Monthly Archives: December 2023
Day 10 Rules for Life
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Moses called all the people of Israel together and said: Listen, Israel, to the commands and laws I give you today. Learn them and obey them carefully
The Lord our God made an agreement with us at Mount Sinai. He did not make this agreement with our ancestors. He made it with us. He made it with all of us who are alive…..
THEME 8 YOUR DIRECTION FOR US
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Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. He came to a place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He found a stone there and laid his head on it to go to sleep. Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder resting on the earth and reaching up into heaven. And he saw angels of God going…..
THE CROSS
“The cross is undoubtedly the most well-known of all Christian symbols. Because of Christ’s death upon a cross, this cruel instrument of execution has become, to the believer, a beautiful statement of faith and hope. Even as the Apostle Paul wrote in Galatians 6:14: ‘God forbid that I should glory, save the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.’”
PRAYER:
Dear Heavenly Father,
On that cruel day when Jesus died,…..
THEME 7 MAKING HARD CHOICE
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After these things God tested Abraham’s faith. God said to him, “Abraham!”
And he answered, “Here I am.”
Then God said, “Take your only son, Isaac, the son you love. Go to the land of Moriah. There kill him and offer him as a whole burnt offering. Do this on one of the mountains there. I will tell you which one.”
Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his…..
In the second week of Advent, we celebrate the candle-lighting because Jesus is the Light of the world. He is the reason for the season. While each day of Advent has a Jesse Tree Ornament and a Chrismon, celebrating the Old Testament prophecy and the New Testament fulfilment, Advent represents both the coming of Jesus to earth in Bethlehem to bring His own to salvation, but it also introduces the “not yet” aspect, the predicted and proclaimed Second Coming of…..
THEME 7 PATIENCE
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The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said. He did for her what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant. And she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. Everything happened at the time God had said it would. Abraham named his son Isaac. Sarah gave birth to this son of Abraham. Abraham circumcised Isaac when he was eight days old as God had commanded.
Abraham was 100 years…..
“The Psalmist David wrote: “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105) In ancient times, an oil lamp provided the most common means of illumination for those traveling after dark. Symbolically, the Bible, as God’s Word, provides mankind with the only reliable source of true Spiritual light.”
PRAYER:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank You for all the stories about light and lamps in Your…..
THEME 6 OBEDIENCE EVEN WHEN IT’S HARD
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Then the Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives and your father’s family. Go to the land I will show you.
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous. And you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you. I will place a curse on…..
day 5 THE CHI RHO
“In the original Greek text, the word ‘Christ’ was written XRISTOS. The letters CHI (X) and RHO (R or P) were combined into one of the earliest known Christian symbols. It has been found inscribed on the walls of Roman catacombs dating back to the 2nd century. In Hebrew, the word “Christ” is translated ‘Messiah’, which means ‘the anointed one’”
PRAYER:
Heavenly Father,
We think…..
day 4 THE ALPHA AND OMEGA
“As the first and last of the Greek alphabet, the Alpha and Omega represent the One in whom creation began and by whom it will one day end. Its usage as an early Christian symbol is based upon Revelation 1:8: ’I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending’, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
PRAYER:
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