Serving even when it is inconvenient
As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place...
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Keep this one resolution in 2013
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2 (NIV) Salvation is in Christ alone. It’s not Christ plus your good behavior. It’s not Christ plus...
Uncertain of the next step, but certain of God
“I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 (NIV) When my oldest son first started playing baseball, he was still relatively young...
Glory to God; Peace on Earth
Take time to thank God for all that he provides for you. Psalms 100:1-5 “Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the...
God will never run out of love for you
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22–23 (NIV) Years ago there was a television commercial that featured Jay...
The Bible Teaches Us to Fight Fear With Faith
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were...
Christmas Quiz: What’s Biblical, What’s Traditional?
And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born; oand she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because...
The Lowly Baby Jesus
[Jesus], being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. Philippians 2:6–7 (NIV) Most of...
The Bible teaches that God is never surprised
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born. Luke 2:6 (NIV) We manage time; we waste time. We spend time; we save time. We wish the time would come; we wish the...
Jesus had a family too
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary,...