   It is the night before Christmas, 2:00 in the morning and you are tired. But you are still up, sitting by the Christmas tree, trying to figure out how to assemble the Barbie and Ken Deluxe Doll House. Your daughter has been asking for that for weeks, and in just a few […]
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   (…continued) Why do you need Jesus? Well first of all, you need Jesus because there is something wrong with you. What is it that’s wrong? I don’t know, but you do. And if you don’t think there is anything wrong with you, then there is something seriously wrong with you. If you want
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From a sermon:            For many years Dr. James Dobson was America’s foremost Christian speaker, author, and all-around expert on family issues. His 1970 book Dare to Discipline catapulted him to fame, and over the next four decades he had a string of best-selling books on marriage, child-raising, self-esteem, teen-age rebellion, emotions, and many other topics. Dobson
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    In Luke 6:21 Jesus says, “Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.”  SATISFIED. Did anyone ever tell you to ‘just be satisfied’? I’ve been told that. I used to be told that all the time by my parents. Like most other kids, whenever I got into a store, there was
Above: Jesus Entering Jerusalem, woodcut by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) ——————– PALM SUNDAY: Matthew 21:6-11 — The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut
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   (…continued) Pastor and author Max Lucado tells the story of being on an airplane one time, when the weather was bad and the flight became very turbulent. The excessive turbulence and bouncing up and down and from side to side made most folks more than a little nervous. There wasn’t much moving around
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Pictured above: The Jordan River in the Judean Wilderness. ——————————– Mark 1:1-8 — The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; a voice of one calling in the
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   The pastor and the church council were locked in a heated debate.  The council wanted to spend $7,000 to re-carpet the entire church.  The pastor said the old carpet was good enough, and if they had $7,000 extra dollars laying around, they should use it to catch up on their commitments to the
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   (…continued)  What then of the commands?  The Bible is certainly full of them, and it certainly does seem at times that life would be a whole lot easier if we didn’t always have our conscience telling us to do this and not do that.  Telling a lie would often times be so much
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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” –Jesus, Matthew 11:28-30 *******************************************    A mother
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