How many times over this season I wonder, will the words about the birth of Jesus be spoken, acted out in end-of-year plays, portrayed in ornate settings with pageantry and ceremony, or simply thought about in people’s minds as they hear, of the Messiah’s birth. Read more...
What is our perspective, our view, our vision, our concept of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit? It’s very important. How we view something is our reality of that. It’s a bit like wearing glasses. They become a filter, that changes what is, to what we see. The reality hasn’t changed, but what we see of it has. Read more...
Do you know what your future is? Because it’s easy to be distracted by the events of life, and forget what our destiny really is. For those who believe in Jesus, there awaits us a future we need to be reminded of from time to time. And I believe this is one of those times.
With the world in turmoil and confusion over the virus and other events, we need some good news. Well there is. The Christmas story takes on a greater significance against the backdrop of the world we live in now.
I believe the Holy Spirit would address us in the midst of our own political, environmental, social, viral and economic challenges. One of His messages to us, is a reminder that Jesus is coming again, soon.
The year 2020 will go down in many of our books as humongous horribelous! A bad memory. Forgettable. I’m sure we found ourselves doing things we didn’t plan to, functioning in roles we didn’t ask for, and having to come up with answers we don’t have, to questions we’ve never thought of.
The Disciples Peter, James and John were led by Jesus up a high mountain by themselves, where He was transfigured before them. Sometimes that’s exactly what we need to do. To get away, by ourselves but somewhere away from people and be with Jesus. No distractions. No technology. Just us and Jesus. Maybe a routine reset would be good to do.
Right now, there are many, maybe some of you who are in a very difficult place, financially, with your job, your future, your home, health, relationships, your ministry, everything. This is exactly the time when Jesus and His Word can become everything to us. Instead of the everything getting on top of us, Jesus wants to be our everything!
Crisis’ and change may take things from us. One thing remains though that cannot be taken from us. And that is, our relationship with the Lord. No matter what highs and lows we experience, we will always have the Lord with us and in us. We’ll always have our relationship with the Lord.
Christmas is a wonderful time. The carols we sing and all the activity around the Christmas season, points to the birth of Jesus as a little baby. No other birth is as significant as His was. No other birth divided history as He has...
