Effective Participation

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.  2 Peter 1:5-7 Each of these qualities should be increasing as you continue on your adventure with the Lord. Through the different events and trials in your faith, God develops these traits in you. He develops

That Was Easy

For this is what the Lord says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink. This is an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord; he will also deliver Moab into your hands. 2 Kings 3:17-18 In the early 2000s, the business supplies retailer Staples ran a lot of commercials with a button that had the word ‘easy’

Not Accepted

So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? John 6:30 Before the people asked this question, they just had a miraculous meal the previous day when Jesus fed the 5000. The days before, they had seen Jesus healing the sick (John 6:1-15). So why are they asking for another miraculous sign when they’ve seen at least