17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. (Proverbs 17:17 NIV) While we may have a lot of friends (even outside social media), there are typically a much smaller number who we would call brothers (or sisters). We are not speaking...

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matthew 6:33 NIV) When we seek God first the things of life tend to fall into place. Too often we tend to look in all the wrong places for what we...

Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]? (Matthew 6:27 NIV) This is a significant line of scripture. Worry and anxiety can eat into our lives and eat away at any joy we might feel. Yet, we cannot add even a single hour to...

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. (Philippians 2:3-4 NIV) Having ambition is not a bad thing, unless all that we do is...

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, (Colossians 3:23 NIV) Everyone has a bad day at work. We all run into situations where we are overloaded, asked to do more with less, sucked into a political situation not...