The third way that we are a part of this story of the Magi is that just like the testimony of the Magi about the birth of Jesus, the king, we can testify to the hope we have in Christ. With the birth of Jesus, His life and with His death on the cross, the veil that separated man from God was torn! W
When I was a kid my cousins and I would go camping up in Indiana. A lonesome train whistle could often be heard in the distance as we lay there in our sleeping bags peering up at the stars that twinkled through the trees. I always wanted to be up there with the stars in the sky and wondered what it
God given understanding is a treasure, don’t you think? It’s funny that as I started to apply the words of Jesus to my life many, many years ago….a couple of things happened. I started to see the difference His wisdom and a relationship with Him made in my life and I wanted to know
Jesus is my medicine. Let me explain. I see people so often that just need to be in a better place spiritually with God. It’s funny, I asked a friend of mine once what was keeping him from embracing God, indeed, embracing Jesus in His life. His response was something like this, “You, kno
Has so much junk happened in your life that it has hardened your heart? Are you at a point where nothing really seems to sink in? Are you simply doing the same things day to day, with the same results? Maybe you are hoping for a different outcome….but the outcome just keeps repeating itself? W
We have been talking about listening. Jesus pointed out that listening makes fertile soil for plants to grow (for people’s lives to be changed in a positive way). If we bear fruit (if we apply what Jesus says), it is proof that we have listened. If others bear fruit, it shows that the seed we have p