8 For even if I grieved you with my letter, I don’t regret it. And if I regretted it—since I saw that the letter grieved you, yet only for a while— 9 I now rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed,...
Best Version of You
48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matthew 5:48 CSB) Can you be perfect as our scripture requires? No, but we can strive for perfection. A top athlete does not get to the top by trying to be good enough. They do so by striving for perfection in the...
Take My Hand
25 So the disciples came and woke him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die!” 26 He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. (Matthew 8:25-26 CSB) Do you truly believe that...
Unchangeable
17 Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the...
Got Your Back
10 Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another. 11 Do not lack diligence in zeal; be fervent in the Spirit;[a] serve the Lord. (Romans 12:10-11 CSB)We are to help those around us, especially our brothers and sisters in Christ. But, really, everybody fits into the category of...