Hints of the Gospel in Written Word
Spring, 2020 Michael M. Massar D.Min. One of the pleasures that became vital in my life as a minister is reading. When I was just a first-grader, my mother took me to…
Rejoice
Emily Delgado Romans 12:9-12 Be joyful, rejoicing, because you have hope. Rejoice! Rejoice! Do not forget, for hope is always around the corner. Be patient in suffering; in affliction; in…
God Comes to His People
David Bridges John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace…
Shout
Alexis Kennedy Psalm 98:4-9 When something brings excitement to children or overwhelms them with joy, what do they do? They shout, they scream, they squeal with delight! They express it…
Just As You Are
Jeni and Ray Cook Furr Luke 2:8-10 8 That night in the fields near Bethlehem some shepherds were guarding their sheep. 9 All at once an angel came down to…
My Soul Glorifies the Lord
Carol Hagler Luke 1:46-48 As puzzled as a virginal teenaged Mary must have been by the angel’s announcement in Luke 1:30-33, she readily accepts her role as expectant mother of…
Darkness
Mary Johns Nichols Isaiah 9:2-3 2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. 3…
Trust God
Mark Noblitt Luke 2:11-14 (NIV) 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a…
Remember
Emily Yeager Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26 Memory. Remembering. How many times a day do we comment about our memory or the things we need to remember? We hear comments like, “I’d…
Behold: The Peace of Worship
Norman Dugas Isaiah 43:1-3 There’s not a lot of peace in our modern, daily lives. Pressures abound. Cell phones ringing. Email pinging. Obligations tugging at our shirttails. Maybe that’s why…