11 I have treasured your word in my heartso that I may not sin against you. (Psalm 119:11 CSB) At times we take medicine that has a time released response in our body. It is active but meters out what our body needs over a period of time after we...

34 Come to your senses[a] and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame. (1 Corinthians 15:34 CSB) “Boy, you know better than that!” These words ring in my ears from my childhood. When I had done something that I knew was wrong...

10 ...yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. (1 Corinthians 16:10b) As I have written about extensively here, we are given many practical and spiritual gifts. These allow us to handle our families, our occupation and our vocation. Yet it is not we who do...

4 And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. (James 1:4 CSB) Endurance is a good term for us to focus on this year, because it has been a test of endurance for all of us. But maybe, just maybe, we...

5 Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children, 2 and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. (Ephesians 5:1-2 CSB) They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. We often seek to imitate those...