“This is how we know what love is:  Jesus Christ laid down His life for us.”  1 John 3:16  Whether you’re single this Valentine’s Day or spending it with the one you love, never fret, Jesus can always be your…

“For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”  Colossians 3:4  This week was the BIG GAME for many of us in the USA.  The quarterback led his team to an amazing “come from behind” in…

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”  John 3:16  Last week in our ladies Bible study, a lady brought in a…

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.  The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Today’s story is about a man who most people would consider the “chief of sinners.”  He…

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you many know that you have eternal life.  This is the confidence we have in approaching God:  that if we ask anything…

God spoke to Job, “Have you considered the storehouses of the snow?”  Job 38:22 In northwest Ohio where I live, January is usually our coldest month, complete with snow, ice and freezing temperatures.  There is a beauty in a snowstorm…

“Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.”  Acts 27:29  Today, we said “good-bye” to the decade of the 10’s and said “hello” to the decade of the…

“And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.”  Luke 2:7  At Christmas, most people spend their daytime hours…

“But you, Bethlehem in the land of Judah, are not the least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.”  Matthew 2:6  Many hymns that were originally written for…

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”  Luke 2:14  It was March, 1863, 18 year-old-old Charles Longfellow walked out of his family home, and unknown to his father, boarded a train bound for Washington,…