16 Your eyes saw me when I was formless;all my days were written in your book and plannedbefore a single one of them began. (Psalm 139:16 CSB) Our plan was written in God’s Book of Life before we were even formed here on earth. Think about that a minute. Do...

5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, 6 knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, 7 godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our...

17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want. (Galatians 5:17 CSB) Probably the greatest difficulty in the Christian life is the nagging desires of the flesh. We...

37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. (Matthew 9:37 CSB) If you are unfamiliar with the 80/20 rule, it is essentially this; 80% of the work gets done by 20% of the workers. I have had the good fortune to worked for some...

3 and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations… (1 Kings 2:3 CSB) A good father would never let his child keep something that could harm them. The child may want to keep and play with a deadly snake...