5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. (Colossians 4:5-6 ESV) When we “walk in wisdom” we are in the world but not of the world. We are keeping a...

I was really wrapped up in life this week. From family drama to work drama, I spent little time focused upon either scripture or God. I almost wrote “I had little time” but the reality is that I “spent” little time. I did not carve time out for God like...

30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. (Matthew 10:30 ESV) Granted, at my age, there are fewer needing to be counted, but I do not think we really think of God in this way. Read the scripture again and sit with it for a few moments. We may...

7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (Matthew 6:7-8 ESV) How do you pray? Do you go through a litany...

1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b] 2 Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of...