8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:8 CSB) Possessing a quality typically means that you are living that quality. If we are doing so only intermittently, then it may be that while we possess some … Read more

22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. (Hebrews 10:22 CSB) There are times when I feel near to God and other times when I feel distant. In either case, more than likely, the … Read more

7 being rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing with gratitude. (Colossians 2:7 CSB) We have four words today that should be core to our faith life. Our faith must be rooted in Christ. Everything begins and ends here. All that we say and do must proceed … Read more

13 And do not offer any parts[a] of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness. (Romans 6:13 CSB) Scripture, at times, takes a pretty hard line. Today’s is no exception. We are being asked … Read more

5 Then I said: Woe is me for I am ruined[a]because I am a man of unclean lipsand live among a people of unclean lips,and because my eyes have seen the King,the Lord of Armies. (Isaiah 6:5 CSB) There are times when I can only cry out, ”Woe is me for I am ruined.” Do you ever feel this … Read more