18 For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb. (1 Peter 1:18-19 CSB) I have spoken recently...

11 Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s;all the weights in the bag are his concern. (Proverbs 16:11 CSB) I have a good friend who had his own business that he trusted to God fully and was very successful. I took a different corporate path and while I have had...

7 My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.My refuge is in God.8 Trust in him at all times, you people;pour out your hearts before him.God is our refuge. (Psalm 62:7-8 CSB) In our daily hustle and bustle we can easily forget where our refuge is, where our...

14 For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:14 CSB) People today do not want to look at life through the lense of good or evil. These words seem to have been deemed to definitive for our current cultural norm....

4 Such is the confidence we have through Christ before God. 5 It is not that we are competent in[a] ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God. (2 Corinthians 3:4-5 CSB) We gain confidence in ourselves when we feel compentent in what we...