Pay Your Due

7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. (Romans 13:7 ESV) The tax man is taking an exceptionally hard bite this year and it so happens...

So No One May Boast

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV) Pride gets in the way of us being who God desires us to be. We think too highly of ourselves...

Open Your Eyes

28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.” 30 And their eyes were opened. (Matthew 9:28-30a ESV)...

Sinking

29 He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind,[a] he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why...

This Season

8 He has told you, O man, what is good;    and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,[a]    and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8 ESV) Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God. Seems pretty simple, doesn’t it. God desires a relationship with us and...