07/06/2025“The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.”—Romans 8:6 (NIV)There’s a constant battle happening within each of us between the desires of the flesh and the leading of the Holy Spirit. Paul draws a clear contrast in this verse: one way leads to death, and the other to life and peace. That’s not hyperbole. It’s reality.Imagine two GPS sy...  Read More

07/05/2025“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” – Matthew 6:34 (NIV)In the world we live in, worry has become a common companion. We worry about deadlines, health, relationships, finances, and a future we can’t see. Jesus, in this passage from the Sermon on the Mount, gently but firmly tells us to stop. Not because th...  Read More

07/04/2025“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”- 2 Corinthians 3:17 (NIV)Freedom. It’s a word we hear often, especially around this time of year when our country celebrates its independence. But the freedom Paul writes about in this verse goes far deeper than national liberty or personal autonomy. It’s a spiritual freedom, one that only the Holy Spiri...  Read More

07/03/2025Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”- John 20:29 (NIV)In this brief but powerful statement, Jesus speaks directly to a core struggle of faith: believing without seeing. These words were spoken to Thomas, one of His twelve disciples. After the resurrection, Thomas had famously declared that unless he...  Read More

07/02/2025“Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”— Psalm 34:8 (NIV)David wrote these words not from a palace of peace but from a cave of hiding. He had fled from Saul, pretended to be insane before Abimelek, and was now hiding in the cave of Adullam. Yet in the middle of fear and uncertainty, David calls us to do something deeply personal and life-changin...  Read More

07/01/2025“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.” – 1 John 4:9 (NIV)There are moments in life when words aren’t enough. Times when someone has to show their love. We’ve seen it in the parent who rushes into danger for their child, in the spouse who stays faithful through the hardest seasons, or the friend who shows up ...  Read More

06/30/2025“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”—Matthew 5:10 (NIV)Following Jesus will eventually bring you to a crossroads with the world. Today’s verse reminds us that living righteously in an unrighteous world won’t always lead to applause, it may actually lead to persecution. Yet, Jesus calls those who endure it blessed.Think abou...  Read More

06/29/2025“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”— Matthew 5:9 (NIV)There’s something deeply powerful about peace. But, even more powerful, is the person who actively pursues it. Jesus doesn’t say, “Blessed are the peaceful,” but peacemakers, those who roll up their sleeves and step into conflict, tension, or division with the goal of bringing wholeness and reconcil...  Read More

06/28/2025“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”– Matthew 5:8 (NIV)There’s something beautiful about watching a child gaze in wonder at the world, eyes wide, heart unburdened. They see beauty in mud puddles, treasure in dandelions, and adventure in every backyard. That kind of purity that is unfiltered, undistracted, and unguarded, that is what Jesus is talking about here. It’s no...  Read More

06/27/2025“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.”— Matthew 5:7 (NIV)Mercy is one of the most beautiful yet misunderstood virtues in the kingdom of God. It’s not merely feeling sorry for someone, it’s compassion in action. Mercy sees a person in pain or need and says, “I will not just feel something, I will do something.”Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:7 are both a promise and a challen...  Read More

06/26/2025“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”—Matthew 5:6 (NIV)What are you hungry for today?We all wake up with cravings. Some of them are physical like coffee, breakfast, exercise. While others are deeper and more enduring, the longing for meaning, peace, justice, or connection. Jesus, in this fourth Beatitude, speaks directly to those deeper cra...  Read More

06/25/2025“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.”- Matthew 5:5 (NIV)When we hear the word meek, our minds may jump to images of weakness, passivity, or someone who lets others walk all over them. But Jesus wasn’t praising doormats, He was redefining power. In the Kingdom of God, meekness is not weakness. It’s strength under control.In the Greco-Roman world, to inherit the earth me...  Read More