Category: “Christmas Playlist” Series

Colossians 1:24 “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,” On the surface when reading this verse, the question “what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions” comes up.  The answer to this question would be “nothing”. Christ’s sacrificial death was all that was needed to pay the price for our sins. His death

2 Timothy 3:12 “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,” Have you ever thought that Paul and Jesus totally missed some classes on how to market a product, especially, when they talked about persecution and surrender? It may have seemed that way, but great marketing is not always showing the comfort of a product. As a matter of fact, if a product is worth your life, you don’t have

Luke 2:33-35 “And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.” As a parent, I’m partial to my kids. I think they’re pretty

Isaiah 9:6-7  “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this

Colossians 1:15“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”It is quite often difficult for us to wrap our mind around many aspects of God’s word. Paul is sharing what God laid on his heart for the people of Colossae.A few weeks ago, a friend and I traveled 8 days and 4850 miles to visit a former prayer partner who had a career in Georgia then retired to Montana. My friend 

Daniel 7:14“And to him was given dominion    and glory and a kingdom,that all peoples, nations, and languages    should serve him;his dominion is an everlasting dominion,    which shall not pass away,and his kingdom one    that shall not be destroyed.”Did you know the British Empire once covered around 1/4 of the Earth’s land mass? Or did you know the Mongolian Empire consisted of about 25% of the world’s population in the late 13th