We know these verses have nothing to do with food or drink. When God talks about the basics of life — food, drink, home, work, rest — there’s always a deeper message.
Daily Word: Finding Our Balance, Proverbs 21:21
In our quest for living a righteous life, we can sometimes hyper-focus on our works and internal examinations.
Daily Word: Even the Little Stuff? Luke 16:10
This verse is so powerful. Essentially Jesus in invoking the “Golden Rule” — “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31) –and expands on it in the pericope.
Daily Word: Rooted to Bear Fruit, John 15:5
Rooted to Bear Fruit. I don’t have much of a green thumb. But, I learned something, you can’t root a fruit tree in a glass of water.
Daily Word: Too Busy? Psalm 46:10
It’s difficult to be still sometimes, isn’t it? Especially with demands and deadlines and trials that never seem to end.
Daily Word: Shalom with Everyone? Hebrews 12:14
Have shalom — peace — with everyone? It is interesting that this verse is tucked within instructions on how to accept discipline from God, our Heavenly Father.
Daily Word: Just Checking In, 1 Thessalonians 3:3
It appears from the context of 1 Thessalonians that he addresses newly converted non-Jews, by his remarks about turning from idols to the one true GOD (vss. 9). The new believers in Thessalonica were going through some trials …
Daily Word: Hear the Siren? James [Jacob] 1:22
This is a meaty passage. My take away is that I have a choice to be a doer of God’s word or only a hearer.
Daily Word: Ouch! Matthew 3:8
You have to admire John the Immerser [a.k.a Baptist]. He never pulled any punches. Yet, this tiny clause of his comment to the Pharisees and Sadducees is filled with hope.
