41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary.[a] Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:41-42 ESV) How many times have you read scripture or listened to a sermon and afterward realized that you got...
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Beyond Appearnaces
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7 ESV) Humans are often lead astray by shiny objects, things...
A Piece of the Puzzle
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV) You do realize that your life is but a piece of the...
Abundant Giving
8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And...
Not Consumed
6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. (Malachi 3:6 ESV) It is a very good thing that God does not change. That no matter how fickle we may be, God remains the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. I want you to let that sink in...