Scripture: Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud but be willing to associate with people of low position. – Romans 12:16 (NIV) Live in harmony and you will experience peace. Pride builds walls of separation; harmony builds bridges to those who aren’t like us. Separation is the essence and product of sin. […]
Scripture: If someone has wronged you, do not repay them with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good. Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody. – Romans 12:17-18 (NKJV) When someone treats us unjustly or unfairly, our natural impulse is retribution. God asks us at that […]
Scripture: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. – Psalm 119:105 (NASB) When we are going through difficult times, it is hard to see the road ahead. We grasp for quick answers on our own and manufacture anxiety. God’s word, like a flashlight in the dark, helps us […]
“Untold millions are still untold.” ― John Wesley Scripture: How then are they to call on Him in whom they have not believed? How are they to believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? – Romans 10:14 (NASB) In His sovereign wisdom, God designed communication […]
Scripture: This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’ – Zechariah 7:9-10 (NIV) Find a quiet place to be still with God. Take a deep breath […]
Scripture: “For God does speak-now one way, now another-though no one perceives it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride, […]
Scripture: “But whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him?” – 1 John 3:17 (NASB) One of the hallmarks of a Christian life is expressing compassion and mercy by sharing earthly resources with those in need. […]
Scripture: And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” – Mark 9:35 Jesus’ teaching is completely counter to our cultural training. We laud the virtue of self-interest, while the Kingdom of God values service and […]
Scripture: Be kind to one another, tender hearted forgiving one another even as God in Christ forgave you. – Ephesians 4:32 (NASB) Be kind! This simple imperative is a complete sentence. It is the stuff of the kindergarten curriculum and profound ancient wisdom in equal measure. So, what is the problem? Why is kindness a […]
Scripture: One who gives to the poor will never lack anything, But one who shuts his eyes will have many curses. – Proverbs 28:27 (NASB) “One great reason why the rich in general have so little sympathy for the poor is because they so seldom visit them. Hence it is that one part of the […]
