Tag: Advent
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A Season of Gifts … The Most Valuable Gift
We’re in a season of gifts. Have you stopped to ask yourself what the most valuable gift of the season is? The most expensive? The most popular of the year? The easiest: gift cards, so our friends and loved ones can buy what they want? How long will the gifts we give last? Even the…
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Jesus Came to Serve and Redeem You and Me
God Almighty, the Great I AM, the Holiest of Holy One, the Creator of the heavens and earth sent His Son into the world. Jesus came to serve and redeem you and me. Jesus came to pay the price we owe because we have disobeyed God’s commands. We have sinned. Do you have a list…
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God’s Story Is Your Story Wrapped in Love
God’s story is your story wrapped in love. It’s a story that began before you were born. It’s a story that has no beginning or ending, an everlasting story. As a follower of Jesus, our Savior, you are God’s son or daughter. You have a story – a story about God. God’s story.
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The Impossible Promise Became A Possibility That Changed The World
Mary believed the Promise that she would bear the Messiah, although she was a virgin. The impossible Promise became a possibility that changed the world.
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Uniquely Prepared to Serve God
God prepares His people to serve Him in unique ways. Many times, God prepares us for ministry in unexpected ways. He prepared Elizabeth and Mary to raise sons who would change the world.
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Wrapped in Eternal Love
What if we started the Christmas story by telling the Resurrection story? What if we thought of Christmas as God wrapping us in His eternal love? Eternity wraps the Christmas and Resurrection stories in victorious love.
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Get Ready to Behold Our Savior
What if we stopped in the midst of our busy preparations and reflected on why it was necessary for God to send His Son into the world? Beginning on December 1, let’s spend time to behold our Savior and marvel at the love of God.
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Prepare Him Room … A Review
Susie Larson’s Christmas gift to readers is a new Advent devotional that walks the reader through the book of Luke, taking us on the less-traveled path of self-reflection and resetting our priorities because of the life-changing gift that Jesus offers to each of us. “He not only offers us His presence, He offers us His…
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From Suffering to Ministry
Why, God? What do I have to learn, Lord? Is there some sin that I haven’t confessed? Elizabeth and Zacharias had prayed for a child, but no child came. They were old now. In those days, it was a disgrace if a woman could not have children. Elizabeth was probably looked down upon, and some…
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3 Reasons to Adore
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:16-17 In the beginning, God created…