When Others Fall Short

“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?” Luke 6:41 NASB There’s something universal in all of us, part of our human nature, that quickly identifies the shortcomings of others while failing to …

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Are You Guarding Your Eyes?

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6:22-23 NIV …

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How Do You React When You’re Mistreated?

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. 1 Thessalonians 5:15 NIV If you spend any time around children, it won’t be long before you hear the words, “Well, he did it first!” The …

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Remember God’s Faithfulness

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;  he led them through the depths as through a desert. He saved them from the hand of the foe;  from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them. The waters covered their adversaries;  not one of them survived. Then they believed …

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Are You Committed To Always Follow God?

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words …

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Developing Spiritual Muscle

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4 NIV No one enjoys suffering. So …

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