“This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the sky: they don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds […]
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.] For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don’t forgive people, […]
All day, every day, we are people of faith. We exercise our faith constantly. Doubt in one thing is simply faith in an alternate. I stand to get out of bed with faith that the floor will hold my feet and that my feet will hold the rest of me. I turn on the faucet with faith that water will […]
When I was 25 I had season tickets to all of the concerts a nearby city’s symphony and chamber orchestras performed. Because of my subscription, I was sometimes invited to art shows and receptions for musicians or artists. My curiosity led me to a few of those afterglows and backstage events. Because I knew no one in any of the […]
How much of your life is beyond your ability to control it, or fix it, or even understand it? Joseph prevailed in Potiphar’s home because he thought it was normal to be awesome because of his identity rather than waiting until his circumstances confirmed it. He prevailed in Pharaoh’s prison because he thought that it was normal to be in […]
Seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness. How very different will our lives be today if we make no change other than to pray before we have problems?
I know, Lord, that a man’s way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps. Discipline me, Lord, but with justice— not in Your anger, or You will reduce me to nothing. (Jeremiah 10:23-24 Holman Christian Standard Bible®©) If you knew all the details about your future, you would likely be more focused on […]
John 7:17 “If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God.” Perhaps the opposite is true, too – if you are convinced that what Jesus teaches is true, you will be more certain to discover what God’s will is for your life and be empowered to walk in it.
The more distance you either put or allow between yourself and Jesus, the less you know Him. The less you know Jesus, the more distance you either put or allow between yourself and Him. The more you know Him, the less distance between yourself and Him you will tolerate. The less distance you tolerate between yourself and Jesus, the more […]
Stolen cars still work. Our lives, even when we have rebelled against our King, will still work, and maybe even do good work. It is important that we are doing the work we have been assigned, though. Books are being written about all our work (Revelation 20:11-15). I presume there are pages notating the days there is a lack of […]