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Essential Insights on Faith 12/16/2023
Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat. PROVERBS 25:25 Billy Graham . . . Most of our financial support comes from the thousands of people who send contributions to us every month. We … Continue reading
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Faith From The Beginning 12/16/2023
Dangerous Appeal to the Eye IN THIS present age of illustrations, images and pictures—still and moving, good and bad—the events just cited should make us ponder seriously. Can we not link the rapid decline in morals, the awful increase in … Continue reading
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Jesus – Our Immanuel – 7
Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:18-25 Joseph, Mary, and Immanuel According to Matthew, the blessed side of the Immanuel prophecy has now come. God has fulfilled it in the birth of Jesus. The promise of military deliverance for Ahaz prefigured something far … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 12/15/2023
Faith Sometimes it’s difficult to view our lives as a whole. We fulfill different roles as we interact with different people at school, home, work, and even church. In the natural donning and discarding of these roles, we might be … Continue reading
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Jesus – Our Immanuel – 6
Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:18-25 Ahaz and Immanuel – Continued From last lesson: God had offered Ahaz a gentle deliverance, but Ahaz wanted a mighty warrior. Now, God says, Ahaz would find one. The mighty army of Assyria would come and … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 12/14/2023
Discernment, Knowledge, and Action We often wonder whether God hears our prayers. Even when we acknowledge that God deals with each petition we send His way, we experience doubt because we don’t understand how He has handled our plea. Yet … Continue reading
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Jesus – Our Immanuel – 5
Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:18-25 Ahaz and Immanuel – Continued From last lesson: Ahaz was not a believer, yet God sent Isaiah the prophet to offer him a gracious blessing. Isaiah said, “Do not fear, and do not let your heart … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 12/13/2023
Making Distinctions We’re often entranced by those who have what we don’t, riches, popularity, position, and power. We want to befriend cool moms, hipsters with ironic mustaches, and supervisors who can get us to the next step on the corporate … Continue reading
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Jesus – Our Immanuel – 4
Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:18-25 The Child’s Name and Mission – Continued Three times in the gospel of Matthew we hear that Jesus is God with us: in the beginning, at its midpoint, and at the end. It is a crucial … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 12/12/2023
God’s Unseen Work We often fail to discern when and how it happens: God will work something out in our lives that seems virtually impossible. We get an unexpected insight into the workings of God in 1 Samuel 5. After … Continue reading
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Jesus – Our Immanuel – 3
Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:18-25 Conceived by the Holy Spirit – Continued From last lesson: “An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 12/11/2023
Conflict and Certainty Conflict drives fiction and riveting movies, but if we had it our way, we’d live stable, stress-free lives. We might crave the excitement or change of a vacation, but we rarely welcome an unexpected complication. So when … Continue reading
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Jesus – Our Immanuel – 2
Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:18-25 Conceived by the Holy Spirit Mary and Joseph are betrothed (legally pledged to be married), however, not yet married, when the account of Jesus’ birth begins. “Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together … Continue reading
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Jesus – Our Immanuel – 1
Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:18-25 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit” (Matthew … Continue reading
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Essential Insights on Faith 12/09/2023
Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat. PROVERBS 25:25 Billy Graham Like it or not, money is an essential part of any ministry, and safeguards must be put in place to avoid abuses … Continue reading
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Faith From The Beginning 12/09/2023
Faith Comes By Hearing NOW the ear is the channel through which God speaks to man, while Satan’s approach seems usually to be through the eye of man. The ear is the portal of faith, while the eye is often … Continue reading
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When the World Was Invaded! – 4
Scripture References: Luke 2:1-20 He Came To Save Us – Continued Back to God, the Father – Continued When the Bible speaks of death, it means more than the heart ceasing to beat. It means total and absolute separation from … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 12/08/2023
God Makes Good Out of Trouble God often shows His goodness to us through trials, making good out of human error. We see this principle in the lives of Elkanah and Hannah. Elkanah was prone to make mistakes. His first … Continue reading
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When the World Was Invaded! – 3
Scripture References: Luke 2:1-20 He Came To Free Us – Continued The two ultimate tragedies of life are sin and death, and these are the two great forces that so tragically enslave us. Christ has come to set us free … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 12/07/2023
By Your Example By nature, we are creatures of imitation. Children mimic the traits of their parents, and even in later life we are influenced by the habits of our friends. People naturally imitate, even if they don’t realize it … Continue reading
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