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Imperishable

4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, (1 Peter 1:4 ESV) Look around you and consider for a moment what you have that could not be taken from you or will not fade away over time. Only what God offers is imperishable. Everything, and I mean...

In Need

3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;    maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.4 Rescue the weak and the needy;    deliver them from the hand of the wicked. (Psalms 82:3-4 ESV) This world can be very hard on people. At times there seems to be no escape for those who...

Image

13 For you formed my inward parts;    you knitted me together in my mother's womb.14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a]Wonderful are your works;    my soul knows it very well. (Psalms 139:13-14 ESV) We have two image problems. On the one hand we are people who are not perfect, and as...

Treated Like Sons

7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? (Hebrews 12:7 ESV) When I consider my childhood, I think fondly of my father. He was a good man, stern, but fair and someone who...

Unblimished

18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,    the Lord would not have listened. (Psalms 66:18 ESV) Do you sometimes doubt your faith? I think we all go through periods where we might. The enemy sows seeds of doubt, especially around faith matters. He also is the father of condemnation. He...