8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light— 9 for the fruit of the light[a]consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth— 10 testing what is pleasing to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:8-10 CSB) When we look at the outcome of our actions and interactions, what do we see?...

43 Summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 For they all gave out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had —all she had to live on.” (Mark 12:43-44 CSB) I have written many...

10 Our lives last[a] seventy yearsor, if we are strong, eighty years.Even the best of them are[b] struggle and sorrow;indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away. (Psalm 90:10 CSB) Man does not typically begin to think about his years until life gets long and our days seem short. Then we begin...

11 The Lord knows the thoughts of mankind;they are futile. (Psalms 94:11 CSB) Do you ever get the feeling that everything is just futile? I think we all go through periods like this and our scripture today backs that up. However, I have simply plucked this line of scripture out of Psalms...

14 This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have asked of him. (1 John 5:13-14 CSB) What is your confidence level with God? Do you...