Last Sunday while I was lighting the second Advent candle of PEACE in my Bible Study class in Mississippi, my grandson and his family were loading up from a Cub Scout camp-out in Louisiana. Our grandson, Dane and some boys were playing with hot sticks from a campfire when Dane was struck in the face near his eye. Thankfully not in his eye but there were second-degree burns. We ...
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Your Faith Needs Friendship: Lessons Learned from Mary and Elizabeth
We can all learn a lesson from Mary and Elizabeth. After all, our faith needs friendship! “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up…” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Yesterday, we watched as an angel’s visit altered everything about a young girl’s life. Think about it. Her plans for the future, how she viewed the past…everything was changed ...
Willing on the Way: A Lesson Learned from Mary
“’I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ‘May it be to me as you have said.’” Luke 1:38 Begin by reading Luke 1:26-38. Try to take in as many details as you can and imagine the scene set before you. Try to picture the young girl’s face as the angel appeared before her. Try to put yourself in her position. Scripture says she was “greatly ...
You are not an outsider. Christ brought you in.
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.” Isaiah 49:6 Throughout the history of His people, God made it clear He had a plan for all peoples. The Jews may have ...