Posts with the category “advent”

The Humility of Christmas As we think about Christmas, few of us probably consider the humility of Christmas. In fact, I am not even confident that I can put it in words, or that my words will do it j...  Read More

The Best Gift Ever  I used to be so excited as Christmas approached, knowing that Santa was going to bring me all I had asked for and even if he didn’t, it would be good. I remember watching all the o...  Read More

Christmas Clarity I love reading the Bible and getting to know Jesus on a deeper more intimate level. Sometimes I wonder what it would have really been like if I would have had the privilege of being ...  Read More

Life Abundant Is the same Jesus that is with the Father, that lived and died about 2000 years ago, that is testified of in the New Testament…does that same Jesus live in you by the power of the Spirit...  Read More

Christmas Candles For as long as I remember, there has always been movies based on the notion of good and evil. From monster movies like Dracula, to newer versions such as Twilight and numerous others...  Read More

The Light that Changes Everything "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word ...  Read More

Choose Joy  “But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, in as much as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.” – Hebrews 8:6 Have you ever found you...  Read More

The Joy was Jesus Brought  “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” - John 10:10As the Ch...  Read More

Practice Forgiveness Everyday  “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the fir...  Read More

The Gift that Never Stops Giving  “No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of...  Read More

Christmas Choices One of the privileges of living in America is that we are free to make many choices regarding our well-being, and the paths of our lives. We are given a great deal of freedom in comp...  Read More

Joy to the WorldThere was a need. I did not know it at the time, but God was already at work. The only thing I wanted to do was take my son on a missions trip, any missions trip, just so he could see ...  Read More

The Most Valuable Gifts  Just because a gift is expensive, does not necessarily mean that it is valuable. Often the most valuable gifts are not the ones that come with an expensive price tag, they are...  Read More

Who Cares?Who Cares? How many times have we heard this before? One person gets excited about something and others, with no indifference, say boldly about the topic, “who cares”? Really what they are s...  Read More

Guided by the Light Pause for just a moment and write down the things that guide you in your life, things that guide your direction or destination and the things that you really rely on to do so._____...  Read More

Availability Availability is one of the greatest challenges that we are faced with. We have created a world filled with technology and better tools in order to make better use of our time but seldom c...  Read More

A Season of Peace  It is hard to look around, especially during 2020, and imagine that there could ever be a season of peace. Christmas Peace. From the Prince of Peace. Because of the Gospel of Peace....  Read More

Wrong Questions There have been so many times in my life that I have been distracted by seeking the answers to the wrong questions. Sometimes for myself, sometimes as a pastor for someone I am praying...  Read More

Even Now Pandemic and Politics. If there were two words that defined 2020 for me, those would likely be it. I am not saying that some good things have not happened, of course they have. The Bible says...  Read More

Great ExpectationHas there ever been a time in your life that you have had a great expectation? I can recall several times of great expectation in my life. One of those times was the time my grandpare...  Read More

Does Humility Matter? As Luke writes this his account, he zeroes in on two young ladies. Elizabeth and Mary. There is something about these two that attracts us, but we often don’t look very far. We s...  Read More

Prepare Yourself What is the purpose of Advent? It is to get ready! One of my favorites books in the Bible is the book of Luke. Luke records Jesus earthly ministry, from His birth to the cross, and he...  Read More

What Jesus Wants  Have you ever thought about what Jesus wants? After all, we celebrate Christmas in appreciation of His birthday. I re-member growing up my parents would always ask me what I wanted f...  Read More

I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.  —Matthew 13:33–35  As we navigate through this Advent journey, let us cast our hearts and minds on the first candle of Advent… Hope.If you ...  Read More

...Increase our Faith... - Luke 17:5If you were to honestly evaluate your faith, what would you conclude? Many believers find no problem evaluating the faith of others, but when it comes to theirs, th...  Read More