May 30
” Let us not become weary in doing good,for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” Galatians 6:9 (NIV) Today’s verse does not imply that doing good will give us immediate results. “At the proper time” could be hours or decades from now. So I guess our […]
May 29
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ” Galatians 6:2 (NIV) We all have our own set of hard times, issues, stresses, concerns…that tend to weigh us down. Those “burdens” can consume our day, and drain our insides. We then go into ‘burden-management mode’, trying to sort out […]
May 25
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you” Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV) Some people really like who they are, and others feel bad about themselves. Then there are those who fluctuate between the two. Everyone would probably admit that there are things about themselves that need changing. If they won’t […]
May 24
“He is like a tree planted by streamsof water, which yields its fruitin season and whose leafdoes not wither. Whatever he does prospers” Psalm 1:3 (NIV) I like this picture that God paints in today’s verse. Even during the driest times of summer won’t effect a tree planted at the bank of a lively stream. […]
May 22
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future,nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God” Romans 8:38-39 (NIV) Whenever I need to hear that someone cares about me and […]
May 21
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions” Luke 12:15 (NIV) No matter how wealthy you are, there will always be someone richer. No matter how much shopping you do, there will always be something else we will desire. It’s […]
May 17
“A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly” Proverbs 14:29 (NIV) Something that I can proclaim with certainty over my 50 plus years of life is that people will bother other people. We will get upset by someone’s words or actions in the course of daily living. It’s hard to control […]
May 15
“…and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” 2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV) All of us have what I call a “self talk” going on in our heads. Some refer to it as our “thought life”. Many times we just let it happen, but we need to realize we can interrupt that […]
May 14
“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously” 2Corinthians 9:6 (NIV) It only makes sense that if we sprinkle just a few seeds (‘sow’), then we can only harvest (‘reap’) a small amount. On the other hand, if we throw out a bunch of seeds, […]
May 10
“Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God” Genesis 6:9 (NIV) When Noah was living his pre-ark, normal daily life, he “walked with God”. He did that even when pretty much everyone else wasn’t. As a matter of fact, they weren’t even close, which is why […]