Spiritual Growth

Leading from Love: How High-Performing Families Anchor Growth in God’s Grace

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-21 /

The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Ten years ago when my twins were ten and my daughter was seven, I tried to lead what I thought was a “simple” family devotion—organized agenda, clear structure, and I tried to be passionate throughout the whole devotional. Within five minutes, my wife was…

When Whole-Person Care Speeds Real Change: Why Counseling, Coaching, and Consulting Are Sometimes Better Together

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-20 /

Why This Matters for Growth, Healing, and Practical Solutions Life rarely fits into neat boxes. In one season, you may need to heal from heartbreak or past wounds. In another, you set out to reach new goals or weather a major transition. Still other times, you face a problem that calls for focused expertise and…

How Are Core Beliefs Formed? Biblical Foundations and How Your Story Shapes What You Trust

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-20 /

The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Core beliefs act like the “rules of reality” in your heart, and this blog shows how they are formed—and re‑formed—by God’s initiating love, your story, and your practices, so you can live more in line with the Gospel and love people better. Below is a…

Track Your CHEW Breakthroughs: A Simple Guide to Noticing Real Growth

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-18 /

Why This Matters for You (and Those Around You) Spiritual growth can feel invisible. In busy seasons or repeating struggles, it’s easy to miss breakthrough moments—those surprising shifts in beliefs, habits, or experiences of God’s love. The truth is: the more you notice and record where God is at work, the stronger your confidence will…

When Consistency Feels Impossible: Fitness, Faith, and A Simple Way Forward

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-18 /

Why This Matters for You (and Those Around You) You want to get fit. Maybe your doctor mentioned it. Maybe you’re tired of feeling tired. Maybe you’ve tried—more than once—only to lose momentum when life “gets real.” If you’re a Christian, you know your body is a gift, but staying consistent with health habits feels…

Monthly CHEW Progress Reflection

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-18 /

Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Why Do a Monthly Review? Faithful, monthly reflection lifts your eyes from the weekly ups and downs to the bigger picture—where you can trace God’s hand, celebrate actual change, bring persistent struggles into the light, and set a renewed focus for what’s next. This practice transforms your…

Weekly CHEW Progress: Noticing God’s Love & Real-Life Growth

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-17 /

The Daily CHEW™ CHEW on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope Last Friday evening, I was tired but determined not to lose sight of what mattered most. I scrolled through my week—missed goals, a few victories, and more than a few moments where I drifted into old patterns of “just get through it.” I wasn’t…

Built for More Than Orphan Mode: A Stronghold CHEW for When Old Patterns Return

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why this matters for you Last month, after a particularly successful client presentation, you found yourself standing in the kitchen at 1 a.m., mindlessly eating leftover takeout. The week had gone well—great feedback, important decisions moved forward, even a sense that God was…

From Stuck to Steadfast: Real Hope for Overcoming Persistent Sin

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-17 /

Persistent sin makes you feel uniquely broken, but God’s love promises ongoing forgiveness, real transformation, and steadying grace, so you can move from “I’m stuck” to “He is making me steadfast” over time (Philippians 1:6; 1 John 1:9, ESV). This rewrite follows your Daily CHEW™ structure to help readers see persistent sin through a Gospel…

Today’s Featured Daily Reflection CHEW: Noticing God’s Love, Processing What Was Hard, and Celebrating Heart-Level Growth

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-17 /

Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Today’s Daily Reflection: Meeting God’s Love in the Ordinary Genuine transformation grows from pausing to notice where God’s love is at work—in both our struggles and our joys. The Daily Reflection CHEW is designed to help you look back with God, process what was hard, and celebrate…