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Each Christmas morning, whenever I open a gift that one of my kids has made for me, whether its a photo album, a painting, or a ceramic “thing” they hand-crafted—It’s all I ever wanted. My life is complete. I get all teary-eyed and can’t even...
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“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...
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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 inspires thoughts of eternal life in heaven with the...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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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,...
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The angel Gabriel had just explained to Mary what was about to take place in her life, namely, that she, as a virgin, would be the God-bearer, the human vessel through whom Christ would be born into the world. Few of us ever know with certainty what the future...
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“When we have pity on the poor, we are lending to God at interest; and when we give to the lowly, we are giving to God: in a spiritual sense, we are sacrificing a sweet fragrance to Him.”- St. Cyprian of Carthage This week, many people will spend...
