We are anxious about everything. Worrying is like praying to yourself, while David tells us that God makes us lie down in green pastures. The strange thing about sheep is because of their very makeup it is almost impossible for them to make to lie down unless four requirements are met. Which one (fear, friction, pests or hunger) robs your joy and contributes to your anxiety? Memorize Psalm 23 and pray it every night.
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Our longing for the “perfect Christmas” is the echo of a deeper longing; our inner ache for the new heaven and the new earth. We believe Jesus will bring to completion in his second coming what he inaugurated in his first; the fullness of the Kingdom of God. At the same time, verse 8 reminds us that our love for family and friends and Christmas includes our responsibility to plead with them to be found in Christ before the great and terrible day of the Lord.
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After the defeat of Babylon and the pouring out of the bowls of God’s wrath on His enemies, we see yet another scene of worship...
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Jesus summons John into the throne room of heaven, where he sees that right now God is on his throne being worshiped and praised as he rightly deserves. During this season it is so easy to become discouraged and distracted that we need worship to rightly order our desires.
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The angel tells Mary not just that she will bear a holy Child but that he will sit on the throne of his father David and that the reign of his kingdom will have no end (Luke 1:32-33). Jesus wasn’t born in some safe and sanitized holiday scene, but in a war zone in which He died with a sign over his head which read, “King of the Jews.”
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Like a lot of things, Abraham teaches us how to deal with faith and the death of a loved one…
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In David’s plea for forgiveness, we learn some important lessons in dealing with our past mistakes and finding forgiveness and restoration.
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As Ecclesiastes reminds us, there is a time for everything in our lives. Winter is an important season and does some important work. In every life, there comes a time to let go and move on to our future.
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The world rightly accuses us of being mentally lazy in how we express and understand our faith. What does it mean to love God thoughtfully?
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