Part of God’s plan for the earth was that people would be stewards of His resources. Beginning with Adam and Eve and extending through the ages to include us and our children, people are stewards of the rich resources of God’s creation. That means we are …
Tony Campolo likes to tell the story about traveling from Pennsylvania to Honolulu, Hawaii, for a speaking engagement. One of the problems with traveling across the continental US, and then across the Pacific to Hawaii, is getting used to the time difference, you get tired earlier, …
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” That is how the apostle Paul felt about the miracle of God’s incarnation in Jesus Christ. He wrote this to the Corinthians in his second letter, chapter 9:15. In the NLV, this verse is translated; “Thank God for His Son …
Can you think of your favorite Christmas gift of all time? You spent days and months, maybe years, thinking about it and dreaming of having it, and then early one Christmas morning, you open a package you hadn’t noticed, and there it is. Surprise, joy, happiness, …
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. Psalm 27:4 This verse …
However, the report went around concerning Him all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed. (Luke 5:15-16 NKJV). Multitudes of people were coming to Jesus. Walking for …
When the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him… (Luke 4:13 NKJV). After Jesus’ baptism, He went into the wilderness for forty days, where the devil tempted him. He didn’t eat while in the wilderness, and in the end, he was hungry. So the …
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:‘Prepare the way of the Lord;Make His paths straight.Every valley shall be filledAnd every mountain and hill brought low;The crooked places shall be made straightAnd the rough ways smooth;And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ” (Luke 3:4-6 NKJV). …
And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:12 NKJV). The announcement of Jesus’ birth to the shepherds was great news, not just for them but for all people – that Christ was born, …
