So, picture this scene. It’s a normal day, evening, or night. We are alone. Nothing extraordinary going on. We are simply doing life. Then, an angel appears. Literally. And not just any angel, but Gabriel, the messenger of God.
So, picture this scene. It’s a normal day, evening, or night. We are alone. Nothing extraordinary going on. We are simply doing life. Then, an angel appears. Literally. And not just any angel, but Gabriel, the messenger of God.
Am I conscious of all the people in my spheres of influence – neighbors, other believers in my church, and people God brings into my life – that feel alone, abandoned, and neglected?
When the question of “the will of God” comes up in our lives, whether in a conversation with other believers or in the privacy of our own thoughts as we struggle with decisions in life, what are the predominant things that come to the front?
Does Jesus have first place in our affections? If He does, there is no relationship, no pursuit, no hobby, no recreation, no vocation, and no desire that puts Jesus second place in our hearts and minds.
LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23 – The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” THEME OF THE DAY: NEW YEAR PURSUITS. Well, it’s upon us again – New Year’s Eve. The calendar rolls into a new year tomorrow. Despite all that is depressing in our world, there…
HAGGAI 1:1-11 – In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people…