A Miracle on Christmas Eve
My father was born in the Ukraine and spent his first fifteen years there. One Christmas his two older brothers bought a German-made Christmas musical wind-up tree stand for their parents. It was mechanical…
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My father was born in the Ukraine and spent his first fifteen years there. One Christmas his two older brothers bought a German-made Christmas musical wind-up tree stand for their parents. It was mechanical…
I will never forget my first Christmas as a follower of Christ. I was thousands of miles from home, grieving my mother’s passing, battling my addictions, flat broke, and almost out of hope.
“Would you mind telling me why you’re so happy?” “Sho,” she said. “Christmas is coming and dat baby Jesus---He make me laugh. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also…
In Matthew 1:23 God called himself Immanuel, which means God with us. Not just God made us,
The story of Christmas is the story of God’s love. A love that was willing to give what was most precious to save a dying world. God so loved, that he gave his Son.
There is no condemnation for those who receive Jesus Christ as their Savior. The believer's penalty for sin is paid, and he can stand blameless before God.
The goal of our walk with Jesus is to come to know him as our shepherd just as intimately as he knows the Father.
Christmas is coming! There are loved ones to see, gifts to give, baking to share. We prepare our homes for the celebration.
There is relatively little difference between the most ungrateful, wicked people I can think of and me, and I had better be deeply grateful that God is, in fact, "unfair" in this way,
Oh how she wanted to believe God loved her. But she felt she had no right to ask Him anything. She had never acknowledged Him before. And life had been hard. Choices of others…
When we are in the middle of a storm, we tend to allow fear of the unknown to grip our hearts – I have been there.
We live in a scary world. One of the hardest things I have to do is to let go and let God. I want to run my world, my way and on my schedule.…
Part of the work God does to grow us and change us is by testing through various trials. On the other hand, some of the changing work He does in our lives is quiet…
Matthew 24:35 "Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words remain forever".When all else fails, when hope is almost gone, we can come back to the Word of God, which is "quick and powerful…
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“Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13 Manufacturers of hand sanitizers claim their products kill 99.9% of all germs. Makes you wonder about the remaining one-tenth of…
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."
Welcome Jesus into the midst of this turbulent time. Don’t let the storm turn you inward. Let it turn you upward.
Do you have someone in your life you’re constantly trying to please? Confess to your heavenly Father today, and ask Him how to seek His approval alone.
Be conscious of where your mind goes today. direct your thoughts back to God and His Word.