We all have a mental picture of the way Christmas should be, which is not a bad thing. However, lots of times things do not turn out as well for us as we might have hoped for. The most wonderful time of the year just passed by and like spring; it doesn’t seem like any bad thing should happen during this season. We like to keep the story nice and neat, like the nativity scene. All is calm, and all is bright, and we like to keep it that way. But in this life, it’s not always a bed of roses.
Continue reading …Whenever we meet something new and strange, we get confused. Little alarms go off in our head when the pattern we are used to is disrupted. God made us to respond to change in a momentary reaction that is normal and healthy as a defense mechanism.
Continue reading …Our God is a generous God. He gives us so much more than we ask for. And he does it so that we can go out into the world as His stewards, sharing His word, love, and His healing power with everyone around us.
Continue reading …Some people hold on to what has always been taught and they do not accept another way of explaining or of living faith. They are not always pleased when someone criticizes or challenges them. That happened in the time of Jesus and today also; both in societies and in the church.
Continue reading …All of us are given gifts from God; some qualities we receive are something we can share and teach others. Nobody is only a pupil, nobody is only a professor. We should be all learning from one another.
Continue reading …God’s love knows no bounds and gives without measure. It doesn’t calculate; it spends lavishly! Jesus taught us that real giving must come from the heart and a gift given out of love, with a spirit of generosity and sacrifice, is invaluable.
Continue reading …Aldo Mencatto was hiking in Red Rock National Conservation Area when he had the vision that set him back on course.
Continue reading …We who consider ourselves Christian must ask ourselves if we are really true Christian. Are we really born again or are we just one of the many who attend church, live a pretty good life and know enough about God and the bible and all about spiritual things. Unfortunately there is no foolproof method to determine whether someone is a true follower of Jesus or not.
Continue reading …The bible says that Jesus Christ will come again. Some people speculate when the Lord will return, but Jesus didn’t gave us no time indicators, not even signs with respect to His second coming which is the judgment day. However He did focus on the need of every man to be prepared for that unexpected yet certain reckoning. Parts of the Gospel spell out the necessity for the preparation.
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