Kicking off a new year:Read James.Pray for wisdom and depend on the Holy Spirit.Identify and use your spiritual gifts.Volunteer.Find and meet a specific need in your community.Activate your small group.Give generously.
Why was Joseph God's choice? Joseph was a righteous man, he was faithful, he was gentle and compassionate; Joseph's choices came with a cost; Joseph loved and cared for the body of Christ....
Broken silence; the significance of Bethlehem; unlikely messengers; the Heavenly proclamation; joy amidst the ordinary; the application of great joy....
Mary was familiar with God's voice. Lk 1;28, 19:26; Mat 5:6,8; Mk 4:24-25. Mary had an attitude of expectancy. Lk 1:37. Mary was willing to be interrupted. Lk 1:38, 46-54, 2:35; Duet 22:22....
Will you give Jesus your hopeless list today? Hope is expectation and it is action. The object and basis of hope determine the strength and certainty of the act of hoping. The biblical reality of ho...