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“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. (Luke 6:27, 28 ESV) Previous — Next

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.…

“Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Next This comes from Mark 10:21 (NLT) Here is how the beginning of the verse goes: 21 Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you…

I’m sitting here watching Mikayla poop her pants. What’s crazy is her mom won’t even care. In fact she might even put on a sweet voice and call it “Kayla’s little poopy”. But if I pooped my pants, she would completely freak. Why? Cause I know better. God is a better parent than us. He…

Imagine this scene with me for a moment. It is little Jacob’s fifth birthday party. He is so excited. He has asked for a wide variety of toys. Some of the toys he asked for were obscure and didn’t really matter to him, he had seen them advertised on TV or one of his friends…

The day when you fake a smile and go about your business.

A man kisses his wife goodbye.  He holds her one last time and then boards the spaceshuttle.  He will be on his flight for almost 10 years.  The sound of the shuttle door slamming shut echos into every fiber in his being.  He is completely cut off the world he knows and loves.  He looks out the…

I love the way my Mac feels when I cradle it in my arms. And the way my LCD TV looks at me before I leave for work always warms my heart. But there is absolutely nothing like the way Facebook kisses me goodnight. There is something about the way we live that completely contradicts…

Comparing ourselves to others is a dangerous trap.  The kind that seductively draws us in and then chomps down like a venus fly trap. I’ve compared myself to other people. There are two simple reasons for this: 1.) I want to feel bad for myself. 2.) I want to feel better about myself. Mostly #2 You know…

So back to Paul, who seemed to understand that he wasn’t the answer to his own problems. He used phrases like: “no confidence in the flesh”, “whatever was profit I now consider loss”, “I consider everything a loss”, “I have lost all things”, and “I consider them rubbish.” Paul is saying all the things that…
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