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Light and Hope for Christmas
This has been a very strange year for everyone. It's been tiring and frustrating. It's been downright disheartening for so many. So now that we've reached the busy, busy end of the year, it's really starting to wear on people. Be aware of that, in others and in...
Thoughts and Reasoning
God gave us the ability to think and to reason. At the same time, we can only think and reason so far, and only based on what we know. We are limited as to how far we can apply thought and reasoning. God, on the other hand, has no such limitations, knowing everything...
Prospered for Giving
"God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving." - Randy Alcorn This quote is what sparked the post for today. We Christians often forget that we're stewards of God's resources, and He's the one who gets to tell us how to use...
Peace on Earth
Recently the poem "Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has been on my mind. When he wrote the poem he had a lot going on in his life. Go look it up real quick, it's worth the read and the research details behind it. In short, Mr. Longfellow was having a...
A Hilarious Giver
In yesterday morning's sermon we walked through 2 Corinthians 9 and talked about giving. As for the title of the blog, God loves a hilarious giver. In 2 Corinthians 9:7, the word for cheerful is "hilaros," from which we get our English word "hilarious." Think about...
The Ageless One with an Age
It's time for Christmas lessons at church for the little kids! I was teaching them last night about Jesus coming to earth to save us from our sins. In order to do so, Jesus had to become like us while still being God. In Heaven Jesus could do anything He wanted, but...