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Christmas is a promise offered to mankind, God planned Jesus’ birth, life, and death before the foundation of the world. 1 Peter 1:20 20 He was chosen before the creation of the world but was revealed in these last times for your sake . Jesus will come from the tribe of Judah as the line through which this promised One would come. Eventually, He revealed that David would be the ancestor of Israel’s coming King. Jeremiah 33:14-15 14 “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘

To be highly favored by God means you are in a category all by yourself. This is exactly what happened to Mary. Mary was chosen by God to conceive and give birth to a son called Jesus. Mary has been highly favored. To be favored is to have grace. The grace that set you apart. To have God send Gabriel to Mary, and experience what Mary experienced . She was going to be the mother of not only our Lord and Savior, but her Lord and Savior. His name is Jesus. Matthew 1:26-33 26 In

Jesus is the focus of the Christmas Season. Our Lord loved us so much that He came in the flesh to redeem us. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born, as prophesied, in Bethlehem to a virgin. Though angels announced His arrival, and He reign over all creation, Jesus entered our world in a lowly manner so He could be identified with the meek and the poor. Jesus had to be born a human, so He can sympathize with our human frailties; His human blood was shed for our sins; a

Names have great significance in the Bible. The name “Immanuel” means "God is with us". Just imagine what it is like to have God with you. Throughout Bible history great men of faith (Moses, Joshua, David) just to name a few had God with them. Even now if we know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, we have God with us. Our Father has pledged to be with all those whom He has redeemed (Isa. 43:1-2). If you’ve received Jesus as your personal Savior, then His Holy Spirit dwell

One of the things that can be a struggle for many Christians is that we think we can live the Christian Life on our own self-sufficiently. This is something that God did not intend for us. God wants us to depend on Him alone to live the Christian life. The key to godly living is relying on Jesus to live through us. At the moment of conversion, the Spirit of Jesus, also known as the Holy Spirit, came to live within us. Romans 8:9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh

Growing up, moms always seemed to know when something was wrong. God gave them a special sense of knowing things about their kids. My mom had it. God has it, He is omnipresent. One of the great things that technology brought was the cell phone. When my mom was alive, I would try to call her every day on my ride home from work. If I missed a day, she would ask me the next day what happened. 😊 We both enjoyed this time and I miss it. Our lives are not perfect, and my life had

What would you consider necessary in your life? What would destroy you if you lost it? Is it a relationship, position at work, possession, money, or something else in your life? Where do you relate this compared to your relationship to God? If God asked you to give that thing valued by you up, would you, do it? The bible has a name for those things that keep you from trusting and honoring God: an idol. God has a strong feeling when it comes to idols in your life. If you are l

This Christmas is going to be different as everything else has been this year. This Christmas remember that regardless of what you have or don’t have you can bless others because of Christ. We have been blessed with love, peace, and comfort. We can be a blessing to someone else this year by sharing with them Christ love, peace, and comfort to someone you know that has had a rough year. I am sure we all know some people that could use some attention, comfort, and encouragement

Have you ever been in a situation in which you did not listen to something important someone had to say to you? I have been accused of having selective hearing by my wife, but I am not talking about how well we listened to our spouse. Do we listen to what God is saying to us? God possesses the most profound and complete knowledge in the universe on every topic. He has the wisdom that His children need to solve any problem we have. He is willing to help with all the resources

God promises to direct our lives if we just ask. You would not believe over the years the number of times I have asked the Lord to guide me in the direction I should take. Terri and I at times will reflect on times in our lives when the Lord watched over us and guided our steps. Just tonight we thought of times throughout our marriage when God led us in decisions we needed to make. This strengthens our faith in God for our future as we know the Lord will be a guiding light f

Have you ever wondered what path God has planned for you? I am not talking about the path others want for you, but what has God planned for you. As we nurture our relationship with God, we will realize the He has His eyes on us and He is guiding our paths. We must learn to look for God’s presence in every circumstance of life. God leaves His footprints and handiwork all around us. To see His instructions, we need to be in communication with God and we do that by reading His

Let’s remember our Service men and women who are away from home this Thanksgiving. A big part of celebrating Thanksgiving is being with family as we celebrate the Holidays. I spent a few Thanksgivings away from home when I was in the Navy. I remember one time being away from home on Thanksgiving when I was stationed on the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) sailing out on the Pacific Ocean. I wasn’t alone as I had over 5000 shipmates all of them were away from their families. The meal

This has been another great year for Terri and me. As we entered another year of retirement. We continued with our plan to travel. Terri and I have traveled close to 24,000 miles while visiting National Parks and 35 states. We have traveled from Texas to Maine to the Great Lakes and out west to the Rocky Mountains, Southwestern Deserts, and then to the Florida Keys. The three of us got along great and travel well together. You might ask, “what do you mean three of you”? We ha

When we look at our battles in life, do we look at the battle with our physical eyes or our spiritual eyes? You might ask, what are you talking about? We all have battles in life we are fighting and if we look at them through our physical eyes they can seem daunting. What we need to do is to fight our battles through our spiritual eyes. In work there were always battles, and if you look at them through your physical eyes you can get very frustrated with work and at times it c

Would it be nice if we could control everything in our lives? Well, we don’t, it seems like our trials never seem to end. We all go through trials; I have my trials, and I have friends and family going through trials. Our trials vary in length, some trials are for a short period, and others seem to never go away. God is allowing adversity in our lives for a purpose. When we look at the heroes of faith in the bible, they all went through seasons of trials. Abraham and Sarah w

As a Christian our walk with God is a journey of faith, and there will be times when our trust in God will be tested. There will be those days when your life will seem like you are in a storm and water, and winds of adversity are sweeping you away. Doubt threatens to crash down on you. It is at these times it is important to have a good foundation when everything around you is sinking. That foundation can be found in God’s Word during times of storms. God’s Word has all kind

Before He was arrested, tried, and crucified, Jesus used some of His final moments to encourage His followers to reaffirm and strengthen them. Jesus knew His mission on earth was to pay the price of our sins on the cross. As His time was coming to an end, He wanted to give words to encourage His followers. John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I sa

We all experience adversity at some point in our lives. When adversity hits, we can feel lonely, and we feel like we are facing our situation all by ourselves and no one understands. During this time, we might wonder where is God? Why has He allowed this? Has He left me alone to struggle with this? Even though we might feel like we are alone, and God has abandoned us that is not the case. David talks about this in Psalm 34. Psalm 34:17-18 17 The righteous cry out, and the Lor

In life we have opportunities to be ambassadors in which we represent someone of higher authority. There are many of us that have professions, where we represent the interest of the owners of the company we work for. As an ambassador we should act in the best interest of the company. We are also an ambassador for Christ and represent Christ in how we live our life. We are out in the world, some of us have jobs, some of us have families, friends, and people we meet daily. Do w

It seems like I have a lot of friends, and family that have been through some tough situations this year. Don’t lose hope. However hard the situation we are facing or how desperate your situation might seem there is always hope. Hope transitions everything, every pain, sorrow, fear, and loss. Hope is what sets us apart as children of God. Hope is what gives light in darkness and comfort in pain. You might ask where do we get our hope? Hope comes from knowing God’s love for us