18 This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith, (1 Timothy 1:18-19 ESV) Listening to our conscience is not only a...

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. (2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV) Take a moment to consider the jar of clay, your earthen body. Now, I am not asking you to critique some aspect of your body or to...

7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,[a] a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, “My...

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7 ESV) What does it mean to submit yourself to God? Take a moment and think about how that is manifest in your life. In doing so do you feel like the enemy is fleeing from...

12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. (2 Corinthians 1:12 ESV) Many make the faith life overly complicated. They do not mine the truth of...