Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12 NIV) We are each allotted a given number of days on this earth; and those can seem far to few or far too many. Counting the time so that we might make the most...

But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. (James 1:6 NIV) Doubt can seep in and erode any foundation we may have in this life. Fears and uncertainty can rule...

15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV) Making the most of every opportunity means that we first recognize every opportunity. This requires wisdom and requires that we are not...

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2 NIV) There is continual stress that we conform to the concepts of...

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. (2 Timothy 4:3 NIV) If we do not believe in something...