17 You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, (Deuteronomy 8:17-18a NIV) As children we relished the moment when we...
Brother
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...
Seek This First
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...
Not A Single Hour
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...
Humility
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...