If scrapbooking had been invented or available – Mary would have had a wonderful one to put together and treasure.  As it was she thought about the different experiences of Jesus’ conception and the intertwining circumstances of Zacharias and Elizabeth.   No doubt the scrapbook would include the birth of Jesus and the presence […]

 (NASB) Luke 2:51 “And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them…”   What a Role Model!  Twelve year old Jesus, the Son of God, Creator and Sustainer of life went with His parents from the temple in Jerusalem back to Nazareth.  He submitted to their authority, […]

   Jesus was 12 years old at the time He stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover Feast.  His parents had anxiously looked for Him for three days.  When they found Him, Mary asked Him “Son, why have You treated us this way?…”  (See Luke 2:48)   Jesus answered, “Why is it you were looking […]

   The twelve year old Jesus had stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover Feast.  After searching for three days for Him, His parents found Him in the temple listening and answering questions to the amazement of the teachers of Israel.   Jesus’ answer to Mary’s question, “Son, why have You treated us this way?  […]

  Joseph and Mary had been anxiously looking for Jesus… He was L…O…S…T…!   When they did find Him, after three fear-filled days, they were astonished!  There He was, the 12 year old Jesus sitting among the learned teachers of the Law in the precincts of the temple in Jerusalem. And being the mother, Mary […]

(NASB) Psalm 119:9-12 “How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word. 10 With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments. 11 Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. 12 Blessed are […]

“Prayer is the pulse of life; by it the doctor can tell what is the condition of the heart. The sin of prayerlessness is a proof for the ordinary Christian or minister that the life of God in the soul is in deadly sickness and weakness.” – Andrew Murray “praying always with all prayer and […]

   Twelve year old Jesus had stayed behind in Jerusalem after the Passover Feast.  His parents (Joseph and Mary) anxiously were looking for Him. (NASB) Luke 2:46 “Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.” Jesus, the Son […]

(Continuation from yesterday) When you have lost ‘the something’, you probably retrace your steps…you go where you last saw or used ‘the something’.  Joseph and Mary did the same thing…they went back to Jerusalem for they had              L…O…S…T…! Jesus.  They did find Him but it took three days! (NASB) Luke 2:45-46a “When they did not […]

 (NASB) Luke 2:41-44 “Now His (Jesus) parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast; 43 and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. […]