4 I have glorified you on the earth by completing the work you gave me to do. (John 17:4 CSB) Today I am up very early. I have work to do that requires a few additional hours to complete and it is work I cannot put off. We are given work in our daily lives … Read more

6 Better the poor person who lives with integrity than the rich one who distorts right and wrong. (Proverbs 28:6 CSB) Integrity knows no socioeconomic boundaries. When we have much we may be called to have a higher level of integrity because we have been entrusted with much. Great wealth opens many doors, both good … Read more

16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty. (Proverbs 22:16 CSB) Lives need to be enriched. But not in a way where the lives we enrich are only our own or to our own ends. When we build into others lives, enriching them, we too have our … Read more

15 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. (Genesis 2:15 CSB) We are all given work to do. We may simply do a job or we may be fully engaged in our careers. In either case we take on task and … Read more

3 My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commands; 2 for they will bring you many days, a full life,[a] and well-being. 3 Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Tie them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will find favor and … Read more