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[Kyle Tibbitts @KyleTibbitts]

The World Cup absolutely mogs every other sporting event. It’s what the Olympics wishes it was X100.

You’ve got Europeans road-tripping across America and having their minds blown by Buc-ee’s and Bass Pro Shops. You’ve got a small Kansas town falling in love with an Algerian club that chose Kansas City as their homebase. You’ve got South Korea training in Utah to prepare for the altitude in Guadalajara.

For one month, the whole world forgets we’re supposed to hate each other over differences that barely matter. It’s the closest thing we have to world peace.

[Scott Roberts @ScottRoberts]

Believers - at your workplace:

1. Don't complain
2. Watch your words
3. Encourage others
4. Pray for your team
5. Walk away from gossip
6. Work like it's worship
7. Do everything with excellence

Honor Christ in all you do.

[Racing Dudes @racing_dudes]

The photo.

Congrats @reredevaux! First female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby!

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” - C.S. Lewis

[⚡︎ @_sorrengailll]

I think I speak for all women when I say we don’t want removable cups in our sports bras and swimsuits. We want them sewn in, or not at all!

[Steve Bezner @Bezner]

Teaching on funerals today.

Any long-time pastor will tell you: It's a powerful ministry, and it's one that is often overlooked.

[PaulsCorner-VerseQuest @TNTJohn1717]

🚨‼️Reading Scripture isn’t a religious hobby, it’s how you keep your mind from being remodeled by the world. The Bible is not spiritual decoration, it’s daily bread, and starving Christians always act the same: they’re easily offended, easily deceived, and easily distracted. A man who won’t read his Bible is volunteering to be governed by feelings, trends, and whoever talks the loudest.

Most people don’t avoid Scripture because it’s hard, they avoid it because it’s honest. The Book doesn’t flatter the flesh. It exposes motives, corrects excuses, and draws lines where the world wants blur. That’s why a few verses can do more damage to pride than a thousand sermons can. Scripture is a mirror that tells the truth even when you don’t like the reflection.

Reading the Bible isn’t just information intake, it’s authority intake. You’re letting God speak first. And the more you hear God’s voice in the text, the less you confuse your own thoughts for revelation. The Spirit doesn’t replace the Book, He works through it. The believer who reads Scripture regularly becomes harder to manipulate because he has a measuring rod for every claim.

So don’t read the Bible like a chore, read it like a lifeline. The devil can’t steal your salvation, but he can steal your clarity, your joy, and your strength if you stay Bible-starved. A few minutes in the Book will do more to steady you than hours of news, debate, or doom-scrolling. If you want to grow, start where God speaks.

[Judge Stephen Dillard @JudgeDillard]

Every American should watch every second of this video.

Thank you, @BenSasse.

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.”

[JT English @jt_english]

Theology isn't for academics.

It's for the mom in the third row, the new believer asking hard questions, the dad raising his son, the elder who's been faithful for 40 years.

You are a theologian. The only question is whether you'll be a good one.

[JT English @jt_english]

According to Jesus, discipleship is not about self-actualization or self-preservation; it is about self-denial. You will know yourself the most when you are carrying your cross.

[Luke Burgis @lukeburgis]

Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me.

—Saint Patrick

[Lecrae @lecrae]

Heaven is not full of good people. Heaven is full of people who know they’re not good enough. - Wes Huff

[Shane Pruitt @shane_pruitt78]

When Christians take the Bible seriously, it’s usually not unbelievers who get annoyed… it’s lukewarm Christians that do.

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

If your biblical theology produces a spirit that is divisive, arrogant, smug, and condescending toward fellow believers who do not agree with you on every point, then something is wrong with your heart, not the doctrine.

Truth in Scripture is meant to humble us, not inflate us. The more clearly a man understands the gospel, the more aware he becomes that everything he has is mercy. Scripture asks a very simple question: “What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?” 1 Corinthians 4:7.

Sound doctrine should produce firmness about truth and humility toward people. We are called to “speak the truth in love” Ephesians 4:15 and to correct others “with gentleness” 2 Timothy 2:25.

Biblical theology should make us serious about truth and careful about our own pride at the same time. When truth leads to humility and holiness, it is doing what God intended.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

Make sure to check out to today’s DOAC: The truth about Christianity: the case for Jesus.

https://t.co/Ae81e8FTbT

[Sola Media @solamediaorg]

Ben Sasse:

"One of the weird lines @timkellernyc used to say is, 'I hate this, but I would never want to go back to the prayer life I had before pancreatic cancer,' which I thought sounded pretty weird. . .But then I felt, what a blessing that I'm saying, 'Lord, come quickly, Maranatha. Thank you for all of the different things that I used to cling to that right now seem really, really trivial because they're actually really trivial.'"

@BenSasse

[kelvin @cemburuya]

My mother after the doctor told her that she needed to rest

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

Boss said, "My team is burned out, but they're not even working that much."
The real problem was invisible.

"They're exhausted," the boss told me. "But most leave by 6 PM."

I'd seen this before.

"Tell me about their typical day," I said.

"Normal stuff. Meetings, projects, the usual."

"How many tools do they switch between?"

He started counting on his fingers.
Stopped at ten.

"How often do priorities change?"

"We're agile," he said. "We adapt quickly."

"How quickly?"

"Daily. Sometimes hourly."

"Show me one person's calendar," I said.

He pulled up his marketing director's schedule.
Seventeen meetings in three days.
Eight different projects discussed.
Zero focused work time.

"She's drowning," I said.

"But she's only here 45 hours a week."

"Hours aren't the problem. Decisions are."

He looked puzzled.

I explained.

"Research shows that every context switch can take over 20 minutes to recover mentally.
She switches contexts more than 15 times a day.
That's 5 hours of mental recovery time, every day.
It's only an 8-hour workday."

His face changed.

"Your team isn't tired from working.
They're tired from switching.
From deciding what's actually important.
From never finishing anything."

"What do I do?"

"Three changes:

First: One main priority per week.
Not seven. One.
Written down. Shared with everyone.

Second: Batch meetings.
All meetings on Tuesday/Thursday.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday for deep work.

Third: Pick three tools. Kill the rest."

They were using Slack, Teams, email, Asana, Monday, Notion, and four others.
Now they use three. Total.

Six weeks later:

"How's the team?" I asked.

"Same hours. Completely different energy."

"What changed?"

"Maria finished a project last week.
The whole thing. Start to finish.
First time in two years."

He paused.

"She actually smiled in our one-on-one.
Said she forgot what it felt like to complete something."

The truth about burnout:

It's not always about the hours you put in.
It's about where your attention is pulled.

You can work 40 hours and feel destroyed.
Or 55 hours and feel energized.

The difference?

Whether those hours are spent starting things.
Or finishing them.

Most leaders count hours.
The smart ones protect focus.

Because burnout doesn't come from hard work.
It comes from work that never ends.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

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