In the wake of COVID-19, it is easy to ruminate on the "what ifs" and "could bes." Soon, I imagine myself carried away on a wave of...

The extent of our free will is encouraging, and convicting. We choose, on so many levels, how to navigate through the muck and mire of...

"You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind (both its inclination and character) is stayed on You, because...

"Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit...

"Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and...

"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was...

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8, NIV "Behold, I am doing...

"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on...

"Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from...

"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint grow...

"Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion? Can you bring out the constellations in their season and lead...

"Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to...

"I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,...

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and...

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the...

"Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your...

"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man...

"But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.  Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage...

“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of Sonship. And by Him we cry, “Abba,...

“Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;...