“If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.  God has spoken once, twice have I heard this:  that power belongs to God.  Also, to you, O Lord, belongs mercy; for you render to each one according to his work” (Psalm 62:10b-12). My friend Mike used to say,...

“Search me, O God, and know my heart.  Try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 119:23-24 NKJV). A scratchy throat, a runny nose, some sneezing, a stuffy head, and feeling tired—even irritable,...

“Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.  You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron” (Psalm 77:19-20 NIV). God is always with you, but He is not always visible.  Trouble causes us...

“O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?  Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save?” (Habakkuk 1: 2 ESV). Christians, perhaps above all people, should not need reminding that our world is full of trouble.  Chock full.  After all, our Lord...

  “For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish” (Psalm 1:6).   Where I live, January is an imposter.  The dark and dreariness of winter hardly bothers us here in New Orleans where the probability of sunshine...

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.  Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew 6:34 ESV). We ought to be fearful of answering a knock on our door because often standing behind it is either opportunity or...