9 For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,[a]10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good...
Pleasant Words
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips. (Proverbs 27:2 CSB) 24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb:sweet to the taste[a] and health to the body.[b] (Proverbs 16:24 CSB) When we edify another with praise, or are edified ourselves, there is a lift to...
Hearing & Heeding
8 A wise heart accepts commands… 17 The one who follows instruction is on the path to life… (Proverbs 8a & 17a CSB) Hearing criticism can be hard. Heeding it can be even harder. However, how can we ever know if we are on the right path if we never...
In and Through
24 “No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. (Matthew 6:24 CSB) Let’s be fair, it is pretty hard to get by in this old...
Use it or Lose it
29 For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. (Matthew 25:29 CSB) This week has been the first week on a new job. It was...