“make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.” 2Peter 1:5-7 As we spend time […]

“My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:41-42 Jesus was talking to Martha. He was a guest in their home. Mary sat at Jesus’s feet and listened

“Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.” Colossians 3:23 We all have a purpose in life. Sometimes that purpose is very clear. Other times it is not. Our purpose can change. When we are not sure what’s next, we do know that we are

“What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!” Isaiah 5:18 “For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers

“Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So let’s not get tired

“Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey His commands. Yes, He humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to

“There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth had been so painful. He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that

“One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!” He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the things He planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 We are God’s special artwork. Each person has their own special qualities to fulfill God’s special purpose for them. When we get angry or upset at others and

“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 Your identity is connected to Christ. God says you are the light of the world. Because we have Jesus living in us, we have a responsibility to shine the love of Jesus everywhere we go. Be the