It can be a thing, to let all the Christmas shopping and events take over our thoughts and lives this year. We can get all caught up in the whirlwind of Christmas and put JESUS, the real reason for the season on the back burner so to speak. And the world’s events and our … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
Our very own Christmas trees should inspire us to remember HIS tree, HIS root, HIS righteous family tree. It’s a JESSE tree, Jesse who was David’s father, all in the lineage of JESUS, all of wonder and mystery and delight. ISAIAH 11:1 “OUT OF THE STUMP OF DAVID’S FAMILY WILL GROW A SHOOT – YES, … More HIS TREE…….A RIGHTEOUS BRANCH
Could we, HIS people this season get Christmas right? What I mean by this is, could we forget all the presents and parties and cookies and stuffing ourselves and ponder the BABE in the Manger with holy wonder just a little longer? BECAUSE JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THIS SEASON, HE IS WORTHY AND HOLY. … More HOLY WONDER
The world is on fire right now and it brings us all to our knees and why? BECAUSE WE CANNOT SEE AS GOD SEES. No we are not Sovereign and we are not GOD, we are just plain sinners living out our lives here on this scorched earth and trying to make sense of all … More WE CANNOT SEE AS HE SEES
If you want to know whether GOD is the GOD you have faith to believe HIM to be, then you must go to your Jordan……alone. Oswald Chambers says we all must do this, the struggling of our faith and feeling totally alone, except for GOD. Sometimes I find when I think I need to talk … More ALONE AT YOUR JORDAN
Oh that I may know him…….let this be our hearts desire. PHILIPPIANS 3:10 “THAT I MAY KNOW HIM…….” Let us continually seek a relationship with JESUS. Because HE who died for us, is also alive in us! And so we trust HIM, because trusting HIM with all that we are is to know HIM, truly … More OH THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM!
I learned something last night from a huge golden retriever………stare down your fears with worship. I am currently dog sitting two very large 100 pound golden retrievers. The male in particular is scared to death of fireworks. Most dogs don’t respond well to them. We were sitting in the family room and all of a … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
We all have something or someone we highly value more than anything. I do have one string of real pearls from my Mom that are still beautiful today. But I value them more because she wore them…….they were hers. What we value and where we place our value is important in life. Oh let us … More THE PEARL OF LIFE
How can we as the small humans we are, not gaze upon a sunrise or sunset and not see that it is all GOD’S authority that each day comes? HE allows each 24 hours that we get to live on this planet. I am strangely comforted in seeing the sun rise and always think: … More HIS AUTHORITY OVER ALL
One of my favorite things to imagine is arriving in Heaven and seeing the long table set for a KING and all of HIS followers. It will be beautiful, probably like nothing my mind could really think of…….. PSALM 23: 5 “YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME.” After JESUS’ resurrection HE appeared to HIS disciples … More THE TABLE IS SET FOR US!
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