1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them” (Ecclesiastes 12:1 NIV) When is a good time to remember the best way to do something? Well, obviously, it is before you begin. When the realization...
The Burden of Empathy
22 Cast your burden on the Lord,and he will sustain you;he will never allow the righteous to be shaken. (Psalm 55:22 CSB) We have so many things that burden our soul. My mother-in-law has a great saying, “You are only as happy as your saddest child.” How spot on this statement...
The Person Within
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees,[a] for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7 CSB) My father used to have a saying, “You can’t fool dogs or children.”...
Faith Barrier
11 But Moses asked God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11 CSB) What in your life is a barrier to your faith? Moses asked, “Who am I?” Could you be suffering from the same barrier to going...
The Brother Near
20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother or sister, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother or sister whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. (1 John 4:20 CSB) People in the church speak a lot about loving...