discipleship – Rodney Knous

Rekindling Your Faith: How to Recognize and Overcome Spiritual Lukewarmness

rodney — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:08:35 +0000

How do you know when your faith has cooled down? When what used to be passion is now just “meh”? It’s not that you’ve walked away or become rebellious—you still show up, know the words, and believe the right things—but you’re no longer moved. The emotional connection during worship is gone. You’re not hungry for …

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Faithful in Small Things: The Power of Patient Endurance

rodney — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:07:34 +0000

Of all seven churches addressed in Revelation, only two received no correction from Jesus – Smyrna and Philadelphia. While the others faced rebuke, confrontation, and warnings, Philadelphia stands out as the faithful church that Jesus commends rather than corrects. The beautiful irony? Philadelphia wasn’t the strongest, biggest, or most impressive church. By worldly standards, they …

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Wake Up: Finding Spiritual Life When You’re Just Going Through the Motions

rodney — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:06:33 +0000

Have you ever looked better on the outside than you felt on the inside? Perhaps at work, you projected confidence while barely keeping up. Maybe in relationships, people saw a happy couple when you were just going through the motions. Or in your faith, your social media might be filled with #blessed posts while inside …

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Standing Firm in a Compromising World: Lessons from Pergamum

rodney — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:04:29 +0000

Have you ever felt that holding onto your convictions has made you the odd one out? Perhaps you’ve walked into a room and thought, “I believe differently, and I’m afraid that if I speak up, it’s going to cost me something.” Maybe it was at work when your team wanted to go in a direction …

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Finding Faith in the Fire: How to Stay Faithful When Life Gets Hard

rodney — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:02:59 +0000

What do you do when doing the right thing doesn’t make your life better, but worse? What happens when you trust God and things get harder? When you choose integrity and lose influence? When you stay faithful and still get hurt? Most of us have been there, but we don’t always talk about it. We’ve …

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Returning to Your First Love: What Jesus Told the Church in Ephesus

rodney — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:55:09 +0000

We’re beginning a journey through the seven letters to the churches in Revelation. These aren’t just ancient messages—they’re diagnostic reports and invitations that speak directly to us today. When most people think of Revelation, they imagine beasts, dragons, and end-times charts. But that’s missing the point entirely. Revelation begins with Jesus—not in a manger or …

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