Being Human

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, (Titus 2:11-12 ESV) We are given, here in our passage today and many other places in scripture, a clear cut recipe for living a godly life. So why do we … Read more

Every Word

4 Even before a word is on my tongue,    behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. (Psalm 139:4 ESV) Take just a moment this morning and consider every word you spoke yesterday. If you spend any time at all thinking about that you will quickly come to the realization that you probably can’t remember many. I took a … Read more

Foundations

46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? 47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the … Read more

How Things Happen

 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. (Galatians 6:7 ESV) There are three ways things happen in our lives. God brings them our way, the enemy does or we do out of our own behavior and choices. I say three things, because this may not just be … Read more

Declutter

6 a time to seek, and a time to lose;a time to keep, and a time to cast away; (Ecclesiastes 3:6 ESV) I have been trying to thin out all that I have sitting about. Over the years we accumulate so much that, after a while, it just feels like a burden. This has been predicated on … Read more