8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift— 9 not from works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 CSB) We like to look at all we have accomplished in life with pride. The world is an individual...

4 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. (Psalm 105:4 CSB) We tend to spend our days seeking after the next best thing. Whether it is the next project or deal at work, or the next personal experience; life becomes a persuit for better. There is nothing...

17 God, how precious[a] your thoughts are to me; how vast their sum is! (Psalm 139:17 CSB) We have things and people who are precious to us. However all of these will pass away. What better to hold precious God and his thoughts (conveyed in scripture) as they will never...

18 Servants, submit to your masters with all reverence not only to the good and gentle ones but also to the cruel. 19 For it brings favor if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly. (1 Peter 2:18-19 CSB) We all want to be treated...

12 Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you. 13 Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also rejoice with great joy when his glory is revealed. (1...