12 For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding. (2 Corinthians 10:12 CSB) The world is all about comparisons. This is how marketing works. We begin to compare what we have...

18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. (Matthew 16:18 CSB) It can seem like the world always has the upper hand and that the church is continuing to...

8 If I go east, he is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive him. 9 When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him; when he turns south, I cannot find him. 10 Yet he knows the way I have taken;[a] when he...

31 So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ (Matthew 6:31 CSB) This can be a most difficult scripture. These things are central to our survival along with “where will I stay”. God is not telling us that we do...

12 Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts. (Psalm 90:12 CSB) Life speeds along and often we do not count the days much less the hours. They tend to just pass without us so much as blinking and then we look...