I hope you will join me on this journey through the book of Luke. I can’t think of a better way to prepare our hearts for Christmas this season than to be in God’s Word daily. The book of Luke is a great place to start.
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Our prayers typically end with Amen, but what if we began our prayers that way? What difference would it make?
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A yoke keeps a team of oxen pulling in the same direction. Putting on a yoke is an act of submission and trust. We wouldn’t yoke ourselves to just anyone, but if we are yoked to Jesus, we know that we are in good hands. Our yoke with Jesus is easy when we are going in the same direction as him. It only becomes difficult when we try to go in a direction that he is not going.
Despite its simplicity, the hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus ranks right up there with meatier, well-loved hymns of the faith. It gently reminds us that Jesus bears our sins, shares our sorrows, and is just a prayer away.
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And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”And he replied:“Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way”. King George
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As we embark on a new year I’m ready for a challenge. How about you? One of my goals for 2022 is to read more. That’s a pretty vague goal so I’ve quantified it and decided on the number of books I would like to read this year. The number will seem low to the avid reader, and high to the nonreader but I think that it’s just right for me.
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What sets apart a true follower of Jesus from one who follows in word only is a proper response to sin. You can’t confess your sin and deny your sin at the same time. God hates sin. Therefore, if I’m going to agree with God, I too must hate sin. Anything less is not a true confession, and without confession of sin, there’s no forgiveness of sin.
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In a moment everything can change. We praise him when we receive the miracle we had hoped for but even when we don’t we can praise him, knowing that God’s ways are not our ways and we can always trust him.
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This wholehearted surrender to obedience in everything is the only true obedience. It is the only power that will avail to carry us through. I wish all Christians would understand that nothing less than this is what brings the soul gladness and strength!
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Most of us who have been to Sunday school are familiar with the song about the wise man who built his house upon the rock. If so, you will also remember that it was the foolish man who built his house upon the sand.
