IMMANUEL. It’s a Hebrew masculine name consisting of two Hebrew words: El meaning “GOD” and Immanu meaning “with us.” It’s the with us that should get us! Love and grace came for us at Christmas. MATTHEW 1: 21 “SHE WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND YOU ARE TO NAME HIM JESUS, BECAUSE HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.” GOD was … More IMMANUEL
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
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
I don’t know what you are walking through right now. Maybe it is a good season or maybe it’s a tough season. You may be hurting down deep. Could be a loss of a friend or loved one. Could be an unanswered prayer you have prayed for a long while. WHEN WE HURT………WE TEND TO … More TIE YOUR HOPE
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
Navigating through this voting and election season puts us all into a chaos of judging one another or judging those who vote and think differently. We all think we are right don’t we? And we are passionate about it too. But as Christians, we are to remind ourselves, often, that GOD is the supreme judge … More TRADE JUDGEMENT FOR COMPASSION
Yesterday I had a long conversation with a neighbor of a friend of mine. She was dealing with a hard diagnosis and possibly a hard future. Sitting in the unknown is difficult to say the least. Where is the hope in this? I shared with her how cancer has visited my family twice, but also … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
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