When you stay focused on your purpose, not your problem, you can be happy even when life seems to be falling apart.Paul was an old man when he was in prison in Rome. He was a long way from home.
“An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions” (Proverbs 17:24 GNT). Most of what we do on a daily basis won’t matter in five minutes, much less five years. We do a lot
Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you. (Psalm 55:22) Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. (1 Peter 5:7) Anxiety and stress bear down hard on our bodies
Psalm 131 A Song of Ascents. Of David- 1 LORD, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me. 2 Surely I have calmed
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being
Lord, You said, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whosoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake
“Keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity” (Proverbs 3:1b-2 NIV). If I had a pill that promised to add years to your life, you’d probably pay a
In a 21st century world where we’re overworked, over stressed, and over-scheduled, this may be one of the most significant and freeing sentences you’ll ever read: You have just enough time to do God’s will. That means if you don’t
King David was up against a familiar foe. Years before as a young shepherd boy, he had faced down Goliath, the top Philistine warrior, by killing Read More »