“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”Matthew 10:16 NKJV “Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known…
Don’t Skip Twice
“Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.”I Timothy 4:14-15 NKJV I didn’t write yesterday. The weekend flew by and…
Friendly Reminders
“A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is!”Proverbs 15:23 NKJV I recently had a short connection with an old friend where we exchanged very brief updates about ourselves. In it, I mentioned that if I had the time, I would read my…
Hold Things Loosely
“You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.”Isaiah 26:3 NKJV “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”Romans 8:28 NKJV “Every branch in Me that does not bear…
Sufficient Grace
“And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”II Corinthians 12:9 NKJV ““For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says…
Loosing Anxious Restraints
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away.”Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4, 6 ESV…
Dreary, Not Weary
“Do not grow weary in doing good, for in due season you shall reap a harvest if you do not lose heart.” Galatians 6:9 This was our memory verse today in school. We are going through a character course that backs up characters with bible verses and gives practical mindsets on how to live it…
Not to Judge
“Judge not, that you be not judged… Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you… Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”Matthew 7:1,7, and 12 NKJV “Everyone you…
Growing and Gleaning
“Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.” – Proverbs 16:3 I told myself I would write every day this month. I’ve wanted to challenge myself an stretch my writing capacity for a while, and a monthlong challenge seemed like a good way to do it. But only for the shortest…
Sometimes I am the Jerk
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our…