating

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They were working hard.

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Can I admit something that I probably shouldn't admit as someone who works at a church? I believe in God. I love God. But sometimes my faith still feels empty. I go to church. I pray every day. I read my Bible. I even read books about the Bible. But if I'm honest, sometimes I can do all of that and still just feel far from God.

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And maybe you've been there too. And here's what's scary about that. You can keep doing all all those right things, the right Christian things, and slowly you lose the reason you started doing them in the first place. If your faith has started to feel more like a routine than that relationship, Jesus actually

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gives us a warning in Revelation that might reveal exactly what's happening to you. See in Revelation 2, Jesus is speaking to the church in Ephesus, and what's fascinating about that church is it didn't abandon its faith. They were working hard.

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