Think on these things (Philippians 4:8-9)
My weekly or routine devotionals.
Silent Night is a Christmas hymn we love to sing, but the night Jesus was born was far from a Silent Night. 400 years of silence led up to this grand event, that was over 100,000 nights where God was silent. No prophet declaring, thus saith the Lord. No man …
God used a pagan emblem at Christmas to bring pagans to Jesus after His birth. Over the centuries, poems, children’s stories and beautiful hymns have been written about this specific form of paganism. Today, this pagan emblem is in most manger scenes, and many churches hang it during Christmastime as …
From my research, here is my timeline for approximate years of significance for December 25th: 164BC ∼ Hanukkah began on 25 Kislev, Jewish November/December 46BC ∼ Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar 30AD ∼ Jesus celebrated Hanukkah in John 10:22, in winter, not as the Winter Solstice Celebration 201AD ∼ An early Christian …
Christian, when was the last time you were called an Xtian? Likely never! Sadly, Christ is systematically being removed from everything including CHRISTmas. “Xmas” has become a catch phrase the world grabbed hold of, taken from scholarly Christians who do not call themselves Xtians. Xmas is said to be used …
‘TIS THE SEASON to start watching holiday movies. One of our girls’ favorites is “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.” Charlie Brown was a good ‘ole soul who could not catch a break, he was nothing less than a lovable loser. Charles Schulz told why children root for him, “We all know …
President George Washington issued a proclamation designating Thursday, November 26 as a National Day of Thanks. Washington declared that the necessity for this day sprung from the Almighty’s care for Americans prior to the Revolutionary War, assisting our nation in achieving independence and helping to establish our constitutional government. A …
The unsaved were evangelized, the saved were edified, our guest preacher returned home, and our routine is back to normal. Now what? In Acts 14:26-28, Paul and Barnabas finished a series of meetings and returned to their church in Antioch. They reported on “all that God had done with them” …
A famous verse used for Revival is 2 Chronicles 7:14. The context of this verse is the anointing of Solomon’s Temple and how God will revive the land of Israel during the Millennium. In 2 Chronicles 7, Solomon’s Temple has been built and is being dedicated to God. God’s approval …
Jonah preaching in Nineveh is one of the greatest revivals in the Bible, where an entire city turned to God. As we begin our revival services in a couple weeks, we can learn from three who responded to God’s Word in this revival in Jonah. We understand the lost cannot …
The last couple of weeks should have given biblical food-for-thought concerning Halloween and the Christian’s involvement. Tying it together, how do we reconcile Christians celebrating Halloween in 2025? Consider this simple thought, alongside God commanding us to “abstain from all appearance of evil” (1 Thessalonians 5:22) ─ what will Halloween …
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