A new year has new possibilities, new potential, and the prospect of a new way of looking at life. Followers of Christ have been made into a new creation by God. When I received Christ Jesus into my life I was made into a new creation…His life in me. Does this make me perfect…no…but I […]
As 2011 is coming to an end and 2012 is ‘just around the corner’, how are you facing the future? The followers of Christ have a hope for the future, and that hope is in the living Lord Jesus Christ. How I believe does impact the way I think and behave. How I enter each […]
(NIV) Ephesians 1:18-20 “I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe.” Is this your prayer for yourself? For others?
Red Letter Day Attribute/Name of God ~ Mighty (NASB) Isaiah 9:6 “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.” The child Jesus was born, the […]
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem, perhaps as long as two years, wise men came looking for the child who had been born ‘King of the Jews’. They went to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel where King Herod lived. The wise men told Herod: (NASB) Matthew 2:2 “Where is He who has been born King […]
Jesus…born in a stable, laid in a manger in Bethlehem, was a carpenter in Nazareth and became the sacrificial Lamb on a cross in Jerusalem. He became the Resurrected One, the only One Who gives eternal life for all who put their faith in Him. (NASB) John 11:25-26 “Jesus said…‘I am the resurrection and the […]
As Christmas is ‘just around the corner’, how are you planning on celebrating Christ Jesus’ birth? What is the focal point of your celebration plans? Is it gifts, a meal, family, friends, a church service? The birth of Jesus has many ramifications, one being why Jesus was born Jesus was born in Bethlehem, lived in […]
The birth of Jesus was prophesied in Isaiah 7:14 and was fulfilled when He was born in Bethlehem of Judea. (NIV) Matthew 1:23 “ ‘The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ – which means, ‘God with us’.” I am filled with awe and […]
Matthew told of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary had been betrothed to Joseph and before they consummated their marriage she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. (NASB) Matthew 1:19-21 “And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. 20 […]
During this week before Christmas: (NIV) Psalm 29:1-2 “ASCRIBE TO the LORD, O mighty ones, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 2Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.”