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God in Emergencies

Are you curious about your ancestry? Where were you born? Where were your children born? Have you moved from your birthplace? If so, have you returned? Have you visited your ancestral home? If not, would you like to? Have you considered your ancestry to be important? Some of us like to trace our ancestry. WeContinue reading “God in Emergencies”

Historical Events

Do you like history? Do you enjoy reading history? Have you seen reenactments of historical events? Have you visited museums that display artifacts and provide information about historical events and people? Have you considered how long after an event takes place before it becomes part of history? History is interesting to me. I truly enjoyContinue reading “Historical Events”

Step Into the Light

Have you ever looked at a bright light? Did it hurt your eyes? Have you noticed the smallest of lights seems to be bright in the darkness of night? Do you prefer the darkness or the light? Do you feel better during the day or the night? Have you noticed a difference? Our feelings changeContinue reading “Step Into the Light”

Look for God at Work

Have you ever made your own plan only to have God completely change it? Have you followed God’s plan, even when it didn’t seem to make sense to you? How did it turn out? Have you decided not to follow God’s plan? How did that turn out? We like to make our plans. We haveContinue reading “Look for God at Work”

Risky Choice

Have you fulfilled your potential? Have you accomplished something someone else believed and said you would? Have you seen someone accomplish something you or others foretold they would? How did you feel when you accomplished it or witnessed someone else do so? Having someone believe in you is energizing. Accomplishing something they said you could,Continue reading “Risky Choice”

Take a Risk on God

Have you heard a story you couldn’t believe? How did you react to that unbelievable story? Did you dismiss it out of hand? Did you laugh at the ridiculousness of it? Did you attempt to verify it, thinking there was a possibility it could be true? Or did you simply believe it? Sometimes we hearContinue reading “Take a Risk on God”

Gospel Greeting

How do you greet people? Does it depend on the situation? Do you greet people at a business meeting differently than you greet family or friends? Is your greeting done out of habit? Have you put any thought into your greeting? Have you noticed the greetings of the Apostle Paul? Greeting others can be formal,Continue reading “Gospel Greeting”

Father and Son

Have you ever asked the Father to be bless his Son? Have you considered the Father giving the Son the strength He needed to be the Savior of the World? Does the relationship of the Father and the Son draw you near, seeking to be revived by God and praising his name? We may referContinue reading “Father and Son”

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”