Dumbing Down On God 2 John 1:10-11 (MSG) If anyone shows up who doesn’t hold to this teaching [the teaching of Christ], don’t invite him in and give him the run of the place. That would just give him ...  Read More

Get Back In the Race 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 (MSG) I don’t know about you, but I’m running hard for the finish line. I’m giving it everything I’ve got. No lazy living for me! I’m staying alert and in to...  Read More

To Never Know A Stranger Isaiah 40:7-8 (MSG) “These people are nothing but grass, their love fragile as wildflowers. The grass withers, the wildflowers fade, if GOD so much as puffs on them. Aren’t th...  Read More

How Agape Love Flows Luke 6:38 (MSG) Give away your life; you’ll find life given back, but not merely given back—given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets ...  Read More

Life’s Greatest Treasure Is... 1 Timothy 6:17-19 (MSG) Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tel...  Read More

Good Godly Trouble Matthew 26:10-11 (MSG) When Jesus realized what was going on, he intervened. “Why are you giving this woman a hard time? She has just done something wonderfully significant for me. ...  Read More

Godly Reputation 2 Corinthians 8:21 (MSG) We’re being as careful in our reputation with the public as in our reputation with God. Talk about it, avoid it, join in with it...as God’s children, these op...  Read More

Your Turning Point Romans 4:1-3 (MSG) So how do we fit what we know of Abraham, our first father in the faith, into this new way of looking at things? If Abraham, by what he did for God, got God to ap...  Read More

Take Nothing For Granted 2 Peter 1:3-4 (MSG) Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to...  Read More

When You Mess With God’s Children John 15:23 (MSG) Hate me, hate my Father—it’s all the same. There are some folks who make the mistake of assuming we’re dumpsters to be used, abused, and neglected. T...  Read More

Stay Ready 1 John 3:2-3 (MSG) But friends, that’s exactly who we are: children of God. And that’s only the beginning. Who knows how we’ll end up! What we know is that when Christ is openly revealed, w...  Read More

If You Need To Reach Me... Matthew 14:23 (MSG) With the crowd dispersed, he climbed the mountain so he could be by himself and pray. He stayed there alone, late into the night. When Jesus went up to t...  Read More