(Amplified) 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.”
Today, there are many followers of Christ being persecuted, driven from their homes, imprisoned and/or tortured, even gunned down, because they believe in the living Lord Jesus Christ. We are to pray for one another with the armor of God in place. (Ephesians 6:10-17) (NASB) Ephesians 6:18 “With all prayer and petition pray at […]
God’s perfect timing began long before it happened. John had been prophesied hundreds of years before his conception and birth. Zacharias (his father) was told he and Elizabeth would have a baby boy in their old age, before the baby was conceived. God’s perfect timing involved His Anointed One, Messiah, the Christ. All events […]
Dr. Luke carefully compiled “an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning…so that you may know the exact truth […]
(NASB) Luke 2:52 “And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.” Dr. Luke carefully investigated Jesus as He grew up in the household of Mary and Joseph. Jesus kept increasing in wisdom, He continued to grow physically. He pleased His heavenly Father and He pleased people in […]
(NASB) Psalm 96:1-4 “SING TO the LORD a new song; Sing to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. 3 Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. 4 For great is the […]
Red Letter Day Attribute of God ~ Quicken (make alive) Jesus said: (NASB) John 6:63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” In another translation of God’s word: (Amplified) John 6:63 “It is the Spirit Who […]
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 […]