24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel! (Matthew 23:24 CSB) Are we too focused upon the small and insignificant to see the greater issues at hand? I think we probably are. We look at the byproduct without realizing the root cause. Our lives run along somewhat...
New Threads
10 I rejoice greatly in the Lord,I exult in my God;for he has clothed me with the garments of salvationand wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,as a groom wears a turbanand as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (Isaiah 61:10 CSB) Do we truly rejoice in the new garments...
Where It Comes From
23 …. because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful. (Genesis 39:23b CSB) When talking about our successes in life, how many of us reflect on them in this way? Some may, but mostly we think that success comes at our own hand. That we have gotten...
Be Inconvenienced
3 Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do, because they don’t practice what they teach. 4 They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry[a] and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them. (Matthew 23:3-4...
In Your Right Mind
15 The spiritual person, however, can evaluate[a] everything, and yet he himself cannot be evaluated by anyone. 16 For who has known the Lord’s mind,that he may instruct him?[b] But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:15-16 CSB) Are you in your right mind? No, seriously, consider for a moment if you...