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When Jesus calls us, we often claim we are unworthy. In fact we are, sinful and unable to save ourselves. Jesus knows this, but He calls us just the same, making us part of His work to save us and the world. Thank You Lord for not giving up on us, for bringing us into …
God’s call on our lives can come in many ways and be lived out in many ways but it is all a manifestation of His eternal love and care for us. Gracious God, may we bear Your love and mercy to everyone. Help us to share Your gift with our neighbors, loving them as Jesus …
Whether you were raised in a church family and never missed a Sunday, or have never been to church and never had a relationship with Jesus, He is calling you. He wants to show you His love and asks you to share it with the whole world. That may sound like a big job – …
Sometimes I think if only we could see some of the miracles Jesus performed, we could have faith like His disciples…alright, their faith was often just like ours, weak and not very effective. Jesus told them “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not yet seen and yet have …
We are not simply a random bunch of cells that became human and then banded together. We were created intentionally by God to be His people. He didn’t just put us here and say “good luck”, He has a purpose for each and every one of us! The prophet Jeremiah writes “For surely I know …
“When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was.” (Matthew 2:9) Part of our Christmas story recounts Jesus being visited by travelers from the east, who had been led to …
Most of us are familiar with the second chapter of Luke up to the point that “Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.” (Luke 2:19) While that may be the end of the “birth narrative” as theologians term it, there is much more to the story of Jesus and Mary and …
When Mary heard what God had called her to do, she said “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). No objections, no requests to find someone else, just a couple of questions. Of all the call stories we hear from scripture, Mary is …
In Luke 3:8 John the Baptist admonishes us to “bear fruit worthy of repentance.” That’s a fancy way of telling us we have to make a change in our lives if we want to be saved. Yes, God loves us as we are, if He didn’t why would He reach out to us at all? …
“The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness ‘prepare ye the way of the Lord!’ Make straight in the desert a highway for our God!” Isaiah 40:3 I don’t really remember ever reading these words from the prophet Isaiah until my senior year in high school when I did the opening tenor solos for …