Episode 37

Romans 8:36-37 | Not Conquerors. More Than.

We built a burnout self-check. About ninety percent of the people who take it come back fully burned out, according to the test. By the time you are checking whether you are burnt out, you are probably burnt out.

Paul quotes Psalm 44 in the middle of his own argument: for your sake we are killed all day long. Not once. All day, the kind of exhaustion that accumulates with no single Sunday to point to. Then he does what he has done twice already in this chapter. He takes a word and screws hyper onto the front of it. Not conquerors. Hyper-conquerors. And notice he does not say we are more than conquerors over these things. He says in them. You do not have to get out of it first.

Anchored in Romans 8:36-37. Part of a verse-by-verse season through the interior-life chapter of the New Testament.

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A short, daily Scripture devotional for worship leaders, musicians, and church techs. 2 to 5 minutes a morning, verse by verse.

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Ryan Loche

Dr. Ryan Loche (PhD) is a worship pastor, professor, and theologian helping worship leaders and everyday disciples be formed by Scripture over time. He leads The Church Collective, a training network for worship, creative, and production leaders. Ryan’s work centers on worship as formation before expression and the slow, faithful transformation of becoming like Jesus.