Work pressures. Family commitments. Church outreaches. Your children’s extra-curricular activities. Christmas shopping. Holiday events and dinners. All of these things are well and good. They may even be God-ordained, but if you find yourself feeling the effects of...
Before Joseph and Mary were married, it was discovered that Mary was pregnant. Joseph was a good man and he did not want to make a public example of Mary so he decided to send her away secretly.But while he was considering this an angel of the Lord appeared to him...
The Need for a Savior The position God gave man over all the natural world was later abdicated to the spiritual outlaw—Satan. This resulted in the need for a savior. Since it was man who had sinned, a man had to pay the price. Yet no man qualified to fully redeem,...
Before it’s truly Christmastime, out come all the signs that the season is upon us. Here in Texas, it could still easily be 80 degrees or more, and yet we heartily welcome “Jingle Bells” and jump right in. Retailers especially welcome the season, since it can mean...
Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to...
Do you look for His appearing? Are you looking for Him? Are you eagerly, constantly, and patiently waiting for and expecting Him?I remember the first time I heard what the word Christmas really meant.... I was a full-grown adult who had been involved in church all...
Thank God for the manger! I'm not down-playing the manger. But the whole manger scene was for one thing, that cross.There are people out there right now, in the mall shopping. Even after Christmas, they are out there, trying to find another gift for a or mom or...
A mother's love helps us understand—at least in a measure—the love of Him who left heaven to be born at Bethlehem, leaving behind everything, giving His life that we might have life. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the...
"But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost." (Matt. 1:20) Joseph wasn't...
One time I heard a disgruntled shopper complaining to a cashier in a department store. His comment was, "Why do we have this Christmas thing anyway? Who's idea was it to have this holiday?" Well, the answer to that question is easy. The commercialized holiday was...
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