Tag Archives: Easter

Gift #1186: Happy Easter 2020

Posted on April 12, 2020 by ordinarymiracletoday

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

Posted on April 21, 2019 by ordinarymiracletoday

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 #1126: Happy Easter 2018

Posted on April 2, 2018 by ordinarymiracletoday

Happy Easter everyone and welcome to April.  It’s snowing right now…. I won’t spend time discoursing about how that seems antithetical to Easter, that’s just how it goes.  But one of the wonderful aspects of Easter is that it is … Continue reading →

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Gift #1125: A New Creation

Posted on April 1, 2018 by ordinarymiracletoday

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 #1085: A New Covenant

Posted on April 16, 2017 by ordinarymiracletoday

This past week we’ve looked at the covenants that God has made with his people throughout history and have seen how God used these covenants to draw people into relationship with Him, reveal His character, and demonstrate His faithful love.  … Continue reading →

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GIft #1084: Covenant with David

Posted on April 16, 2017 by ordinarymiracletoday

After the people of Israel had resettled back in their homeland and prospered, they looked for a king to lead and unite them.  God chose a young shepherd boy by the name of David to guide His people.  It would … Continue reading →

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Gift #1083: Covenant with Israel

Posted on April 15, 2017 by ordinarymiracletoday

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 #1082: Covenant with Abraham

Posted on April 13, 2017 by ordinarymiracletoday

Today’s covenant takes us to an ancient city bustling with life and culture.  Into this civilization, God reaches out to one man and speaks: Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show … Continue reading →

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Gift #1081: Covenant with Noah

Posted on April 12, 2017 by ordinarymiracletoday

The next time we see God making a covenant, it is hundreds and hundreds of years later in the aftermath of the great flood.  After warning the world for 120 years of impending judgement for their sin, only 8 individuals … Continue reading →

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Gift #1080: Covenant with Adam

Posted on April 11, 2017 by ordinarymiracletoday

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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