...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

(It doesn't just happen.

As my friend Chris Davis says,

"The proof of desire

                is in the pursuit."

New affections are the basis

        of new behaviors.)

...He who saved Daniel

from the power 

               of the lions.

             Daniel 6. 27

(The same Almighty God

    who is more powerful

than anything 

                you face)

A faithful man
    will abound with blessings...

                      Proverbs 28. 20

(Because he knows
money and stuff
have nothing to do with it)

...but there is a God in heaven...

                    Daniel 2. 28

(And that changes everything.)

We give thanks to You,
                O God;
we give thanks;
we call on Your name
and recount
    Your wondrous deeds.

                      Psalm 75. 1

( Count
          and recount,
an ongoing chronicle of
   God's faithfulness.)

Whatever is true,
whatever is honorable,
whatever is just,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is commendable,
if there is any excellence,
if there is anything
     worthy of praise,
think about these things.

            Philippians 4.8

(What to bring
as your contribution
to the Thanksgiving
                   table.
Think about,
pray about,
and use your words!)

...a burnt offering

          to the LORD daily,

morning by morning...

                  Ezekiel 46. 13

(A burnt offering 

was not for atonement for sin,

but consecration to

     a course of life

     pleasing to God.

Worship is a daily pursuit,

a daily state of being,

not just a Sunday action.

What course 

       am I choosing today?)