Devotion
Strength And Courage
It takes strength to be firm, It takes courage to be gentle. It takes strength to stand guard, It takes courage to let down your guard. It takes strength to conquer, It takes courage to surrender. It takes strength to be certain, It takes courage to have doubt. It takes strength to fit in, It […]
The Art Auction
Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the walls of the family estate. The widowed, elder […]
You Can’t Buy Me Christmas
Grace Chiang Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the mall, Not a creature was idle, shoppers least of all; The merchandise was placed in the windows with care, In hopes that great sale shoppers soon would be there. The parents were hoping to keep out of the red, While visions of tax returns […]
Our Forever Home
Read: John 14:1-6 I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. -Psalm 23:6 Night was falling and the weather deteriorating as I began the long drive home. The snow that had been falling lightly became heavier. Gale-force winds soon whipped it into a blinding curtain in front of my car. Only intense concentration […]
More Than Giftwrap
Read: John 12:23-28 For this purpose I came to this hour, Father, glorify You name. -John 12:27-28 Every year at Christmas, James Baxter watches people rip apart his company’s product and throw it away. All the hours of creative design and careful manufacturing are gone in a flash. And he has no regrets. As president […]
Nothing Is Impossible With God
Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; be it done to me according to your word (Luke 1:38). If God wants something done, can it be done? In other words, if God has a goal for your life, can it be blocked, or is its fulfillment uncertain or impossible? I am personally convinced that no goal […]
An Angel’s Message
by Bill Denton “But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord'” (Luke 2:10-11, NASB). The Christmas […]
Two Advent Meditations
Among the oxen (like an ox I’m slow) I see a glory in the stable grow Which, with an ox’s dullness might at length Give me an ox’s strength. Among the asses (stubborn I as they) I see my Saviour where I looked for hay; So may my beastlike folly learn at least The patience […]
“Bad News, Good News”
Read: John 17:20-26 [I pray] that they all may be one,…that the world may believe that You sent Me. -John 17:21 Five days before Christmas, the newspaper headline proclaimed: GOOD WILL? PEACE? NOT IN THIS CHURCH A 133-year-old congregation was being torn apart. The pastor was being heckled during his sermons. Competing factions were passing […]
Advent Hymn
On 18.12.1707 Charles Wesley was born. On his birthday in Advent, here is one of his greatest hymns about The Birthday. Let earth and heaven combine, Angels and men agree, To praise in songs divine The incarnate Deity, Our God contracted to a span, Incomprehensibly made man. He laid his glory by, He wrapped him […]
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