Why is thankfulness important? Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me…The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to the one who orders his way rightly I [...]

So be careful how you live, not as fools but as those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity for doing good in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, let [...]

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, [...]

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1, 2Ephesians 5:1, 2English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV5 1 Do as God does. After all, you are his dear children. 2 ; [...]