Topics: Christmas Christmas Is Not a Myth By Billy Graham December 24 When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth . . . his Son . . . —Galatians 4:4 Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality. It is a time of joy. Bethlehem’s manger crib became the …
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Topic:Living By Faith Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your …
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Topic: Go When You’re Ready Gloria Copeland With long life will I satisfy [you], and show [you] my salvation. Psalm 91:16 Did you know that it’s not God’s will for you or anyone to die young? His will for you is to live the full number of your days. You ought to live for 70 or 80 years, and if …
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Topic: No Glitz, Just Glory Bible in a Year: Nahum 1–3 Revelation 14 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Isaiah 53:1–9 Looking at the handmade Christmas ornaments my son, Xavier, crafted over the years and the annual mismatched baubles Grandma had sent him, I couldn’t figure out why I was not content with our …
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Topic: GOD’S GLORY HAS BEEN RESTORED TO YOU John 17:22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: When God made man, the Bible says that God crowned him with glory and honour (see Psalm 8:5). The word “crowned” here means to encompass or to surround like …
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Topics: Christmas, Love What Is in a Gift? By Billy Graham December 23 For unto us a child is born . . . and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. —Isaiah 9:6 To Christians the joy of Christmas is not limited to His birth. It is built even more …
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Topic:Spur One Another On And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25 How do you spur someone to love and good works? …
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Topic: Don’t Just Sit There…Arise! Kenneth Copeland Now four men who were lepers were at the entrance of the city’s gate; and they said to one another, Why do we sit here until we die… So they arose. 2 Kings 7:3-5, The Amplified Bible No matter how bad the problem is you may be facing today, no matter how far …
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Topic: Curling Up with the Good Book Bible in a Year: Micah 6–7 Revelation 13 All Scripture is God-breathed. 2 Timothy 3:14–17 The small country of Iceland is a nation of readers. It’s reported that each year this nation publishes and reads more books per person than any other country. On Christmas Eve, it’s a tradition for Icelanders to give …
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Topic: ABUNDANCE THROUGH JESUS’ POVERTY 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. When we think of God, we think of the most powerful and richest being in the whole universe. But do you know …
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