17 And no one puts[a] new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.” (Matthew 9:17 CSB) I have been feeling like an old wineskin of late. Lots poured in and...
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Practicing the Presence
38 …”The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mark 14:38b) How often do we fall into the same habits, the same patterns of life that are not productive? How often do we, like Paul, utter ”I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do...
Disagreement
39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus. (Acts 15:39 CSB) We may not always see eye to eye with others. Even the disciples were not immune to disagreement. Thus, we should not be surprised that even in...
Nothing You Can Do
5 The sun rises and the sun sets;panting, it hurries back to the placewhere it rises.6 Gusting to the south,turning to the north,turning, turning, goes the wind,and the wind returns in its cycles.7 All the streams flow to the sea,yet the sea is never full;to the place where the streams flow,there they...
Endurance, Encouragement and Harmony
5 Now may the God who gives[a] endurance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, according to Christ Jesus, (Romans 15:5 CSB) Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just live by this simple scripture! Why do we complicate life so? Why do we fill it with everything we want...