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Remember Why We Are Here

  ACTS 1:6-8 – So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you…

The Radicalness of Christmas

MATTHEW 1:18-23 – Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered…

Being Examples

JOHN 13:14-15 – If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.”   THEME OF THE DAY. BEING EXAMPLES.  It overwhelms us.  It did the disciples.  To observe the Creator of all things…

Two Signs of a Healthy Spiritual Life

  MATTHEW 5:2-11 – And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall…

Doing the Hard Work of Heart Work

PROVERBS 4:23 – Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.”   THEME OF THE DAY. DOING THE HARD WORK OF HEART WORK.  The hardest work in the Christian life is heart work. Though our lives have been radically changed by Jesus Christ and God has given us a new heart to know Him, there are…

The Importance of our Unity

JOHN 17:20–23 – “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have…