Titus 2:11-14, Common English Bible This is a season for people receiving tons of cards and letters from family and friends. While the cards are beautiful, it is the letter within the card that is worth the read. These thought-engaging letters offer insight: a year-end review and we get a glance into the lives of … Continue reading A Christmas Letter
Matthew 1:18-25, Common English Bible How often do you make promises? Do you keep most of your promises? What keeps you honoring your promises? God is a God of promises! Throughout the Bible and throughout our lives, God reminds us of the promises made to Israel and to us as Gentiles. Matthew begins with spinning … Continue reading “Promise Fulfilled”
Matthew 24:36-44, New Revised Standard Version As we await the second coming of Christ, we will possess the tendency to lose our hope. Matthew’s gospel directs us to live in the in-between, the present age and the new age. God has delivered Jesus Christ to effect the change needed to get humanity into paradise. The … Continue reading Stay Ready!
1 Kings 19:1-13, Common English Bible For many people if God asked them “What are you doing here?” they would find it intimidating to respond. The question God asks us is always about our relationship with the Almighty, our neighbor and the world. It’s extremely difficult to answer about our relationship to the world because … Continue reading What Are You Doing Here?
Exodus 4:1-5, Common English Bible Whatever we have in our hand, like Moses, belongs in God’s hand. God gives us only what we need to do in order to complete the work before us. Moses is chosen by God to offer a different way for the Israelites. God is preparing Moses to go before Pharaoh, … Continue reading What’s That in Your Hand?
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