New Year’s Resolutions

Dec 31, 2013 | Devotions

Revelation 2:3-4 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Have you made your New Year’s resolutions? I make at least one every...

Rest and Refocus

Dec 30, 2013 | Devotions | 2 comments

Psalm 146:5-10 In today’s world, you’ve surely heard people tell you how busy they are, especially this time of the year. The shopping, decorating, food preparation, social events, and family gatherings are enough to make anyone exhausted. It turns out that people can...

God’s Eternal Plan

Dec 29, 2013 | Devotions

Ephesians 1:1-14 The Apostle Paul, writing to the Ephesians, lays out for them how God has carried out his plan throughout history to bring salvation to humanity. He reminds them that he is an apostle for Christ, commissioned by him, to represent Christ in the world....

Spreading the Good News

Dec 28, 2013 | Devotions

Romans 1:1-7 1 From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus and an apostle chosen and called by God to preach his Good News. 2 The Good News was promised long ago by God through his prophets, as written in the Holy Scriptures. 3 It is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: as...

Praise Be to God!

Dec 27, 2013 | Devotions

Psalm 148 In this season of celebrating Christ, this Psalm is the epitome of thinking bigger and bigger and bigger. It is as if you wanted to figure out where to start if you were trying to thank God for everything, only to find out it is much greater than you can...

Wise Enough

Dec 26, 2013 | Devotions

Matthew 2:11 Such powerful images of the Christmas story: The wise men arriving at a house, finding Mary and the child, bowing down, and offering Him their gifts. Joseph is not mentioned, but the presence of God the Father is felt. Each December famous interpretations...