Habits and Renewal

When You’re Numb with Spiritual Burnout: How God’s Love Meets You When You Can’t Feel Much​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why This Matters for You You remember what it was like to feel alive with God. Worship once moved you to tears. Scripture leapt off the page. Serving others, leading, giving, praying—it all felt meaningful and energizing. Now, if you are honest, you…

The High Achiever Who Secretly Feels Like a Fraud: How God’s Love Redefines Success​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why This Matters for You On paper, you look impressive. You hit targets, lead teams, launch projects, and people come to you for advice. You are the one others describe as “confident,” “gifted,” “called.” But privately, there is a different story. After a…

When Porn Promises Comfort: How God’s Love Satisfies the Deeper Hunger​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why This Matters for You You did not wake up one day and say, “I want porn to shape my life.” It started smaller. A late-night click after a stressful day. A “harmless” search after conflict. A way to numb loneliness, failure, or…

Sabbath as an Invitation to Rest in God’s Love, Not Finish Your To-Do List​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why this matters for you You believe Sabbath is a good idea—in theory. In practice, your “day off” often turns into pre‑Monday: catching up on email, prepping for the week, squeezing in house projects, or “just finishing one more thing.” Even when you…

Why You Can’t Just CHEW Alone: How Community Moves God’s Love from Head to Heart​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why This Matters for You You know how to work on yourself. You read, journal, set goals, and push to grow. You may even CHEW regularly—processing your fears, sins, and longings with God using Confess–Hear–Exchange–Walk. It helps. You see patterns more clearly, feel…

How to Turn Your Bible Reading into an Encounter with God’s Love​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why This Matters for You You open your Bible with good intentions—but often, it feels like another information stream. Some days you push through a reading plan and barely remember what you read. Other days you skim a verse on your phone between…

The Lord’s Supper as a Love Feast: Communion as Communal CHEW​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why This Matters for You You walk into church on a Communion Sunday and feel a swirl of things you do not say out loud. Maybe you feel unworthy or numb. Maybe you are distracted and just hope the service moves along. Maybe…

How to CHEW on God’s Love When You’re Busy and Drained​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why This Matters for You You wake up already behind. The calendar is stacked, the notifications never stop, and by the time you crawl into bed your brain is buzzing, not resting. You care about God. You believe the Gospel. You even long…

Why the Ordinary Means of Grace Are the Highway of God’s Love​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why This Matters for You You want God’s love to feel more real than your stress, your inbox, and your self-criticism. You may have stories of powerful moments—at a retreat, in crisis, on a walk—and you quietly wish every week felt like that.…

How God’s Love Reaches Your Core Drivers (Security, Acceptance, Love, Value, Enjoyment, Significance)​

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals​ Why This Matters for You Beneath every goal, reaction, and recurring struggle sits a handful of deep longings that drive you: to feel safe, to belong, to be loved, to matter, to enjoy life, and to make a difference. Those longings—Security, Acceptance, Love,…