3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. (Psalm 141:3 CSB) The mouth can get us into all forms of trouble. Whether it is a careless word or a direct attack, there are all kinds of issues that begin on our...

2 Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains, 4 so that I may make it...

4 Let each person examine his own work, and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else. (Galatians 6:4 CSB) As humans we have this natural bent to compare ourselves with others. We look at  others lives or others as individuals and begin...

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has[a] come! (2 Corinthians 5:17 CSB) Advertisements assail us daily to buy the newest or improved items. All of which immediately begin to age and become old and obsolete...

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10 CSB) Who does not appreciate fine workmanship. While the world has moved on to be a commodity based, throw away society, when we come across...