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For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. (1 Peter 2:21 ESV) 

Everything we say or do affects the lives of those around…

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.  
Isaiah 55:9 (ESV) 

As children of God, we strive to please Him in everything we…

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 NIV) 

We are always seeking approval to feel validated. We were born with…

There is no difference between the one who plants and the one who waters; God will reward each one according to the work each has done. (1 Corinthians 3:8 GNT)  

It is human nature to compare ourselves to…

He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. (2 Timothy…

I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 
Psalm 63:4 (NIV) 

An open or giving hand stands for an open heart, and an open heart is required to worship…

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 
1 Peter 2:21 (ESV) 

Everything we say or do affects the lives of those around…

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 
Isaiah 55:9 (ESV) 

As children of God, we are constantly striving to please Him in everything we…

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city and preach to it the message that I tell you. 
(Jonah 3:1-2 NKJV) 

 It is a good thing that God…

O LORD, you have searched me and known me! 
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; 
You discern my thoughts from afar. 
You search out my path and my lying down 
and are acquainted with all…

July 27, 2019 

Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as…

July 10, 2019 

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. 
(Psalm 19:14 NIV) 

We are always seeking approval in order to feel validated. We…

July 5, 2019 

Make me to know your ways, O Lord; 
Teach me your paths. 
Lead me in your truth and teach me, 
For you are the God of my salvation; 
For you I wait all the day long. 
(Psalm…

July 3, 2019 

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD,…

May 30, 2019 

For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. - Philippians 2:13 NIV 

There is a fable called The Tortoise and The Hare.  The tortoise is…