15 My eyes are always on the Lord, for he will pull my feet out of the net. (Psalm 25:!5 CSB) Life can be a complicated mess. We can get snared in may different things, some good, some bad. But regardless, we begin to feel like we have totally lost...

12 Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness. (2 Corinthians 3:12 CSB) "Fortune favours the bold" - "Fortune favours the brave" - "Fortune favours the strong" are common translations of a Latin proverb. All of these begin with boldness. Yet, we often do not feel bold....

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. (2 Corinthians 12:9 CSB) I have written about this passage before,...

44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,[a] because...

16 Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. (2 Corinthians 4:16-17 CSB) It is easy to blow...