Read: Philippians 4:8 Study: Do you think about your thoughts much? Part of the transformation into a follower in Christ is to seek a change in not only action and belief, but also in thought. Our thoughts are important. It is easy to worry or to be anxious in our world. Rightly so! But Christ…

Read: Matthew 5:6 Study: This verse is all about seeking the right things in life. We desire many things in our lives. We want to sext gadget, a new car, a new house, new clothes. Etc. While getting those new things can be legitimately exciting, have you ever been truly happy because of these things?…

Read: Matthew 6:33 Study: What does it mean to seek after God? Imagine you are trying to find a lost treasure some pirate buried a long time ago. What would you do? The wise thing to do would be to first learn all you can about that treasure and then you would go look for…

Read: Mark 12:28-34 Study:  In this verse, a teacher comes to Jesus and asks him what the most important commandment is. Jesus’ answer is simple but powerful. By answering with the two commands “love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and with all your mind and all your streangth”…

Read: Matthew 6:25 Study: Do not place your highest value on money or things. Place it on your relationship with God and others. We all know this. The problem we often face is not the knowing but the doing. We don’t intend to but we often place other things above the relationships in our lives.…

Read: James 1:14-15 Study: Sometimes, We are called to remove ourselves from whatever is testing or tempting us. James tells us that Temptation, if continued, can turn into sin and we know that, even though we are called, at times, to persevere in testing, we are not called to persevere in sin. When our temptations…

Read: 1 Timothy 6:9 Study: Our temptations are often brought about by the worldly things around us, not God. We are blessed with many things. Those things can often become temptations. The more we rely on things, the less we try to rely on God. We see that all the time with people who let…

Read: Philippians 12-14 Study: Before writing the letter to the Philippians, we know that Paul was arrested in Caesarea and was in Jail for 2 years. After he wrote a personal appeal to Caesar, he was transferred to Rome. On the journey, he was in a ship wreck where he had to spend the winter…