A child has been born to us, God has given a son to us. He will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 It’s amazing how smart your parents seem the older you get. You begin to understand this when you have children of your own. I remember asking for things as a child that my father would say [...]
And everyone will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and bring glory to God the Father. Philippians 2:11 There are lots of things in life that we would like to deny or will deny even though they are true. Have you ever hear someone say while looking at a picture of themselves, “that doesn’t look anything like me!”? Maybe you never thought that if you didn't get on the scale and weigh yourself you [...]
The Word became a human and lived among us. We saw His glory – the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father – and He was full of grace and truth. John 1:14 The house across the street had been vacant for more than a year – an unfortunate but not uncommon story of a wife left by an unfaithful husband and a mortgage to big to maintain in a bad economy [...]
Advent is a season of anticipation, preparation and expectation. It is our hope that you will become more excited with each day as we approach the arrival of our Savior and King. So to help us prepare, we are posting a daily Scripture Meditation December 1-25. Just check out our blog each day. Or an even better way is to subscribe to our blog and get it each morning by email. This way you can [...]
Lent is something most people don't even think about except when it's all over their clothes. This however is not the Lent I want to talk about here. Traditionally, Lent is the penitential preparation of the believer—through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial. For many orthodox churches and denominations it is the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday, which then culminates in the celebration on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus [...]
