EPISODE · Oct 22, 2025 · 5 MIN
Casting Out the Try-Hard Life
from Devotions with Pastor Stanton · host Stanton Petersen
Have you ever felt like your relationship with God was based on a sliding scale? If you have a "good" spiritual week, you read your Bible, you were patient, you prayed, you feel close to Him. But if you have a "bad" week, you feel distant and ashamed. This is the inner battle of the Christian life: the part of us that wants to earn God's favor, to perform for His love. Today, we're looking at a difficult story that reveals God’s radical command for how to deal with our inner "try-hard" self.
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Have you ever felt like your relationship with God was based on a sliding scale? If you have a "good" spiritual week, you read your Bible, you were patient, you prayed, you feel close to Him. But if you have a "bad" week, you feel distant and ashamed. This is the inner battle of the Christian life: the part of us that wants to earn God's favor, to perform for His love. Today, we're looking at a difficult story that reveals God’s radical command for how to deal with our inner "try-hard" self.
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