3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. (Psalm 141:3 CSB) The mouth can get us into all forms of trouble. Whether it is a careless word or a direct attack, there are all kinds of issues that begin on our lips. Some times we do … Read more

2 Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains, 4 so that I may make it known as I should. (Colossians … Read more

4 Let each person examine his own work, and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else. (Galatians 6:4 CSB) As humans we have this natural bent to compare ourselves with others. We look at  others lives or others as individuals and begin to measure ourselves in that … Read more

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has[a] come! (2 Corinthians 5:17 CSB) Advertisements assail us daily to buy the newest or improved items. All of which immediately begin to age and become old and obsolete as soon as they are … Read more

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10 CSB) Who does not appreciate fine workmanship. While the world has moved on to be a commodity based, throw away society, when we come across true workmanship it is something … Read more