25 Let your eyes look straight ahead;    fix your gaze directly before you. (Proverbs 4:25 NIV) The distractions in our life, especially our faith life, can be so numerous we may feel like there is no way to focus on what is important. And when we are not focused upon the important we...

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will...

15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (Luke 12:!5 ESV) If you are reading this and live in America, you are probably doing pretty well. We live a life of more...

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV) “Every moment and every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul....

6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. (1 Thessalonians 5:6 ESV) I am tired this morning. Now, I did not sleep well and that has an effect to be sure. But as I roll into my day, I need to make sure that...