December, 2016

• 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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• 15 December

  A Virgin Birth; Are We Leaving Anything Out?

  

  It is almost Christmas yet again and time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a simple story, some say, with a simple message—Christ was born of a virgin; He was both fully man and fully God. He came to be the Savior of the world. It is ...

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• 14 December

  How To Stay Healthy During the Winter Months

  

  As winter approaches, the sunlight hours have decreased as well as the outdoor temperature. The winter is known as “cold and flu” season and for Seasonal Affective Disorder (depression that is brought on by the decrease in the sun’s rays, primarily happening only in the winter months). More people suffer ...

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• 13 December

  Are You A Throne or A Manger?

  

  And the day had started with such promise. Bradley Porter jiggled his leg as he sat at his desk scowling at his assignment. He was a smart boy, earning top marks in every subject. He loved his little Christian school, sporting a pressed uniform and cardigan; but most of all ...

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• 3 December

  Our Hope: Find Your Hope

  

  If there is one thing I have learned over the past year it’s that hope never leaves.  It is always present, always ready, and always available.  Just like grace is free, so is hope.  However, we must sometimes reach out and ask for it, and accept it within ourselves. I ...

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• 2 December

  What Does God Remember?

  

  I have some vivid memories of our old house: making blanket forts over the dining room table and hiding underneath, playing with my mother’s costume jewelry in my parents’ bedroom when I should have been  napping, and the Christmas season when Santa visited and left a small china cup on ...

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