“God is just: he will pay back trouble to those who trouble you.” 2 Thes 1:6 (NIV) This week I kept thinking about someone that had done something wrong to me. It was minor… but it was bother me!  Then I ran across this verse and it reminded me that God’s…

Weekly Ration “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.” Col 4:6 (CSB) or in this modern version:  “Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put…

How many times in our lives have we heard the phrase “It’s better to give than to receive”? As a simple reminder this week let’s see if we can “give” more than we “get”. Watch out though! In our “me first” culture, acting like this may get us noticed! “…remember the words of…

I’ve been in too many situations this week where the devil was grabbing at my coat tails trying to pull me in the wrong direction!But I know based on this verse below that if I turn to God and resist the devil, the devil will go the other way! “Submit…

“Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.” Prov 14:7 (NIV) Take a quick inventory as to whom you are hanging around.  Do you find much knowledge coming from them? It’s not so much as to their knowledge but also what their perspective…

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38 (NIV) We have to remember to give a little grace to those around…

“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Ex 20:7 (KJV) Watch yo mouth! (Me too!) Enough said.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will keep your paths straight” Prov 3:5-6 (NIV) I have clung to this verse most of my life!  Today it reminds me of a good friend of mine named…

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing..” Isaiah 43:18-19a (ESV) Let’s not lament over the past… God has something new in store for us all this year!  Let’s look to this year with anticipation and greatness.  God is the same yesterday,…

  “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Rom 12:12 (NIV) Read it again slowly and let it sink in.