The Exhaustion of Trying Harder - February 22, 2026
Be more patient. More disciplined. Better at your job. Better with your kids. Fix your anger. Manage your thoughts. Control your addictions. Try harder. Do better. Clean yourself up.You're running yourself into the ground and it's not working.Pastor Dave Comelli found himself grinding harder than ever - leading worship with 14 minutes' notice, preaching that same day, doing everything right. And at the end of it all? Completely empty. Drifting further from God while simultaneously working harder for Him.He'd turned the gospel into a self-help program with a Jesus sticker slapped on it.Here's…
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