“Oh my dear children! I feel as if I am going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ develops in your life.” (Galatians 4:19 NLT) Paul writes of the labor of love that is birthing the gospel in flesh and…
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“The sheepherders returned and let loose, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen.” (Luke 2:20 MSG) “When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.” (Matthew 2:10 MSG) “Herod, when he realized that the scholars had tricked him, flew into a rage.…
“Jesus resumed talking to the people, but now how more tenderly. “The Father has given me all these things to do and say. This is a unique Father-Son operation, coming out of Father and Son intimacies and knowledge. No one knows the Son the way…
While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God’s angel spoke in the dream: “Joseph, son of David, don’t hesitate to get married. Mary’s pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God’s Holy Spirit made her pregnant.” (Matthew 1:20-21 MSG) While we will not…
“He lived in alert expectation of the Kingdom of God.” (Luke 23:52 MSG) Expectant. It’s a word that has been following me around for a while now. Almost like a taunt. Life’s been so tough for so long that a word like ‘expectant’ can taste…
“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace as you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13 NLT) I was taken aback a bit when…
“Pay close attention now: I’m creating a new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos and pain are things fo the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy.” (Isaiah 65:17-18 MSG) What a verse to read on the fifth anniversary of…
Unless you accept God’s Kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you’ll never get in.” (Luke 18:17 MSG) This scripture leads us to think about how children receive things. It’s easy to picture this at Christmas-time when every child is counting down to Christmas morning…
“And those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with sing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.” (Isaiah 35:10 NIV) There is a rescue underway and we’ll know it’s…
“God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.” (Matthew 5:8 NLT) John Eldredge lists the biblically-documented potential conditions of our heart: wounded, pierced, grieved, broken, cheerful, glad, joyful, rejoicing, deceived, divided, whole, wise, foolish, steadfast, true, valiant, frightened, cowardly, wandering, dull,…