Feb 10
“First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye” Matthew 7:5 (NLT) We seem to have the tendency to see flaws in others pretty easily, especially those we don’t like. It can make for enjoyable, yet damaging, conversation if […]
Feb 6
“Whoever has My commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves ME… I will love him and show Myself to him” John 14:21 (NIV) Our goal isn’t just “sin management“. We shouldn’t be walking around just figuring out ways to avoid sin. Those wrongful actions, thoughts, and words will happened. We then confess […]
Nov 15
“He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power” Isaiah 40:29 (NASB) All our lives we are taught to be strong, independently self-sufficient, and know as much as possible so we don’t even appear weak in any way. It’s worse for men. Maybe that’s why a man, in the pre-GPS days, would drive […]
Nov 8
“Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart” Colossians 4:2 (NLT) Devoting to something is a lot more than just doing it. Being devoted to a sport, cause, or person has focused passion behind it. God knows that prayer, talking to Him, is critical to our fulfillment in life. So He […]
Oct 28
“He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us” Psalm 103:10,12 (NIV) Believing and acting on today’s verses can give us a true relief. It’s almost like, in the midst […]
Oct 14
“… a gossip separates close friends” Proverbs 16:28 (NIV) I have learned to NOT believe everything that people tell me. I have found that we all tend to bend the truth to our own advantage. Sometimes we can damage someone else’s image to uplift our own. My favorite form of slander is via the prayer […]
Oct 5
“Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults” Psalm 19:12 (New King James Version) I learned a medical/first aid concept the hard way. If a cut is infected, or potentially infected, then there is a process to go through to help heal the wound and avoid major complications. Years ago I had a […]
Sep 22
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit” Psalm 147:3,5 (NIV) We all go through times of ‘heartbreak’ and disappointment. Those are situations that can create loneliness, discouragement and hopelessness. Life can hurt at times. There can be experiences that we run into that […]
Sep 13
“Therefore we do not lose heart.Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day” 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 (NIV) When I hit the age of 50, I physically felt really old. Though I am a lot slower when I try to play basketball with my children, my interpersonal interactions are […]
Sep 8
Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body” 1 Corinthians 12:15 (NIV) The Apostle Paul is writing this to a group of people who had a tendency to compare themselves to […]