There is a prayer Jesus honors even when faith wavers. It does not come from strength. It comes from honest humility. A father stood before Jesus with a need he could not fix and a
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There is a prayer Jesus honors even when faith wavers. It does not come from strength. It comes from honest humility. A father stood before Jesus with a need he could not fix and a
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“Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!” (2 Corinthians 9:15 NIV). The Gift of Gathering We had already stuffed ourselves with Mom’s traditional Christmas breakfast. After the family cleared the table and gathered in the
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A Challenging Request Every December, our Sunday School class sings Christmas carols to 6-8 homebound members of our church. Often, these seniors are dealing with health issues, don’t get out much, and welcome a visit
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My husband asked me to sit and watch them work on an outside clean up project. The temperature wasn’t ideal, I was just getting over the flu, and had a million reasons to stay inside.
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The birth of Jesus lies at the center of the Christmas story. But have you ever wondered how Jesus’ earthly parents would describe the events? Or what we can learn from His parents and His
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When the angelic hosts descended upon the Bethlehem hillside, announcing, “Glory to God in the highest,” they were not merely heralding a birth—they were revealing heaven’s hierarchy in a single, luminous moment. The One Set
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The Nativity Scene. It’s a precious picture of that holy night in Bethlehem, over 2000 years ago. As hymns play in the background, we look at sweet baby Jesus asleep on the hay. We see
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“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” Genesis 3:15 Christmas: hope for all—a hope that arrived
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Familiar Story We are familiar with the Christmas story. We’ve heard of Mary, Joseph, Jesus, the shepherds, and the angels. We remember a very pregnant Mary accompanied by her betrothed, Joseph, traveled on a donkey
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For centuries, believers have gathered on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus. And yet, there’s good reason to believe that December is not His birth date, but a celebration of His immaculate inception—the
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