September 3 Luke 12:20-21 “But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” In this life that we are living we are always chasing one thing or another. Whether wealth or success, or power, or fame, or respect, you decide for yourself. There is always something that grabs hold of your attention. Sometimes you give in to that particular

September 2 Mark 6:50But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage! I am here!”  There are sometimes certain things in your life that you cannot shake off. There are certain fears that grab hold of you without mercy. It comes in many different forms. At times it comes in the form academic failure, financial ruin, professional failure, bad health, rejection, lovelessness, and many other things.  There are many things in your life that if you give chance to will ruin you. As a child

August 31 1 Corinthians 10:12If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.  It is very easy to think to yourself that you are in a good place while in actuality you are not. The deceptions around us especially in our world today are great. One can easily loose themselves if they are not grounded in the word of God or are not actively seeking to live life in the manner in which they have been called to live as believers.  Deception is one of those things

August 27 2 Timothy 1:9For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time – to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.  Have you ever heard anyone say we are saved by grace? It might sound like a common weightless saying however it is the truth of God’s word. You are not saved by your own self. Neither are you saved by some great deed you did.

August 25 1 John 2:15-16Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.  For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions.  These are not from the Father, but are from this world. If your eyes are more keen on this world and the things within and around then it might be time for some refocusing. Your heart