December 25 Luke 2:2-7 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.2 (This was the first census that took place while[a]Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth […]
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December 24. Luke 2:16-20 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.But Mary treasured
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December 23 Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” We live in a very, very, hectic world and culture. It is ever more so with cell phone in our pocters more advanced by a magnitude
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December 22 Isaiah 40:29 “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” Christmas is almost here. We are more than ready to celebrate the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ! If we are honest with ourselves we each can be weary and week from time to time. Yet, He is
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December 21 Romans 12:12 “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” There are three phrases that can cover a large part of our everyday lives! They are the opposite of some frequent bad attitudes. Ain’t it aweful, Why me! And God doesn’t care. Again I say a favorite verse is Romans
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December 20 Hebrews 2:10-11 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus
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December 19 Psalm 3:8 From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. For believers it seems clear that the Lord works in history. The most talked of case came this year with the near miss of a bullet aimed at Donals Trump. Regardless of your politics it is obvious
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December 17 1 Timothy 1:15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. At Kairos prison ministry one of the residents shared, “We are no different from you; we just made one mistake too many and ended up here.”
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December 16 Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. I have to admit this is easier said than done. The constant bombardment of political news and messages of the last year was oppressive. As I write I think
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December 15 Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Early in my first marriage my wife and I would get into small arguments about which of us was at fault over some more of less trivial thing. At heart neither of us
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