by Phil Graves | Mar 13, 2026 | Beyond Sunday
Why God Loves You As You Are But Refuses to Leave You There This phrase gets tossed around a lot: “God loves you just as you are.” That is gloriously true. And dangerously incomplete if we stop there. Yes, God loves you as you are. He knows the real you, not the...
by Phil Graves | Mar 11, 2026 | Beyond Sunday
Tiffany, Embarrassment, and Why We Stop Pretending There are moments in life that humble you so thoroughly that you never quite recover your illusion of control. For me, one of those moments involved a girl named Tiffany in eighth grade and a PE class sit-up test. I...
by Phil Graves | Mar 6, 2026 | Beyond Sunday
The Whisper Is Not Weakness We love the stories where God shows up loud. Red Sea splitting. Fire falling. Walls collapsing. Earth shaking. That’s the kind of God we like to talk about. The God who makes it obvious. But in 1 Kings 19, God makes a point. Elijah is not...
by Phil Graves | Mar 4, 2026 | Beyond Sunday
Rest Is Not a Retreat from Faith Some of us have been taught, without anyone saying it out loud, that exhaustion is a sign of spiritual devotion. If you are tired, that must mean you are serving. If you are worn out, that must mean you are doing the work. If you slow...
by Phil Graves | Mar 2, 2026 | Beyond Sunday
Why Spiritual Highs Can Be Dangerous We tend to think the mountaintop is the safest place to be. It feels like clarity. Momentum. Confidence. The kind of week where you say, “God is moving,” and you actually believe it with your whole chest. And then, out of nowhere,...
