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“…for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.”  Galatians 3:26-27 How someone dresses says a lot about them. Rebellious teens dress in a manner designed to irritate their parents.  Creative types veer toward more avant garde clothing. …

Whenever my daughter is about to make an obvious bad choice, she’ll say to me, “It’s OK. That is something Future Me will have to deal with.”  It is amusing when she says it, but there is some truth to her approach.  When we make decisions, we should consider what our future selves would think…

“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.  No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may…

“For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it.”  Proverbs 8:11 Most of us don’t aspire to be wise. We aspire to be wealthy.  We aspire to be successful.  We aspire to be loved.  But attaining wisdom typically isn’t on anyone’s bucket list. But we should be seeking wisdom.…

There are lots of things in life we can’t choose. We don’t get to choose our parents or our siblings.  We don’t get to choose what schools we go to or where we grow up.  We can’t choose our height or our hair color.  But outside of that, we have a lot of choices in…

“The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”  They…

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 Have you ever noticed that God does not answer our prayers in the way…

One of the most difficult aspects of moving from emotional immaturity to emotional maturity is coming to terms with the fact that in every relationship, you must bring something to the table. In order to have good relationships with your spouse, employer or family members, you have to have something to offer (besides being alive…

“Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.” Psalm 34:14 There are a lot of wars going on. There is a war against terrorism.  There is a war against ISIS.  In some parts of the world, there is a war on women and girls.  But all these wars really stem from one…

Life is not fair. You only have to read the news, or just walk out your door, to learn that life simply isn’t fair.  Innocent children are born into all kinds of circumstances, some good, some not so good, and some that are shockingly bad.  Some adolescents sail smoothly through their teen years, while others…
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