The Hour is Close This coming Thursday is the start of the New Year, and the question becomes, “What will we do with it?” Will we make better use of our time this year as opposed to last year? Will 2016 be a year of joy or regret, a year of great expectation or unimaginable […]

Build a Foundation of Faith In the Christmas story there are several people whose life principles can help us live faithful lives. From Mary’s example we see a life principle of building our lives on the foundation of faith. The angel Gabriel said, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. […]

Living with Expectancy As we look at those involved in the story surrounding the birth of Jesus, there are several life principles we can take away and use for our lives. Take the story of Simeon. Simeon was a just and devout man who was waiting expectantly for the Messiah. But it wasn’t a false […]

The Heart of Christmas Over the years people have become accustomed to Christmas as being a holiday, and they associate Christmas with the business of buying and selling, giving and receiving. This has caused many people to overlook and even miss the vital meaning of Christmas for this crazy mixed up world we live in. […]

The Christmas Sacrifice When looking at shepherds and wise men, what we see is that they were willing to sacrifice, to pay the price. The shepherd’s sacrifice was their willingness to leave their sheep to fend for themselves while they went off to find the Lamb of God. The sheep were the shepherd’s livelihood, and […]

God Preserves For A Purpose David prayed, “Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust” (Psalm 16:1 NKJV). The word “preserve,” in the Hebrew language speaks of putting a hedge or a wall of protection around something. And so David was praying that the Lord would put a spiritual wall of protection […]

Watch Your Mouth Idle words aren’t all that idle. “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. … But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of Judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by […]

God Pursues You With Love There’s nothing you can do, and no place where you can go, where God’s love doesn’t pursue and meet you there. God’s love knows no bounds. No matter where you are, and no matter how you may feel, whether good or bad, God is there. You can’t get away, nor […]

God Shortened Work In the end, God will make short work of sin and Satan. Satan is making a last ditch effort to destroy believers in Jesus Christ and His church. He’s in an all out battle, which is evident in our world today. He has opened his mouth like a flood and we’re seeing […]

Christ’s Letter to the World God sends to this world personal letters of His love. But these letters aren’t written with ink; rather they are living, breathing, flesh and blood letters, and living messages. These letters are you and I. This was the Apostle Paul conclusion in his second letter to the Corinthian Church. “You […]