christianity

Salvation in Plain Sight

Scripture Focus: Psalm 98:2 “The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.” There is something quietly astonishing about the way God works: He does not hide His salvation behind locked doors or coded language. Psalm 98:2 reminds us that God’s saving work is meant…
When God Lights the Flame

Scripture Focus: Psalm 18:28 “For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.” Psalm 18:28 is not the voice of someone speaking from comfort; it is the voice of someone who has walked through shadow and survived it by grace. David is not offering a poetic idea—he’s making a confession…
Counting What Truly Counts

Scripture Focus: Psalm 90:12 “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90 is written against the vast backdrop of God’s eternity. Mountains rise and fall, generations come and go, yet God remains. In that setting, Psalm 90:12 emerges not as a lament, but as a prayer…
Close Lips, Distant Hearts

Scripture Focus: Isaiah 29:13 “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men.” Isaiah 29:13 is one of those verses that reads quietly,…
Borrowed Wisdom, Eternal Source

Scripture Focus: Daniel 2:20 “Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his.” Daniel 2:20 is spoken in a moment when answers mattered—urgently. Lives were at stake. The most powerful ruler on earth demanded insight that none of his experts could produce. Yet when…
Self-Seeking and Christ-Seeking: Two Paths, Two Outcomes

Scripture whispers and warns that two paths run through every life: one curved inward toward self, and one turned outward and upward toward Christ. The difference between them is not always loud or obvious—but it is always decisive. Throughout Scripture, self-seeking and Christ-seeking are presented not merely as attitudes, but as opposing principles of life.…
Commit the Way

Scripture Focus:“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.” — Psalm 37:5 There’s something holy about the turn of a year—like God gives the soul a quiet breath. New pages feel full of promise, but we don’t step into January as brand-new people. We carry the…
At the Turning of the Year

There’s something gentle and almost sacred about standing at the edge of a new year. Not loud. Not dramatic. Just a quiet pause where we notice time has turned another page and we’re still here—still breathing, still learning, still held. New Year conversations don’t always need fireworks or resolutions written in bold ink. Sometimes they…
This One Thing I Do

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13–14) If you read that slowly, it doesn’t…
Restored, Not Repaired

Scripture Focus: Galatians 5:6 “…faith which worketh by love,” and 1 John 5:3 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.” We spend a surprising amount of energy trying to fix ourselves. We polish behavior, manage appearances, and attempt spiritual touch-ups—hoping that if we pray harder, behave better, or try again…