Category: Daily Devotional With Pastor

It seems to me that we are surrounded by the commercialization of Christmas which seems to start earlier and earlier every year, again that’s how it seems to me. With that, whether it is by denial, forgetfulness, or out of ignorance, so many people have no concept of who Jesus is or why Jesus entered this sinful world. Yet, Christmas is the most popular aspect of Jesus for many, both Christians and Non-Christians. People love the account of the birth of Jesus – but why?

They think that the baby …

(2 Corinthians 5:19)…..that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

The Good News is about reconciliation between God and man. Jesus Christ accomplished it, by His own power and might. Mankind was estranged from God. We had gone our own way, were lost, dead, and couldn’t find our way back to relationship or fellowship with God. Fortunately, God loved us and did something to help us.

Two extremely important ideas are presented in …

Every step Jesus took in His earthly life was leading Him to the place the Greeks called, “Topos Kranion” the Hebrews called, “Golgotha” and the Romans called “Calvary”. It was known to all as “The Place of the Skull” (John 19:17) (Luke 23:3(Matthew 16:21) (Matthew 17:22-23) (Matthew 20:28) (Matthew 26:2). He had been arrested, tried and convicted in a mock trial, false witnesses had been called against Him and He had been abused by the guards, then He had been taken to Pilate where He was beaten by Pilate’s …

Not everyone in Jesus’ day thought He was Who He claimed to be, and it is the same today. Many thought then that He was nothing more than a nobody, many feel the same today. Many thought He was an evil man, many feel the same today. Many thought He was irrelevant to the times, many feel the same today. Many were unaffected by His words, many feel His words are meaningless today. In His time on earth Jesus was thought of as nothing more than…….

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I suppose you are like me, I enjoy being in this country that allows us many freedom’s. But I suppose history will change this for us in days and years to come. Many men and women have given their lives, spilling their blood, to secure the freedom we sometimes take for granted, or even just don’t think about.  There has been a tremendous price paid so that we could be a free people. But for the Christian, we are not just free in this nation; we are free in heaven …

Imagine the being told that a King was going to be born in a distant land. How many of us would think that his birth would be important enough to spend the time to travel hundreds, if not thousands of miles on foot, or on a camel to see him? These Wise Men had spent the better part of two years following a star (2:7,16). To follow this star, they had left homes, maybe family and friends, really the left a lot behind. They had left their country and …

Worship is the response of all that man is to all that God is and does. We are not to worship for what we can get out of it, but because God is worthy of it. The Bible brilliantly teaches us that God is to be the sole object of our worship (Matthew 4:8-10). Since God is to be the exclusive object of our worship, it follows then that we are not to worship

1. The devil – angels – or any made up god (idol) in our mind that

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Jesus was no ordinary baby (Matthew 1:18-25). His name is Jesus, a very common Jewish name, often given in memory of Joshua. Jesus (Joshua) means God is Savior. The son of Mary was rightfully called that because – “He will save His people from their sins” (v.21). The question is, How would He do this? By offering His blood as the atonement for our sins (Romans 5:8-9). When one’s sin’s are washed away by the blood of Jesus, Jesus is then their Savior. The believer is set …

(Romans 5:8)…..But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. God has proven His love for you. So don’t doubt it. What proves that God loves you more than you love yourself? He died in your place – suffering the punishment for sin that you deserved, so you could go free. God was more willing to suffer Himself than to see you suffer. Of course, the devil constantly tries to get you to doubt that God loves you. That’s why …

This is not original by me, but thought you might be blessed by having this as a study tool for you when you need it. So enjoy! Christ is the Central Theme of the Bible. God the Father is the giver of Holy Scripture; God the Holy Spirit is the author, authenticator, and interpreter of Holy Scripture; and God the Son, Jesus Christ, is the theme of Holy Scripture.

(John 5:39)….”Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they, which testify of me.”…