12 December 2016 Acts 5:12 – 16 Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem. Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great […]
11 December 2016 Acts 13:16-25 Paul’s speech in Antioch to Israelites Listening is not as easy as one would think, at least not for me. If I am not careful, I begin to form opinions about what I am hearing long before I hear the whole message. Many times these opinions keep me from hearing […]
10 December 2016 1 Samuel 2:1 Someone who feels blessed may often tell others “The Lord has blessed me! He is a rock who knows all I have done and has blessed me!” I often rejoice as I recognize how very blessed I have been. Once I was saved from great danger in a close […]
9 December 2016 2 Peter 3:11 – 13 Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, […]
8 December 2016 Psalm 146:5 – 10 The verses in today’s scripture are truly full of hope. Funny, though, to me the most hopeful line in the whole passage is the last part of verse nine, “but He frustrates the ways of the wicked.” This political season has uncovered negativity and prejudices, hate speech and […]
7 December 2016 Genesis 15:4-6 Christmas movies are back, and perhaps you recall or have recently seen the classic, “Miracle on 34th Street.” In that movie, a little girl named Susan does not at first believe in Santa (Kris Kringle) but is told by her mother, “Faith is believing something when common sense tells you […]
6 December 2016 Romans 15:17-21 …Thus I make it my ambition to proclaim the good news, not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on someone else’s foundation, but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him shall see, and those who have never heard of […]
5 December 2016 1 Thessalonians 4:9 – 10 Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another; and indeed you do love all the brothers and sisters throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, beloved, to […]
4 December 2016 Matthew 3:1-12 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near”, proclaimed John the Baptist. I was baptized at age 40 and joined a church. I did that mainly to try to get that “something” I saw in others. Somehow, being a Christian made a difference in their lives that I wanted. […]
3 December 2016 John 1: 19-23 Who are you? Who am I? Are you for real? Has anybody asked you these questions? Have you asked yourself? I never seem to have the answer, but John the Baptist clearly knew the answers when these questions were thrown at him. John was drawing crowds as he traveled […]