Jonathan Pilgrim

Christian. Husband. Father. Healthcare FP&A leader. Pursuing growth in faith, leadership, health, finance & service. Memphis sports fan.

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Complaining seems to come naturally to us.

Complaining sounds like frustration with a person or circumstance. Scripture pushes us deeper. What does our grumbling reveal about our trust in God?

This week’s post looks beneath the complaint to the heart.

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Daniel lived and served in Babylon without letting Babylon define his deepest allegiance. He was present in the culture, but belonged to God. We should be close enough to bless our neighbors and different enough to point them toward another King.

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Most of life is lived on ordinary days, and much of faithfulness is built there too.

Naaman almost missed what God wanted to do because obedience seemed too ordinary.

God may be doing more through our ordinary faithfulness than we realize.

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If we kept eating but never moved or exercised, we’d know something was wrong.

Spiritually, we can do the same thing, consuming sermons, studies, books, and podcasts without acting on what we already know.

James says: be doers of the Word.

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Two words have been on my mind lately: “Well done.”

I want to finish faithful, not to earn my Father’s love, but because I already have it. And I want to help the people I love finish faithfully too.

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Work says, “God has entrusted something to me.”

Rest says, “But I am not God.”

Genesis gives us a better rhythm than endless productivity: receive, work, enjoy, rest, then receive again.

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We can become so busy studying, serving, obeying, and trying to grow that we neglect the relationship beneath it all.

Christianity is more than doing things for God. Through Christ, we are invited to know and love our Father.

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Most fathers don’t go to the gym just for the physical benefits

For those 1-2 hours they can let everything in their life fade away

Them against themselves. Pushing themselves & locking in for their day

Men who know that feeling understand

Those who don’t probably never will

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We rarely decide to put God second. More often, urgent things simply crowd Him out. Matthew 6:33 calls us back to a better order: seek His kingdom first, then let everything else find its proper place.

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We often treat spiritual growth like a scoreboard: more patience, more peace, more self-control. But Galatians 5 points us to a better question: Are we walking with the Spirit?

The fruit matters. But the relationship comes first.

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It’s easy to treat Christianity like self-improvement: pray more, read more, try harder. But John 15 gives us a different picture. A branch bears fruit by remaining connected to the vine. The life Jesus calls us to live is also the life He supplies.

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@r0bato A seat in congress

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WE ARE BAAAAACK 🔥🔥🔥🔥

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO SHOWED LOVE AND SUPPORT ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

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BREAKING: The Minnesota Timberwolves are nearing a trade to send All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks, sources tell me and @JonKrawczynski.

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All praise to the Most High

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Just checking in 😅

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Knicks’ Precious Achiuwa walking lions in Zambia 😳🦁

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Memphis to the burghhh

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Data An accountant
Scientists with excel

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If Trump were as bad as Biden and other Democrats say he is — if he were a tyrant on par with Hitler himself — then why would they be grateful to hear he's safe and doing well? Either their characterizations of Trump are false or their sympathy is.