“He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.” (Psalm 1:3 NIV)
Atree does not survive the dry season because the weather is kind, but because its roots are deep. In many African villages, a tree planted near…
“So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.” (1 Thessalonians 5:6 NIV).
Paul exhorts the Thessalonian church, “So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober” (1 Thessalonians 5:6). Readiness begins with spiritual alertness, a posture…