“And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness,” Ephesians 4:24, ESV. I was at a prayer meeting recently, and the sweetness of earnest confession filled the room. As I think about some of the struggles young men and women go through it’s as if they have stepped into a snake’s mouth and were swallowed whole. This is not a unique situation just for the young, it’s one we all experience. At times we all feel like one decision we

“T here is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus,” Galatians 3:28, NIV. They do say birds of a feather flock together. Which is pretty true. One doesn’t see penguins nesting with ostriches. One also won’t find sparrows soaring happily with birds that have three inch talons. God created species of their own kind. Yet, God made mankind a little lower than the angels and literally breathed His life into

“Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭4‬, ‭NIV‬‬ . Last week I looked at the clouds through the half-opened shutters. Then at the suitcase still filled with travel clothes which lay op

“Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand. I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.” Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God?” ‭‭Psalm 77‬:‭10‬-‭13‬, NIV‬‬. What if we are unable to remember God’s miracles from long ago? Or what if we remembered differently than those around us? Everyone