When you were a child, how did you respond to your parent”™s authority? As you have gone into your teen years, and adulthood, how have you “˜handled”™ the authority of your teachers, instructors, employers and “˜bosses”™? Is your attitude one of rebellion or arrogance? (Rebellion and arrogance can be shown through the flash of an […]

When you are planning a trip ““ you have a destination in mind. You get out your map or use the internet to determine the best way to get to where you are going. You may decide after your stay that you need to go another way home. That is what the wise men did”¦they […]

Paul Harvey is known to take newsworthy stories and reveal “˜the rest of the story”™. And so does God”™s word ““ He has revealed the “˜rest of the story”™ of Jesus”™ suffering and physical death and resurrection. He died so that you and I can be given eternal life ““ we have a living Savior”¦there […]

When you are hungry, where do you go to satisfy your hunger? When you are tired, where do you go to rest? When you know you need God”™s forgiveness, to Whom do you pray? If you are wise, you will approach the throne of God in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ. (NASB) Hebrews […]

Gifts come wrapped in a variety of ways. They may be beautifully wrapped with a fancy bow. They may be tucked into a pretty bag with brightly colored paper peeking over the edges. They may come in an ordinary envelope or they may come in the form of a friend. God has sent His gift […]

As we read the Scriptures”¦are we just reading words or do we look for God”™s messages to us? Reading God”™s word in context is important. Reading the verses before and after the passage will keep it in context. Search the Scriptures for they hold a wealth of encouragement, promises and show God”™s love and faithfulness […]

The shepherds had rejoiced when they found baby Jesus in a manger, just as the angel had said. The wise men rejoiced when they saw the star which led them to the child Jesus in a house. (NASB) Matthew 2:9 “After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen […]

You and I are not responsible for what political leaders do, or do not do. We are responsible to pray for them. (NASB) Matthew 2:7 “Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.” Herod”™s secrecy ““ was not to protect Israel, but to protect his throne of […]

When you are ready to go out the door and discover you don”™t have your usual keys, back in you go to search high and low until you find them”¦or until you take the extra set. How “˜troubling”™ and upsetting it is not to have the needed item(s) available! How “˜troubling”™ to have misplaced anything […]

(NASB) Matthew 2:1 “NOW AFTER Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,””¦ Who? Jesus was born Where? Bethlehem When? In the days of Herod the Great”¦the first of the Herods to reign What? Wise men from the east came to […]