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The gift in the manger
I can’t stop thinking about that first Christmas morning. Mary and Joseph must have been exhausted, mentally and physically. So much had happened: an unexpected pregnancy, the disbelief–at first–of Joseph, a long trip to Bethlehem to pay taxes, no room in the inn, unexpected guests. Lying in the manger was the Son of God –…
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Jesus: The I AM Part 9
BY GREG CRUM “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 “What is truth?” That was Pilate’s question to Jesus not too…
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Christmas Grace
Why would God go to all the trouble to endure our bad choices and our flagrant sinning in order to have a relationship with us? Here is a Christmas story as told by Philip Yancey in his book “What’s So Amazing About Grace?” Yancey tells the story of a prodigal daughter who grows up in…
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What Mary did know?
Several Bible verses are taped to one of our kitchen cabinets. They are daily reminders of important truths in God’s Word. A favorite is John 12:24. Jesus spoke of His coming death, “I tell you the truth, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if…
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Jesus: The I AM Part 8
BY GREG CRUM “Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.…
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Many men of science, too few men of God
In 1948, at an Armistice Celebration (Armistice was the declaration of peace at the end of World War I), it was declared Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. So 11, 11 at 11. They did that symbolically because they felt that they were at the eleventh hour. They actually felt if the war continued, the whole…
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A dream come true
In January 1995, I made new year’s resolutions. There was my usual “lose weight” along with “read my Bible through.” Those were annual topliners, but that year, I went out on a limb adding, “Get an article published in the Williamson Daily News.” The WDN was our local newspaper in Williamson, West Virginia. Months passed.…
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Jesus: The I AM Part 7
BY GREG CRUM “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we…
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Never satisfied
Some people are never happy. A Jewish lady’s grandson is playing in the water. She is standing on the beach not wanting to get her feet wet, when all of a sudden, a huge wave appears from nowhere and crashes directly over the spot where the boy is wading. The water recedes and the boy…
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Redeeming the time
I often think of things I wish I had done with my mom. (Trying not to cry as I write.) We had lots of plans – to do together. There wasn’t a plan for her not to be here. In 2019, we were on a movie jag. My 79-year-old mother hadn’t been to the movies…
Category: Devotionals
