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Gift #1186: Happy Easter 2020

Happy Easter everyone!  While this Easter celebration has been quite different, the God we celebrate is not.  He rises and He reigns over sin and death, over all powers, and over all circumstances.  We can rejoice in who God is … Continue reading

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Gift #1158: Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone!  Here in my neck of the woods we’ve had a picture-perfect day.  After two days of cold temps and rain and wind, today dawned mild and beautifully sunny.  Bright blue sky and flowers have kept company all … Continue reading

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Gift #1125: A New Creation

On the eve of Easter my thoughts are drawn to what this day means, to what God has done for us.  The reality of an empty tomb defies all logic.  Millennia and millennia of human experience showed us that nothing … Continue reading

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Gift #1096: Liberty Tree

I’m sitting quietly in my living room, listening to the booming and popping of firecrackers going off all around.  The lightning bugs are putting on their own show in the backyard forest and I must say they are more beautiful … Continue reading

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Gift #1083: Covenant with Israel

Today’s covenant follows the descendants of Abraham.  A tumultuous history led his family to Egypt to avoid famine in Canaan, but 400 years passed before they would go home again.  The people of Israel endured centuries of slavery and were desperate … Continue reading

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Gift #1080: Covenant with Adam

The very first covenant God makes takes place at the dawn of creation.  As the world is breathing its first breath, God makes a covenant with the creature into whom He has poured His own breath- Adam.  Indeed, Adam (and … Continue reading

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GIft # 1053: Promise of Glory

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.  Nations will come to … Continue reading

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Gift #1052: Promise of Light

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.  You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy. Isaiah 9:2-3a In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with … Continue reading

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Gift #1049: Promise of a Savior

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.  Genesis 3:15  The Lord himself will give you the sign. Behold! The virgin will conceive a child! … Continue reading

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Gift #1048: Preparing for Christmas

For the posts leading up to Christmas, I usually try to do a theme that’s been on my heart.  This year I’d like to focus each day on an Old Testament prophesy about the coming Messiah and then its fulfillment … Continue reading

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