What if the very habits that look holy are the fig leaves keeping you from God? We open with raw praise and a candid update from a delayed crusade team, then get straight to the question that won’t let us go: are we practicing religion to be seen, or relationship to be known? With Scripture as our compass—James 1:27, Genesis 3, Matthew 7, and John 15—we trace how good works become camouflage when intimacy fades, and how abiding turns duty into delight.

Our guest walks us through the Garden, where shame stitched the first aprons, and shows how we still tailor modern versions: attendance as armor, tithing as identity, titles as cover. We confront the shock of Matthew 7—prophecy, deliverance, and mighty works without being known by Jesus—and name the heart issue as iniquity: self‑will wrapped in religious language. The conversation doesn’t stop at warning. We rebuild on John 15, where fruit flows from union, not hustle, and where prayer becomes the source of life rather than a line item on a list.

We pray fiercely for God to break the neck of religious mentality, to ignite hunger that outlasts pressure, and to pull us back from chasing anointing like a product. The takeaway is practical and freeing: abide first, obey from love, and let ministry be the overflow. If you’ve been exhausted by spiritual performance or tempted to measure health by results, this is a reset rooted in presence. Share it with a friend who needs courage to return to simple devotion.

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