“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6
I have never been one...
"Let all that you do be done in love." 1 Corinthians 16:14
This verse has always spoken to me not because of any specific instance in my life or major God moment that I have had, but because I feel like it captures what the entirety of the Gospel is meant to be about. We have all of...
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. That whoever believes in Him should not parish but have eternal life.”
John 3:14-15
Thirty-nine years ago, when my daughter, Jane was 8 years old, she had to learn the above...
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”
2 Timothy 4:7
To me, this verse means that we should never give up when we are trying to do something good. It reminds me of participating in a high school cross country race, because in cross...
“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” Psalm 139:14
I had an acquaintance in high school who took his own life. I was recently thinking of him, so went back to read the comments on his online obituary. I was touched because people are still writing messages to...
“You have shown me the path to life, and you make me glad by being near to me. Sitting at your right side, I will always be joyful.”
Psalms 16:11
Life is not always easy, nor is it simple. I just recently changed my job partly due to no longer being happy in the job...
“For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”
Matthew 25:29
The passage above comes from one of my favorite stories of the Bible – the Parable of Talents. In the...
“In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.”
Psalms 95:4-5
It's been a personal pleasure growing up in the church and participating in the many trips the church...
"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the Gospel's will save it.”
Mark 8:35
Timmy is a very special boy. I have never met anyone like him.
Timmy has cerebral palsy so he had to use leg braces and crutches to walk. Yet he loved...
“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:12
Most people know this verse as the Golden Rule. After making an observation of people in my life, I have decided that we do not live by it. Growing up I...