“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands….” 1 Th 4:7a (NIV) It’s easy to get caught up in everything else that is going on around us… But we have to remember to mind our own business! I…

“God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you.” 2 Th 1:6 (NIV) Stop worrying about how you will get that person back at work for what they did to you. We have so many other things to be concerned about! God’s already got it all…

“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Col 4:6 (NIV)  Seasoning our conversation is key! I usually use too much salt and lots of pepper! Let’s remember this simple recipe for our speech this week and use…

“I know what it is to be in need, I know what it is to have plenty.  I have learned the secret to being content in any and every situation.  Whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” Phil 4:12 (NIV)  How we handle each situation…

Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” Eph 5:15-16 (NIV) A very simple reminder for the week that doesn’t need much else to be said about it more than what it already says……

“In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry.” Eph 4:26 When we get upset bad things usually happen – I know it does for me! Let’s use this verse as a reminder that we can channel our anger and use…

“We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.” 2 Th 1:3 (NIV) Don’t think because you didn’t read your bible every day this year or…

“Out of the generosity of Christ, each of us is given his own gift.” Eph 4:7 (MSG) We may not understand what other folk’s gifts are (or may disagree with how they use their gifts!), but are reminded that each of us is made unique and brings something to this…

“…For at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.” Rm 2:1b (NIV) or in The Message version: “…Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself.  It takes one to know one.”  Rm 2:1b (MSG)  This has me written…

“They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.”  2 Kings 12:15  Wouldn’t it be amazing if we never had to recount our change, or check the receipt to make sure we weren’t overcharged for…