The repentant man rightfully loses trust in himself. He recognizes his self-dependence as the source of his problems, not the solution.

Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?

If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers.

Stewardship isn't a subcategory of the Christian life. Stewardship is the Christian life. After all, what is stewardship except that God has entrusted to us life, time, talents, money, possessions, family, and his grace? In each case, he evaluates how we regard what he has entrusted to us and what we do with it.

If you're a child of God, you do not just "go around once" on Earth. You don't get just one earthly life. You get another-one far better and without end. You'll inhabit the New Earth! You'll live with the God you cherish and the people you love as an undying person on an undying Earth.

Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin does not.

Why ask for your daily bread when you own the bakery?