there are verses that remind us to appreciate the good times. Like in Psalm 118:24, which says, “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” So, when you’re feeling happy, remember to thank God for all the good stuff happening around ...
We need to make money; we need to provide. But there is a slight shift in perspective that happens when we give ourselves too much credit for doing the work ourselves. When we put our hope in those things; when we trust too much in the work of our hands to provide us with security,...
But when the Spirit is in control, He produces godly qualities within us, apart from the strictures of the Law (verses 22–23). Believers “have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (verse 24), and now we walk in the Spirit (verse 25). Those who walk in the Spirit ...
the restoration of heaven on earth as at the beginning of God’s beautiful creation. This week’s lectionary included one of the most recognized verses in all the New Testament, John 3:16. “For God so loved the world, that he
He sees the first two verses of Psalm 1 as an example of this. “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates ...