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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. James 1:17 NKJV I’m not a very good gift giver. I really want to get each person just the right gift. I want to get them…
Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds; but this Man…
Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage. Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men. And when He had come as a man…
So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:6-7 NKJV We’ve all watched the Christmas pageants…
Then Mary said, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” Luke 1:34 In Luke chapter 1, the angel Gabriel comes to Mary and tells her that she is highly favored by God and has been chosen to give birth to the Messiah. He tells her that she will conceive in…
Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy…
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Price of Peace. The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David…
The one who commits sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the devil’s works. 1 John 3:8 I know, the Devil hardly seems like a fitting topic for this time of year. But we must understand that…
No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 HCSB Deck the Halls is a Christmas carol that most of us probably know by heart. It speaks of decking the halls with boughs of holly, dressing in festive clothes, enjoying the blazing yule before…
For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 ESV If you are listening to a radio station that is currently playing Christmas music, you will probably hear the song, We Need a Little Christmas. This…