11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. (1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV) There are two imperatives in our scripture today. To build up one another and to build up ourselves, just as you are doing. God does not want us to build up others...
Set a Guard
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips! (Psalm 141:3 ESV) I mutter an almost constant prayer that God will set a guard over my mouth. I am much better at watching what I say, but I still have to be careful because...
A Praying Nation
23 He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away. (Job 12:23 ESV) We are in a time when our nation is slipping into the turmoil of election season. Much like the last few of these, there is a lot of postering on both sides. It seem,...
Imperishable
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded through...
Take a Smooth Stone
40 Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd's pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine. (1 Samuel 17:40 ESV) If you have ever spent any time in nature there is something...