Stepping out in faith…
Luke's account of the birth of Jesus is written from eyewitness accounts. Many scholars/theologians think that Luke even interviewed Mary, the mother of Jesus. I don't think you could get much more eyewitness than that! Because the world at the time of Luke's writing was very corrupt, controversial and full of false teachers, he wanted …
Christmas has been tough since my dad spent the holiday in the hospital in 2000. Christmas was always a very special time of year for him. I just couldn't get into it that year, I haven't sent out Christmas cards like I did before that year. I didn't want to decorate or do any of …
I was reading from Genesis this morning. Particularly, the story of Joseph and what happened after his brothers sold him as a slave to the Egyptian's. Joseph found favor with Pharaoh because he was able to translate Pharaoh's dreams warning of a famine. Joseph was put in charge of the whole land of Egypt because …
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Did you ever think about your purpose on earth? I'm sure that we each see our purpose differently, but why did God create us in the first place? What is it that we are supposed to do? At the beginning of the book of John, he is describing the light shining in the darkness and …
Has your focus always stayed the same throughout your life? I'd be surprised if you said yes. My experience has been that it goes through phases depending on our place in life. When I was a child, the world focused around me. My days were spent playing and spending time with the adults in my …
"In him was life, and the life was the light of men.The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:4-5 It often seems that we concentrate on the darkness in this world. We have worries and the world seems overcome with evil and darkness these days. How do we …
"Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it." -Genesis 28:16 As you go about your days this year leading up to Christmas, how often do you think about the real reason for the season? The holidays are tough for a lot of people who have lost loved ones or …
Move into the path God has laid out for you. Have faith that he will be beside you. Image by congerdesign from Pixabay It's easy to feel overwhelmed when we are about to embark on a new adventure. It might be a new job that you are looking for, maybe even a different type of …
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." - John 1:5 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Our story begins at the beginning of the world. As God created the world, Jesus was already with him. "He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing …
"A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones." -Proverbs 14:30 The hustle and bustle of daily life can definitely keep us on edge trying to accomplish all the we have on our agenda for the day. It's easy to get lost in all of the busyness. But peacefulness …
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