16 Rejoice always (1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV) This is scripture is in the running for the shortest in the Bible. “Jesus wept”, is the shortest, but both are heavyweights when it comes to content. Fitting for this Thanksgiving morning, the day we are given to give thanks for all things. But...

24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. (John 12:24 ESV) I do not think we take this idea of death to self and life in Christ seriously enough. We are...

14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that[a] they...

1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.(Psalm 23:1 ESV) This first verse of the Lord’s Prayer should constitute our entire view of life. But, boy, we fall short here. Oh, we want, we desire, we long, we pine, we seek, we strive, we are in an almost perpetual state of trying...

13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,    but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. (Proverbs 28:13 ESV) This life takes us to many various places. Both in a physical sense with places we may visit or live, to a spiritual sense based upon how we live life and live...