Looking Ahead – December 30, 2013 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. Philippians 3:13 Is it your aspiration to do well next year? Ready or not, the New Year is just […]
“Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked. Luke 4:22 When the people that knew Jesus heard him speak, they discounted his words. They considered him just a regular guy with a regular life–he’s just the carpenter, Joseph’sson, they contended. They missed the fact that Jesus was the gift of God to our sinful world. They were […]
We are adopted as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will. Ephesians 2:5 I have been to a few adoption ceremonies. I have a friend that adopted his grandchild. My next door neighbors adopted their two boys. Some very courageous friends adopted 2 girls, and over the […]
