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A Son will be Born

When King Ahaz would not ask God for a sign, even when God told him to, God gave him one anyway. Speaking through the prophet Isaiah, God told Ahaz the sign would be a young woman would bear a son and name him Immanuel. What did the prophecy mean? We have been conditioned by yearsContinue reading “A Son will be Born”

See God’s Signs

Do you often refuse to ask for help? Do you seek to do it on your own? Do you sometimes wish there would be a sign that would lift your spirits? Have you thought you should ask God for a sign but refused to do so? Did you refuse because you thought you were testingContinue reading “See God’s Signs”

Wait Patiently

Are you patient? Or are you impatient? Does it depend on the circumstances? Are you patient sometimes and impatient at other times? What dictates whether you are patient or not? Is there a pattern? Have you thought about it? Patience can be hard to come by. We live in an impatient world. We want everythingContinue reading “Wait Patiently”

Suffering and Patience

Do you like to suffer? My guess is not. Do you like to have to wait patiently? Probably not that either. What is it about suffering that turns us away from it? Why are we so impatient? Is it simply our nature? Or have we morphed into it? Is it something our culture has taughtContinue reading “Suffering and Patience”

Give God the Credit

Do you like people who brag about themselves? Is it bragging if what they are stating is true? Is it their attitude when they talk about themselves that makes it bragging? Have you heard Jesus state what He was doing? Do you considered Him to be bragging? Most of us do not like to listenContinue reading “Give God the Credit”

Prepare for Doubt

Do you have doubts? Have you thought you knew something to be true but later wonder if it is? Has something happened that caused you to question yourself or someone else you believed in? Are you doubting today? Have you become skeptical? Are you asking questions? Doubt can creep in on even the staunchest ofContinue reading “Prepare for Doubt”

Seek Help from God

Are you satisfied with your current situation? Are you disgruntled about something in your life? Are you seeking to improve yourself and your circumstances? How are you going about improvement? Are you trying to do it all yourself? If not, who are you turning to for help? I suspect all of us could state thereContinue reading “Seek Help from God”

Goal for Eternity

What do you seek the most? What is the top priority for you? Is it a nice, new home? Is it a top-level job? Is it a lifelong partner? Is it children or grandchildren? What are you doing to pursue your desire? What are you doing now to prepare for your ultimate achievement? I hearContinue reading “Goal for Eternity”

All Will Be Perfect

If you had the power to do one thing for the world, what would it be? Would you feed the hungry? Would you give homes to the homeless? Would you heal everyone with cancer? Would you cause all wars to end? What if all of those and more could be done at once? Though noneContinue reading “All Will Be Perfect”

Trust in Baptism

Do you remember your baptism? Have you been baptized more than once? Have you felt the presence of the Holy Spirit? Have you felt a strange warming in your heart? Have you been baptized by fire? Do you want to be baptized by fire? Baptism can be a tricky subject among Christians. Some believe inContinue reading “Trust in Baptism”