Christ coming to earth makes a difference to me, does it make a difference to you? This Christmas season would not exist if Christ had not come to earth, so in recognition of this I’d ask you to spare a few minutes of your busy Christmas Day to give thanks to God for sending His son [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New International Version’
He Is Here
Posted: December 25, 2011 in bible, children, Christmas, family, friendship, holiday, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religionTags: birth, Chris Tomlin, Christ, Christmas, earth, God, Jesus, Lord, Luke, Merry Christmas, New International Version, Santa Claus
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What Child Is This?
Posted: December 21, 2011 in children, Christmas, family, life, love, music, religionTags: baby, Christ, Christianity, Christmas, God, Immortality, Jesus, John, John 3:16, New International Version
This child is Christ the King! This child is Jesus, God‘s only son. This child came to earth to teach the world to love one another and to love God. John 3:16-17 (NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish [...]
What Is Everything To You?
Posted: November 12, 2011 in children, family, friendship, Health, holiday, life, love, music, religion, workTags: brian doerksen, Christ, Christianity, Corinthians, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, New International Version, Religion and Spirituality, Second Epistle to the Corinthians
If I asked you to list five things that mean everything to you, what would you say? I’d guess that most of us would list at least some of the following: Family Money Friendships Health Holidays Home Job What other things might you include in your list? My list would most definitely include some of [...]
My Comfort and Strength
Posted: November 3, 2011 in family, friendship, Health, life, love, music, pray, religion, wordsTags: Amen., Christ, Christianity, comfort, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New International Version, NIV, Religion & Spirituality, Religion and Spirituality, Salvation Army, strength
What can hurt someone, just as easily as can comfort them? Words! As I touched on in yesterday’s blog post Watch your Words, it can be so very easy to say things which to the listener can be hurtful, even though that wasn’t the intention. At the opposite end of the scale, words can be [...]
Confessions
Posted: October 19, 2011 in bible, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religionTags: Christianity, confess, Forgiveness, God, New International Version, Psalms, rebecca st. james, Religion & Spirituality, sin
Do you spend much time thinking about all your sins? If you’re anything like me, you probably have answered no to that question! It’s true, we all know we sins many times each day, but are probably all guilty of not talking to God about our sins, acknowledging our failures before God, and accepting His [...]
Thanks For Providing
Posted: October 18, 2011 in bible, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religionTags: Book of Chronicles, Christianity, chronicles, Denominations, don moen, God, Jesus, Lord, New International Version, Religion and Spirituality, thank you
1 Chronicles 16:34 (The Message) Give thanks to God—he is good and his love never quits. God calls us to thank Him regularly for all He provides for us, and for all He does for us. Therefore, in our daily prayers we must make sure we say “Thank you” to God. God is good, and show [...]
Love In Action
Posted: October 12, 2011 in family, friendship, life, love, music, pray, religionTags: Christ, Christianity, david crowder band, Epistle to the Romans, God, Jesus, Lord, New International Version, NIV, Religion & Spirituality, Romans
Romans 12:9-11 (NIV) Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. I’m sure you’ve heard the following saying many times God first, myself last, and others in [...]
Image (Part 4 of 4)
Posted: October 5, 2011 in cross, family, friendship, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religion, Salvation ArmyTags: Christ, Christianity, Epistle to the Romans, G.K. Chesterton, genesis, God, image, Image of God, international staff songsters, iss, Jesus, New International Version, Romans, Salvation Army
Today in the final part of my Image blog posts, I want us to think about ourselves. i.e. Our own image. By this I don’t mean our physical image, but instead our spiritual image… We know we are all different both outwardly and inwardly, but does that mean we can’t all be the image of [...]
Image (Part 2 of 4)
Posted: October 3, 2011 in birthday, children, church, family, friendship, life, love, music, religion, schoolTags: Christ, Christian, Christianity, Evangelism, genesis, God, Gospel of Matthew, hillsong, Jesus, New International Version, Religion and Spirituality, sunday
Have you ever been told that you “look just like your…” mum/dad/aunt/uncle/sister/brother…? How do you feel when you get told you look just like one of your relatives? Lots of questions for you today…Do you agree with other peoples’ options of who you look like? Are you happy with the comparison? Ultimately though we have [...]
