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June 9, 2026 · 6:00 AM

Staying Recharged

When we travel, one of the first things I pack are charging cables. Then I add in charging packs to carry around with us in case our batteries go down while we are away from the hotel. At the airport, there’s always a group of people sitting around a charging pole and people sitting on the floor next to outlets. We have become obsessed with staying charged so we can stay connected. We think about our phone batteries needing to be recharged, but we don’t think about ourselves needing to be recharged. We exert lots of effort physically, mentally and spiritually daily and we need to find ways to recharge those parts of ourselves, in particular our spirit.

In 1 Kings 18, Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal in a showdown on Mount Carmel. Just after this victory, Jezebel came after him to kill him. He fled into the wilderness about a day. In 1 kings 19:4 he prayed, “I have had enough, Lord.Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died” (NLT). He needed a recharge in that moment. He was spiritually exhausted from the showdown, physically exhausted from fleeing and mentally exhausted from the stress of running for his life. God didn’t rebuke him for needing a recharge. Instead he sent him an angel who watched over him, fed him and encouraged him to get more rest. Then sent him on a journey to have an encounter with God. After that recharge, he was given more assignments.

Isaiah 40:29 says, “He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.” God wants your internal batteries charged as well. The next verse says that even youth get tired and young people get exhausted. But those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength. We get recharged from the inside out by spending time with the Lord. Our spirit needs to be connected to God. In such a busy world where we are concerned about everything else getting charged, when is the last time you recharged your spirit? God gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless when we take the time to sit in His presence, worship at His feet and are still enough to hear His voice. Don’t walk around with an empty spiritual battery. Stay recharged.

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March 10, 2021 · 5:56 AM

Your Holy Pursuit

Today’s world has us concerned mainly with our output. We measure what’s important to us. That could be our bank account, our income, our work, our busyness, etc. We’ve learned to value ourselves by our output. In this pursuit of value, we’ve overlooked our inputs. When do you feel most mentally alert? When are you feeling your best physically? When do you feel closest to God? Those are tough questions that we rarely give any thought to, but if you will think about them, you’ll notice patterns and behaviors that increase those feelings. Output activities drain you mentally, physically and spiritually, but input activities increase your energy in those areas. As I mentioned, we’ve become so focused on outputs that many of us feel tired, mentally drained and far from God.

Jesus constantly took time to get alone with God in prayer. That was His method of input or recharging Himself. All day long He would be doing output things like preaching, teaching, healing and forgiving. To make sure He had enough in the tank each day, He woukd withdraws to secluded places. David found his spiritual inputs in God’s Word and in worship. If you’ve ever read Psalm 119, you know it’s all how much He loved God’s Word. For the leaders of the Early Church, prayer was their input. In Acts 6, they appointed seven men to oversee some of the administrative side of the church so that they could give their full attention to prayer and the Word of God. So I’ll ask you again, what are your spiritual inputs? Have you been too focused on your outputs?

In Paul’s last letter before he was martyred, he wrote final instructions to Timothy on how to conduct himself. Part of 2 Timothy 2:22 says, “Whatever builds up your faith and deepens your love must become your holy pursuit” (TPT). Your spiritual inputs must become your holy pursuit. They must take precedence in your life. While this world, and even the Church, is concerned with your outputs, God wants us to be focused on our inputs. An empty vessel will have nothing to pour out. An empty vessel simply goes through the motions. Yet, it’s the empty vessel who will say, “Lord, didn’t I do all these things (outputs) in your name?” And Jesus will reply, “Depart from me. I never knew you (you never took the time to know me (inputs)).” Outputs are important, but inputs need to be our holy pursuit.

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December 2, 2014 · 7:42 AM

Recharging Your Battery

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I know someone who carries two phones, an iPad and a MiFi device wherever they go. By the end of the day, their batteries in those devices are usually drained. So they keep two car chargers in their car, a Mophie battery case for one of the phones and a Mophie power pack. They also keep power cords with them wherever they go so they can plug into a wall if needed. After using the devices non-stop, they need power to recharge.

Our lives aren’t so different. We go non-stop and give of ourselves to others throughout the day. It’s no wonder people hate Monday and love Friday. They look forward to the two days of the weekend where they can recharge. Monday is dreaded because the draining begins. It’s hard to find a place to recharge during the week. You can’t just stop and plug into a wall or a Mophie charger to get your batteries back up or to find power.

So how do you get power? In Acts 1:8, Jesus said, “But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Jesus knew that our batteries would run down while doing His will and that we would need power. As we pour out Jesus to others, we can pray that the Holy Spirit will come on us anew to give us power.

In Galatians 6:9, Paul said, “Let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right.” He was telling us to make sure that we tap into the power of the Holy Spirit and stay charged up with His power. If we do, the rest of that verse says, “For in due time, and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. (AMP)” If we want to see the final outcome of our work, we have to make sure we don’t run out of juice.

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