What Are You Looking Forward To? Happy New Year – Hope, Peace, Joy and Love to You in Christ! If you want to know the hope, peace, joy and love of Christ today, into the New Year and throughout your life, begin by asking and answering this question, “What’s your focus?” In 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Paul states by The Holy Spirit, “Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day. For... Read More
December 24, 2020
Lessons from Advent/CHRISTmas…Pt 3
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“CHRISTmas is CHRIST” First of all, you have to know by my ties that I’m a CHRISTmas freak…I love it all…Santa, Grinch, Charlie Brown, Scrooge, 34th Street, all of it! You know why…because I choose to take every part of it and allow it to point me to Christ! That’s why I share with you that CHRISTmas is CHRIST! He is much more than a Baby in a Manger, but it began there and there would be no HOPE without that First CHRISTmas when He... Read More
December 18, 2020
Lessons From Characters of Advent/CHRIStmas…Pt 2
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“CHRISTmas According to the Shepherds – God’s Grace is for All!” Excerpted from “The Real Shepherds of Bethlehem” by Nick Harris (http://www.arielministries.org/ariel/roar_main_december2008.html) On the first Christmas night, there were shepherds tending huge flocks of sheep in the fields near the village of Bethlehem. This was odd since in those days it was unusual for shepherds to tend large flocks near towns and villages. The reason? The odors of very large flocks fouled the air so badly that people could not breathe. So large flocks were... Read More
December 11, 2020
Lessons From Advent/CHRISTmas
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“Joseph and Mary – Faith, Humility and Gratitude” I ran across this quote in one of my daily readings recently, “Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.” (C.S. Lewis) Let’s apply that to Mary and Joseph and to our own lives… One of the most powerful texts in all of Scripture comes directly from the Advent/ CHRISTmas narrative, “Behold, the Lord’s bond-servant; may it be done to me according to your word.” (Luke 1:26-38... Read More
November 18, 2020
HOT TOPICS SURROUNDING MARRIAGE…PART TWO
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A Real Life story on Marriage, divorce, remarriage and adultery In August 2009, I was speaking at an Association of Marriage and Family Ministries conference in Phoenix, AZ. After my presentation I was late for lunch and a black gentleman with an accent approached my table as I was eating alone. I recognized him from being in my presentation. He asked if he could join me for lunch. I said, “Absolutely,” and thanked him for joining in my session. He introduced himself as Pastor Morvan... Read More