16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (John 17:16 CSB) This world can be a hard, hard place. I have written about this many times. I encounter so many people who are in pain and struggling. The world has no place for...

20 Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us— (Epheasians 3:20 CSB) Power is a funny thing. There is so much we can do with a little power and so much we can...

2 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins... 4 ...God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,[b] 5 made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! (Ephesians 2:1&4 CSB) The world...

23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24 NIV) Rarely do we want our lives under a microscope. We typically want to keep some...

19 God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill? (Numbers 23:19 CSB) I grew up with a strong sense of duty and responsibility. I was taught from...