A New Prayer for the New Year!
When we approach God as sinners who have broken (and broken and broken and broken) every single commandment, it forces us to approach God with a different plea. As humans with our sinful nature we tend to think (even if we don’t admit it): “God, I’ve committed a few sins, but overall, I’m a pretty [...]
Read More...What Do We Respond To?
Our response starts with God’s revelation. So many times, people ask me, “What are we responding to?” We are responding to God revealing Himself to us. He reveals Himself in many ways. Through His Word, through His working, and sometimes through other believers. Paul says in his letter the Ephesians, “I have not stopped giving [...]
Read More...A Creative, Visionary, Working God!
The Bible begins, appropriately enough, by telling us something about God. It’s not a description of God’s nature or a song to God’s glory. Rather, the first thing Scripture reveals about God is his activity: Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God created the heavens and the earth. [...]
Read More...God With Us [part 5]
[Luke 2:21-40]When the eighth day arrived, the day of circumcision, the child was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived. Then when the days stipulated by Moses for purification were complete, they took him up to Jerusalem to offer him to God as commanded in God’s Law: “Every male who [...]
Read More...God With Us [part 4]
[Luke 2:15-20]As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the shepherds talked it over. “Let’s get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for ourselves what God has revealed to us.” They left, running, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Seeing was believing. They told everyone they [...]
Read More...God With Us [part 3]
[Luke 2:8-14]There were shepherds camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God’s angel stood among them and God’s glory blazed around them. They were terrified. The angel said, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has [...]
Read More...God With Us [part 2]
[Luke 2:1-7]About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David’s town, [...]
Read More...God With Us [part 1]
[Matthew 1:18-23]The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn’t know that.) Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary [...]
Read More...Meditation…Living through the Drought
Gods word tells us that Christians can still thrive and bear fruit during a drought, during the hard times. That we can still prosper in everything we do, if we have meditated day and night in God’s Word so that our roots reach deep into out Father’s laws and commands.Unfortunately, many Christians will wither during [...]
Read More...Worship Through Encouragement
I believe that we worship God with our lives. Bringing glory and praise to Him and joy to His heart. Some of the most worshipful moments for me were nowhere near a stage or any instruments, but in the midst of one on one encouragement. I believe that when we lift up and encourage our [...]
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