Advent is usually celebrated in the Christian church in the weeks preceding Christmas stressing four topics: hope, peace, joy, and love represented by four candles. Advent is a term from the Latin word adventus, which means coming, the coming of our Savior. The Advent season started in the 1800s in Germany. Immigrants from…
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It’s Not Over
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9). Have you ever had the feeling that it’s over? In spite of everything you’ve planned, prepared, done, and even prayed for, you feel that it…
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Your Past
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (1 Corinthians 5:17) Everyone has a past, some good and some bad. The enemy will constantly try to remind us of the bad things in our past to keep us from living…
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Listen
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21) God speaks to us in many different ways: Through His Word, His “still, small voice (1 Kings 19:12), sermons, and other people….
We Will Be Tested
“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.” (James 1:2) Yes, we will be tested! I read once that we’re either in a trial, coming out of one or going into one. It’s hard but we need to be tested. Jesus was…