Tag jesus

What We Really Need

Luke 5:18-24 Have you ever been to a restaurant with some friends, you know you’re hungry, but you just don’t know what quite to order? Suddenly, you hear what one of your friends is gonna order and you think “man,…

Calming Life’s Storms

Matthew 8:26 For a while, one of my daughters pretended that she could control the wind. She would joke to her siblings about being able to make it blow or stop. That would be a pretty neat power to have…

Perfect Resolutions

Luke 9:51 Watch on YouTube You’ve had a bit of time, what’s the list like? Is it perfectly completed? Does it look curiously like last year’s list? Maybe even exactly, because it needed rework? Resolutions can be good discipline for…

World Religions

Romans 6:23b Have you ever wondered if there’s really that big of a difference between the world religions? Sure they all have their different customs, different holy days, different set of rules, but aren’t they all trying to achieve the…

Jesus’ First Miracle

John 2:11 You’ve probably heard, or even know, the story. Jesus was at a wedding in Cana. He was there with his mother and some of his disciples. The custom was for a wedding to go for a number of…

Wise Men in Jerusalem

Matthew 2:6, Micah 5:2 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook There must have been quite a stir that day in Jerusalem. Scholarly men from the East had traveled hundreds of miles following a miracle star that they said was…

What’s up with the Wise Men?

Isaiah 49:6 What’s up with the wise men? Around this time of year we see a lot of nativity scenes and of course there’s Mary and Joseph, and the baby, also some shepherds and some sheep, and some cattle thrown…

Hold on To Jesus

Luke 2:28-32 How would you respond if you saw the baby Jesus? What would you do? When Jesus’ parents Mary and Joseph took him to the temple there was a man waiting there to see him. His name was Simeon.…

Healing and Forgiveness

Matthew 9:8, John 20:22b-23a In the bible we hear a story about a paralyzed man whose friends want to bring him to Jesus to be healed. When they arrive at the house where Jesus is at it’s full of people…

Born Holy

Every time I’ve held one of my newborn babies in my arms for the first time I’ve just been filled with awe. You look down at those cute eyes and you see those little fingers and it’s just amazing what…

How far would you go?

Watch on YouTube Luke 2:11 How far would you be willing to go to show someone that you love them? In 1972 Charlie Duke was driving the lunar rover when he stopped, jumped out, and placed a picture of his…

A Message for You

Luke 2:8-12 We were lying on our backs staring up at the night sky. My dad had cleared some land and pushed the brush up into a huge pile and we were burning it. In the glow of the fire…