In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust…
Has Christmas just become another holiday season with great expectations, where the true meaning is lost? So much has been lost in this time of COVID, and I don’t want to lose my usual Christmas. Mary and Joseph would understand how you and I feel. When this teenage mom and her new husband stepped into…
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 The really good news is that God’s love is not limited to a select few. It is not available only to those who were born with right color of…
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 It’s Christmas again, and you think, same old, same old. We’ve heard the songs. We know the story.…
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Matthew 2:10-11 In the short account found in Matthew 2 centered on…
And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.” Luke 2:16–18 This Christmas present was so different.…
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Micah 5:2 The vast majority of our lives is filled with waiting and preparation while only a fraction is…