28 Dec Prayer Changes Things
We are never without hope because we are never without prayer. Prayer confesses, “God can handle it, and since he can,...
We are never without hope because we are never without prayer. Prayer confesses, “God can handle it, and since he can,...
God is enough. Isn’t this the message of Moses and Joshua and the journey to the Promised Land? Who opened...
When Christ was born, so was our hope. This is why I love Christmas. The event invites us to believe the wildest...
Maybe your life resembles a Bethlehem stable – crude in some spots, smelly in others, not much glamour. You do your...
Hollywood would recast the Christmas story. Joseph’s collar is way too blue, Mary is green from inexperience. The couple’s star power doesn’t match...
The Christmas tree hunt is on! The preferences are different, but the desire is the same – we want the perfect Christmas tree. You search for the right one, you walk the rows, you examine them from all angles. This one is perfect! God does the same. He...
A remarkable gift can arrive in an unremarkable package. One did in Bethlehem. We don’t often think of Paul in our Christmas reflections, yet we should. His words in Philippians 2:5-11 are the Bible’s most eloquent summary of the Bethlehem promise: “Who, being in very nature God,...
Christmas is a season of interruptions. Some we enjoy, some we don’t. You may be facing an interruption during this season of life. What you wanted and what you received do not match, and now you’re troubled and anxious. Everything inside you and every voice around you says, “Get out....
If we could save ourselves why would we need a Savior? Jesus didn’t enter the world to help us save ourselves. He entered the world to save us from ourselves. As a Boy Scout, I earned a lifesaving merit badge. Fact is, the only people I saved were other...
Jesus sent a message to an imprisoned John the Baptist. “The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, and the deaf hear” (Matthew 11:5). Jesus sent John a message about a unique, invisible kingdom, where the rejected are received: the blind,...