1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,so I long for you, God. (Psalms 42:1 CSB) There is this definitional and practical gap between want, desire and longing. We tend to want a lot of things. This comes from the material world we live in and takes up a lot...
Past Tense
12 Lord, you will establish peace for us,for you have also done all our work for us. (Isaiah 26:12 CSB) Note that this scripture is in past tense. We most typically come to God forming our prayers as petitions. Questions to be answered by God. But God already knows our...
From Faith to Faith
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith,[a] just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith. (Romans 1:17 CSB) There are three commonly accepted ways to look at this scripture, and specifically Paul’s comment “God is revealed from faith to faith.”...
To Deny Ourselves
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. (Matthew 16:24 CSB) We, humans, are not good at denying ourselves. Nor do we actively want to take up a cross. No, we prefer things...
Sheep or Conquerors
36 As it is written: Because of youwe are being put to death all day long;we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.[a]37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:36-37 CSB) This scripture can seem confusing; are we sheep or...