Month: December 2015

1 Samuel 3:1-21 With 2015 coming to a close, my husband and I have been talking about things we want to work on in 2016. One of my suggestions was that we put aside our electronic devices more during our down time. Often times we are scrolling through Facebook, playing a game on our phone, […]

Phillipians 4:10-20 Over the Christmas holiday while our family was gathered around for dinner, we were talking about how many kids continue looking for gifts under the Christmas tree even after all the gifts appear to have been opened. Kids want to make that last look to make sure that they didn’t miss any gifts […]

Luke 19:10 (NLT) This Morning many of us will be looking at the Christmas mess on the floor of wrapping paper, bows and boxes. Then some time during the day we will clean it all up and put it where it all belongs. Don’t be in such a hurry to clean up. Take a good […]

Proverbs 15:3 Since Thanksgiving, we have all been hearing about “elf on the shelf” and of course, children get reminded “you better be good because Santa is watching!” With all these worldly reminders that we need to be good, what about worrying about what God thinks of our behaviors? Not just one time a year […]

Matthew 7:7 (NLT) “A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas. This Quote is not […]

Romans 5:8 (NLT) In the spirit of this Ministry I would like to challenge you to do something simple this Christmas. There are many ways we can be a blessing to someone in fact the list is quiet long but we want to keep it really simple.  We want to challenge you to seek just […]

Hebrew 11:1 (NLT) It’s Christmas time again; time for baking, shopping, decorating and finding the perfect, most fabulous family Christmas tree. For some of us, shopping for the Christmas tree is not as joyful as it should be. I have always had a real, honest to goodness, pine smelling Christmas tree in my living room until […]

Proverbs 11:25-26 While out doing some Christmas shopping today, I couldn’t help but notice the hustling and bustling of people looking around for the perfect gift to buy their loved ones, friends and co-workers. I might add, most were not wearing their happy faces. Kids were crying, husbands were grumbling and wives looked frazzled. Why […]

While thinking about Christmas the other day and about how excited children get about Santa Claus, I thought about how a child’s faith in Santa is similar to our faith in Christ. Children usually get their faith in Santa Claus from their family; the family talks about Santa, how he is watching their behavior, how […]

Genesis 37:1-17 (NLT) Last night on “The Voice”, Dolly Parton sang her song “Coat of Many Colors”. After performing the song, she made a comment about how one can be poor in the worldly sense, but that feeling poor is a choice and that love and faith can make us rich. The song is based […]