Ryan Bailey

When God Blocks Our Idols: Facing Anger, Frustration, and the Disappointment of Unmet Longings

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Every Christian eventually faces frustration—sometimes even anger—at God. Not always because He allows suffering, but because He withholds something deeply desired: freedom from a stronghold, approval, comfort, mastery, or clarity. We plead, “Take away this struggle!” or “Let me have this good thing!”—but…

Breaking the Cycle of Self-Sabotage: Stewardship, Not Self-Proving

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Every Christian knows the sting of self-sabotage—when you’re on the brink of finishing a project, embracing a new opportunity, or stepping up in ministry, and suddenly, you stall. Procrastination, last-minute “emergencies,” self-doubt, or outright rebellion appear like clockwork. Why do we do this,…

Shame, Pride, and the Freedom of God-Given Identity

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals We all know that voice—the accuser that whispers, “You’re not enough, you’re defective, you’re only as valuable as your last success or failure.” That is shame. At its core, shame is more than a feeling; it is a core belief about the self.…

Can Building Habits Break the Grip of a Stronghold Sin?

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You Want Habits to Set You FreeYou’ve struggled for years with patterns—gluttony, anger, lust, procrastination—praying and repenting, but keep circling back. Maybe you’ve heard the answer is “just build better habits.” The question remains: can habit change really help you break the stronghold—or…

When God’s Ways Don’t Make Sense: Wrestling with Real Anger, Not Stuffing It

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Brandon is doing all the “right” things—resisting sin, praying for wisdom, trying to live purely—but the changes he craves seem stuck on hold. Truthfully? He’s frustrated that God’s way so often feels harder than other people’s, that even when he does everything “right,”…

When God’s Design Feels Too Hard: Wrestling with Sexual Desire and the Wait for Freedom

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Brandon loves Jesus, craves purity in dating, and begs God for a clear calling. But the closer he draws to his girlfriend, the more his sexual desire grows—and the harder self-control becomes. He’s resisted temptation faithfully a hundred times, but the pressure just…

Managing Sexual Desire While Dating: God’s Love Is a Better Way

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why this matters for you Picture this: you’re dating someone you genuinely like. You pray together, talk about Scripture, and want Christ at the center. But when you are alone—on the couch, in the car, saying goodnight at the door—everything feels far less…

Physical Boundaries in Christian Dating: Where Should We Draw the Line?

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why this matters for you You know the questions that swirl when you start dating someone you really like: You want to honor Christ, yet your body and emotions feel anything but neutral. Culture disciples you to treat physical intimacy as the natural…

Gospel-Centered Dating: Following Jesus, Not the Culture

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why this matters for you You want something different than what the culture offers. You see hookup culture, swipe culture, and “situationships” that blur every line. You’ve watched friends get emotionally tangled, physically involved, and spiritually confused—fast. Part of you is scared of…

The Only Way to Repent—And Never Go Back to That Sin Again

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Client Scenario Sarah has called herself a Christian for decades, but one stronghold sin refuses to let go. Every promise—“never again”—ends in defeat, guilt, and a resolve to try harder. She wonders, what does it actually mean to repent so deeply that you…