Psalm 119:105 says, “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path” (NIV). Scripture contains such good instruction, often in just a few sentences. I love that, when I don’t know what I should be praying for or when I’m too overwhelmed with life to dig through my thoughts and talk…
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. (Colossians 3:23–24 ESV) The blinking cursor on the mostly empty document seemed to stare me down. I wrote a few (terrible) sentences, and then I promptly highlighted and deleted…
You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. (Deuteronomy 11:1 ESV) “I forgot real quick,” my younger daughter says when I scold her for doing something I asked her not to do a few minutes earlier. Her brutal honesty is humorous after the…
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5–6 NIV) How do you trust in God with all your heart? I think it’s choosing to believe that he has his best in mind…
Lord, increase our faith! Not long before Peter was accosted by the collectors of the temple tax in Capernaum, Jesus told his disciple, “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you”…
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. (James 5:7–8 ESV) Winter…