24 Therefore I tell you, everything you pray and ask for—believe that you have received[a] it and it will be yours. (Mark 11:24 CSB) We want to read this passage and set our expectations on prayer on our very limited view of what we want to have happen. With God, however, we need...
Have You Considered
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.” (Job 1:8 CSB) Job was a man of strength, faith and integrity. Thus, the Lord was proud of the man...
Stiff-Necked
51 “You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also. (Acts 7:51 CSB) Stiff-neck, red-neck, I can be called both, and probably many other things. As it pertains to God I have often been stiff-necked. I have...
Taking the Lead
9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good. 10 Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another. (Romans 12:9-10 CSB) There is much packed into these two simple lines of scripture for us to meditate upon. But let’s...
Yes, Yes or No, No
12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “yes” mean “yes,” and your “no” mean “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment. (James 5:12 CSB) We have seemingly forgotten the simplicity and varacity...