A daily verse ~ serving.

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong gloryContinue reading “A daily verse ~ serving.”

A daily thought ~ musings on love and peace.

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.1 Peter 4:8 ESV Loving one another. Truly, practically, wholly loving one another. In the midst of the chaos and upheaval all around the world in the current state of affairs, floods, fires, COVID-19, riots, many people are crying out for peace.Continue reading “A daily thought ~ musings on love and peace.”

A daily thought ~ Work.

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.Colossians 3:23-24 ESV In whatever you do, do it for the Lord. No matter our occupation, whether we are called to be spouses, mothers,Continue reading “A daily thought ~ Work.”

A daily thought ~ Being Sent.

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”Isaiah 6:8 ESV Are we willing to be sent? When God calls do we, like Isaiah say, “Here I am! Send me”? Or do we respond like Jonah, notContinue reading “A daily thought ~ Being Sent.”

A daily thought ~ light.

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.Matthew 5:14 ESV Are we being the light of our world?? That’s an interesting question. We aren’t asked if we want to be the light of the world, we aren’t given the option to be the light of the worldContinue reading “A daily thought ~ light.”

A daily verse ~ Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,Continue reading “A daily verse ~ Psalm 23”

A daily thought ~ Confession.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.1 John 1:9 ESV How hard is it for us to face our failures? I was reading an article just today and it was talking about how few people are willing to take responsibilityContinue reading “A daily thought ~ Confession.”

A daily verse ~ Forgiveness

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you..Matthew 6:14 ESV Forgiving is hard! Nobody really likes forgiving someone who has wronged them a lot (or just a little!). We inherently don’t want to forgive, we want justice. Not that we really even want justice either, what we really wantContinue reading “A daily verse ~ Forgiveness”

A daily thought ~ Abiding.

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.John 15:7 ESV Abiding. How often do we genuinely abide in Chirst? Do we let His words abide in us? Or are we too busy even doing good things to take the time toContinue reading “A daily thought ~ Abiding.”

A daily verse ~ Prayer

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.Colossians 4:2 ESV Today I was listening to a really interesting podcast called Ask Away with Vince and Jo Vitale with guest speaker Francis Chan. And they were speaking on what our western churches should look like and they made a few really interesting points. One,Continue reading “A daily verse ~ Prayer”