Good Morning Friends, Today on the Sunday before Christmas we have part of the story of the birth of Jesus as told in the book of Matthew. The scripture is preceded by a genealogy that goes back to Abraham and the promises God made to him. And we begin to see that Jesus is connected to those … Continue reading Have You Received And Extended The Blessing Of The Peace Of Grace Beyond Your Generation?
Month: December 2025
How Is God Preparing You For Your Special Calling?
Good Morning Friends, The Bible is filled with stories about how God prepares people for a purpose. As you contemplate today’s question, meditate on how with Mary, God sent an angel to talk with her in person and reassure her and with Daniel, how He used education and relationships. Remember how Esther was prepared through … Continue reading How Is God Preparing You For Your Special Calling?
Are You Prepared To Love All Year Long?
Good Morning Friends, People keep asking me if I am ready for Christmas, so I thought I would pose to you a related question that is not so caught up in the anxiousness of whether we will get all the shopping done before December 25th. The last few weeks I have been contemplating John the … Continue reading Are You Prepared To Love All Year Long?
Is Our Spiritual Family Tree Rooted In The Holy Spirit?
Good Morning Friends, We all have an interest in our heritage and legacy related to our journey through life. We can even get our DNA tested to discover our genealogy, but what is more important is our spiritual DNA and discovering our voice in the family of God. Many of you are familiar with the … Continue reading Is Our Spiritual Family Tree Rooted In The Holy Spirit?
Will Being Salt And Light Be Enough To Show Those In Ultimate Authority Our Intentions Are True?
Good Morning Friends, The word “authority” has many applications. A person who is an expert in a particular subject area is called an authority. Another word for government at various levels is authorities. Some are authorities in religion. Others are moral authorities who act out a sense of violations of their moral views. One could … Continue reading Will Being Salt And Light Be Enough To Show Those In Ultimate Authority Our Intentions Are True?
Are We Walking the Walk or Just Talking the Talk When It Comes To Being Salt and Light?
Good Morning Friends, Yesterday was the third Sunday in Advent and we continued our study of John the Baptist and the challenge of prophets confronting sin in the world. The reality is that they must have had doubts. But doubt has a place, for it is a component of our faith and a potentially positive … Continue reading Are We Walking the Walk or Just Talking the Talk When It Comes To Being Salt and Light?
Does Jesus Fulfil Your Christmas Wish?
Good Morning Friends, The world’s political powers even today try to leverage the influence of religious institutions, even within our own country. There is a battle of ideas on the ideologies that will withstand the test of time. Think of Russia, Iran, and China and how they each exert pressure to gain greater domination over others. … Continue reading Does Jesus Fulfil Your Christmas Wish?
What Has God Established In Us That Reflects His Image And Unifies Science And Scripture?
Good Morning Friends, Maybe you remember watching it on T.V. Star Trek: The Next Generation, it aired for 7 years and 8 months from 1987 to 1994. What is interesting to me today is that it incorporated the idea of a Holodeck on the Starship Enterprise into its science fiction plotline using the Holographic Universe … Continue reading What Has God Established In Us That Reflects His Image And Unifies Science And Scripture?
If We Are Held, Helped and Called Can We Too Be Great?
Good Morning Friends, There are a lot of things to be afraid of such as death and the unknown, rejection and ridicule, pain and misery, and failure and loneliness. These are fears that describe an inner condition of the heart. That is, these are not fears of specific things like snakes, spiders and scorpions. I … Continue reading If We Are Held, Helped and Called Can We Too Be Great?
Can Our Personal Spiritual Growth And Community And Church Work Become Unified?
Good Morning Friends, Maybe we should value both an easy faith in our practice of religion and one that suffers too. Probably we are to meet problems in the church and our personal life with an attitude that difficulties must be addressed, and some are there because we are doing something right not something wrong. … Continue reading Can Our Personal Spiritual Growth And Community And Church Work Become Unified?
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