Be still and linger a little longer this season. Because this season is filled with HIS hope and HIS light. Don’t deny the dark, look for the light. Don’t deny the chaos, look for CHRIST’S peace. Because HIS peace is there……..born there, in that stable long ago. LINGER TODAY IN FRONT OF THAT STABLE The … More LET’S LINGER
When JESUS was born, oh how the angels must have sung a beautiful song of glory! Can you imagine? Oh, the gift of song and melody. Oh, the gift of music for our ears to hear! If you listen carefully, you will hear that sweet sound of Christmas. The sounds are all around us this time … More FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA!
Especially at Christmastime…….GOD sent the gift to us here on earth and it not only is the greatest gift ever given, but it’s the greatest story ever told and the greatest grace you will ever experience. EMMANUEL………GOD IS WITH US! Thousands of years ago……..on that starry night an even brighter star showed the way for … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
It’s interesting to me how your focus on gifts change as you grow older. I now identify with the phrase: I really don’t need a thing. Because what I do need more than anything in this season of my life is JESUS. Isn’t HE just the perfect gift each year? HE is and always will be what CHRISTMAS … More MAKE JESUS THE CENTERPIECE OF THIS CHRISTMAS
And so here we are again………another Christmas season. We search for just the right gift and we get distracted by all the glitter and festivities. Christmas is not something to be found…….Christmas is the ONE who came for us. LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS JESUS is the gift and HE is the greatest gift you … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
YOU are not your own…….you were bought with a price and that was JESUS. HE hung on the Cross for you and me, chose the nails for you and me too. 1 CORINTHIANS 6: 19-20 “DON’T YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO LIVES IN YOU AND WAS GIVEN TO … More GLORIFY YOUR NEW OWNER
JESUS came to us as a gift but did you know that HE also is an ever present guest? JESUS is always and forever with us and HE told us so in HIS word……. MATTHEW 28: 20 “AND BEHOLD, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, TO THE END OF THE AGE.” Always with us, always there, always willing … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
Until JESUS returns there will always be angry and lost people……. JEREMIAH 50: 6 “MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOST SHEEP.” Let us remember today that at one time, we were lost too. Let’s not become angry ourselves then, at the ones who still are. Don’t dismiss them, pray for them. Our frustration with those who … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
As Christians, we rejoice in the hope of the glory of GOD! So much of the news is so so heavy right now. I think we all feel the weight of the world upon us. But let’s remind ourselves, that this is the world, broken and full of sin. Things are far from perfect, people fail … More BECAUSE OF THIS HOPE
Have you ever wondered: “GOD why would YOU love me, even now, because I don’t even like me!” EPHESIANS 2: 4 “BUT GOD, BEING RICH IN MERCY, BECAUSE OF THE GREAT LOVE WITH WHICH HE LOVED US, EVEN WHEN WE WERE DEAD IN OUR TRESPASSES, MADE US ALIVE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST.” Besides the obvious being … More GOD LOVES PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME
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