{"id":9665,"date":"2026-09-17T06:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/?p=9665"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:12:39","slug":"victory-to-despair-elijah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/topics-themes\/commentaries\/victory-to-despair-elijah\/","title":{"rendered":"From Victory to Despair: What Elijah\u2019s Exhaustion Teaches Us About God\u2019s Refreshment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ever since Satan was cast out of heaven, he\u2019s been trying to populate hell with God\u2019s children. God\u2019s promised plan was to bring a Redeemer to the world through the bloodline of Abraham, the father of the Jews. By destroying the Jews, Satan hoped to derail God\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time Elijah appears on the scene, God\u2019s plan seems in jeopardy. Israel was six decades and four kings deep in a cesspool of death and decadence. Ungodly idol worship. Unholy clergy. Unbridled evil. Untold sordid scandals. The nation has turned from the living God to the lying messages of Baal and Asherah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jehovah-reveals-satan-as-the-sissy-he-truly-is\">Jehovah Reveals Satan as the Sissy He Truly Is<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elijah was unafraid of Ahab because he was conscious of a greater king. The prophet proclaimed a drought, a drought that would end only at his command. The drought lingered. The crops suffered. The livestock perished. All the while the king and queen fumed. There was nothing they could do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.faithgateway.com\/unbreakable-courage-obs-registration\/?utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=courageobs&amp;utm_id=courageobs&amp;utm_content=blog_by_max_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staticblog.bgcdn.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02125901\/courage-obs.jpg?resize=696%2C86&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Unbreakable Courage Online Bible Study with Max Lucado \u2014 Join Now!\" class=\"wp-image-9615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticblog.bgcdn.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02125901\/courage-obs.jpg 728w, https:\/\/staticblog.bgcdn.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02125901\/courage-obs.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staticblog.bgcdn.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02125901\/courage-obs.jpg 150w, https:\/\/staticblog.bgcdn.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02125901\/courage-obs.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elijah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/biblical-living\/spiritual-warfare\/unbreakable-courage-elijah\/\">called for a showdown<\/a>. Gather the prophets and priests of Baal and Asherah, and we will have a good old-fashioned cage fight. \u201cSo Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2018%3A20&amp;version=NASB&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 18:20<\/a> NASB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He laid the ground rules for the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Your team has 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah. My team has me.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You pick a bull. I\u2019ll pick a bull.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place both animals on a wood-burning yet fireless altar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You ask Baal for fire, and I\u2019ll ask Jehovah for fire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This appears to be a contest of prophets: Elijah on one side and the soothsayers on the other. But it is so much more. This is a cosmic courtroom drama: God calling out Satan. This is Jehovah revealing for all to see how much of a sissy Satan truly is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-satan-is-impotent-against-god-s-sovereignty\">Satan Is Impotent Against God\u2019s Sovereignty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The disciples of Satan prayed all morning. Such frenzied, frantic hysteria. Shrieking. Piteous pleadings. Think circus animals thrashing about. Soon the false prophets were covered with their own crimson. But the mutilation led only to exasperation and humiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Baal was silent as death. Satan is impotent to defy the plans of God. He is bound by the ropes of God\u2019s sovereignty. Handcuffed by God\u2019s providence. Gagged by God\u2019s righteous plan. He thinks he is \u201call that,\u201d but on Mt. Carmel, all his strut was shown for what it is: nothing but fluff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0xCHqcyuG7o\"><iframe title=\"Join our Online Bible Study! Unbreakable Courage with Max Lucado\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0xCHqcyuG7o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen class=\"optanon-category-C0004\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elijah didn\u2019t shout. He didn\u2019t cut himself. He didn\u2019t dance himself into a frenzy. \u201cHe repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2018%3A30&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 18:30<\/a> NIV). They saturated the altar three times so Elijah could make sure that everything was soaked: the wood, the bull, the platform. Elijah didn\u2019t even request fire. But the Lord sent it. Heaven opened, and a blaze from heaven fell. It consumed the water, the rocks, the wood, even the dust. All that was left was a charcoal-colored oval on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people responded with repentance. Voices echoed off the rugged cliffs and rocky slopes. For the first time in three generations, the nation of Israel cried out to Jehovah. \u201cThe Lord he is God!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-victory-doesn-t-feel-victorious\">When Victory Doesn\u2019t Feel Victorious<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahab and Elijah returned to Jezreel in the midst of a blinding rainstorm. As to where Elijah went, we aren\u2019t told. But Ahab? He went directly to his queen bee, Jezebel. Her world was caving in about her. She needed to act, and do so in a hurry and a fury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, \u201cMay the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A2&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 19:2<\/a> NIV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019d expect our prophet to take a stand against her implacability. But, no, Elijah was so scared he made a run for it. He re-entered the driving storm and trudged his way a hundred miles across the hills of Samaria. He collapsed, with blistered feet and weary limbs, beneath a juniper tree. In what he thought would be his final request, the once triumphant but now truant prophet prayed, \u201c\u2018Enough of this, God! Take my life \u2014 I\u2019m ready to join my ancestors in the grave!\u2019 Exhausted, he fell asleep under the lone broom bush\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A4-5&amp;version=MSG&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 19:4\u20135<\/a> MSG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We should stop and thank God for telling us this story. Have we not been gripped by fear and exhaustion? And have we not felt guilty for feeling so faint? So feeble? So frail? Have we not found ourselves under that juniper tree? Yet, we find that we are in the company of Scripture\u2019s greatest saints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-are-not-alone\">You Are Not Alone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Look to our side and whom do we see? Elijah beneath the adjacent tree! Or we look beyond and see Moses, so weary of his assignment that he told God, \u201cIf this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Numbers%2011%3A15&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Num. 11:15<\/a> NIV). Or we look further and see Job, so overcome with sorrow that he confessed, \u201cDepression haunts my days. At night my bones are filled with pain\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Job%2030%3A16-17&amp;version=NLT&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Job 30:16\u201317<\/a> NLT). And David. What about the king who said, \u201cI am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%206%3A6&amp;version=NLT&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ps. 6:6<\/a> NLT)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or Paul the apostle, whose epistles we cherish. He took day trips into heaven. He was often caught up in the Spirit. Yet he knew the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/topics-themes\/commentaries\/pauls-church-trauma-corinthians\/\">valley of defeat<\/a>. He wrote: \u201cWe do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Corinthians%201%3A8-9&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2 Cor. 1:8\u20139<\/a> NIV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seasons of sadness come to the most courageous saints. Did they not come to Christ? \u201cWhile Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews%205%3A7&amp;version=NLT&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heb. 5:7<\/a> NLT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If tears streaked the cheeks of Jesus, dare we feel shame when tears leave a trail on ours? Tough times happen to God\u2019s people. A sagging spirit is not a sign of a fragile faith. Let these examples convey the truth: <strong>God has not given up on you.<\/strong> God has not abandoned you. You may be hard on yourself. But God? He responds to you in the way he responded to despondent Elijah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-exhausted-be-refreshed\">Exhausted? Be Refreshed.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Then Elijah lay down under the bush and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, &#8216;Get up and eat.&#8217; He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, &#8216;Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.'&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A5-7&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\">1 Kings 19:5\u20137<\/a> NIV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does this story tell us about how God responds to a dejected saint? What does he say to the sad and weary? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Be refreshed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God told Elijah to eat and sleep. (Sometimes the godliest act is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/biblical-living\/discipleship\/why-god-rests\/\">take a nap<\/a>.) The man was exhausted. The drama on Mt. Carmel. The intensity of his prayer. Jezebel\u2019s threat on his life and the need to flee her wrath. He had reason to be depleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As do we. You and I live in a culture without margins, every second of our attention sold to the highest bidder. The internet world promises community, connection, and contentment, but mostly it leaves us all just tired. If you are depressed and feel like giving up, his word to you is \u201cget refreshed.\u201d That\u2019s exactly what Elijah did. He rested, ate, and drank.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-does-god-respond-to-seasons-of-sadness\">How Does God Respond to Seasons of Sadness?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStrengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A8&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 19:8<\/a> NIV). For six long weeks he had walked across the wilderness of Sinai, the very land where Moses and the Israelites had wandered for almost two decades. The sun had baked him by day. The desert had chilled him at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And \u201cthe word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, \u2018What are you doing here, Elijah?\u2019 \u2018I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.\u2019\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A9-10&amp;version=NKJV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 19:9\u201310<\/a> NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elijah answered with a complaint. <em>I\u2019ve been slugging it out for you, Lord. I did everything you told me to do, but your people have rejected your covenants and killed your prophets. I\u2019m the only one left in the country, and now they want to kill me, too.<\/em> We know better than to be too hard on the prophet, right? We\u2019ve said the very same thing. If not the words, we\u2019ve expressed the sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-does-god-do-when-we-dig-a-hole-and-climb-in-you-are-going-to-like-this\">What does God do when we dig a hole and climb in? (You are going to like this.)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Lord said, \u2018Go out and stand on the mountain\u2019 \u201d(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A11&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 19:11<\/a> NIV). God called Elijah out of the cave. Such practical instruction for us. Dark moods feed on isolation. Despair flourishes in solitude. Don\u2019t leave yourself alone with your thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When darkness descends, flee solitude. Climb out of the shadows. Quit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/biblical-living\/discipleship\/sweetness-of-looking-up\/\">staring at your phone<\/a>. No more hiding in your room. God\u2019s remedy includes community. Engagement, not estrangement. Turn your back on the dark cave and stand before your great God!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elijah obeyed and beheld a display of power. The roar of tempests bounced off the canyon walls. Rocks tumbled. Sand stung the prophet\u2019s skin. \u201cBut the Lord was not in the wind\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A11&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 19:11<\/a> NIV).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An earthquake sent tremors through the desert floor. Elijah fell to his knees and covered his head. \u201cBut the Lord was not in the earthquake\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A11&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 11<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next came fire, tongues of fire that leapt to the height of the trees. The air was a furnace. Elijah didn\u2019t know whether to run or hide. \u201cBut the Lord was not in the fire\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A12&amp;version=NIV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v. 12<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the \u201csound of a gentle blowing\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A12&amp;version=NASB&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 19:12<\/a> NASB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe sound of a low whisper\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A12&amp;version=ESV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESV<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA quiet, gentle voice\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A12&amp;version=ERV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ERV<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThin. Quiet\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A12&amp;version=CEB&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CEB<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-balm-needed-for-the-wounded-soul\">The Balm Needed for the Wounded Soul<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No lecture. No critique. No sermon. No finger-pointing or tongue-lashing. God comes kindly in the shadows. Soft as a flute solo. Tender as a mother\u2019s touch on the cheek of a tear-streaked child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strong fist of God was needed at Carmel. But the soothing touch of God was needed for Elijah\u2019s season of sadness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is God whispering to you? We look for God to come in the dramatic rolls of thunder. And he does, but he also comes as a Bethlehem babe, a descending dove, and a kind shepherd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Elijah heard the quiet voice, he muffled his face with his great cloak, went to the mouth of the cave, and stood there. A quiet voice asked,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo Elijah, now tell me, what are you doing here?\u201d Elijah said it again, \u201cI\u2019ve been working my heart out for God, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies, because the people of Israel have abandoned your covenant, destroyed your places of worship, and murdered your prophets. I\u2019m the only one left, and now they\u2019re trying to kill me.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A13-14&amp;version=MSG&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 19:13\u201314<\/a> MSG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-get-rest-and-get-back-in-the-game\">Get Rest and Get Back in the Game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elijah\u2019s body may have been out of the cave, but his thoughts remained in the pits, so the Good Physician applied one more treatment. \u201cGo back the way you came through the desert to Damascus. When you get there anoint Hazael. &#8230; Then anoint Jehu. &#8230; Finally, anoint Elisha &#8230; to succeed you as prophet. &#8230; Meanwhile, I\u2019m preserving for myself seven thousand souls: the knees that haven\u2019t bowed to the god Baal, the mouths that haven\u2019t kissed his image\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A15-18&amp;version=MSG&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Kings 19:15\u201318<\/a> MSG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God\u2019s message to the prophet was, \u201cYou may think you are done, Elijah; you\u2019re not. I still have work for you. You may think you\u2019re alone, Elijah; you\u2019re not. I still have thousands who will stand with you. It\u2019s time for you to get back in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The God who made you knows you, and he cares. Are you tired? Get some rest and refreshment. Are you holed up in a cave? It\u2019s time to get moving and serve others.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faithgateway.com\/products\/unbreakable-courage-strong-faith-in-an-age-of-anxiety-chaos-and-exhaustion?variant=44773201739912&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=victory-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staticblog.bgcdn.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02130250\/unbreakable-courage.jpg?resize=188%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Unbreakable Courage by Max Lucado\" class=\"wp-image-9616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticblog.bgcdn.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02130250\/unbreakable-courage.jpg 188w, https:\/\/staticblog.bgcdn.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02130250\/unbreakable-courage.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-join-the-free-online-bible-study-today\">Join the free online Bible study today!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you\u2019ve ever felt overwhelmed, exhausted, or ready to give up, this is the Bible study for you! <\/strong>In Max Lucado\u2019s newest book &amp; 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