8 This people[a] honors me with their lips,but their heart is far from me.9 They worship me in vain,teaching as doctrines human commands. (Matthew 15:8-9 CSB) I have always said, whether it is something someone writes or what they say, bear it against scripture. Test the truth of it through prayer and...

30 ….he cried out, “Lord, save me!” 31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand, caught hold of him… (Matthew 14:30b-31a CSB) How often do we cry out to be saved? And Jesus is there each and every time. God gives us free will and we are allowed to live, pretty much, the...

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. (Philippians 2:3 CSB) “Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.” It is widely accepted that Solomon wrote both of these scripture lines. The latter speaks to the filter through which we view much of our lives. We are so...

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. (Colossians 3:1-2 CSB) There is much to occupy our minds here on earth. Even this morning, a Saturday morning,...

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions—is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And the...