8 Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance, (Luke 3:8 CSB - abridged) When we repent, what does it look and feel like? Then what are the fruits of repentance? First, what is repentance? When we have done wrong what is needed for us to be truly repentant? Well, first there...

13 Everything exposed by the light is made visible, (Ephesians 5:13 CSB) How can we be light to this world if our lives are shrouded in darkness? How can we expect to show the way if we are not first exemplifying the way? How can we hope to build others...

15 So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 8:15 CSB) There is much...

12 Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:12 CSB) What happens when something has “taken hold” of us? Well, it tends to...

10 ...“Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?”... (Job 2:10 CSB abridged) The road is not always nice and smooth and straight. For anyone who has driven or ridden out in West Texas can tell you, long stretches of straight road that seem to go on forever...