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God is love. If we are to be walking in God’s presence, then we should be walking in love. Like the roots of a tree that hold the tree secure, so is love that holds us secure. The deeper the roots, the stronger for the tree to not be uprooted and withstand the storms. The

The writer in Ecclesiastes starts off saying that basically everything in this life is meaningless. This is not altogether surprising when we only look at things from an earthly experience and mortal perspective. It is not altogether surprising if we do not understand and focus only on the natural and not the supernatural. To someone

The book of Ephesians is so amazing. It is so dense in content and wisdom. As I read today’s scriptures, the one verse that really speaks to me today concerns opening the eyes of our hearts. Let’s do a quick exercise. Close your eyes for 30 seconds, then open them. Don’t continue reading until you

Paul is closing out his letter to the Romans here and speaking about the gospel of Jesus Christ. He points out that the message has been “hidden for long ages past”, but is “now revealed… by the command of the eternal God”. Paul experienced God’s revelation. He was given divine insight that comes only from

Sometimes life gets heavy. Situations get complex. Stress hits. A stressful relationship situation at home, stress at work due to timelines or politics, stress from fear of failure or due to health issues or a sudden death – there are all kinds of situations that can bring stress and sorrow into your life. These times

In Romans chapter 14, Paul is talking about how we should get along with other people, especially brothers and sisters in the Lord who might have different convictions than ours. Further, our convictions should not cause them to stumble in theirs. How can we know what God is doing in someone else’s life?  Image courtesy

God always wins. If we want to be on the winning team, we need to be on God’s team. It’s like when we were in grade school and we had to pick a person to be on our dodge ball team. Wouldn’t we always pick the person who we knew would help us win? Of

Our life decisions are so often tied to and influenced by our perspective. There is a great saying that is full of wisdom is that “you can’t fly with the eagles when you are running with the chickens”. Think about the perspective of the eagle way up in the air, versus the chicken down on

Today’s scripture is so simple, yet so profound. When God gifts us and calls us, the Bible says those gifts and that calling are irrevocable. How can we add some context to this, let’s first look at what irrevocable means. Some synonyms are irreversible, unalterable, unchangeable, immutable, final, binding, permanent, carved in stone; Dictionary.com defines

God is Lord of all. God does not discriminate. That means He doesn’t care if you are Jew or Gentile, Lutheran, Baptist, Church of Christ, male or female, tall, short, young, old, white, brown, orange, or blue. God richly blesses ALL who call on Him. Image courtesy of: Leiduowen Scripture: “For there is no difference between