Read Psalm 149:4 How does anyone get to be meek? Meekness means living under control. The secret lies in who does the controlling. I do not control myself; Jesus does. Meekness is not a virtue that we learn through years of hard work; it’s the gift of the Holy Spirit to those who put their […]
Read Proverbs 15:1 Did you know that an elephant’s trunk has more than 40,000 individual muscles? An elephant’s trunk is so strong it can uproot trees and carry heavy loads, but at the same time its trunk is sensitive and gentle enough to pick up a single blade of grass. Elephants are both strong and […]
Read 2 Corinthians 3:17 After we confess our sin and present true repentance for failing to honor God with our lives, the Spirit of the Lord offers us freedom. Americans know freedom all to well. We love our freedom. We have fought for it, protested for it, and voted for it. We live for freedom! […]
Read Psalm 51:1-3; Luke 18:9-14 “God, be merciful to me, a sinner,” said the tax collector in Luke 18. Unlike the Pharisee in this story who knew the Law but did not allow it to penetrate his heart, it is the tax collector who comes face to face with his own sin. When you are […]
Read John 14:2-3 To the nonbeliever, death is the most powerful thing on earth. Death wins over all man’s efforts. Death defeats life. When a nonbeliever dies, people mourn that a loved one is gone, a life is over. Some comfort is found in memories and physical evidences left behind, but no matter what we […]