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Christmas Timing

2020-12-04T03:53:11+00:00

"In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee," Luke 1:26.  God sent Gabriel to Mary during Elizabeth's sixth month of pregnancy.  He didn't send Gabriel in Elizabeth's fifth month, or the seventh, but during the sixth.  This detail does not appear to add much to the record, but God still included it.  Elizabeth had went into seclusion for five months while pregnant, and Mary came to her during her sixth month.  Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months.  God included these details for a reason.  The specific reason I do not [...]

Christmas Timing2020-12-04T03:53:11+00:00

Faithful

2020-12-03T04:40:07+00:00

"For no word from God will ever fail." Luke 1:37.   I was going through part of the book of Luke where Christ's birth was announced, and this verse stuck out to me.  Jesus was described as the Word in John chapter 1.  Jesus came, and He had to fulfill certain prophecies, He did that.  He fulfilled many, many prophecies.  Jesus was meant to be a Savior, and He has not only provided salvation for the Jews, but to the Gentiles as well.  Jesus said that He would be with us, always.  God's Word is still with us, it has not been [...]

Faithful2020-12-03T04:40:07+00:00

Praise in the storm

2020-12-01T04:02:33+00:00

John was going about his day at work.  He had just restocked the shelves, double checked the inventory to make sure all was correct, and was getting ready to go on break.  Then the phone in the office rings, he hears, "call for John on line two" come over the intercom.  He goes to the office, picks up the phone.  The voice on the other end was his wife's, she was crying loudly, and when he got her calmed down enough to speak, she told him that their four month old son had just passed away.  They had been trying for [...]

Praise in the storm2020-12-01T04:02:33+00:00

Miracles

2020-11-30T04:06:17+00:00

"For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:8 NIV.  I want to give a praise report tonight.  In the past two days I've had some amazing things go on for me.  Yesterday, I got to shoot a bow for the first time in three months.  Granted, the bow was a light draw weight, but, it was still great to be able to shoot again for the first time in what felt like ages.  I am thankful for how far God has brought my healing thus far.  [...]

Miracles2020-11-30T04:06:17+00:00

Temptations

2020-11-29T02:45:10+00:00

"No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind.  And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.  But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."  1 Corinthians 10:13.  To be tempted is not a sin, as Satan tempted Jesus, but to allow that temptation to linger and to fall into it is to sin.  Here Paul writes that God is faithful to us.  He will not leave us to our own devices and He will not allow temptation to be stronger [...]

Temptations2020-11-29T02:45:10+00:00

Wait

2020-11-28T03:46:42+00:00

"Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD." Psalm 27:14.  Waiting on the Lord does not mean sitting idly by.  We are to still continue to do our jobs that God has given us.  What does it mean to wait on the Lord though?  Well, it means to be patient.  God's timing is not ours, and so we must be patient and not try to rush things.  It means we need to hope in the Lord, we wait on Him, we trust His guidance, not our own.  It means we stay calm and do not [...]

Wait2020-11-28T03:46:42+00:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

2020-11-27T03:29:48+00:00

I hope each of you were able to enjoy Thanksgiving today.  I hope you were able to be with as much family as possible, I understand that was not the case this year for many people.  I hope that you were able to have fellowship and to sit back and reflect on what all God has blessed you with.  We all have reason to praise God, we all have reason to thank God.  Each day that He gives us breath, He has given us more than we deserve.  I am thankful for how this day went, I am thankful for what [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!2020-11-27T03:29:48+00:00

Prayers of the Saints

2020-11-26T03:55:16+00:00

I need to ask everyone to pray for a friend of mine's pastor.  He tested positive for Covid as did a few members of her church, and if y'all would, please pray for quick recovery for them.  Pray that they God will help them to grow during their quarantine time.  I know that God answers prayers, I've seen it many times in my own life.  Sometimes His answers are not what we expect, other times they may actually be what we hoped for, but often times, God brings a lot more good out of a situation than what we could have [...]

Prayers of the Saints2020-11-26T03:55:16+00:00

What would we do?

2020-11-19T04:06:34+00:00

I'm on a couple of those church humor/funny groups and I read (part) of a post that was talking about what the author would have done in the situation.  The first example was that she (Kimberly Henderson from Proverbs 31 Ministries) would have pulled Joseph out of that pit, or that prison.  She would have pulled him out of that pain, she would have cheated nations out of the one God would use to deliver them from famine.  She went through several examples and then she wrote, "I want to pull you out.  I want to change your path.  I want [...]

What would we do?2020-11-19T04:06:34+00:00

Grace and Faith Col 2:6

2020-11-17T03:18:11+00:00

"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,"  Colossians 2:6.  I've written quite a few devotionals with this verse.  I normally pose the question, how do we receive Christ?  We receive Him by faith.  We receive Jesus Christ as Lord by faith.  Our salvation, is by grace through faith.  We provide the faith, and God provides the grace.  So as we continue to walk in Christ we need to stay faithful to Him, and God will give us the grace we need to do so.  God knows that life will be hard [...]

Grace and Faith Col 2:62020-11-17T03:18:11+00:00
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