“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting,” Psalm 139:23-24, NIV. I went to check the time on my wristwatch the other, and it caught me off guard that it had stopped. I hadn't realized my watch wasn't working. How long have I been using a dead watch? Why hadn’t I noticed it? Have I just been putting a broken watch on for days? Obviously, I don't examine my watch as ofte

“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory,” Colossians 3:2-4, NIV. Recently we sent a team of evangelists from our church to Tanzania, Africa. We have been working in different regions of Tanzania for years now, bringing the good news of the gospel of Jesus. We have found there is a deep hunger for spiritual truth and

“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” Psalms‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬, ‭3‬-‭4‬, NIV‬‬. Did you know each month’s full moon has its own identifiable name? July’s full moon (which is on the 29th), is called the Raspberry Moon—because berries

“…from everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked,” Luke 12:48, NIV. I was shopping the other day and came across a really funny sweater. At least I found it humorous. The sweater itself was nothing to write home about, but the statement caught my eye, twice, as I did a quick double take. “No crying on the yacht.” I personally love it. A reminder that when one has much, much is expected f

“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness,” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭22‬-‭24‬, NIV‬‬. I have old-looking hands. It’s true. They are my Nana’s hands for sure. One morning I decided to try to spruce them up by getting my nails done. And it actually helped a bit. Y