Jesus to Pharisees: On the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. (Matthew 23:28) Am I the only one who has done this? (And more than once!) Someone shared a concern or struggle...
O God, You are my God, earnestly I seek You. My soul thirsts for You, my body longs for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. (Psalm 63:1, a psalm of David) On my morning walks I am noticing dying trees. The cause may be disease or pests, but I suspect the...
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel … You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? (Galatians 1:6, 3:1) To them, you are nothing more than one...
Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angel's...
Pray continually. (1 Thessalonians 5:17) But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. (Luke 5:16) I do a lot of multi-task praying: ironing and praying, driving and praying (eyes open). How else can you obey the command to pray...
... so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life. (Philippians 2:15-16) Vacation Bible School begins today! Decorations are up, skits have...