Posts tagged: God’s Gift

Deeper Magic

Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish. Isaiah 29:14 (NIV) Ours is a living language. Words change. They change spelling. They change meaning. Words are created or coined. Words we once used become obsolete. One word [...]

He Climbed In With Us

    John 1:14 (The Message) The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.     A grandfather found his grandson, jumping up and down in his playpen, [...]

Don’t Blow It!

    The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!  Luke 2:11 (NLT)       Late one Christmas Day, years ago, a resident of Hillsborough, California, accompanied by his wife and children, set out to sing Christmas carols for the neighbors. As they were tuning up outside [...]

Thursday December 17th, 2009 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

JOY!

    Once again the star appeared to them, guiding them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! They entered the house where the child and his mother, Mary, were, and they fell down before him [...]

Tuesday December 15th, 2009 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

No Time For Jesus?

But although the world was made through him, the world didn’t recognize him when he came. Even in his own land and among his own people, he was not accepted. John 1:10-11 (NLT) I heard the story of a woman who was very busy on Christmas Eve. She had her little son with her as [...]

Don’t Forget the Birthday Boy

He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. John 1:10–11 (NIV) The party on June 3, 2006, was for Michael Emmanuel, Jr. It was his sixth birthday, and [...]

DON’T MISS THE MAIN EVENT!

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 (NLT) The church choir director was being driven out of his mind at the rehearsals for the Christmas Choral Concert. It seemed that at least one or more members of the choir was absent at [...]

Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 in , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »