Let me take you back to that first CHRISTmas and just briefly recount the well-known narratives and names. Then I want to spend the better part of this article on a part of the story that you may have never heard and what we can learn from the lowliest of players in the CHRISTmas story… Matthew 1:18-23 – Mary and Joseph engaged; Mary gets pregnant; Joseph chooses to privately divorce Mary which was an honorable thing as he could have had her stoned or exiled... Read More
November 19, 2024
CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 Love and Lordship in Focus...What does CHRISTmas mean to you? What if we took CHRISTmas to heart…“more of CHRIST?” The birth of CHRIST brings with it the promise of something so much better than our day-to-day humanity with all it’s ups and downs. It literally means that God became flesh... Read More
November 11, 2024
Giving Thanks – Our Ultimate Identity in Christ
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“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Love and Lordship in Focus…Perhaps the greatest identity we have in Christ is that He makes us completely new in Him. The old person and selfish flesh no longer have to rule over us as we choose Christ and His Holy Spirit in us by faith. Are you choosing to live as a new creation in Christ…or still living in... Read More
November 4, 2024
Knowing and Loving Who You Are – Kingdom Workers in Christ
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“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.” 1 Corinthians 3:9 Love and Lordship in Focus...We are God’s chosen workers, individually and collectively, in Christ! We are His cultivated and prepared field or land in which He can produce good fruit and good harvest for others to know Him. We are His dwelling place…His building! In the last several weeks our focus has been on how significant and valued we are in Christ…our identity in Him! We are grafted in by... Read More
October 28, 2024
Knowing and Loving Who You Are – Bearing Fruit in Christ
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“You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.” John 15:16 Love and Lordship in Focus...Do you realize how important and powerful it is that God chose to partner with us to be the bearers of His Fruit for His Kingdom and Glory! Are you trying to produce your own fruit…or humbly... Read More