Archive: December 2024

TIME Part 1

These readings remind us that time is a gift of God. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 11 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a […]
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3 Josephs

Christmas Readings Isaiah11:1-9 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—3 and he […]
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God’s Treasure

Christmas Proclamation God’s Treasure  Psalm 139:13-16 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,
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Satisfied in Christ: Esteem

The actual word “esteem” only appears less than a dozen times in most English translations of the Bible. Many synonyms for this human need for personal worth can be found in the scripture texts like this morning’s readings where humbleness before the Lord is encouraged. Daniel 10:10-12, 15-19 A hand touched me and
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