1 …let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith,… (Hebrews 12:1b-2a ESV) I do not typically snip scripture out in sections. However, in my reading this morning this section of scripture jumped out at me, so I expect I...

7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success[a] wherever you go. (Joshua 1:7 ESV) The Lord’s path for our lives is very...

1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;    my eyes are not raised too high;I do not occupy myself with things    too great and too marvelous for me.2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,    like a weaned child with its mother;    like a weaned child is my soul within me. (Psalm 131:1-2 ESV) I have written many times...

13 Follow the pattern of the sound[a] words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 1:13 ESV) Did you happen to grow up with or have someone who patterned a scriptural way of living? If you did then like Timothy there was someone foundational in...

14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, (1 Peter 1:13-14 ESV) I like when scripture calls us out in very exact words. Speaking about our sinful state as our “former ignorance” is...