Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
Summary: There is only one Christmas Day each calendar year, but we can live each day as if it were Christmas if we allow the Holy Spirit to be our guide.
Christmas has come and gone. It went fast, didn’t it? Yet, there is a feeling of Christmas Spirit that lingers on.
Continue reading “John 15:26 – Merry Day After”
For no word from God will ever fail.
Summary: Merry Christmas!
Today is the day Jesus Christ was born! Happy Birthday, Jesus!
When Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the temple for the purification rites, Simeon, a devout man of God, took the baby Jesus in his arms and said:
Continue reading “Luke 1:37 – Merry Christmas, Part 3”
For no word from God will ever fail.
Summary: In Part 1, we looked at what it means to sin, and what it meant that Jesus was without sin (1 John 3:5). In this part, we look more closely at what that means for us today.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). Shortly after that, he created mankind (Genesis 1:26).
Continue reading “Luke 1:37 – Merry Christmas, Part 2”
For no word from God will ever fail.
Summary: In this meditation, we look back on why Jesus had to become a man and what it means for us.
The Gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, and John are all written from the perspective of a first or second-hand account of Jesus’ life on earth by people who knew him. Luke’s Gospel is different.
Continue reading “Luke 1:37 – Merry Christmas, Part 1”
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning… They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
Summary: This mediation is a bit longer than normal. It is a look back at Jesus’ time in the tomb. Many more details could be covered, but I thought it worthwhile to look back at what happened as we ponder the mystery of a God who became man and the Son of Man who became a sacrifice for our sin.
Our modern calendar still counts Sunday as the “first day of the week,” but what has changed from Jesus’ day is how we count the start of the day. Genesis records the first “day” beginning in the evening (Genesis 1:5), so for Jews, their Sunday begins at sundown on Saturday.
Continue reading “Luke 24: 1-3 – Three Days Dead”Wishing you and yours the blessing of walking with Jesus every day of 2025!
From our family to yours, may your Christmas celebration be filled with the glory of the risen Lord Jesus!
Continue reading “Merry Christmas!”Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
Summary: Happy Thanksgiving!
As we enjoy this Thanksgiving holiday, it is good to take a moment and consider, not only what we have to be thankful for, but who we need to be thankful to. It is all well and good to feel that “I’ve got mine,” but true thankfulness requires that we thank someone.
Pity the poor atheists at Thanksgiving. They might be thankful for life, but they have no one to be grateful to for such a great gift.
Continue reading “Psalm 107:1 – Happy Thanksgiving!”Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Summary: Today’s meditation is dedicated to the brave men and women who have made this country possible by sacrificing their lives.
Continue reading “John 15:13 – To Remember, To Hope”Love never fails.
Summary: If Valentine’s Day is about being with someone who loves you, there is no one better to be mindful of than our Father in heaven.
Continue reading “1 Corinthians 13:8a – Happy Valentine’s Day”