Christmas fills us with warm fuzzy thoughts of love and peace on earth. Our sweet little Christmas pageants acted out by children in bathrobes and headpieces; we all smile and giggle as “Mary” kisses her plastic baby Jesus and Joseph standing off from Mary because “he doesn’t like girls or…
Read moreSo they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. Luke 2:16 Hurry. It seems that’s all we do lately. And so we are often encouraged to slow down, be still. And yet there is a time to hurry- ~Zacchaeus, filled with…
Read moreIt is the greatest story ever told – God come down to earth to rescue fallen man. In Matthew’s gospel, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, he begins the story with the lineage of Jesus – establishing His claim as the long awaited Messiah and King. Skipping over the…
Read more“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11) The year it happened, I was 7 years old. My mother, recently single, was working two jobs to keep food on the table. That night, our Christmas Eve excitement…
Read moreDuring my devotion time today, I was just sitting quietly thinking about how much God loved me before I even gave Him a thought. Oh, I believed there was a God and His Son is Jesus Christ, I mean you can’t be born in the Bible Belt, grow up and…
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