8 More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ (Philippians 3:8 CSB) We all put so much value in to the … Read more
32 Some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together. (Acts 19:32 CSB) Our enemy seeks to keep us in a state of confusion. By keeping us in conflict he maintains a state that does not allow for measured and … Read more
5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, 6 knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, 7 godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 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 … Read more
5 Just as you don’t know the path of the wind,or how bones develop in[a] the womb of a pregnant woman,so also you don’t know the work of God who makes everything. (Ecclesiastes 11:5 CSB) There is much about the workings of God that we just do not know. Elsewhere in scripture it says, “His ways … Read more
8 But in the past, since you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things[a] that by nature are not gods. 9 But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elements?Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? (Galatians 4:8-9 CSB) Consider, on … Read more