18 Servants, submit to your masters with all reverence not only to the good and gentle ones but also to the cruel. 19 For it brings favor if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly. (1 Peter 2:18-19 CSB) We all want to be treated justly. Especially for those we … Read more
12 Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you. 13 Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also rejoice with great joy when his glory is revealed. (1 Peter 4:12-13 CSB) I have … Read more
13 For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity[a] for the flesh, but serve one another through love. (Galatians 5:13 CSB) Life is about opportunity. We are each looking for them and would like nothing more for our proverberal ship to come in. Even when … Read more
9 But as it is written, What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived— God has prepared these things for those who love him. (1 Corinthians 2:9 CSB) Life can be difficult enough when we have a good sense of what is to come. But more often than not, … Read more
43 For the days will come on you when your enemies will build a barricade around you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. (Luke 19:43 CSB) There are days (maybe even weeks, months or years) where we feel besieged on every side. Times when it seems that either there is no way … Read more