2Cor. 13:9 For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete. Let’s face it, we are all pretty goofed up. Why would I say that? First of all we are all born flawed. Our very nature is twisted and distorted as a …
Deut. 11:12 a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year. I used to love having Dick Mills with us in our church when we ushered in a new year. Today’s …
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. HEB.11:3 Jesus often went back to the way things were in the beginning to teach us, after all He is the beginning of all things. He is the initiator, or …
And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. Matt.28:20 This is the last promise Jesus made before He returned to heaven; and what a promise it is! I will be with you. I will be there when you are surrounded by enemies, I will be there when you face sickness, …
John 7:37 ¶ On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. It seems that many people I talk to have a new sense of expectancy as we get ready for 2017. Expectancy starts with a spiritual hunger …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS -‘You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.’ Jer 29:13 “God is coming, God is coming! All the element we swim in, this existence, echoes ahead the advent. God is coming! Can’t you feel it?” Walter Wangerin, Jr. Today marks the end of the …
He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. Jn.1:2,3 Paul talked about what he called “the mystery of godliness”. He was trying to comprehend the unthinkable, the Creator somehow entered His creation. That mystery is the glory of Christmas, the word …
John 18:37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” Christmas happened because …
Mic. 5:5 And he shall be their peace. Micah prophesied a different kind of peace when the Messiah appears. Peace had been a non-existent kind of myth since those days in the garden. Enmity with God, conflicts among men, and turmoil in the soul had replaced the peace Adam and Eve had known in the …
John 1:14 ¶ And the Word became fleshand dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. “So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun” Those are some of the words …
