9 And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are superior and may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ, (Philippians 1:9-10 CSB) Take a moment and consider how...
Give Thanks
18 give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18 CSB) It is never easy to give thanks before we know the outcome of a situation. But that is exactly what we are supposed to do. The next few days may be...
Golden Rule
12 Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:12 CSB) In so many ways we have forgotten the Golden Rule. We have morphed it into “Do unto others before they do unto you.”and...
Alive
20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body,[a] I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20 CSB) What does it really mean...
Takes One to Know One
9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good. (Romans 12:9 CSB) I have heard it voiced many times that people do not come to church because it is full of hypocrites. It is. And it is full of sinners too. 3 “Why do you look...