Spending too much effort on anything that yields only worldly results or pleasures is a poor use of the time God has given us.

As believers fully justified and being sanctified, we must turn our attention to obedience to the Father's will.

As usual, the truths of Scripture fly in the face of societal norms which tell us to work hard to satisfy our worldly needs and pleasures.

The divine call of the Christian is to live a life that selflessly honors and serves God in all we do.

Believers are called to be united in the faith and serve each other with humility and impartiality, which is pleasing to God.

If Christ required you to give up all worldly possessions to follow Him, would you do it cheerfully, or would it be painful and hard?

Paul recognized that he was indeed a sinner rotten to the core, and that only by God’s unfathomable and unmerited grace was he saved.

As citizens of God’s heavenly household, we all are being fitted together and growing into a holy temple in the Lord.

Through God’s grace, mercy and unmerited salvation, we are now able to do good works, and those works were planned in advance for us to do.

You might say that meeting Jesus was like eating a huge slice of humble pie.

The Mosaic law was never intended to be a means to salvation, but always pointed to sinful man’s inability to keep it.

Grace is the solitary means by which men and women are reconciled to God.

Adam and Eve's actions are a perfect example of attempting to hide or cover sin and shame by works and self-determination.

How can we change our attitudes and thoughts towards the tasks that perhaps seem unnecessary, menial, or even beneath us?

Change may be one of the hardest things humans endure on an ongoing basis because it introduces unknown.

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.