Don’t Forsake Wisdom

Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my...

Fighting Right

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ...

We All Struggle

For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that...

What It Takes To Be Thankful

Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman, once said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” In other words, gratitude (or thankfulness) is necessary to live a virtuous life. While I believe that living a virtuous...

In Submission

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. — Proverbs 3:5–6 There is something in most of us that loves control. We want the steering...

Putting On The Armor

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the...