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Love as a constant

The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. -Leviticus…

Decoys

I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. -Psalms 119:15 (NIV) At the time of this writing (November 2015), there’s a dwindling furor over a Starbucks Christmas…

Out with the old, in with the new

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore,…

When the pain won’t stop

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is…

Bad apples…or oranges?

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? -1 Corinthians 3:3 (NIV)…

Detouring around treacherous roads

But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house. -2 Samuel 11:9 (NIV) Sometimes, when…

Father Knows Best

Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a…

For the children

> No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by…

Every little thing you do

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance…

Live to serve

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. -‭‭Mark‬ ‭10:45‬ ‭(NKJV‬)‬ “I…