14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:14 CSB) I was most often that kid that got chosen last. It is not that I had no skills for the game being played, but I was an ungainly child, as apt to fall over my own feet as anything...
In All Things
8 If I go east, he is not there,and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.9 When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him;when he turns south, I cannot find him.10 Yet he knows the way I have taken;[a]when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure...
Diminishing the Din
3 In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;in the morning I plead my case to you and watch expectantly. (Psalms 5:3 CSB) Beginning the morning with scripture and prayer can set the course for each new day. The interesting thing that I have realized by doing so is that the more...
Believe, Abide, Continue
31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word,[a] you really are my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32 CSB) “If you continue in my word”. Some translations use the term abide instead of continue. Both make it...
Moving Mountains
21 Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done. (Matthew 21:21 CSB) Many see...