Arise, Shine: for your light has come.

January 6, 2019 Isaiah 60:1–6Ephesians 3:1–12Matthew 2:1–12 Sometimes people truly miss the light altogether. Maybe the light is so bright in their darkness, they choose to run or turn away. They sit in darkness, and dwell. The darkness is what they have known and they refuse to see the light. Sometimes, they dwell so long … [Read more…]

Where was Jesus born?

It is good information but what is most important is that God sent God’s Son, God to take on human flesh to walk among us, Emmanuel.  Without that first step by God for us, there would have been no cross and no resurrection.  The birth is what is important, not where.  The death is what … [Read more…]

6 Marks of discipleship:Giving

November 25th, 20182 Chronicles 31:2-7Hebrews 7:1-10Matthew 6:19-24 Giving for a disciple is out of gratitude, not obligation. Giving for a disciple is an attitude of gratitude of response to God for what God has first given. The attitude of response for a disciple, is to give in a free willed loving response to a gracious … [Read more…]