Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. Proverbs 21:5
Proper planning is essential to do anything well. Without a plan, there is no clear way to execute the thing that you want to do. This is why we plan for events, business strategies, and oth...
Continue ReadingBut who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to You? Everything we have has come from You, and we give You only what You first gave us. We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shado...
Continue ReadingThen Peter came to Him and asked, "Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?" "No, not seven times," Jesus replied, "but seventy times seven!" Matthew 18:21-22
Can you remember a time when someone forgave you when you expected them to do the complete oppos...
Continue ReadingDon't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3
One of the characteristics that can be found in a genuinely gracious person is humility. After all, it takes a great deal of humility to choose to treat someone better t...
Continue ReadingThis is real love—not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 1 John 4:10-11
My sister told me the sweetest story about my three-year-old nephew the...
Continue ReadingSin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God's grace. Romans 6:14
When I was in college, one of my favorite professors chose to give my entire class a 100 on our first exam to show us grace. The problem,...
Continue ReadingSo you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11
If I'm honest, grace is a difficult concept for me to understand. You see, grace is getting something that we do not deserve, and I like to earn what I deserve. It is h...
Continue ReadingCome close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. James 4:8
"Direction, not intention, leads to destination," Pastor Andy Stanley writes in his book, The Principle of the Path. In his...
Continue ReadingTemptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death. James 1:14-15
A good parent disciplines their child, but lazy parents do nothing when they see their child misbeha...
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