Psalm 1- 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted...
Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” The coming of a new year is a great time to step on the spiritual scale, so to speak, to evaluate...
When I think about that Christmas and reflect on the ways God was with us, I think of the Christmas carol whose refrain is simply this: “Tidings of comfort and joy, comfort AND joy, O tidings of comfort and joy.” The truth is, the human experience is riddled with...
Every character in the Christmas story encountered God on a heart-level. They were moved in their hearts to respond to God-incarnate, to Emmanuel, God in flesh. Take Joseph. When he found out that his fiancé was pregnant, he was sure she had cheated on him, but...
This past weekend, Pastor Thom and I drove to Minford, OH to the Christmas Cave which is a light display that you walk through. It tells the Bethlehem story in lighted scenes. The lights, in a dark atmosphere, away from the ordinary, everyday scenes of life, make the...
Luke 1:5ff 5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands...
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