Relationally Committed

“For then I will give to the peoples purified lips, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him shoulder to shoulder. Zephaniah 3:9. Zephaniah speaks very much of the day of the Lord. Israel had a spiritual resurgence under Josiah but had drifted...

Discipleship of the Heart

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same...

A Culture of Complainers

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out. Proverbs 17:14 A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. Proverbs 18:6-7 It is an honor...

How Wise are You?

All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge. Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is...

Parental Expectations Raising Kids

The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor. The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!” The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it....

The God who Hears

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today? Deuteronomy 4:7-8. I love the...