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Love your enemies. (Matthew 5:44) Love your neighbor as yourself. (Luke 10:27) Love other Christians. (John 13:34) “Love” in each of these is agape love, the love of decision, choice, will. Agape love isn’t emotion, it is obedience. The Bible has a lot to say about each of these! Study. Believe! Pray! Obey! Family Christmas…

Prepare for Christmas – Part 2 Our Savior was born, lived, and died in humiliation. The eternal Son of God, the Word of God, voluntarily humiliated Himself in submission to the Father, took the form of a bond-servant, was born a baby, obeyed to the point of death, even death on a cross. (Philippians 2:6-8)…

Christmas is coming. The King is coming. Are you ready to meet Him? Repent Jesus started His ministry with “Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 3:2); “Repent and believe in the gospel.” (Mark 1:15) Christ came to call sinners to repentance. (Luke 5:32) If you haven’t yet agreed with God that…

Joy At Thanksgiving Joy? Now? Don’t you know the problems I have? The sorrows I bear? My unsolvable difficulties? Yep. But, for the Christian,*  joy is not only possible, joy is commanded. Jesus is Joy These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may…

When I lost my job, the Lord made it clear that I had been reassigned. He had to take me out of my company in order to bring me into a new set of responsibilities. He brought us out from there [Egypt] in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He…

Yes! God is love. (1 John 4:8) God is love, but He is not only love. Those who think that He is only love are apt to think God would never condemn them (for example). Instead, all God’s attributes work together all the time. While He is never not loving, He is also never not…

Some of you are dismayed about the election results. Some of you are thrilled. For both groups: The Sun Still Came Up! God is still on His throne. The fundamental issue for America is spiritual. Spiritual, not political, not …. The issue for believers is: How are we to live? Our God-given purpose does not…

in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) In everything….. Last week, Cultivating Thanksgiving gave some examples of thanksgiving during the issues of routine living. Those steps are useful, but what about giving God thanks in disasters? What if you lost family and friends, your home,…

In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Thanksgiving is a command. Concerning you. Concerning me. This command was my primary resolution for years with very limited success. I didn’t have a plan to actually make it happen. I’m trying again … with prayer … with…

Home in Heaven Suzanne Maurer is now Home in Heaven. Jesus Christ greeted her with “Well done, My good and faithful servant.” Suzanne is at home with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8). She has been glorified (Romans 8:30). She entered into the joy of the Lord (Matthew 25:21,23). While we grieve here, Suzanne is glorified,…