December, 2016

• 30 December

  Turning the Spark in Your Heart into a Firestorm

  

  There are two distinct ways to look at fire. We can either fear it or embrace it. If we fear it, it’s not necessarily a bad thing, but do we really want to get burnt by a fiery blaze? Of course not! However, we also have the option to embrace ...

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• 30 December

  How Well Do You Wait?

  

  They met in 1930 at a Halloween masquerade ball. He was 20 years old and had already been working for the local utility company for four years. She was a 16-year-old high school student, living in a dormitory many miles from her family’s farm. They fell in love and decided ...

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• 28 December

  The Never Changing Truth of God’s Word

  

  In the Oxford English Dictionary a new word has been coined: “post-truth.” However one defines truth, how can it be said that we are past the time of truth? It takes many forms. There is moral truth, ethical truth, and abiding principles that have been the foundation of culture and ...

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• 24 December

  Suzy meets the Grumpy Ghost on Christmas Eve (Poem)

  

  It was getting late and in her comfy bed our friend Suzy lay, She snuggled up with her covers and began to pray. For Christmas, she had a single request to our God above, She wanted to share the meaning of Christmas love. As quickly as her prayer ended, Suzy ...

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• 24 December

  ‘Twas The Night Before A Real Christmas

  

  ‘Twas the night before a real Christmas and all through the house God’s Spirit was not stirring … His Spirit had been doused The decorations were hung with little love but with great care So, the spiritual cupboards were all quite very bare The children were asleep having failed to ...

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• 22 December

  I Heard A Voice On Christmas Eve

  

  I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. John 10:16 The bringing in of the sheep (God’s elect) into the sheep pen (the church) is why on one silent and holy night ...

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• 19 December

  Listen! Can You Hear The Hope?

  

  “Whoever answers before listening is both foolish and shameful.” Proverbs 18:13 In March of 1863, 18-year-old Charles Appleton Longfellow, unbeknownst to his family, left home in Massachusetts and boarded a train for Washington, D.C., to join the Union Army to fight in the Civil War. Charles was born to Fannie Elizabeth ...

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• 17 December

  Christianity is a Religion for Thinking People

  

  Contrary to what atheists say, Christianity is not a religion of blind unthinking belief, it is in fact a thinking and questioning religion. Every Christian questions their faith, we have to in order to practice it. Think about it; Christianity is about building a relationship with God through His Son ...

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• 16 December

  Orbiting The Earth Strengthened John Glenn’s Belief In God

  

  He was the first American to orbit the earth. Then, in 1998 he became the oldest person to fly in space, aboard the space shuttle. John Glenn passed away recently at the age of 95. After his shuttle flight he said, “To look out at this kind of creation and ...

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• 16 December

  God’s Promises in the Storms of Life

  

  The summer skies were blue and cloudless,  sending every neighborhood child outdoors to play. Some were down by the creek catching crawdads while a game of baseball had formed in the quiet street and  a backyard swimming pool was filling up  with laughing teenagers.  That July day was perfect. No ...

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