Tag: Jesus
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Picture Day
The world’s unfairness isn’t just a fleeting feeling, it’s a fact of life on this sin-cursed earth being magnified. There is real evil in the world, intended upon stealing, killing, and destroying us. Our enemy lies. When we feel we are surrounded by unfairness and evil, lies and manipulation …it’s because we are. It’s hard,…
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What Does It Mean? (Christmas Advent Series, Intro.)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? The world comes into focus as we discover Christmas. Each year God peels back a layer, rich with newly appreciated memories and formative ones of the present. I look forward to it more and more …and begin to celebrate, decorate, and sing carols earlier and earlier with each passing year …in anticipation of…
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The Bucket. (#jammed daily devo, day 364)
December #jammed: Free Grace. Day 364: Empty Buckets “The Lord is near.” Philippians 4:5 “What if I never actually surf,” I joked, “It’s a possibility!” Monday morning Bible study prepares and leads me. “What if God just wants to teach me something through the process of preparation?” It’s a possibility. And it wouldn’t be the first time.…
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The Child Among His Children (#jammed daily devo, day 362)
December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 362: His arrival. Suddenly a messenger of the Lord stood in front of them, and the darkness was replaced by a glorious light—the shining light of God’s glory. They were terrified! Luke 2:9 (VOICE) The tickets were paid for long in advance, but I had mentally ducked out of the plans I…
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The Wreath (#jammed daily devo, day 359)
December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 359, Merry Christmas! “ And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born.” Luke 2:6 Merry Christmas, readers! On this morning, how can we not reflect upon the beautiful baby Jesus? For, as today’s verse celebrates, “the time came for her baby to be born.” The time…
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