10 Be still, and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10a NIV) In this first line of this verse God give us a recipe for how we need to face each day. “Be” – God calls us to be who He made us to be and to put aside all else. We are not to … Read more

3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittlefrom my groaning all day long.4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me;my strength was drained[a]as in the summer’s heat.Selah5 Then I acknowledged my sin to youand did not conceal my iniquity.I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”and you forgave the guilt of my sin. … Read more

31 Let all bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander be removed from you, along with all malice. (Ephesians 4:31 CSB) Why do we foster bitterness? Let’s begin by considering that a bitterness we have fostered is justified. We have been wronged and we have a righteous anger around it. It is something that, no matter … Read more

8 You have set my feet in a spacious place. (Psalm 31:8b CSB) God will, at times, put us in either a place where we are very contained or a spacious place. Now, I am not talking about actual physical space. I believe God contains us when we need less logical or spiritual territory to … Read more

9 For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,[a]10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge … Read more