What's your exercise plan?  Do you ever skip a day or go off script?  Truth is we don't have to follow the plan, but there will be repercussions.  Probably not today,  but maybe a week or two later when you aren't looking as good as you'd like or performing at the level you'd expect.  We recognize that working out really is an investment.   Paul eloquently points out in the scripture today, this reality is not exclusive to 'physical' exercise but transcends every aspect of our being.

How often are you worried about something you have no control over?  How frequently does that nervousness drain your strength and confidence?  Can I answer more often than I'd like to admit?  In the text this week Paul challenges us to give up this unproductive and destructive tendency and replace it with petitions to the one who possess real power...

Much of our day is spent online or in person trying to convince others of the specter we project as our 'real' life.  Paul challenges us realign our efforts, to let go of the facade and instead focus our best energies on becoming that which we truly aspire to become...

We live in the golden age of the self-promotion and entitlement.  Yet in the midst of our delusions, Paul highlights an alternative in the life and attitude of Jesus: A life marked by humility...