“For I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situati...  Read More

“It is better to be happy with what you have than to always want more and more. Always wanting more and more is useless. It is like trying to catch the wind.” – Ecclesiastes 6:9Envy cripples the abili...  Read More

“The misfits among the people had a craving and soon they had the People of Israel whining, “Why can’t we have meat? We ate fish in Egypt—and got it free!—to say nothing of the cucumbers and melons, t...  Read More

“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” – Romans 12:15Comparison usually falls into three categories: material (possessions), relational (connections), or circumstantial (life si...  Read More

“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.” – Proverbs 14:30Envy is a check engine light for the soul. It's that nagging feeling that what you have isn't enough—that somehow yo...  Read More

"Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness." - James 1:19-20One mark of godly anger is that it's controlled and short-li...  Read More

"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." - Ephesians 4:29Jesus got angry—sometimes ev...  Read More

“Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger, and don’t give the devil an opportunity.” - Ephesians 4:26-27Here's something freeing: you weren't designed to be judge of the univer...  Read More

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ." - Ephesians 4:32There's a life-changing perspective shift available to every believer: recogn...  Read More

"Be angry and do not sin. Don't let the sun go down on your anger." - Ephesians 4:26The holidays have a unique way of exposing what's already in our hearts. Family gatherings don't create emotions—the...  Read More

"They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." – Lamentations 3:23God's mercies rise like the sun—fresh every morning, washing away the darkness of night. Yesterday's failures don't determi...  Read More

"The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." – Lamentations 3:24There's a tension in the Christian life: God is enough right now, but that doesn't mean He's finished working. Both truths m...  Read More