“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name” (Ps 100:4). Welcome to heaven! Note to self: everybody is praising the Lord! Now let’s take that attitude of gratitude back into our often thankless world, since “this is the will of God” for us […]
“Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 5:19). When we reject God’s truth for our own opinions and desires, our souls shrivel; […]
“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain” (1 Cor 9:24). Some say, “I’m encouraged” and I think, “encouraged to do what?” Oh, “just encouraged—that we’ve got it right.” But even if you’re on the right […]
“That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy” (Col 1:10-11). Since God’s unlimited resources for change have been offered to me, I need […]
“Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth” (Hos 6:3). Eternal life is knowing the Lord (Jn 17:3); discovering Him today, says Hosea, will be like a […]
“The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations…” (2 Pet 2:9). The godly? That’s Lot! Only the grace of God would use Lot as a good example—not of Lot’s faith, but of God’s faithfulness. Of all the things God knows, I’m so glad He knows how to do this! […]
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world…is not of the Father…And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides […]
“What does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul” (Deut 10:12). Great checklist! i) Fear = take God seriously; ii) walk = put […]
“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness” (Lam 3:22-23). When I was a boy, the breadman and milkman delivered to the door; now near the other end of life I can testify: His unfailing love comes fresh every morning—He never […]