Good Morning Friends, Being in Bethlehem today is not like our Christmas carols. Living there now I think would be a painful experience for Christians. It is not “O little Town of Bethlehem”. Our popular version of the Christmas story ends frozen at the Nativity scene - with Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying … Continue reading Are We Trusting God’s Guidance and Living in His Character?
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What Is The Spirit Revealing To You This Christmas?
Good Morning Friends, I do so like the way John elaborates the reason for the season we are celebrating, and the way Isaiah foretells this hope for humanity. We have inherited some wonderful traditions that magnify the grace of God in the retelling of the stories of Christmas’ past combined with our future to come … Continue reading What Is The Spirit Revealing To You This Christmas?
What Is The Spirit Revealing To You This Christmas?
Good Morning Friends, I do so like the way John elaborates the reason for the season we are celebrating, and the way Isaiah foretells this hope for humanity. We have inherited some wonderful traditions that magnify the grace of God in the retelling of the stories of Christmas’ past combined with our future to come … Continue reading What Is The Spirit Revealing To You This Christmas?
What Can We Learn About Hope, Peace, Joy And Love By Being Humble?
Good Morning Friends, Ever wonder why most everybody is so happy at Christmas? Christmas is just a few days away and though it has been a hard journey, I sense we will be singing and celebrating playing handbells at a candlelight Christmas Eve service with more than just kind thoughts. The scripture of the season … Continue reading What Can We Learn About Hope, Peace, Joy And Love By Being Humble?
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?
Can You Conceive Of A Better New Year Blessing Than To Be With Jesus?
Good Morning Friends, The time of Advent, Christmas, New Years through Epiphany is a time of birth, life, death and the rebirth of resurrection that is echoed in the very breaths we take that become part of our physical being and history. The British Museum of History was commissioned a few years back to come … Continue reading Can You Conceive Of A Better New Year Blessing Than To Be With Jesus?
What Are You Looking Forward To In 2025 That Will Live On?
Good Morning Friends, We remember in Southwest Florida the hurricane seasons, even the ones in which we were spared a direct hit. And certainly, though I do like Florida Summers, I do not enjoy the thought of the next hurricane season going into extra innings following the trifecta of Debby, Helene and Milton which hit … Continue reading What Are You Looking Forward To In 2025 That Will Live On?
What Joy And Peace Has God Revealed To You This Christmas Season That Passes Our Understanding?
Good Morning Friends, How culture openly expresses Christianity is changing rapidly. So, as we continue to unpack our spiritual gifts this season, we need to look for Jesus beyond the manger scenes (which are typically historically inaccurate) and worship services (however inspired they may be) and into the face of what we will never know … Continue reading What Joy And Peace Has God Revealed To You This Christmas Season That Passes Our Understanding?
What Is The Spirit Revealing To You This Christmas?
Good Morning Friends, I do so like the way John elaborates the reason for the season we are celebrating, and the way Isaiah foretells this hope for humanity. We have inherited some wonderful traditions that magnify the grace of God in the retelling of the stories of Christmas’ past combined with our future to … Continue reading What Is The Spirit Revealing To You This Christmas?
Daily Devotionals 