4 Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tall (1 Samuel 17:4 CSB) I am what most consider a big man at 6 foot 6. The few times I have encountered people taller than me I just gape in wonder at...
Received
7 For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it? (1 Corinthians 4:7 CSB) We walk around feeling superior because we have made something of ourselves, we are successful....
Immortality
53 For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality (1 Corinthians 15:53) The body we have is perishing. The process of decay begins pretty much immediately after birth. As we get into our latter years we can see and feel the rapid nature of...
Grow Where You Are
2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving[a] in the household of his Egyptian master. It is very easy to lament our position or situation. In fact we tend to even do so when things are perfectly fine. Joseph went through a lot early in his life but he always...
Don’t Give Up
9 Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up. (Galatians 6:9 CSB) I am not going to lie. I have wanted to give up many times. I have lived through great success and many failures. I have been bone weary...