“Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father.   Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him.    The world and all […]

Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have […]

“Show me how you work, GOD; School me in your ways. Take me by the hand; Lead me down the path of truth. You are my Savior, aren’t you?    Mark the milestones of your mercy and love, GOD; Rebuild the ancient landmarks!    Forget that I sowed wild oats; Mark me with your sign of love. […]

“The people I love, I call to account—prod and correct and guide so that they’ll live at their best. Up on your feet, then! About face! Run after God!”Revelation 3:19 MSG A prodding God. He cares enough to urge, exhort, motivate, provoke and stimulate you to live at your best!  He wants you to live…REALLY LIVE! […]

“We look at this Son (Jesus) and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created.     For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels— everything got started in him and finds its purpose in […]

“When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I’ll listen. When you come looking for me, you’ll find me.  Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.”  God ’s Decree. I’ll turn things around for you…. You […]

“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.       Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”Psalm 143:8, 10 […]

“Here’s how we can be sure that we know God in the right way: Keep his commandments.    If someone claims, “I know him well!” but doesn’t keep his commandments, he’s obviously a liar. His life doesn’t match his words.     But the one who keeps God’s word is the person in whom we see God’s […]

“I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King! And I’ll bless your name into eternity. I’ll bless you every day, and keep it up from now to eternity.       GOD is magnificent; he can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to his greatness.      Generation after generation stands in awe of […]

“Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over.     In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is, destroys […]