2 What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men[a] who will be able to teach others also. (2 Timothy 2:2 CSB) When we commit something to another, we are showing faith in them. We expect that what we have entrusted to them will be carried out. God … Read more
6-7 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of … Read more
9 For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,[a] 10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every … Read more
4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things[a] have passed away. 5 Then the one seated on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new.” He also said, “Write, because these words[b] are faithful and … Read more
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual. (1 Corinthians 15:46 CSB) We speak of things happening organically typically being the best things. When our lives grow in an organic manner there is typically time to adapt to the circumstance. We often view something that changes suddenly as not necessarily … Read more