Month: January 2016Page 1 of 3

The battle behind closed doors

Your enemies will be right in your own household! -‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10:36‬ ‭(NLT)‬‬ But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. -Joshua 24:15 (NIV) In…

Subject to earthly laws

Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by…

The bottomless quiver

Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that…

Put it down, weary traveler

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. -Matthew 11:28 (NIV) A coworker gave me the above verse in a…

You and I were made to worship

As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. -Psalm 18:30 (NIV) When Pharaoh let the people…

Resurgam

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. -2 Corinthians 4:16 (NIV) In an office…

Pain before the birth of new things

In the same way I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born,” says the Lord. “If I cause you the pain, I will not…

Your reputation is not your identity

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. -Romans 15:7 (NIV) No, in all these things we are more than…

Words that maim and kill

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. -Ephesians 4:30 (NIV) A fool vents all his feelings,…

The harmonious dream

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed…